Written By Zuo Xuan on Thursday, March 6, 2008 at 10:06 AM | In Technology Trends, Lifestyle Trends, Japan, China | Please Comment
Paperless novels become popular with tech-savvy readers and writers.
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In Asia the popularity of user-generated content has spilled over in a big way into the publishing world. In countries such as Japan and China, high mobile phone penetration rates, language characteristics, and the development of a pervasive cellphone culture has given rise to […]
Written By Michael Keferl on Friday, February 29, 2008 at 4:42 PM | In Marketing Trends, Technology Trends, Japan | Please Comment
Despite a publishing decline in Japan, it’s still quite easy to get a magazine for just about anything, and the publishing world has been hard at work integrating their printed materials with the new Digital World.
The print magazine Tada Gets, which basically means “things for free” is a magazine composed entirely of QR codes. By […]
Written By Rebecca Milner on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 10:33 PM | In Technology Trends, Japan | Please Comment
Okay, it’s not a robot waiter but Teraoka’s new Deli Touch pen allows customers to place orders without human contact. Using a menu with barcodes embedded in the photos of the items, the pen’s camera scans the codes and transmits the information via wireless to a server, which is connected to a printer in the […]
Written By Josefine Koehn on Monday, February 18, 2008 at 8:52 PM | In Marketing Trends, Technology Trends, Lifestyle Trends, USA | Please Comment
Wearable webcams enable lifecasters to broadcast online 24/7.
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Wearable digital technology enables users to broadcast their lives around the clock. While there are many sites that allow users to post videos online for free, a personal 24/7 online video stream required the broadcaster to host his or her own website. Justin.tv allows users to feed […]
Written By Josefine Koehn on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 5:09 PM | In Technology Trends, Lifestyle Trends, USA | Please Comment
Energy, generated by the human body, can be used to power small devices.
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Electronics are becoming cheaper, smaller, and more ubiquitous. People tend to carry their devices around with them, often not able to access an electric outlet. While clever power management and circuit design reduce power requirements, researchers and designers have begun tapping into […]
Written By Michael Keferl on Friday, February 8, 2008 at 2:29 AM | In Technology Trends, Japan | Please Comment
We’ve reported on solar gadgets many times, now our team in Japan just found a very simple and practical mobile phone solution.
Cell phone batteries always die at the worst possible times (usually when you’re about to meet someone), but there are more and more options to give your digital leash a few extra miles.
Of course […]
Written By Josefine Koehn on Monday, February 4, 2008 at 12:29 AM | In Technology Trends, Lifestyle Trends, USA, Europe | Please Comment
Solar Design helps to bring – electric power to the poor.
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By harnessing the power of the sun many otherwise cost- and energy-intensive processes and products can become more easily implimented world-wide, while simultaneously saving energy. Some of these solar products are practical or entertaining, such as the ones introduced in our post about […]
Written By Josefine Koehn on Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 11:37 PM | In Technology Trends, Lifestyle Trends, USA | Please Comment
Robo Pets can be cuddly, cool, practical, and even come as open source.
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Artificially intelligent robots aren’t the stuff of science fiction anymore — they’re becoming increasingly affordable for the average consumer. Several new lines of robo products are now on the market, some which appeal to our inner nerds, others which are even quite […]
Written By Florian Peter on Friday, January 25, 2008 at 7:39 PM | In Marketing Trends, Technology Trends, USA | Please Comment
Video-sharing and search sites are reaching a record number of users.
We have reported as far back as May 2005 on the innovations happening in Internet TV both affecting brands and users - from Video Blogging to Brand-TV-Channels, Lonely Girl, Video Portal Marketing , Interactive Video Search, and most recently how Hip-Hop goes Video […]
Written By Daniel Allen on Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 4:36 PM | In Technology Trends, USA, Events, China | Please Comment
Innovation is the keyword as cool Chinese gadgetry showcases on the global stage at CES.
In conjunction with China’s economic development, increasing technological know-how and penetration of foreign markets, the presence of Chinese companies at CES has steadily been growing over the years. Here are a few of the entries from China’s electronics manufacturers that attracted […]
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