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Robot Love
It was a great year for robot fans. First came news that U.K. scientists had developed a pooping bot. Willow Robot announced its towel-folding PR2 personal robot would sell for $400,000. Korea chimed...
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My Lappy
It’s a ritual often repeated. Trembling fingers eagerly peel away layer after layer. Anticipation builds as the object of desire is finally unwrapped: it’s a beautiful… sexy…new laptop. Welcome to the...
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E-books
In Sept. 2010, Amazon.com debuted a new commercial that poked fun at the iPad’s inability to provide a good reading experience outdoors. In the TV spot, a sexy woman claims she spent more on her...
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Synchronicity
When Carl Jung arrived at his synchronicity concept in 1920, it concerned causally unrelated events. Today, one might argue, synchronicity has taken on a gestalt of its own. In fact, keeping one’s data...
View ArticleJeff Bezos quote
“The rate of change is accelerating: there is more change per unit of time than there was five years ago.” Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon.com
View ArticleAnd Then There Were Three
Google debuted a new Nexus family today, the Nexus 4 smartphone (unlocked; $300), Nexus 7 tablet (16GB; $199) and Nexus 10 slate ($399; 16GB/Wi-Fi). The new Google Nexus family members are extremely...
View ArticlePersonal Wireless Lighting
Philips has introduced an innovative LED lighting system, called hue ($200) and positioned as a “Personal Wireless Lighting” system that leverages this new lighting trend. The Philips hue starter kit...
View ArticleEven with no messages
67% of cell owners check their phone for messages, alerts, or calls — even when their phone is not ringing or vibrating; 18% say that they do this “frequently.” Pew Research Nov. 30, 2012
View ArticleMary Meeker: Asset-Heavy Lifestyle Is Being Replaced With Asset-Light Value
Mary Meeker provided an Internet Trends update on Dec. 3, 2012 at Stanford. Among her insights: an “asset-heavy” lifestyle is being replaced with an “asset-light” consumer value, particularly among...
View ArticleCES 2013: Incremental Innovation Without 3D
Most of the new product introductions shown at Las Vegas’ monster Consumer Electronics Show largely offered incremental innovation. What follows are, the most significant announcements organized by...
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