Archives / December 2006


   Make your own guided route.
“Turn right after the cathedral and then keep left of pub “Onder den Toren” where you can taste the famous local beers.” Online navigation sites ar ...   read more


 



   Microsoft is building the School of the Future
WHAT'S HAPPENING? Students at Philadelphia's School of the Future travel light: no pens, no papers, no textbooks. School-issued laptops are all the ...   read more


 



   Personalize your Porsche
Crashing into the midlife crisis with a Porsche? Why not personalize it while you're at it? "Name Your Porsche" replaces the model designation on th ...   read more


 



   Room Service launches bar with VIP room-service in N.Y.
Since hotel rooms have mini-bars, why not shake things up and create a bar with room-service? Located in New York's Flatiron District at 35 E. 21st St ...   read more


 



   Interested in buying a house that isn't for sale?
In The Netherlands, Elkhuistekoop.nl (Every House for Sale) encourages people to fill in an online form if they've spotted the house of their dreams a ...   read more


 



   Specific skincare products for bald men!
As a dedicated head-shaver, Abe Minkara tried every shaving product on the market, but none of them worked as well as he wanted. Discovering an unders ...   read more


 



   Put your best people on innovation
By Paul Sloane Many businesses make the mistake of giving innovation projects to junior executives. It seems natural to hand innovation opportuniti ...   read more

 



   Standing desks may help schoolkids lose weight
WHAT'S HAPPENING? Students of the future may literally stand and deliver, burning calories as they learn. Mayo Clinic researchers equipped a protot ...   read more


 



   Crowdspirit involves the mass customer in Innovation
What blogs, citizen journalism and YouTube have done for media, CrowdSpirit hopes to do for product development. The Scottish-French venture's focus i ...   read more


 



   The Engine Room in Belgium - a five star hotel for cars
Besides offering secure and swanky warehouse storage for members' automotive treasures, the Engine Room is also a private club. Recently, the engine p ...   read more


 



   Toyota green-lights environmentally responsible driving with Eco Drive Indicator
WHAT'S HAPPENING ? Toyota gives eco-friendly driving a green light – literally. Japanese-market Toyotas are now equiped with gas-powered automatic ...   read more


 



   Toyota's relentless approach to improvement
Deep inside Toyota's car factory in Georgetown, Kentucky, is the paint shop, where naked steel car bodies arrive to receive layers of coatings and col ...   read more

 



   Ten tips for succesful Innovation by Kawasaki
1) Make Meaning - One of the most important keys to innovation is making meaning. As an innovator, developing meaningful products is key to long-term ...   read more

 



   How customers can help you in your innovation efforts
If two heads are better than one, how innovative can a whole posse of customers be? Very, says Pat Keane, 51-year-old founder of PM Gear, a ski produc ...   read more

 



   Survey shows disconnect between importance of innovation & expertise in it
The Center for Creative Leadership recently surveyed the readers of its Leading Effectively e-newsletter about the importance of innovation in the wor ...   read more

 



   Freaked-out flyers in Buenos Aires can face their fears with the airport shrink
WHAT'S HAPPENING ? Nervous flyers, help is available in Terminal A – if you're flying out of Buenos Aires, Argentina's Jorge Newbery Airport, anywa ...   read more

 



   TV Kart videos keep kids happy and distracted at the supermarket
WHAT'S HAPPENING ? Grocery shopping with kids just got easier. TV Karts, now being tested in the US, keep youngsters entertained with Barney, Bob ...   read more