Thanks for sharing Jodie

Check out this vision of the future from Corning….

A Day Made of Glass Video

What do you think?

Thanks Lane.  When do you get yours?

700 HP Car

Cool or what?

Thanks for exposing the “out of the box” (a little).

EcoMotor

Will this be a real option?  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 Lane.

Smartphone Ultrasound

Product development can use the smartphone as a development platform and delivery mechanism.  Notice how the product includes a peripheral and software.  Now, what about the online service.  Humm, NPD is changing.  No?

New Product Development strategy — using the phone as a platform, creating new business models,  adding value through ongoing software development.  Should we build “analog” products that do not have associated services?  Ever?

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?

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?

Thank you Luke for the recommendation

Kick Ass Prosthetics

Now this is wonderful customer driven design.  Great engineering, innovative design and wonderful products.

Check out the video at the end of the article about how and why this has been designed and developed.

What do you think?

Thank you TK for the recommendation

Check out this video of the Disappearing Car Door

Pretty cool?  Why is it not in production?   Why have things not changed in this area?

Thanks for the video suggestion TK

3D Food Printer

CAD/CAM for Dessert.  Cakes etc.

What do you think?  What is next?

Thanks Todd for the recommendation

Speak to Tweet Work Around

There always seems to be a way.  Information wants to be free, just like Egyptians.  Technology workaround gets the word out.  Twitter, the first to be shut down in Egypt some say, followed by Facebook and then internet access.   So, people turned to the cell phone.

Why can and did this happen?

Thank you Jaclyn for the recommendation.

Check out this short video and article.  It looks at Product Planning using a cake/cupcake metaphor.

Cupcake Product Planning

Do you agree?

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

Robot Fish

How cool is this?

Eric VonHippel fans, check out this link…..

From: NY Times

Consumer Innovation

What do you think?

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.”

Thank you Gunnar

Plastic Conversion to Oil VIDEO with Sub-titles

Seems to solve the problem of plastic trash, however, I wonder about the energy economics.

We have vast storehouses of plastic, aka landfills – — pay the cost of transportation or should we be converting?

What do you think?

Thank you Jiju for this recommendation.

Seamless Integration with Amnesia Connect Article and Videos

Microsoft Surface is not dead?  Check out Blackberry promo on Surface.

How cool is this?  Very.  Practical, maybe.  Application/Uses, what do you think?

Did you see the X-ray vision?  Cool, eh?

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?