myExperiment Archive

Below are five of the hottest startups according to Killer Startups for the period ending August 30, 2007. Check out previous Killer Startups posts.

CryoFinders.com – Track Flights in Real Time

Ever left the house to pick up a friend or a family member at the airport only to find out that their flight was delayed and now you have to sit at the airport for an hour or so, when you could have better spent that time hanging out around the house doing well, anything other than waiting around the airport. Finding your flight is as simple as typing in the flight number and in real time and more than that with CryoFinders, the service also offers approximate time to get through security checkpoints and the weather status and current airport delays. read more »

iFoods.tv – Explore Your Culinary Genius

At iFoods.tv, not only can you find interesting recipes but also watch a video to have a more clear idea about how exactly the foods are prepared, but you can also upload your own videos and recipes to your site and boost your culinary profile on the site. Choose from delectable dishes such as 10 minute crab cakes, Grilled Lamb Chops, iFoods Ironed Stuffed Tortilla this dish is literally prepared with an iron, and there is a video to accompany the recipe, this in itself is a good enough reason to check out the site. read more »

myExperiment.org – Like MySpace, But For Scientists

myExperiment is a wiki-esque site for scientists. Essentially, this is a collaborative environment where scientists can share their discoveries and swap workflows. It's more like a social networking site than a simple grid. Users are able to swap ideas, publish projects, and collaborate as they would on Myspace or Youtube. It's geared to the new generation of scientists who are immersed in the influence of Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies. read more »

Zimbie.com – Make IM Work for You

The cutely named Zimbie is a site which employs Zimbots to keep you up to date and informed. A Zimbot is essentially a bot buddy who resides in your IM contact list. There are Zimbots for RSS alerts, there are Zimbots for social networks, and there are Zimbots for marketing. Users can even create their own Zimbots. Publishers can use Zimbots to alert their subscribers to new content. Advertisers can use Zimbots to communicate with consumers live, during special events such as auctions. read more »

RSSMicro.com – RSS Feed Search Engine

RSSMicro is an RSS Feed search engine with 65 million feeds, blogs, and news sources to search. Billing itself a true hybrid search engine, you can search for RSS feeds and within RSS feeds, search by feeds or blogs or news sources, you can sort by rank or date, and you can easily view the top RSS feeds through a quick link. The site touts that they have 6,300 news sources that are being indexed and searchable, more than 52 million blog posts, the best ranking system, and a unique key word search mechanism called "clustering." read more »