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Can your business run indefinitely without you at the helm? Michael E. Gerber, author of The E-Myth, outlines the steps you need to take to get there

(PhysOrg.com) -- A thin sheet of plastic has been making headlines at Princeton as a magical flying carpet, after the publication of a paper describing experiments by the team with their prototype sheet of plastic that uses piezoelectric actuators and sensors to move.

It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but its not.

Break a business plan into bite-sized pieces to save time, and focus on what matters most for you right now. The last of a three-part series

The story behind the Telikin, a touchscreen computer pre-loaded with easy-to-use software for holding video chats, checking e-mail, and more. The "aha" moment: When Fred Allegrezza moved his mother into an assisted-living facility five years ago, he bought her a Mac computer so she could stay connected with the family. But she couldn't figure out how to use it

Engineers who get too hung up on perfecting a prototype often lose sight of the bigger picture and waste precious development time. Here are a few ways you can speed up your prototyping process to get your invention or product to market faster. One of the most famous stories of prototyping done quickly, cheaply and spot-on came from the inventor of the cyclone vacuum

Instead of finding ways for our track-tethered trains to go faster, we could just eliminate the track altogether. Friction--it's a real bother, especially for trains.