Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s the first 1080p peer-to-peer full high-definition online video distribution platform.

The Story: We’re at the point in the evolution of technology where this nut was surely going to get cracked. But the problem in allowing full HD content being shared from peer-to-peer was with compression technology. Dyyno cracked the code.
Now, the Dyyno platform lets webcasters with any size organization manage the entire lifecycle of their content — whether video or any other rich media — from content capture through eventual monetization, at an affordable price.
Dyyno’s rich media and management …

Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s a new way to immerse people in virtual reality experiences without covering a person’s entire visual plane and enabling them to take their experience with them anywhere they want to go.

The Story: Brother Industries, Ltd., the same company that offers printers and other consumer electronics, has also been actively developing technologies for a retinal imaging display (RID), an image projection technology that safely focuses light onto the retina and then safely moves the light at high speeds to create movement and “afterimages”. Images projected onto the …

Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s affordable, high-definition videoconferencing software that offers live, real-time collaboration for instant face-to-face meetings with no subscription fees.

The Story: HP SkyRoom is based on breakthrough video and image communication technology developed in HP Labs, the company’s central research arm. Elements of this technology were used by NASA’s Mars rovers to transfer high-resolution images back to Earth. HP SkyRoom is the only videoconferencing tool to offer real-time collaboration for up to four people over a standard business network for $149 – less than the cost of round-trip airfare from San …

Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s a way to create and power sustainable cell phone towers in rural areas, finally giving the billions of residents in these areas around the planet access to voice and text.

The Story: Sustainable energy is clearly becoming an essential part in everyday life for millions of people all over the world, and it is fair to say that its associated technology is rapidly maturing and no longer in its infancy.
However, it is one of the most striking paradoxes in the wireless telecommunications industry that the only truly …

Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s the world’s first single laser-based projector. Oh, it also fits into your hand. And, it comes with an MP4 player as well.
The Story: Shanghai Sanxin Technology Development (SSTDC) is about to unveil the Laseno SMP-101. Unlike other pico projectors boasting laser capability, which use three different colored lasers, the SMP-101 utilizes a single white laser and a LCoS microdisplay panel. It also supports SVGA (800×600) resolution, a 250:1 contrast ratio and projects images with a brightness of over 20 ANSI lumens, which is brighter than any …

Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s a free desktop sharing tool perfect for any online meeting, Web presentation or remote support situation. With Mikogo, you can invite up to 10 participants to view your screen live over the web. It’s a great solution for anyone looking to collaborate online.

The Story: Mikogo eliminates the need to make on-site visits for tasks that can easily be achieved via screen sharing over the Internet. Provide online technical support for customers. Conduct product demos or make sales pitches to prospects. Use Mikogo to discuss and edit a current team project. …

Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s a pad that fits into a shoe which gives doctors feedback about detecting balance problems before a catastrophic fall occurs.

The Story: It may look like a padded insole, but this little pad may actually help save lives.
The iShoe insole may just be what doctors need to help detect balance problems before a dangerous fall happens, according to Erez Lieberman, a graduate student in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. While an intern at NASA, Lieberman developed the technology to help astronauts counteract balance problems …

Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s software that detects if you’re at your computer using your monitor’s webcam, and based on the settings your create, will shut off your monitor when you’re away, thus saving power. As soon as you return, it fires right back up.
The Story: PecoBOO comes from Sheffield, England based environmental computer manufacturer VeryPC (http://www.very-pc.co.uk), a company driven to create products that are better for our environment. The company is known for its variety of highly efficient and minimal-energy requiring desktop computers, or GreenPCs. Recently, the company’s managing director, …

Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s a company that’s not just bringing back electric cars, but building an infrastructure out of existing resources and a model that will keep electric cars here to stay.
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The Story: Better Place is a revolutionary company that is making the dream of non-polluting electric cars a reality. Better Place has over $200 …

Why It’s a Breakthrough: One-e-App modernizes and simplifies the way low-income families apply for health and social services programs, transforming an out-dated and cumbersome paper process into a streamlined online approach, which is more efficient for government and more rational for families. It’s a simple solution to what’s become an unnecessarily complex issue.

The Story:  Imagine a low-income mother taking a day off work, riding two buses across town to a social services office, standing in line for hours to apply for health and food support for her family, only to be …