Thoughts on innovation
Just bought a Ring video camera. It's a great product, but what I'm really impressed with is their attention to detail in the unboxing and startup process. Here's detailed photos of each step in the process. First, the box itself:...
Continue ReadingFifty years ago, when Eric Clapton played lead guitar on the Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” he played a Gibson guitar. Gibson is an iconic brand and has been the guitar of choice for a wide variety of musicians...
Continue ReadingLandmines and other unexploded weapons cause horrific damage. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 26,000 casualties are caused by landmines or unexploded ordinances (UXO). Roughly one in four of those victims die as a result (Source), and those who...
Continue ReadingApopo.org is a wonderful organization. They train rats to sniff out land mines in former conflict zones, thus preventing thousands of deaths or injuries. Why rats? They’re very trainable and have excellent senses of smell (high olfactory acuity). And, they...
Continue ReadingOn March 6, LEGO announced its results for 2017. Sales declined by 8% and profits dropped by 18%. These results are a striking exception to the company’s recent stellar performance. But there are lessons from LEGO's recent performance that can...
Continue ReadingThe LEGO Dead Ocean Strategy Near my home in Philadelphia, LEGO just opened its tenth North American LEGOLand Discovery Center. It’s located in the Plymouth Meeting Mall, a mall opened in 1966 outside Philadelphia and once one of the premier...
Continue ReadingThere’s a lot of debate about if and where additive manufacturing technologies (such as 3D printing) will disrupt current manufacturing industries. Some argue that it’s a low-quality prototyping technology that is unlikely to cause any major change to mass production...
Continue ReadingHere’s a careful and surprising analysis of the LEGO Group’s product and pricing strategy. While it may seem that LEGO has become more expensive, it hasn’t when measured on a $$-per-brick basis or $$ per set basis. Instead, what LEGO has...
Continue ReadingAmazing story of technological innovation designed to create a legally viable way to stream TV over the Internet: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/why-johnny-cant-stream-how-video-copyright-went-insane/ Here’s the gist of it: Rebroadcasting someone’s copyrighted content over the Internet is illegal. That amounts to a “public performance” of...
Continue ReadingAmazing what you can do with free tools. I made a salt shaker from someone’s head. Here’s how it works: Take 40-50 pictures of someone’s head. The software isn’t good at capturing objects with one color, so you have to...
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