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Makers across all disciplines, from art and design to technology and science, will now have the opportunity to exhibit and discuss their unique talents in one environment at the first ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Mini Maker Faire® to be held on April 24 from noon to 4 p.m. on the first…
Creativity to be Celebrated At First ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Mini Maker Faire®
Makers across all disciplines, from art and design to technology and science, will now have the opportunity to exhibit and discuss their unique talents in one environment at the first ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Mini Maker Faire® to be held on April 24 from noon to 4 p.m. on the first…Image

The annual ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Business Idea Competition (appropriately renamed Idea Olympics this year) recently launched with the opportunity to win $4,000 in cash awards. This competition is open to all ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ students – undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. – regardless of…
Idea Olympics Competition: Explore and Advance Your Entrepreneurial Ideas
The annual ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Business Idea Competition (appropriately renamed Idea Olympics this year) recently launched with the opportunity to win $4,000 in cash awards. This competition is open to all ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ students – undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. – regardless of…A foot sensor that can evaluate and correct one’s running gait won top prize at the ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Blackstone LaunchPad’s "Innov8athon II: Fashion/Tech Hackathon," the nation’s first collegiate wearable tech hackathon.
Innovation Through Collaboration: Students Create Wearable Tech Ventures in 24 Hours
A foot sensor that can evaluate and correct one’s running gait won top prize at the ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Blackstone LaunchPad’s "Innov8athon II: Fashion/Tech Hackathon," the nation’s first collegiate wearable tech hackathon.Maybe one day, women really will wear cameras that can tell whether men are staring at them inappropriately.
This past weekend, more than 60 hackers and fashionistas from six colleges spent 24 hours at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½, trying to create technology that you can wear.…
Crain's Cleveland Business: "Students create high-tech clothes at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ hackathon"
Maybe one day, women really will wear cameras that can tell whether men are staring at them inappropriately. This past weekend, more than 60 hackers and fashionistas from six colleges spent 24 hours at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½, trying to create technology that you can wear.…Image

In January 2013, The New Fuel was still just a dream.
One Year Later: How One Competition Propelled One Blackstone LaunchPad Business
In January 2013, The New Fuel was still just a dream.The future of American innovation is in the hands of our next generation of entrepreneurs and relies on their ability to solve problems and connect multiple technologies in creative ways.