Patrick Hood-Daniel’s new Kickstarter, “Build Your Own Laser Cutter" project was featured on Wired.com yesterday. It seems that there is some controversy over whether his custom laser cutter kit is safe enough.  I actually saw his kit at the Houston 3DCamp and was impressed with the 3D puzzles that he was able to lasercut out of cardboard.  I think overall that Houston is growing a great Maker scene ...

SpaceUp Houston is hosting its 2nd conference and the goal is to develop a concept, rules, and application for a mobile game called SpacePoints with the goal being to educate and excite the Houston community around space research, exploration, and innovation in aerospace. Cost is $10 and includes lunch. Registration is limited to 40 people. Topic: SpacePoints Mobile App Game Un-Conference When: Saturday Jun ...

TiE Austin, TiE Houston, & TiE Dallas Presents the TiE TEXAS FUNDING FORUM 2011 FAST TRACK TO INVESTORS May 5th, 5-9 pm | Atrium, JJ Pickle Research Campus, Austin, TX www.tietexasfundingforum.com TiE Austin, TiE Houston and TiE Dallas proudly present The TiE Texas Funding Forum, an annual event where aspiring entrepreneurs have an opportunity to present business cases to angel investors and venture cap ...

Register for the Event The Rice University Business Plan Competition is the world’s largest and richest graduate-level business plan competition. It is hosted and organized by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship which is Rice University's flagship initiative devoted to the support of entrepreneurship and the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business. This is the 11th year for the competit ...

Time Friday, April 1 · 7:00pm - 11:30pm Location The Coffee Groundz 2503 Bagby Houston, TX Created By Technology Bytes Radio More Info It's no joke! You are invited to attend the Technology Bytes monthly gathering/meet-up. We’ll be descending upon at The Coffee Groundz, located 2503 Bagby, in Houston, TX. The Coffee Groundz offers a diverse menu of coffees, teas, beers, wines and most important of all, FOOD ...

Enterprise Builders and Zebec Data Systems recently announced that they have combined forces to launch the Houston ZEBEC Center.  The ZEBEC Center is a center for new, emerging and established Computer Technology businesses to host meetings, to encourage knowledge sharing and a place to help with innovation and new ideas.  To do that, ZEBEC Center is making its facilities available FOR FREE to all of the Te ...

Attend the Sabeer Bhatia Keynote on Thursday, Nov 11th Register NOW Thursday, Novermber11, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Petroleum Room, 44th Fl, 800 Bell Street, Houston , TX -Houston, TX, 77002 Sabeer Bhatia is a pioneer in the field of web-based e-mail, Bhatia co-founded Hotmail Corporation in 1996. As President and CEO, he guided Hotmail's rapid rise to industry leadership and its eventual acquisition by Microsoft ...

Join us as we LiveBlog the TIE Houston event - Entrepreneurship in Tough Times. Some quick info: It does not get any bigger than Kanwal Rekhi! Rekhi’s venture capital firm, Inventus Capital Partners has generated over $30 Billion in aggregate wealth and market value in their 15 year track record. Rekhi is one of the biggest driving forces behind TiE, an 18-year old organization with chapters in 55 countri ...

The Houston Innovation Initiative is a group started by Houston Council Member Jarvis Johnson and Yvette Golan of World Innova and here is a quick summary of what they are all about: The Houston Innovation Initiative (HII) joins government leaders focused on solving city challenges to the technology and innovation leaders who can help. HII’s introductions inform the technology community of areas the city ...

Join us as StartupHouston liveblogs the TiE Houston Legal Workshop that offers advice on how to protect your Small Business Intellectual Property and More. ...