by Minter Dial | Oct 11, 2010 | Health, New Tech
Panasonic’s R&D has come up with a great new tool to help in elderly care. Essentially, the apparatus is designed to help wash infirm or elderly patients in hospitals, eliminating a laborious work for the nurses. As reported in the press release,...
by Minter Dial | Aug 18, 2010 | Marketing
A recent paper by Spanjol, Qualls and Rosa, “How Many and What Kind? The Role of Strategic Orientation in New Product Ideation” in the Journal of Product Innovation Management identified that there are three types of companies: customer centric, competitor...
by Minter Dial | Jul 5, 2010 | Entertainment
Sehr schön! This is a 5-minute video of the flight of a model RC SR71 USAF jet plane (the “Blackbird”) made, it seems, by a German engineer. The video has nearly 2 million views as we sit today. Proof that a great innovative product can get attention...
by Minter Dial | Aug 15, 2009 | Environment
As you travel around and visit the various public toilets, you tend to come across an ever growing array of hand dryers. Notwithstanding the different ecological benefits, which obviously vary between units, some hand dryers are more effective and sleek than others....
by Minter Dial | Jul 22, 2009 | New Tech
Here’s a business opportunity for an enterprising individual: create a screen that can be read despite the sunshine. I was in Naples last week and, braving the 40C degree heat, I attempted to draw some money from an ATM (pictured below). With the...