November 2025 update: NJ Innovation never stops. This one is so impressive that it needs to be included in this list: Monarch butterfly real time tracking. This hits the “Whaaat? That’s an incredible level of inventiveness and development!” Since 1995 Martin & Ottaway has been a New Jersey company. We like being a New Jersey… Read more »
A recent Wall Street Journal article named The Myth of Basic Science by Matt Ridley makes a fascinating argument that government spending on basic science does not result in technical innovation. The article argues that, instead, most innovation results from tinkering, and only after the tinkering results in new technology, will science catch up to… Read more »