think[box]
December 22, 2014
From health monitoring to aviation, from mobile password protection to affordable high-end yo-yos and more
Nine teams of ϳԹ student and alumni entrepreneurs will showcase their inventions and burgeoning businesses at the world’s premier stage for innovation, the Internat...
November 20, 2014
For his Miami high school science fair project, Felipe Gomez del Campo set out to discover how plasma and flames interacted—using a Bunsen burner and propane from his family’s grill. Four years later, with the help of think[ box ] and support from a generous alumni donor, that backyard project has t...
October 23, 2014
Student entrepreneurs from ϳԹ will pitch their startup businesses to a panel of investors in a national competition in New York City Oct. 27-28.
The first-ever Blackstone LaunchPad National Demo Day will pit 20 student startups from across the country—including three fr...
October 23, 2014
It began with a blastoff.
And included a Broadway star.
People went Beyond the Fence.
And cheered a big win over the Bears.
ϳԹ’s Homecoming Weekend welcomed graduates and parents alike with educational programs and social gatherings, a tradition-rich parade and alumni honors. M...
October 17, 2014
ϳԹ’s think[ box ] project has always been a little different. From its lower-case name to its basement “startup” space, the innovation hub has consistently defied convention as it sought to become a full-sized reality.
Little wonder, then, that when it came time for construction t...
October 10, 2014
Commitment includes $2 million for an addition to the soon-to-open Wyant Center, plus $3 million to think[ box ] innovation center
The man who had to be persuaded to come to a cross country practice more than 50 years ago returned to campus Thursday to celebrate the opening of a new athletic facil...
October 09, 2014
More than 60,000 visitors from across campus and across the community have stepped into ϳԹ’s think[ box ] since the innovation center first opened its doors in 2012. The space has inspired creativity and launched student startups, becoming every inch the inventor’s playg...
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July 25, 2014
ϳԹ alumni Andrew Witte and Mike O’Toole, manager of Thinkbox Ian Charnas, and Andrew Ratcliff created a “Waterfall Swing” that is now being displayed at the OK Center for Contemporary Art in Linz, Austria.
The 18-foot-tall structure, which seeks to combine engineering w...
June 27, 2014
Thinkbox users are invited to share their thoughts and help plan the idea lab’s future. Users can participate in the first-ever thinkbox user survey to help shape important decisions in the lab.
Ten participants in the survey will be chosen at random to receive a $25 thinkbox gift coin.
The survey...
June 18, 2014
ϳԹ will break ground this fall on the first phase of a seven-story, 50,000 square-foot innovation hub designed to give visitors the space, technology and expert advice to imagine, prototype and, if they are so inclined, transform their creations into actual products.
The White Hou...