In an earlier article (here) I introduced the upcoming of RFID products and applications
that will invade our daily Lifes.
I briefly remind that RFID is an "electronic Label" made of a chip and an antenna, that contend Identification
information and communicate via...
It is possible, Motion Portrait of Tokyo in Japan has developped the technology that permits to
bring your face picture to life.
Using a technology originaly developped by Sony research center, a picture is converted into a 3D model then...
Beauty or not Beauty
The reign of Beauty is all around us: in Magazines, TV commercials, series , Media world , models are everywhere.....to be successful you must be beautiful.
But was is beauty ? a subjective perception? maybe, maybe not.....some believe beauty...
Takamichi Nakamoto from Tokyo Institute of Technology has invented a a device that can detect, record, digitize and then replicate any smell.The 15 sensors of the machine analyze scents, record a recipe and convert in digital format that can be used to store libraries of smell. It then can...
HEC Paris - Feb 1st - 2007Togheter with some French executives and HEC Alumni I was invited by HEC Paris to participate to a conference and debate with Bill GatesMicrosoft is currently launching Vista with a $500 million campaign This was a great occasion to exchange on visions of the...
Very certainly you remember Walt Disney movies Merlin the magician where objects lift up and float in the room.
Dutch architect Anjaap Ruijssenaars from Universe Architecture has made it in collaboration with Bakker Magnetics : A floating Bed.
This project started in 1999 and a prototype was...
What is the ultimate dream of people in regard of living places ? Maybe you could find some hints by looking what is going on in the persian Gulf countriesQuatar for instance: a 2,5 Billion dollars project called the Pearl is planning the building of an artificial island 20 km north of...
Magnetic levitation : Do you know what this is for ?If you travel to Shangai in China , maybe you will have the chance to experiment this magnetic technology also called MaglevThe fast train at the Pudong Airport will bring you at a speed of 430 km/hour to Shangai downtown...
A new type of hotel resort will start populating our oceans in the near futur : the Underwater HotelsOnce again Jules Vernes vision comes true The first 220-suite hotel , Hydropolis is due to open in Dubai at the end of 2007. Currently under construction (it started in 2005)...
Your cell phones will tell You EverythingNew Intelligent functions are invading our PhonesGeovector is developping New applications around mobility devices and intelligent functions for Mobile Phones.The company software permits to create 3 D images from a mobile...
The stratospheric Vehicle
you know what is a satellite, but do you know what is a STRATELLITE
A Trade Mark from SANSWIRE company an airship and communications technology manufacturer .
What is a Stratellite?
It is a 75m long high tech air vehicle (balloon...
Android female "Valerie" Speech - multi-language synthesize, Color binocular vision High degree of intelligence: Learning methods: Rote memory Monkey see - monkey do (visual imitation) Logical inferenceNeural networks
Japan the big Jump...
At a time where electronics and technology are entering our day to day life at home, an other alternative using "bio-technologies" propose the home of the future. A former group from MIT(Mitchell Joachim, Lara Greden and Javier Arbona-Homar )have conceived a home that...
What key factors made of a company like Nokia the undisputed World leader in Mobile Technology (over 35 % Handsets Market Share / over 30 Billions Euros Turnover) When I started to work with Nokia in Finland in the early 90s,it was just sketching a strategy in the telecommunication...
At a time where electronics and technology are entering our day to day life at home, an other alternative using "bio-technologies" propose the home of the future. Mitchell Joachim, Lara Greden and Javier Arbona-Homar (a former group from MIT)have conceived a home that...
Did an aircraft lost its engine ?
We will need to rethink how a windmill looks like in the near future . Aerodynamics is at full potential
Forget the big propellers and get use to see "jet engine" floating in our windy country areas.
A bench of benefits:
This...
3motion of California has just launched a new futurist electrical vehicle ,
This 3 wheel stand up is environment friendly , for use in high density area . Powered by electrical batteries it has a speed of 40 km/h and an autonomy of 45 km. It costs around 6000 US$
An...
Not a Toy but a real 100$ Laptop . This is the crazy project developped by Nicholas Negroponte from MIT Media Lab, called ONE LAPTOP PER CHILDREN . OLPC is a non profit organization (see OLPC website )
It aims to produce a low cost notebook...
Techno-
Land and Entrepreneur paradise
Small is beautiful. This Baltic North Europe country with its 1,4 million people, joined Europe Union in May 2004.
A look on future and a distinctive model of new technologies...
Just Amazing, the ultimate design for kids is in .....Beijing China. A coulourfull , funny bookstore is offering chineese kids the ultimate playground and fantasy experience.
Named "Kids Republic" , it has big screens and displays with Movies around book ,and many...
RFID is a means of identifying a person or object using a radio frequency transmission.
How it works :
You put a Tag (or electronic label) composed of a Miniature Radio Antenna and a Chip on a person or object .When this tag approach a reader up to 10 meters even...
I would like to uncover here some tips learned during my "livings" and experiences abroad
lets start with Japan " how to behave in society or business"
and first:
-Do not say "NO",
Say "Maybe or I will think...
After Speed Dating ... High Speed dating (in train)?
This Summer a new concept has been launch by IDTGV the web affiliate of SNCF (french Railways). The passengers who book the High Speed Train Ticket online place an Add on the Website to meet and date other...
How to continue being creative in New Designs when you are Making Consumer or High Tech product?
Some of commonly branded companies have understood that the collaborative way might be...
In March I went for a two weeks business trips in Boston, Dallas and other places.
Night out in some of the hip places; I discovered in the Pink Martini Club of Philadelphia the new Drink phenomenon.
Expecting these beautiful fox to go for
Champagne , Martini, Gins, Cocktails but!!!...
Apres Hong Kong, le Salon Clusters 2006, les Rencontres Mondiales des Pôles de compétitivité se tiendra à Lyon du 9 au 13 Octobre , en présence et avec l'intervention de personnalités economiques et politiques( Thierry Breton, Francois Loos,...
For years you have been said to switch off your cell phone in airplanes before take off.
....and most of the airlines adding that using a cell phone will disturb the plane electronic equipment and why not .... create a CRASH !!!
I have been working with...
How to launch a new car brand and make a hit with internet marketing : Dodge did it. The Ram (belier)Syndrom
Coincée à la porteVidéo envoyée par ringrp
Paris, September 14th, e- commerce Convention Via Venture is with...
Interesting information in La Tribune (French Economic Newspaper- issue March 31st) about Traveling to the USA.
IN 2004 European Union and USA have signed an agreeement relative to the transfer of Information on Passengers flying to the USA. This agreement stipulates that...
A spot on Italy during the Cannes Film Festival
The new generation of Italian actresses brings a new breath and renewal into the formatted world of Hollywood and its American Performers.
Monica Bellucci ,Born in 1964 in Citta di Castello, Italy, is the shiny and already world famous...
Business success story
A new concept of fitness centers -Liberty Fitness- is breaking the records in USA and now in the rest of the world. Founded by Liberty Harper , a San Diego 24 years old American fitness trainer ,Liberty Fitness propose a...
A new comer is heavily investing into Paris area and building Residential Complex:
Stroimontage is arriving directly from - St Petersburg,Russia and being renamed Hermitage for its French operations (Hermitage is the famous
St Petersburg
Museum ). Stroimontage acquired a...
Do you know the BYO restaurants ? Yes BYO not BIO
BYO goes for Bring Your Own (Bottle) . This new restaurant concept is coming right away from New Zealand and Australia , and yet a new BYO opens every day in big American Cities.
Originaly BYO restaurants are the ones not...
Napoleon said ? se faire battre est excusable, se faire surprendre est impardonnable?
Economic Intelligence sounds a difficult concept for you ? It is simple things behind hard words
On April...
Diplomacy as understood today has very little in common with the Diplomacy from King Louis 14th or Diplomacy during the Cold War.
Globalisation of world economy has moved Diplomacy from Political to Economical field with increasing number of actors. Today world is ruled by global companies and...
Ethical coffee was first to be seen on the racks of your supermarket and give you the opportunity to participate to fair a reward of local producers form the south or low cost countries.
Graph source Max Havelaar
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On March 29th, a conference on Managing a Team from Home and Home working was organized by FRES ( see www.fres-asso.org )
. This conference was held by experienced "remote"managers and teleconferencing equipment representative.
Marie...
The most expensive places in the world
When selecting the place to live ,work, make business , grow your family , and access to a real life quality you may have a look at how much it will deplete your revenues.
The Mercer consulting firm releases the reference ranking...
Can you surf the Networking wave ? Are you an efficient “Networker” ?
Get use to it, those are now the questions to be answered to get a successful professional label.
So you are better to start from now.
Reading the numerous...
Plus de 2 Millions de francais vivent en dehors de nos frontières
Le Samedi 4 mars 2005, le Senat a organisé, la journée des français à l'étranger.
Tables rondes, conférences, expositions, forums, l'occasion d'échanger sur la...
