Friday Fun: What Motivates You?
If you haven’t seen this yet, take a look. This is a great example of how to inspire your people to be more innovative by helping them work in their “sweet spot.”
Enjoy!
If you haven’t seen this yet, take a look. This is a great example of how to inspire your people to be more innovative by helping them work in their “sweet spot.”
Enjoy!
More and more marketers are turning to 3D technology in a big way: Using skyscrapers as a giant projection screen. This month in Atlanta, Coca-Cola is celebrating its 125th anniversary by stationing 45 projectors around its headquarters building and projecting a thank-you message to its fans. Much of the video shown on the building is…
Grow your own meat? Killing animals for meat may someday become a thing of the past. Scientist Mark Post is the head of the department of vascular physiology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and he is at the forefront of developing research to produce meat without the need for livestock breeding. In this video,…
Imagine an online farmer’s market where the fresh, farm-grown food comes right to your workplace. Farmigo is a new web-based model that connects local farms with consumers for custom delivery subscriptions direct to a convenient community location. Here’s how it works: I’d try this! Farmigo now works with more than 300 farms in 25 states…
When an earthquake shook Haiti’s capital Port au Prince in January, communicating by cell phone was impossible. The cell towers high in the hills of the capital city that covered most of the island nation became inoperable. But a new palm-sized fuel cell that turns water into electricity might be a game changer in developing…
Chinese company WinSun Decoration Design Engineering can build 10 houses in one day by using 3D-printed blocks. The builders are constructing cheap and quickly assembled homes as a possible solution to the urgent problem of modernizing housing conditions in Chinese villages. The blocks are made from common construction waste: a mixture of sand, glass fiber and concrete….
I do a lot of traveling around the world. I mean a LOT of traveling. While I enjoy meeting with clients and working with global companies, I often wish the process of airport travel was lighter. So I am delighted to share this innovation with you: Hop. Hop is a suitcase that follows close behind…
If you haven’t seen this yet, take a look. This is a great example of how to inspire your people to be more innovative by helping them work in their “sweet spot.”
Enjoy!
I came across a fun-looking t-shirt the other day that got me thinking. If a shirt can contain a hidden camera, what could someone do with that potentially-invasive technology? A company called Think Geek created the Electronic Spy Camera Shirt which allows you to take pictures of people–and they won’t even know you’re doing it….
Here’s an innovative transportation idea from France that employs fancy footwork in a team concept: The Human Powered Gym. It’s a floating gym on water. The idea comes from Carlo Ratti Associati, showing the world how human energy can power vehicles in the future. The 65-foot floating gym would be powered only by its occupants,…
Drivers who find themselves behind a semi-trailer truck can often become impatient, and try to pass when they should wait. Now Samsung has developed a solution hat helps motorists see what’s in front of the truck, designed with saving lives in mind. It’s called the Safety Truck, and it employs a wireless camera attached to…
One of the top trends in robotics this year isn’t just about how cool the functionality is getting; it’s robots designed so that consumers will develop affection for them. There is a purpose in making these robots “cute” and friendly. Innovators know that the number one thing they would look for in a personal robotic…
More and more marketers are turning to 3D technology in a big way: Using skyscrapers as a giant projection screen. This month in Atlanta, Coca-Cola is celebrating its 125th anniversary by stationing 45 projectors around its headquarters building and projecting a thank-you message to its fans. Much of the video shown on the building is…
I found this interesting. What do you think? Robots have already invaded the operating room in some hospitals, but in Belgium they will soon be taking on the potentially more difficult task — for robots, at least — of greeting patients and giving them directions. The Citadelle regional hospital in Liège and the Damiaan general…
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