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Futurist Ross Dawson predicts the social technologies that will dominate in 2016
This week Ross Dawson released a list of extraordinary technologies he thinks will be commonplace seven years from now, in 2016.
New amphibious WaterCar will make your life awesome
At last, an amphibious car designed for The Dude. Californian-based WaterCar, Inc. builds high-performance cars that are also high performance boats.
Now going for a cruise really means going for a cruise. Put the top down, turn the tunes up and head for the big blue. As this promotional video reveals, there are bound to be bikini-clad grads on Spring Break, hanging around waiting to cheer you – and your WaterCar Python – on.
The office enforcer (get ready for the pain)
This is an oldie but oh-so good. If your office discipline is waning, it might be time to keep your colleagues on their toes by bringing in an office enforcer. No HR gab-fests here. This is old school office discipline, Terry Tate-style. Hellll yeahhh.
Offer less choice to get more sales
Regular Anthill contributor Steve Sammartino published an interesting post on his blog this morning. Steve is in the process of tweaking the pricing model for his company Rentoid and relayed a nugget of advice offered to him by fellow entrepreneur Chris Pearson (founder of Skitch and Comic Life).
Most customers think you’re a liar
New research by Melbourne Business School Professor Karen Jehn has revealed that, in 80 percent of cases, customers who were actually being told the truth thought that they were being lied to.
Artist turns you into a one-off action figure doll on demand
If you find that you can’t get enough of yourself, why not have a totally unique polymer clay doll created in your likeness? Sculpted by Cyndi Safstrom and made to order.
Microsoft’s Windows 7 launch party tutorial gets the YouTube treatment
As Kraft’s iSnack 2.0 debacle illustrates, companies don’t have much room for error these days when it comes to launching a new product. That is especially true if that company’s name is Microsoft and that product is Windows 7, the latest iteration of the company’s flagship product and the follow-up to the much maligned Windows Vista.
New website aims to make engineering sexy for students
The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering at the University of Sydney used the occasion of Engineering Week to launch www.engineeringicons.org.au. The site is designed to encourage more high school students to see engineering as an interesting and viable career path.
Google ‘Trojans’ Internet Explorer with Google Frame
Google, seeking to win over Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) users to its new Google Chrome browser, has launched Google Frame, an IE plugin that runs Chrome inside IE.
Remembrance of things past (a video to make you fear the future)
A dark animated short film set in the future where a major corporation has developed software that stores all the lost memories of humankind. We’re looking for something here… Something real.
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Steve Ballmer vs Alan Greenspan. Product marketing 1985-style [VIDEO]
I’ve always been a little afraid of Steve Ballmer. This video doesn’t help. In 1985, on November 20, Microsoft released Windows 1.0. Steve Ballmer, ever the affable chap, stepped in front of the camera to sell this amazing new product.
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