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Category: Innovation
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The new wave of technological innovation is coming to your home by way of automation. You will soon be able to control most aspects of your home, from locking doors to turning on lights to opening and closing the garage, with your smartphone. Start With Lockitron One of the newest and most fascinating technologies in…
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Nowadays, it can be difficult for the average consumer to keep up with the rapid pace of technological development. Most businesses share the same challenge. In fact, the most successful companies gain a competitive edge by continuing to evolve and adapt to these incessant changes. Home security is one industry that is undergoing wholesale changes…
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Cali Lewis has been interested in home automation for as long as I’ve beeen following her video blog. In her highlights from CES 2013 she mentions a few items and her new cohost did an entire segment on one product but I was actually hoping for a more thorough investigation of this subject. Maybe next year. Her latest post…
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Tomorrow TheAnthroGuys are giving a presentation about our core competency: Analytic Induction that gets practiced in search of opportunities to “add value“. This is a rather clunky way to express what we do but we are still sharpening our ‘laser focus’ so bear with us. Once we reach Gladwell’s 10,000 hours, I’m sure it will sound better. …
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Jason, a clever colleague of mine, found an interesting article that reminded me of Claude Lévi-Strauss’ use of bricolage [French for, “fiddle, tinker” and, by extension, “make creative and resourceful use of whatever materials are to hand (regardless of their original purpose)]. Paul Boutin describes a variety of simple solutions to complex problems that typify…
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Wow, if you ever wondered what Practicing Anthropologists do for the world, visit the Point Forward site today. I found out about this firm’s web site by following a Google add link that was on my own LinkedIn page – yes apparently the whole “targeted advertising” thing actually works from time to time. I was…
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Dial2do is the killer app of 2009. This is a bold claim in that it’s January 2009 but this app is really changing my workflow for the better. For example, this message is being recorded from my phone to illustrate the power of dial2do’s functionality. I spoke that sentence into my jawbone ear piece which…
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It’s amazing how motivating dance can be. I found this clip on 43 folders
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