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Sod houses don’t get a lot of credit for innovation, but they played an important role for pioneers. Without trees, sod from thickly rooted prairie grass was the next best thing. They were cheap and were warm in the winter. The “soddy” kept families alive. So why mention sod houses in a technology blog? Because they represent the initial hurdles of pursing a big dream. Before you can...

You, dear reader, are one of the luckiest people to have ever lived. With technology, you can spread an idea for social change, prototype the invention that saves millions of lives, connect to influential people and do it all from a single computer. In the history of the world, no one has had access to so much knowledge, wisdom and tools like you have today. If you wanted to get 80% of the...

If you can learn how to drive, create a football play, or follow Ikea furniture instructions, than you can learn how to code. It requires effort on your part to learn, but you don’t have to be a rocket scientist. Coding is essentially the language of technology. Just as learning how to read and write enables you to learn, create and share ideas, coding allows you to bring ideas to life in...

Ever wanted to tackle a problem that could improve your life or the lives of others? Good, because you’re in good company. Meet Mallory Kievman. Along with being a young inventor, Mallory is a young entrepreneur as well (remember, Do Space also has start-up resources). During the summer of 7th grade, Mallory had one case of the hiccups after another. While some traditional cures worked, she...

We know you’re busy, but making time to watch the video below is worth it. The clip shows a robot dog/deer/animal named Spot. Invented by Boston Dynamics (now a Google company) it’s one of the most advanced legged robots around. One day it could work with soldiers, construction crews, rescue teams and even be a security device. For everyone under the age of ten reading this blog, Spot is...

After the launch of Sputnik in 1957 by the Russians, the US was determined to never be behind in technology again. DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency was founded immediately and it’s been creating the future ever sense. This little thing called the Internet, you can thank DARPA for that. Today they work on the most outlandishly advanced projects like hypersonic space...

No matter who you are, you can remember a time when a parent or friend pushed you to do something that was out of your comfort zone. Whether that was broccoli or bungee jumping, the experience is fixed in your mind, a reference point for other new experiences. At some point in our lives, however, we can become a little hesitant when it comes to new things. But that’s not the Do Space way....

Let’s start with the metaphor of printing ink on paper. As the cartridge moves across the page, a layer of pigment creates the letter z. Now let’s say this printer does the same pass again and again, over the same letter z pattern. Eventually, there would be so many layers of ink that the letter would start to rise vertically off the page. Now imagine the “ink” is ceramic, steel,...

In the broadest terms, the Internet is about light-speed connectivity between people, media and companies. With the Internet, ideas, data and money can be exchanged across the globe almost instantly. The Internet of things (IoT) is the next step in rapid communication as everyday objects with sensors and microchips will collect data and share it with other everyday objects, or things. Some...

If we really wanted to get nerdy about wearable technology (and we do), we’d point out that wearable tech has been around for thousand of years. The first fibers woven to create cloth were (1) wearable and (2) a new technology for the time. Down through history, wearable technology continued to advance as blacksmiths hammered out armor to when Elizabeth I of England received one of the first...