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Would you Hop?
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…
A thought-controlled artificial hand restores feeling
Some of the most incredible innovation is coming in the realm of prosthetics. Artificial limbs have advanced to the point now that we can make fingers work simply by using our minds. Recently, a team of Swiss and Italian researches developed the LifeHand 2, which is a first-of-its-kind artificial hand that restores a sense of…
The future of drinking water?
Imagine running a race and instead of being handed a water bottle, volunteers hand you a clear water bubble. Do you eat it, or drink it? Three design students from London first created a prototype of an edible water bottle in 2014 as an alternative to plastic bottles. Today the product is gaining traction, and its…
Top ten consumer trends for 2011
I am an avid follower of consumer trends, and I advise my clients to be as well. Here is a terrific video I found on YouTube from JWT. It has several interesting elements I found particularly comforting, like the fact that human downtime and relationships still matter even as we become more and more attached…
Consumers, trendwatchers roast tweeting refrigerator
This begs the question: Just because you can, does it mean you should? Samsung’s new over-the-top refrigerator can play Pandora radio music, send tweets, check your Google calendar and more, but attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show 2011 think it may be overkill. Check out this video from Mashable.com on the Wi-Fi-enabled appliance: The International…
Have you heard of “Fog harvesting?”
MIT students are learning how to take the moisture from the atmosphere to nourish some of the driest places on the planet, thanks to new technology and innovative thinking. The fog harvesting equipment is especially useful in central Chile, where a series of mesh-patterned nets are trapping and and condensing tiny droplets of moisture from…

