Monthly Archives: February 2009

Here is an interesting video of mathemagician Arthur Benjamin races a team of calculators to figure out 3-digit squares, solves another massive mental equation and guesses a few birthdays. He tries to show you how he does it at the end, but I still can’t imagine being capable of replicating the amazing feats he pulls off.You have to check this out: What do you think?@innovate

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I had the opportunity to be a fly on the wall at Top-Consultant.com’s virtual career fair on February 20, 2009. It was hosted using technology from iCongo that attempts to virtually replicate the feeling of a traditional career fair, complete with:LobbyExhibitor HallSeminarsFor the seminars there was integration of YouTube and other web sites like CNBC for “presentations” in the “auditorium”.The chat functionality (userplane av webmessenger) was capable of Audio/Video, but I didn’t come across anyone using it. Nobody tried to engage me by A/V and the interface made me think that others didn’t have the capability.People manning the booths seemed to feel the event was successful for capturing profiles from a large number of candidates, but some hesitated to call the virtual event a success until they saw whether it resulted in real hires.From an attendee perspective, each attendee was able to create a profile for their details and their … Continue reading

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Here is an interesting video of MIT grad student David Merrill demonstrating Siftables — cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. Does this technology have any promise as an alternative human-computer interface?Check it out: What do you think?@innovate

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Here is an interesting video of a wearable computer from MIT students.Enjoy!What do you think?@innovate

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Here is a great visual explanation of the crisis of credit from Jonathan Jarvis. Apparently, he created it as part of his thesis work in the Media Design Program at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.Enjoy!The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.What do you think?@innovate

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I had the good fortune to attend a three-part UTEK webinar yesterday featuring Gary Hamel “Innovation in Rough Times”, Tim Jones “Future Catalysts of Innovation”, and Regina Lewis “Adopting an Innovation Strategy”, and will now share some of the notes, quotes, and key insights I was able to capture.Gary Hamel has been called the world’s most influential business thinker by the Wall Street Journal, and his latest book, The Future of Management, was published by the Harvard Business School Press in October 2007 and was selected by Amazon.com as the best business book of the year. Gary Hamel was a founder of Strategos, which was acquired by UTEK in 2008. Tim Jones, Ph.D., author of Innovating at the Edge, (published by Butterworth Heinemann) and Managing Director of Innovaro, a division of UTEK, will discuss the future catalysts of innovation. Regina Lewis, Ph.D., Vice President of Consumer Insights for InterContinental Hotels … Continue reading

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