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Duracell toy trends

Published: (Updated: ) in consumer behaviour | 消費者行為 | 소비자 행동, gadget | 小工具 | 가제트 | ガジェット by .

Battery supremos Duracell have conducted a Europe-wide survey on the most popular toys this Christmas. Full details can be found here. The report is available as a PDF, the most interesting part of the report is the survey insights section which highlighted some cultural trends amongst children and the differences across Europe. I have summarised […]

Swiffer

Published: (Updated: ) in branding | 品牌推廣 | 브랜드 마케팅 | ブランディング, business | 商業 | 상업 | ビジネス, fmcg | 雜貨業務 | 소비재 | 食料品事業, gadget | 小工具 | 가제트 | ガジェット, marketing | 營銷 | 마케팅 | マーケティング by .

Swiffer is a US homeware brand owned by Proctoer & Gamble. Proctor & Gamble had to do a product recall last week on a battery operated vacuum cleaner that they sold in the US market under the Swiffer name. The product could overheat in certain circumstances and they had received 14 complaints. I was impressed […]

Nokia 8850

Published: (Updated: ) in consumer behaviour | 消費者行為 | 소비자 행동, design | 設計 | 예술과 디자인 | デザイン, gadget | 小工具 | 가제트 | ガジェット, wireless | 無線 |무선 네트워크 | 無線 by .

I am reasonably tech savvy, but I am using a Nokia 8850; let me explain. I have been on email for ten years and used a mobile phone number for a decade and a half. However I have found myself sliding my mobile technology back in time. Last year I had a 3 mobile phone, […]

Anoto digital pen

Published: (Updated: ) in gadget | 小工具 | 가제트 | ガジェット, ideas | 想法 | 생각 | 考える, innovation | 革新 | 독창성 | 改変, technology | 技術 | 기술 | テクノロジー by .

Anoto are a bunch of mad Swedes who have invented a digital pen. The magic stuff they have came up with is a special spotted paper with unique markings so the pen can tell what kind of document its writing, the colour the ‘ink’, where it is on the page, should the writing be sent […]

Sleeping problem

Published: (Updated: ) in culture | 文明 | 미디어와 예술 | 人文, design | 設計 | 예술과 디자인 | デザイン, gadget | 小工具 | 가제트 | ガジェット, japan |日本 | 일본, technology | 技術 | 기술 | テクノロジー by .

Japan has a sleeping problem. On the face of it, you might think that the sleeping problem was that people were getting too much sleep. It is a high trust society, so you occasionally see drunks safely left alone where they are to sleep. A drunken salary man can rent a catacomb like sleeping capsule […]