Note: In the index, b refers to information in boxes, f refers to figures, n refers to footnotes, and t refers to tables.
Aalto University School of Art and Design, 85
acoustical lens technology, 225
additive manufacturing technology, 170
AgraQuest, 118
agrochemical multinationals, 118
AIS. See automatic identification system (AIS)
AkzoNobel, 125
all-accepting radical credulity, 8
Amazon, 186
autonomous drones, 150
Dash Replenishment Service, 62
futuristic plans, 62
microwork platform, 151
American Express, 160
American Girl, 175
amplification strategies, 42–46
combination of adjacent ideas, 44
courage to experiment and learn, 44–46
inclusiveness/openness, 42
modularization, 43
radical cost reductions, 43
analysis of DNA. See DNA analysis
Andersen, Ole, 233
Andreesen Horowitz, 83
Angel.Co, 177
Angie’s List, 135
apps
Sculpteo, 110
TaskRabbit, 134
AppStore, 174
Aros, 60
Arpanet, 1
arthropod pest species, 113
decision-making process and, 96
human intelligence and, 149–150, 154, 157. See also Microtask
ZenRobotics. See ZenRobotics
artistic exhibitions, of Robin Hood, 221
asset management cooperative, 217. See also Robin Hood Minor Asset Management Cooperative
Athala, Anthony, 202
Atlantic Council, 125
Audi, and Bang & Olufsen (B&O), 225
automatic identification system (AIS), 191, 192
autoposting, 134
avatars, 172. See also MakieLab
Axiom, 133
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1
Bang, Peter, 223
Bang & Olufsen (B&O), 223–237, 252t
Audi and, 225
brand name value of, 235
compared to incumbent and adjacents, 231, 232
continuous strategic renewal, 224
financial crisis of 2008–2009, 225, 234
Icarus Paradox and, 234
Idea Factory, 228
IdeaLAB, 228
innovation evolution at, 227f
innovation process at, 236–237
organizational design, 231
projects of incremental nature, 230
Baseline Ventures, 131
BASF, 118
BAT. See Best Available Technology (BAT)
Batch Control, Sculpteo, 107
Bay Area Maker Fair, 172
Bayer CropScience, 118
Beast Technologies, 108
Becker Underwood, 118
Bed, Bath & Beyond, 60
Benefit Corporation, 221
Beolab 5, 225
Beolab 18, 226
Beosound 5, 225
Beosound 9000, 224
Berners-Lee, Tim, 2
Best Available Technology (BAT), 185
Bezos, Jeff, 186
big data, 158
Biggers, Greg, 205
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 21
bioagents, 116–120. See also BUG Agentes Biológicos
in grain crops, 112
pesticides vs., 112
BioCurious, 9, 124–130, 240, 247t
background, 124
community platform of, 128
compared to incumbents, 125–127
crowdsourcing model, 126
financial viability of, 127
hackerspaces and, 125
Kickstarter campaign of, 124
open and inclusive model, 24–25
organizational model of, 125
TechShop working spaces, 11
biological pest control industry, 117–120. See also BUG Agentes Biológicos
biopesticides, 117–118. See also BUG Agentes Biológicos
bioprinting. See Organovo
BioPunk Manifesto, 125
Blender, 77
BlueBee, 108
Blue Oceans. See Cirque du Soleil
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant (Kim and Mauborgne), 22
Blythe, 175
BNDES. See Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
board members, Robin Hood Minor Asset Management Cooperative, 218
boilerplate strategy, 2
Boland, Thomas, 198
BookerT. See invitation model of TaskRabbit
B&O Play, 226
Bose, 232
Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), 113
Brynjolfsson, Erik, 156–157, 157n5
BUG Agentes Biológicos, 112–123, 247t
compared to incumbents, 117–120
cost reduction in pest control, 116–117
founders of, 113
outlook, 121
pest control by. See pest control, at BUG
R&D at, 119
scalable mass-production method, 115–116
soy crop farming and, 119
Business Insider, 70
business law. See Fondia
business portal of TaskRabbit, 133
business stability, 4
Busque, Kevin, 131
Butter Mind study of Genomera, 208
Camboutik, 108
Cambrian Explosion, 7
cane toads, 114
Canon, 54
Cappaert, Jeroen, 189
Carmax, 186
Carroll, Lewis, 6
Carvalho, Diogo, 113
caterpillars, 114
Cattaneo, Giacomo, 233, 234, 237
Center of Cognitive Neurorehabilitation of Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland, 211
Channel 4, 171
Chavez, Hugo, 72
chemical pesticides, 113, 114, 117, 118, 120
Chrons, Otto, 150
circular economy model, 183
Cirque du Soleil, 22
citizen science of Genomera, 207–208
clavier, 2
clinical drug trials, 15. See also Genomera
clinical tests in 2D models, 199
clinical-trial-in-a-box, 212
collective innovation, 4. See also Quirky
Collins, James C., 22
Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS), 190
community biotech laboratory. See BioCurious
competence map, 218
competitive business environment, 55
competitiveness, 4
Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering, 202
Concur, 89
consumer markets, 95
Cool Vendors in 3D Printing 2013, 110
corporations, legal issues and, 48
Creative Centre of B&O, 228, 228n8
creative destruction, 242
creative ideas, 57
Criatec, 113
CrowdFlower, 156
crowdfunding, 195–197. See also Spire
Crowdin, 145
crowdsourcing, 27
data science, 158–169. See also Kaggle
health research, 205–216. See also Genomera
menial/tiny tasks, 148–157. See also Microtask
photo service. See Scoopshot
translation through, 140–147. See also Gengo
CrunchBase, 177
cryptocurrency, 221
cult doll, 175
cyberattacks, 54
cybersecurity, 54
Dash Replenishment Service, of Amazon, 62
data extraction service of Microtask, 153. See also Microtask Digest
Datamonitor, 118
data participants in Genomera, 207
data science crowdsourcing, 158–169. See also Kaggle
data scientists, 158–161. See also Kaggle
data services/solutions of Spire, 191–192, 191t
Data Storm, 65
Davies, Sally, 137
da Vinci, Leonardo, 1
demand-first marketplace, 72. See also Scoopshot
developing communities, economic development in, 156
deviant case analysis (DCM), 3, 4
of prediction outlier companies, 28–29b
digital fashion studio, 174
DigitalGlobe, 193
Digital Kids Conference, 170
digitally printed organs. See Organovo
digital-physical business strategy, of MakieLab, 173–175
Bang & Olufsen (B&O), 224, 225, 228
digital toys. See MakieLab
Disney, 176
Disney Princess figurines, 176
disposal of radioactive waste, 186
distributed manufacturing network, MakieLab and, 179
Dixon, Chris, 83
DNA analysis, 205
DNA sequencing cost, 210, 210f
do-it-yourself community, 175
dolls. See 3D-printed dolls
eBay, 175
Economic Development Board of Singapore, 192
economic development in developing communities, 156
Eisenhower Fellows, 125
Electrolux, and GE, 61
Eloranta, Jorma, 182
El Pais, 72
ELV. See End of Life Vehicles (ELV)
End of Life Vehicles (ELV), 185
entrepreneurs, legal issues and, 48
Envisiontec, 202
EsalqTec, 113
eStandby Upgrade® solution of Nor1, 90–94
add-on offers, 94
benefits, 98
managing overbooking/high occupancy, 92–93
room upgrades, 94
safety net, 92
upsell options, 94
Etsy, 175
European E-commerce Conference, 62
Eval, Quirky, 58
experimental business models, outliers and, 4
Fair Labor Standards Act. See U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act
FAPESP, 113
fbFund Rev, 131
fee-based business model of TaskRabbit, 134
feedback scheme of TaskRabbit, 134
Fiat, 71
Final Proof tool of Sculpteo, 109
financial crisis of 2008–2009, 225, 234
Financial Times, 51
Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Report, 47
Fiverr, 136
fixed fee service of Fondia, 49–50
Foap, 72
FoldIt, 155
follow-up analysis, 22
anticipatory risk management approach of, 51
as mold-breaking legal pioneer, 53
open culture of, 52
portfolio of services, 47
proactive law approach, 47–48, 51
training seminars of, 52
transaction services of, 50–51
Forbes, 158
Founders Fund, 131
4K TV Avant, 226
Franklin, Benjamin, 125
Freakonomics (Levitt), 22
French Post Bank, 104
frontrunners of business model innovation, 20
Functional Crop Care, 118
Future Art Base, 221
GalaxyZoo, 155
games
by Microtask, 155
gaming companies, Fondia and
training seminars, 52
Gartner, 110
Garvey Spacecraft Corp., 193
GE
Electrolux and, 61
proprietary technologies, 60–61
generalizable theory, 45
Generation Orbit, 193
generativity for problem solving, 15
business translation level of, 143
clients of, 141
collaborations of, 141
compared to adjacent companies, 145–146
investors of, 141
Lay Translators at, 142
metric-based assessment mechanism, 143
outlook of, 146
rebranding of, 140n1
as recruiter, 142
Senior Translators at, 142
standard translation level of, 143
Translation Operators, 142
translators at, 142
ultra translation level of, 143
Genomera, 33, 205–216, 240, 251t
challenges for, 214
data collection protocols, 211
data participants in, 207
funding to, 206
lay scientists of, 207
participant-driven health research, 207–209
quality policy of, 143
research platform of, 207
revenues, 207
symbiotic presence of, 143
website, 215
Gentry, Eri, 124
Getaround, 135
Getty Images, 72
Gino, Francesca, 156
Gladwell, Malcolm, 21
GM, 55
Goldbloom, Anthony, 158, 161, 163, 166–169. See also Kaggle
Goldman Sachs, 89
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap . . . and Others Don’t (Collins), 22
Facebook and, 33
image search results, 155
Google Image Labeler, 155
Google Images, 155
Grosse, Eric, 137
grounded theory approach, 26
Grove, Andy, 3
Grow VC Group, 15, 65–68, 241, 245t
challenges, 68
diversified structure, 67
home base of, 67
inclusive system, 68
operational expansion, 67
organizational structure, 67–68
transparency and, 68
vision, 66
Habbo Hotel, 171
Hamley’s, 177
Hamner, Ben, 164
Haro, Sulka, 171
Harvard Business Review, 156
Hasbro
Blythe, 175
3DSystems and, 176
health research. See Genomera
Healthtap, 160
Helicover caterpillar, 119
heterogeneous subgroups, of outliers, 18
Historical Newspapers Library, 154–155
Holopainen, Harri, 150
Homebrew Computer Club, 125
Honeywell, 61
Hoodies, 221
hotels, 89
guests, 91
merchandizing products. See eStandby Upgrade® solution of Nor1
overbooking practice, 91
human donors vs. Organovo tissues, 200–201
human intelligence and artificial intelligence, 149–150, 154, 157. See also Microtask
Hybrid Graphics, 150
Icarus Paradox, 234
Idea Factory of B&O, 228
IdeaLAB of B&O, 228
IDEO, 62
Illumina, 206
i.materialise, 104
inclusive financing, 241
inclusiveness/openness, 42
incumbent organizations, 2
IndieGoGo, 108
ink-jet printing of viable cells, 198
Innerstar University, 175
Innocentive, 160
innovation
as complex problem-solving process, 43
resistance created by, 33
innovation evolution at B&O, 227f
Inspiration Platform, 61
Intel, 3
intellectual property (IP), 58
interesting outliers, 20
International Space University, 189
Internet, and retail finance market, 65–66
Internet-based labor marketplace, 156
Internet-connected home appliances, 60–62
Interorbital Systems, 193
inventions, 1
invitation model of TaskRabbit, 132–133
Ionific, 150
iPad case, 80
iPhone cases, 80
Itaforte Bioprodutos, 118
Jani, Maitri, 141
Janssen Research & Development, L.L.C., 199
Janz, Christoph, 141
Jarvenpaa, Sirkka, 54
Jensen, Jacob, 236
Jobs, Steve, 5
job seekers, TaskRabbit and, 133, 135
Joffe, Benjamin, 141
Kaggle, 15, 55, 158–169, 240, 249t
compared to adjacent companies, 160
corporate approach of, 160–161
customers and results delivered, 163f
meritocracy and, 161
naming of, 158n1
Oil and Gas industry and, 161, 163
outlook, 164
Kaggle Connect, 159
Kaggle ranking, 160
Kaggler education©, 167
Kaufman, Ben, 56–57, 59, 61–63. See also Quirky
Kim, W. Chan, 22
Kimberly Ovitz, 80
Koppert, 118
Kyttanen, Janne, 85
laboratories, biotech, 125, 127. See also BioCurious
ladybugs, 114
Laing, Robert, 140
Laitinen, Maire, 49
Lampinen, Markus, 66
Language Service Providers (LSP), 146
law firms, 47, 51. See also Fondia
fixed fee billing models of, 48–49
hourly fee billing model of, 48
pyramid organizational structure, 51
lay scientists of Genomera, 207
Lay Translators at Gengo, 142
legal astuteness, 54
legal industry. See law firms
legal intent, 55
LEGO, 178
Leslie, Garthen, 57
leveraging
resources, 13
Levitt, Steven, 22
Lewiner, Jacques, 104
Lewis, David, 236
Leyden, Peter, 46
Lifeline Ventures, 177
Lightspeed Venture Partners, 131
Ligon, Austin, 186
LSP. See Language Service Providers (LSP)
Lukka, Tuomas, 181
Lyft, 135
MacCauley, Raymond, 206
Machinex, 185
macroeconomic modeling, 158
macroorganisms, 114
macroorganisms for insect pests, 114
Maddock, Charlie, 80
Made in Future tagline of Shapeways, 76n1
award to, 177
capital investment of, 176
children and, 172
digital-physical business strategy, 171, 173–177
distributed manufacturing network, 179
do-it-yourself community, 175
incumbents in toy industry vs., 175–177
on-demand toy manufacturing, 172–173
online doll building application, 172
valuation of, 177
Makies FabLab, 174
Malibu, 71
management, studying outliers in, 6–7
management research journals, 18–19
marketplace
demand-first, 72
Internet-based labor, 156
offer-first, 72
online, 74
3D printed goods. See Shapeways
massive search strategies, 43–44
American Girl, 175
Quirky and, 176
Mauborgne, Renée, 22
McAfee, Andrew, 156–157, 157n5
McClure, Dave, 141
McGrath, Rita, 22
meaning-driven innovation, 226
Mechanical Turk, of Amazon, 151, 156
Meyer, David, 72
microbial biopesticides, 113–114, 117
artificial and human intelligence at, 149–150, 154, 157
breaking tasks into pieces, 152
computer games, 155
core technology of, 154
distributed microtasks of, 150–152, 157
handling higher volumes of tasks, 152
marketing team, 150
National Library of Finland and, 154–155
paper-based documents, digitization of, 149–150
prototypes developed by, 154
quality assurance procedure at, 152–153
Microtask Digest, 153
Miettinen, Ville, 148, 150, 151, 152, 154
Miller, Felix, 141
minor asset management, 220–222. See also Robin Hood Minor Asset Management Cooperative
mobile technology, 7
modularization, 43
Mole Bridge, 155
Mole Chase, 155
Moment app, 72
Monsanto, 118
Mophie, 56
Moreau, Clément, 103–105, 109, 111
moths, 114
MSW. See Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
Multi-Part Printing tool of Sculpteo, 108–109
multi-sensor satellites, 190
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), 185
Murphy, Keith, 198
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 223
MyDaughtersDNA.org, 205
Mygengo. See Gengo
Nair, Lakshmi B., 239
nanosatellites, 190. See also Spire
Nanosatisfi. See Spire
Napster, 10
NASA, 57
National Institute for Standards and Technology Statistics, 19
National Institutes of Health (NIH), 198
National Library of Finland, and Microtask, 154–155
Natural Industries, 118
Nature, 77
Nature Medicine, 214
Nazis, 223
Needto, 136
Nelson, Brian, 141
Nervous System, 77
Net Promoter Scores of TaskRabbit, 134, 134n2
neuroscientists on young learners, 5
New York Times, 160
Nielsen, Karl “Kalle” Hvidt, 225, 228
NIH. See National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ninesigma, 160
99 Designs, 160
nonprofit sector, 21
compared to incumbents, 100–101
concept of, 90
eStandby Upgrade®. See eStandby Upgrade® solution of Nor1
future intent, 102
personalized offers by, 96
Norins, Art, 90
novel pricing models, Fondia, 54
novelty, 2–3. See also strategic novelty
experimentation with, 5
impact of, 4
novelty-denying skepticism, 8
NovoGen MMX Bioprinter, 198
Novozymes, 118
NVidia, 150
OCR. See optical character recognition (OCR)
offer-first marketplace, 72
Olufsen, Svend, 223
on-demand manufacturing
on-demand photography. See Scoopshot
OnehourTranslation, 145
online doll building application, of MakieLab, 172
online investment market. See Grow VC Group
online retail partners, of Quirky, 60
online travel agencies, 89
open business models, 27
open culture of Fondia, 52
Open Data Initiative of Gengo, 142–143
open manufacturing, 240
open operating system, 61
optical character recognition (OCR), 149, 153, 155
optimal synthesis, 228n7
biopharmaceutical companies and, 199
bioprinted blood vessels by, 198
corporate partnerships, 198, 199t
future applications, 201, 201t
NIH grant, 198
patent, 198
stock fluctuations of, 202
organ printing technology, 198
outliers, 1–2. See also specific companies
amplification strategies, 42–46
being unique, 8
blending models across industries, 33
defined, 1
experimental business models, 4, 11
at fringes of industries, 2
heterogeneous subgroups of, 18
how to learn from, 9–13, 14t, 30t
interesting, 20
methodological perspective on, 21–26
perspectives of, 2
prediction. See prediction outliers
pronged classification of, 23
reference summary on, 244–252t
strategic management literature and, 18–20
strategic novelty and, 3, 4, 7
theoretical perspective on, 17–21
Outliers: The Story of Success (Gladwell), 21
outsourced legal service model of Fondia, 48–50
Oxfam, 71
macroorganism-based crop protection vs., 112–113
for pest control, 114–116, 118, 119
participant architectures, 240
participant-driven health research, 205. See also Genomera
Pasteuria BioScience, 118
pay-as-you-go pricing structure, 153
Peixoto, Inês, 239
Peltomaa, Jufo, 181
personalization, of toys, 171. See also MakieLab
Persson, Stefan, 229
natural processes for, 115–116
pest control industry. See BUG Agentes Biológicos
pheromones, 114
Philips, 61
Lifestyle Incubator, 76
photo crowdsourcing platform. See Scoopshot
photo tagging, 148
Popper, Karl, 20
Powered-by-Quirky partners, 62
power strips, 57
preclinical discovery, 199
price, consumer behavior and, 95
real-time products and pricing, 97
problematic strategic direction, 234
product development, at Quirky, 57–58
profit allocation structure, of Robin Hood, 218–219
proprietary algorithm, Quirky, 59
Protocol Builder, 212
Quirky, 4, 9, 15, 45–46, 56–64, 245t
community engagement, 59
idea submissions, 58
inventions by, 59t
manufacturing, 60
Mattel and, 176
online retail partners, 60
portfolio, 63
Powered-by-Quirky partners, 62
product development, 57–58, 59t
proprietary algorithm, 59
retail, 60
Rabbit Rallies, 133. See also TaskRabbit
radical cost reductions, 43
radioactive waste, disposal of, 186
RadioShack, 60
Rahja, Petri, 69, 73. See also Scoopshot
RAND Corporation, 27
regressions, 19
Reinhoff, Hugh, 205
Reinventors, 46
resource-constrained organization, 15
Reuters, 177
Rhode Island School of Design, 59
roadmaps, management of, 229
Robin Hood Minor Asset Management Cooperative, 15, 217–222, 251t
artistic exhibitions, 221
background, 217
board members, 218
Hoodies, 221
investment portfolio of, 217–218
outlook, 220
philosophy, 219
profit allocation structure of, 218–219
unconventional strategy of, 219–220
website, 219
RoboBusiness Exhibition, 188
robotics recycling. See ZenRobotics
Rocket Lab, 193
Rock Health, 206
Rotask, Mike, 156
Royal Society, 125
Runmyerrand Inc. See TaskRabbit
Samasource, 156
Sasken Communication Technologies, 150
satellite-imagery companies, 193
satellite-powered data company. See Spire
scaling/combining experiments, 13
Schachter, Joshua, 141
Schawlow, Arthur, 238
Scheffler, Israel, 10
Schmidt, Marie, 226
Schouwenburg, Robert, 77
science projects at Genomera, 208–209
Scoopshooters. See Scoopshot photographers
award to, 71
background, 69
challenges for, 73
compared to incumbents, 72
funding for, 69
on-demand photography, 71
outlook, 73
photographers. See Scoopshot photographers
recognition and financial rewards at, 71
Scoopshot photographers, 69, 70
amateurs, 72
license, 71
moral rights, 71
rewards, 70
apps, 110
challenges for, 110
founders of, 104
multi-part printing tool of, 108–109
outlook, 111
software functionalities of, 107
Selfridges, 177
Senior Translators at Gengo, 142
serendipity, 5
service networking, 131
Shapeways, 15, 76–88, 104, 246t
challenges for, 84
founding team of, 77
growth and development of, 83
machine space, 79
Made in Future, 76n1
on-demand manufacturing, 78–79
pricing structure, 79
production capacity of, 83
reducing manufacturing barriers, 80–83
seed funding for, 77
venture capital funding for, 83
Victoria’s Secret and, 77
shareholding structure of Fondia, 51–52
Shasta Ventures, 131
Silicon Valley, 124
skepticism, 8
small company and innovation process, 235–237
Smartling, 145
social media, 33
software ventures, 148
Sonos, 232
Sony, 140
soy crops, 119
soy farmers, 119
S&P500, 217n1
space industry, 193. See also Spire
Spark, Joel, 189
business expansion, 192
career coaching at, 192
challenges, 194
compared to similar companies, 192–193
data services/solutions of, 191–192, 191t
as employer, 192
nanosatellites, 190
outlook, 195
SPVentures, 113
Staats, Bradley, 156
Stratasys, 201
strategic innovation, 2
strategic management literature, outliers in, 18–20
amplifying/scaling (OOMPH!), 12–13, 33, 38–42
defined, 1
embracing, 30t
experimenting and executing (SO WHAT?), 10–12, 32–33, 36–37
identifying (WOW!), 9–10, 32, 34–35
leadership issues in, 241–242, 242f
strategists, 2
Sulake, 171
Swan, Melanie, 206
SXSW Accelerator competition, 177
Syngenta, 118
TaskRabbit, 53, 55, 131–139, 248t
app, 134
auction house model of, 132
autoposting, 134
business portal of, 133
compared to adjacent companies, 135, 136–137
fee-based business model, 134
feedback scheme of, 134
identity as challenge for, 136
naming, 131n1
Net Promoter Scores, 134, 134n2
outlook of, 137
peer-to-peer labor and, 133–134
purpose and passion of, 137–138
service networking, 131
TaskRabbit Elites, 132
Taylor, Alice, 170–180. See also MakieLab
technology. See also artificial intelligence; 3D printing; specific companies
agrochemical multinationals and, 118
hospitality organizations and, 95–96
Technology Centre of B&O, 228–229
technology-driven innovation, 226
TechShop, of BioCurious, 11
Terranova, Tiziana, 218
3D-Bioplotter, 202
3D human liver model, 199
accessibility, 77
bioprinting. See Organovo
manufacturing services and, 76–77
rapid prototyping and, 77
3D Printing Cloud Engine, 105–106, 108–109
TLS. See Transparency Life Sciences (TLS)
tools and methodology, to strategic novelty, 9–13, 14t
amplifying OOMPH!, 12–13, 33, 38–42
executing SO WHAT?, 10–12, 32–33, 36–37
identifying WOW!, 9–10, 32, 34–35
Toy Fair, 170
toy industry, 170. See also MakieLab
training seminars, of Fondia, 52
transaction services, of Fondia, 50–51
Transifex, 145
Translation Operators at Gengo, 142
translation through crowdsourcing. See Gengo
translators, at Gengo, 142
Transparency Life Sciences (TLS), 212
Trichogramma wasps, 113, 114, 118
mass production of, 114
trip review sites, 89
turn-key services of Microtask, 153–154
23andMe, 210
2D models, clinical tests in, 199
Uber, 197
U.K. Government Office for Science, 129
uncharacteristic business models, 23, 26. See also prediction outliers
unicorns, 195
University of California, Santa Cruz, 156, 221
University of Missouri, 198
U.S. Commerce Department, 19
U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act, 156
U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, 214
Vadén, Tere, 218
Välikangas, Liisa, 218
on Robin Hood Minor Asset Management Cooperative, 220–222
Vartia, Jorma, 50
venture capitalists, 66. See also Grow VC Group
Verbalizeit, 145
Victoria’s Secret, 77
Virgin Galactic, 193
Virkki, Sakari, 217
Virtanen, Akseli, 217, 218, 220–222
Virtual lawyer services, Fondia, 54
VirtualLawyer tool, of Fondia, 50–51
virtual tools, of Fondia, 50–51
Vogelaar, Marleen, 77
Vogel’s, 71
Volpola, Harri, 181
Wake Forest, 202
wasps. See parasitic wasps
Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE), 186
waste processing companies, 182
waste recycling business, 186–187. See also ZenRobotics
web-based technology, 7
website
Genomera, 215
Mattel, 175
Robin Hood, 219
trip review, 89
WEEE. See Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Weijmarshausen, Peter, 76, 77, 80, 84–85. See also Shapeways
The Well-Tempered Clavier (Bach), 1
Westbrook, Christina, 80
Wilska, Panu, 150
wireless communication protocols, 61
wireless speaker series of B&O, 230
workshop, 174
World Economic Forum, 113, 199
World War II, 223
WOVN.io, 145
XAnge, 104
XCOR Aerospace, 193
Xerox, 54
Yerdle, 135
young learners, neuroscientists on, 5
Zaarly, 136
awards and nominations received by, 184t
compared to manual waste sorting plants, 184
disposal of radioactive waste and, 186
operation, 183
waste processing companies and, 182