Times Online: Many new projects are incorporating technically advanced glass, such as panes with the ability to turn from clear to an opaque milky white at the flick of a switch. The laminate in Blink glass contains liquid-crystal polymers, connected to an electric current.
Gizmodiva.com: Just when you though USB devices couldnt get any funkier, AromaUSB has made its appearance. Just plug it in your computers USB port and this device dispenses a fragrance to get rid of all the odd smells around your work station. It doesnt have any memory though and is available in lavender, lemongrass, and orange fragrance. The AromaUSB is completely customizable from color to shape.
Twenty five years ago, the first hand-held vacuum entered the marketplace and revolutionized the way Americans cleaned their homes. Introduced as the Dirt Devil, the compact cleaning product was powerful, lightweight, innovative, and an enormous hit when launched in 1984. Since then, the hand vac has been the companys signature product.
A couple of Wharton professors recently released a study of the distribution of demand for movie rentals at Netflix, based on the data the company released for the Netflix prize. The authors say the data contradict Chris Anderson’s long tail theory; Anderson says the data back up his theory; and Tom Slee says the data do neither. I wonder, though, whether the Netflix data aren’t hopelessly skewed, at least when it comes to getting a sense of the relative demand for hits as opposed to less popular or niche titles. I’ve subscribed to Netflix for a long time, and what…
TrendOriginal: The Orb is an innovative new Bluetooth headset which transforms a wireless earpiece into a ring you can wear on your finger when not using the device for making calls or listening to music. The Orb uses NXT technology to deliver bone conduction audio to the ear.
I gave a guy down the street a 5% ownership stake in Rough Type in exchange for a 30 pack of Natty Light. The beer’s worth $17.59, according to the sign in the window of the liquor store downtown, which gives Rough Type a current valuation of $351.80, or 0.0000003518 Twitters….
Yanko Design: E-book readers, emails and other such digital facilities are making paper redundant to an extent. But the one area that Im not ready to compromise is the Newspaper. My morning ritual of fixing my coffee and curling up with the papers is under threat from the In Newspaper. Yeah, yeah, it does have the perks of an inbuilt alarm clock and fresh content from a choice of global papers, but imagine carrying the flexible display to the loo, where many of us read it while we take a crap!
