Attach this spout to a bottle of liquor. As you pour, a LED light will illuminate the liquid. Unlike similar gadgets, it only lights up when liquid pours through it, adding a cool visual effect to bartending during its four-hour battery life. – Video after the jump.
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Some ideas build, gain traction and sometimes coincide with a sweeping movements that propel a young business to greater success.
Continue reading… “Turning Your Customer into Your New Product Manager”
Our understanding of the future is greatly improved when we have clear images of what it might be like. Here are some images from the future that are nothing short of total genius. (Pics)
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When it comes to leading a team tasked with developing new products and bringing them to market, new research from North Carolina State University shows that being nice and playing well with others gives you a very real competitive advantage. One new study shows that project managers can get much better performance from their team when they treat team members with honesty, kindness and respect. A second study shows that product development teams can reap significant quality and cost benefits from socializing with people who work for their suppliers.
Continue reading… “In The Business World Nice Guys Finish First, Study Shows”
Startup Weekend is coming to Kansas City April 24-26, 2009 and is going to be a blast. Startup Weekend is an intense event bringing brilliant tech minds together to create companies, projects and great tech communities!
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Cleanliness at a high cost.
Here’s something for you to ponder the next time you’re in the bathroom: American’s love for soft toilet paper is ecologically hard on forests!
… fluffiness comes at a price: millions of trees harvested in North America and in Latin American countries, including some percentage of trees from rare old-growth forests in Canada. Although toilet tissue can be made at similar cost from recycled material, it is the fiber taken from standing trees that help give it that plush feel, and most large manufacturers rely on them.
Being a light sleeper and living in coyote land has made for some restless nights, so my quest for the babbling brook, the ocean wave, the “nature sounds” of tweeting birds, and the white noise gadgets that might help me sleep knows no bounds or expense.
A few weeks ago, my mother gave me a hand-me-down from my grandmother. It was the Original Sleep Sound Generator that my grandmother bought more than 30 years ago from Hammacher Schlemmer. Can you believe it’s still functioning?
Continue reading… “Sleep Sound Generator Product Review”
It all starts with an epiphany. Every invention begins with a single “eureka moment” or some “brilliant revelation” that causes the inventor to take action.
These epiphanies become the idea seeds that will eventually get planted around the world. But we can only wish the process was as simple as adding water and fertilizer and waiting for the ideas to spring to life.
Inventions are not just patents to be hung on a wall. They are the starting point for a new business enterprise. So, not only does the inventor have to figure out how to create a working product or device, they also have to drive their invention towards a business model that will enable it to survive. And that’s where we come in.
Continue reading… “Business Veterans to Help Inventions Spring to Life”
Science Guy Steve Spangler demonstrated how a little static electricity can make some remarkable things happen. Steve will be one of the featured speakers at Saturday’s Product Launch Boot Camp.
Continue reading… “Steve Spangler and Floating Objects”
Imagine a table that responds to your touch, gestures, and other objects placed on it. Imagine EyeBoard-the intuitive touch table! The next best thing in touch technology, the EyeBoard is user-activated and offers unmatched point-of-sale opportunities.
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Chinavision is selling this unusual kit for replacing the passenger seat sun visor in your car with this touchscreen visor that comes with a DVD, TV, and radio. Installation looks a little tricky as you’ll have to figure out how to route the wires. More details after the jump:
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It would seem a fair bet that the world’s most populous nation would also be the most sexually active. But despite prolific reproduction, recent history has given China the image of a country where sex is taboo. However, sex is no longer a taboo in China and Shanghai’s third ADCEXPO adult toy and sexual health exhibition is destined to change the image.
Continue reading… “Sex Product Show Spices Up Shanghai”
