A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
Frog Design has been busy re-inventing the light bulb, while Edison mumbles and rolls over in his grave. Frog is the legendary firm that has designed some of the first Apple computers, Sony TVs, and a whole lot of other neat stuff that you probably love.
Continue reading… “LED Light Bulbs By Frog”
For the 1.6 billion people living in areas without utility-supplied electricity, Sharp has designed a TV that can get 100% of its power from the sun. The company plans to exhibit the 26-inch LCD prototype at the Hokkaido Toyako Summit, or G8 Summit, in Hokkaido, Japan, on July 7-9.
Continue reading… “Solar-Powered TV By Sharp Unveiled”
A recent Society for New Communications Research study sponsored by Nuance Communications found that consumers are using social media to share their customer experiences and to research the customer service of other companies.
Among the US Internet users surveyed, 59% used social media to ‘vent’ about a customer care experience.
Continue reading… “Consumers Use Social Media to Vent”
A February 2008 survey sponsored by DoubleClick found that 60% of US adults who make online purchases say that it is very or extremely important to them that a company is environmentally conscious.
Almost half of those who make online purchases said they specifically search for environmentally-friendly products at least some of the time.
Continue reading… “Consumers Demanding “Green” Products”
Chris Anderson has a brilliant article in Wired Magazine this month about the economy of FREE. Between new ways companies have found to subsidize products and the falling cost of doing business in a digital age, the opportunities to adopt a free business model of some sort have never been greater. But which one? And how many are there? Probably hundreds…
We will be most interested in how Chris decides to monetize his next book.
Continue reading… “Why FREE Is the Future of Business”
