Thanks for sharing Jodie

Check out this vision of the future from Corning….

A Day Made of Glass Video

What do you think?

Thank you Luke for this very interesting and entertaining article.

Donald Duck inventions.  Where does our inspiration come from?

Amazing!  Can this be true?  What do you think?

Thanks Luke.

Nokia R&D Budget

Huge $, but to what result?  19,000 people to take on the competition.

Thanks TK

Life and Awesomeness of Steve Jobs Check out 1984 Super Bowl Ad

Playboy Interview Tidbits Check out Video of iMac Intro

Is Steve Jobs worthy of such tribute?  Why?

From Fast Company

An interesting read  User-Lead Innovation Can’t Create Breakthroughs

It could be “harmful” to listen to users.  Apple and Ikea agree.   From our class, we could also say Toyota agrees.

From the article ” The user is king. It’s a phrase that’s repeated over and over again as a mantra: Companies must become user-centric. But there’s a problem: It doesn’t work. Here’s the truth: Great brands lead users, not the other way around.”

What do you think?

Thank you for the recommendation Lane

Next Apple BIG Business

Connected TV  — From the article  Apple “will enter the TV market with a full focus, as an
all-in-one Apple television could move the needle when connected TVs proliferate.”  Controlled by iPads and iPhones of course.   I have Apple TV — nice, but expensive IMHO.

What do you think?

Thank you TK

Newspaper Extinction Timeline

Be sure to check out the second page where the authors go through their thoughts on the key factors contributing to the extinction of newspapers.  Note the role of technology as well as the role of industry structure as well as advertising revenue trends.

Do you agree?  2017 for USA?

Thanks JiJu

Toyota OK

However, it may take years for the brand to recover.  Why is the US government jump on Toyota so fast?  Why were so many people convinced that Toyota was at fault?

Check out this short video the shows off a robot fish.

Robot Fish

How cool is this?

Excellent Slide Show on the Future of Technology

Mary Meeker

What do you think?  Do you agree?

Thank you Lane.

From Forbes Blog

America Losing its Edge?

From the blog “Global leadership is not a birthright. Despite what many Americans believe, our nation does not possess an innate knack for greatness.  Greatness must be worked for and won by each new generation. Right now that is not happening. But we still have time. If we place the emphasis we should on education, research and innovation we can lead the world in the decades to come. But the only way to ensure we remain great tomorrow is to increase our investment in science and engineering today.”

From Fast Co Design

3M Innovation Culture

Days off,  ”free time” and 15% time — keys to innovation?    Google 20% time.   But it does not always work.  From the article “Many companies have tried to emulate the ‘20 percent time idea’ but failed because they remained conservative about supporting the new ideas,” he says. And experts agree that this kind of nudging probably works best at companies where there’s a high level of creative competitiveness; that is, where impressing peers is just as important as the innovation itself.”

Innovation needs to be part of the culture, it has to be a competence, and must be included in the strategy.

What do you think?

Article from Fast Company

3D Multi-Touch Everywhere

Have you seen people getting frustrated trying to use “Apple touchscreen gestures” on devices other than an iphone or a ipad?  Apple would like to “own” the 3D Multi-Touch.  The article talks about using it in sports equipment for user feedback as well as TV remotes.

Have you actually tried “flipping” from a touch screen that did not have the feature?  I have.   What do you think? Cool?   Where could the patent be used?

Thanks Gunnar

You have got to See it to believe it.

Honda UX-3 Personal Transportation Video

What do you think?  Ready to purchase one?

Thanks Aaron

Vehicles are getting “smarter and smarter” and always competitive.  Look out FORD?

Toyota Autopia

Products developed with services and software and traveling entertainment systems tied to pocket computers and smart phones.  What is next?   What are you looking for?

First Post on this subject.

The original “outbreak” had folks thinking that Iran’s nukes were under attack had people thinking what COULD happen if our industrial infrastructure was attacked like our computing infrastructure often is.  Now, we have an update that says the attacks could be much more far reaching.

Stuxnet Virus

From the article “The complex code is not only able to infiltrate and take over systems that control manufacturing and other critical operations, but it has even more sophisticated abilities to silently steal sensitive intellectual property data, experts said.”

Where do you think this could go?  Are you concerned?

From Fortune and Fast Company

Conversation with Jan Chipchase – Fast Company

Formerly of Nokia Fast Company TED Video Included

Fortune Magazine — Indiana Jones in Asia

Voice of Customer in Cell Phone Development– How he does it.   What do you think?  How can YOU do this for your company?

From Fortune Magazine, December 6

Winners in the replacement cycle

From the article ” The PC-replacement cycle (a phrase that actually covers most computer-related hardware) should have kicked off in early 2009, when the average machine in use was three years old. That’s about the age that office computers start to slow down and have problems, making it cheaper for companies to replace their equipment than repair it. However, the market collapse of 2008 and the subsequent Great Recession put that predictable surge in tech spending on hold. As the world financial system came unglued, corporate profits took a dive and company IT budgets went into a deep freeze. Global spending on computer hardware declined 12.3% in 2009, according to tech consultancy Gartner Inc.”

Do you think folks will start spending on IT in 2011?  Just replacements?  Or, will it be strategic investment for competitive advantage?   Or, will we see a move “to the cloud”?   I see “cost cutting” via the cloud — just my $.02 — and only “necessary” replacements.

Thanks for the referral Mary.

Tablet Tidal Wave

This blog posting has some great ideas about the coming wave of digital books and e publishing.   The blog publishes a 2011 “to do” list.

What’s on your list?

Thanks to TK

Ten Emerging Technologies  for 2010 — How did we do?

#7 “wetware” actually defines this differently than I have in class.

#10  Batteries, Batteries, and More Batteries

Which one did YOU see in 2010?

Any predicitions for 2011?