Lazy people are the best customers.
The ultimate customers are lazy, anti-social people. To be assured of success today, create a service that appeals to people just active enough to push a button but too lazy to check their bank statements.
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The words ‘chemical’ and ‘poison’ have become interchangeable in the popular consciousness. As a result the whole subject of chemistry has become tainted with unpleasant connotations.
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An Enphase Micro-Inverter
Google’s Little Box Challenge, Google will be offering a $1 million prize for inventing much smaller solar power inverters. The challenge will be launched this summer, so currently few details have been released to the public.
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Today’s customers and retailers are getting serious about how they implement and manage the customer experience.
Tesla
In California, Tesla has knocked off Toyota as the biggest auto employer in the state. Tesla employs over 6,000 people to the Japanese company’s 5,300. That lead is only likely to grow, as the EV manufacturer prepares to add another 500 jobs by the end of the year, and as Toyota begins its relocation to its new North American headquarters in Texas. The news comes barely a week after the company announced a $50 million loss during the first quarter of 2014.
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Members of Avaaz, a global advocacy group.
When the news hit Reddit that the Federal Communications Commissions’ plans to consider paid priority on the Internet, the question wasn’t so much whether the move was a good idea, it was “How do I best tell my elected representative that this is a horrible idea?”
Internet of Things start in the home.
The Internet of Things is poised to be the next wave of technology to wash over Silicon Valley and it may create a $290 billion global market by 2017, building on past tech waves like mobile, software, personal computers and semiconductors.
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Noolkisaruni Tarakuai, Third Wife of a Maasai Chief – 800 Calories
Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio, photographers who also happen to be married, traveled around the world and met people from all walks of life. During their time with these people, they asked them to pose for photographs with their daily diets in front of them. The craziest part about the entire project is the caloric intake difference between people of different walks of life.
We love to think about the future; the endless possibilities, the opportunities for amazing technologies and the prospect of a better life for all. Below are five things from Urban Times thinks we can expect and want to see happen over the next 100 years for #PhilipsFuture campaign…
FDA vouchers were created as an incentive to encourage drug companies to work on medicines for neglected diseases.
In March, when the Food and Drug Administration gave the OK to a new treatment for a parasitic disease called leishmaniasis, the Canadian company that owns the medicine got something that’s quite likely to prove even more valuable than U.S. sales of the drug will ever be.
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Peter Diamonds at +Local Motors
Jay Rogers and his team at +Local Motors in Phoenix, Arizona have plans to 3D print an entire car in just one day at the Int’l Manufacturing & Technology Show in Chicago this September. The electric drive car will be built out of carbon fiber reinforced thermo plastic (CFRP), which has a strength-to-weight ratio twice that of aluminum.
Google CEO Larry Page
Larry Page, CEO at Google, just published his annual founder’s letter for shareholders and, as usual, it’s a fascinating glimpse into where he thinks Google is going, how it’s going to get there, and what the company will conquer in the future.
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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