Archive for the ‘Innovations’ Category

Water Bobble – Bottle With Filter

I posted a couple of news whith interesting design for bottled water, one of which was missing some volume to share with dry lands, while another one’s (Water For Water) profit was aimed at implementing various water projects in developing countries.
Now, there’s another interesting design from Karim Rashid.
PSFK reports about Water Bobble:
Water Bobble, an inexpensive [...]

Coca-Cola Robo-Vendor

I already talked about how I love the efforts of Coca-Cola marketing people.
Cool device from Japan. Coke vending machine is actually a robot, says Stan Lee at Brand DNA.

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Buzz On Google Buzz

So, the new service from Google is out, called Google Buzz. It was coming, I guess, considering the growing shift towards social media, and the falure of the giant to get a firm hold of this market. Previous attempts were, to put it softly, not very successful. Remember Orkut or OpenSocial? No surprise if you [...]

USB Drive With Scent

Brand DNA posted a piece on this creative device. Very smart idea: A USB drive that scents the air with a Jean Paul Gaultier fragrance as you work. The device is a free gift that comes together with purchased item. Nice move for sellers of perfumes, coffee, chocolate and the like.

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Apple iPad Announced… Finally!

The long story of hopes and speculations was ended yesterday, with announcement of Apples new device – the iPad, which I would call a hybrid of iPhone and a notebook. Much was talked over this outing, much was discussed about what it would be like and what its name would be, and which products it [...]

Location-Based Digital Advertising From New York City Buses

Just came across this post about a location-based advertising tech, seems to have great potential.
New York city buses are equipped with the LCD screens on their sides, to more effectively communicate messages to people out there in the streets. Not only the ads are no longer static, but they are also being adapted to the [...]

IBM’s “Next Five Technologies In Five Years” Revealed

IBM have revealed the list of 5 technologies that may change our lives in the next 5 years. Here the list goes:

Energy saving solar technology will be built into asphalt, paing and windows. If only this becomes affordable to all people around, this is going to be more than just great news. Should wait for [...]

Mobile Marketing Waking Up in Russia?

I was writing not so long ago, about Jon Lunetta trying to approach the Russian mobile marketers here in Russia, and how slow (actually zero response) the latter were… This is the tendency with mobile marketing here in Russia: companies open for a certain client – be it a old buddy or good partner from [...]

When Are You Ready With A Website?

Among other things, I have been busy last week completing the content-filling and adaptation / localization process for a website. This is an international company, they have sites for at least 10 countries already, and now they are opening in Russia, too.
So, what is the main lesson one will learn when creating a site (be [...]

Communications in Russia. How Patient Can You Be?

I was posting about the problems one is likely to face when trying to contact for a prospective partner. A couple of months ago I was approached by Jon Lunetta of MyWaves Inc. He was exploring opportunities for connecting to Russian mobile service providers to arrange partnership programmes for their clients, with MyWaves’ technology platform. [...]