by Miné Salkin | Apr 10, 2014 | Blog
Here comes Watch Your BAC 2.0, a new way of preventing drinking and driving. We all know the dangers of drinking and driving. You booze, you cruise, you lose! At Powered Labs, we’ve developed a mobile app with the Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordinating Office...
by Miné Salkin | Mar 26, 2014 | Blog
Five fabulous photo editing apps that will make you stand out on Instagram, carefully curated by yours truly at Powered Labs. Thanks to vast improvements in mobile technology, you no longer need a laptop or Photoshop suite to create stunning, professional-looking...
by Miné Salkin | Mar 6, 2014 | Blog
The espresso machine sits alone, not in use at the moment, looking down from its perch above the coffee pot which seems to always be on. Do you smell that, the lackluster aroma of my discontent? My comrade, the pot, is an oaf. Yes, he is a machine, but still an oaf....
by Miné Salkin | Feb 26, 2014 | Blog
The funny, the crazy, the viral. We love it, and can’t get enough of it. But why? Why do people love watching and sharing silly videos? Why does a child biting his brother’s finger get 650 million views, a remix, and a sequel? Why do we send videos to our...
by Miné Salkin | Feb 19, 2014 | Blog
One can see a need, but can you always fill it? Have any of you noticed that our brains have been taking a vacation? “No,” you say, “My brain is fully engaged with life most of the time!” But why is your brain so active all the time? Wasn’t the little computer...
by Miné Salkin | Feb 5, 2014 | Blog
Google has been diversifying itself in some very interesting ways. In the past few months, Google has purchased one of its most controversial acquisitions to date, Nest. It has also invested in artificial intelligence by obtaining DeepMind, not to mention, the...
