L'atelier's Blog
By
Marcus Burke
January 06, 2012
Through the creation of a virtual slow-motion camera, we now have the ability to see and capture photons moving through space. Though invisible to the naked eye, this technology can shed light on what may have been previously unnoticeable.
Built by MIT researchers, this technology uses a streak camera that allows to measure the pulse of light’s intensity over a period of time. Being able to gather data at 1 trillion exposures per second may seem fancy schmancy, but should anyone care... > Read more
By
Sergi Herrero
December 23, 2011
While everybody looks at Silicon Valley as the mecca for innovation, local entrepreneurs and investors look at South America for inspiration.
Endeavor is a non-profit organization that helps entrepreneurs from Latin America raise capital and expand their businesses. The last event took place in Uruguay, and featured 18 entrepreneurs with innovative businesses. While Silicon Valley is... > Read more
By
Marcus Burke
December 16, 2011
As nearly one out of every three children in the United States suffers from obesity, Sony has created a device to help Americans fight this ongoing combat. Though knowing about the epidemic is half the battle, technology isn’t the solution to the other half.
Sony has created the IHT Spirit System that allows PE teachers to place heart monitors on its students during physical activity, keeping track of the child’s heart rate. This device is later swiped over an NFC reader that stores the student... > Read more
By
Sergi Herrero
December 06, 2011
Crazy video of a guy who find gold in New York, via Laughing Squid
Crazy video of a guy who find gold in New York, via Laughing Squid
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/penn-teller-tell-a-lie-gold-mining-in-new-york-city.html > Read more
By
Ivory king
December 05, 2011
A new book, The Challenger Sale, shows the value of a unique marketing strategy. The book encourages sales teams to be more like personal trainers than bartenders.
With the wealth of customer connections that are available to brands thanks to social media, sales and marketing teams have been more focused on maintaining conversations with their base than ever before. But relationship building may not be the... > Read more
Last time they came to San Francisco, Frenchweb dropped by our office and interviewed Frédéric Tardy about l'Atelier North America.
Thanks Frenchweb!
Follow the link to watch the video! > Read more
By
Fabien Punin
November 08, 2011
Last Friday, the leader among daily deal websites, raised $700 million in its IPO, valuing the company at $12.7 billion and making it the largest public offering since Google’s in 2004 (with its $1.7 billion raised).
A few minutes after the trading started, Groupon’s stock (GRPN) had increased by +30% before it started to fall sharply. The stock’s price is now around $25, which is still $5 above the opening price. Groupon only opened 5.5% of its capital... > Read more
By
Alice Gillet
August 18, 2011
Netflix is giving a very hard time to San Francisco video stores. But the ones remaining have unveiled special powers to resist the competition of online services by being truly involved in their neighborhood.
“Citrus Club… next is Decades of Fashion, then you walk by that little yellow house with the psychic reading sign on the door, and then you hit Ploy 2. Keep going, and you’ll get to Booksmith. Oh wait, no. First there’s that... > Read more
By
Alice Gillet
November 18, 2010
This happened a few months ago, but I thought it was worth sharing…
August 2010. Everybody in the Valley is reading about this very cool job-dumping story on Chive.com : Jenny, a young stockbroker assistant decided to quit her job because of... > Read more
By
Alice Gillet
November 15, 2010
So you probably heard about the wild Google vs. Facebook fight going on about data portability. I'm sure you also heard about the huge amount of money Google's spending to have its employees turn down Facebook's job offers.
Now, did you ever wonder what it’d look like if you actually put Mark Zuckerberg and Eric Schmidt on a boxing ring? If your answer is yes, then you might want to take a look at the Tech Beat Up boxing tournament for geeks that was hosted by White... > Read more
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