The Innovation Diaries

China is a developing consumerist market. Compared to more developed Asian markets, brand literacy is lower and consumers’ expectation of experiences is more functional. In this environment, companies need to execute the basics superbly well. This adds value for consumers and only once this initial hurdle is passed can you then credibly roll out over [...]

The race for the “personal service robot” market
“The issue for robot developers is whether the technology of artificial intelligence will allow Japanese developers to fulfill their vision of friendly robots capable of working alongside people. If so, Japan could be in a position to dominate the next phase of robotics. If not, the Americans, with [...]

I’m currently overlooking the lovely Tivoli Gardens in downtown Copenhagen, and there’s two things that have struck me on my trip so far. Firstly, it’s the sheer number of bicycles on the road - there’s easily more two wheelers than four-tired gas guzzlers speeding around the city, and my jog around town this morning felt [...]

I just stumbled across this website by the folks who make the rather nice and rather posh bugaboo baby prams. It contains a list of walks for you to take with your baby all over the world, and is beautifully designed, with each map more a work of art than a simple guide for getting [...]

Fancy your chances as a pure play internet billionaire? Choose from the list below of one user need websites serve. Then find a way to satisfy it.
1. Use otherwise desktop based services online – hello Hotmail, Basecamp, Salesforce
2. Navigate the web – AltaVista (remember them?), Yahoo, Google
3. Sell products or services – everyone and his [...]