You’d best hurry. You don’t have much time to get your world-changing
invention to Popular Science reviewers for the 2013 ‘Garage’ Invention
Awards….
The People’s Bank of China has announced the issuance of gold and silver commemorative coins celebrating the country’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning. The two gold and two silver coins range in denominations from 10 to 2,000 yuan ($1.60 to $320), the latter with a market value of roughly $8,000 each.
Nearly everyone has at least a dozen earth-shattering inventions up
their sleeve. At least that’s what they believe. But most who want to
run with their ideas and make them profitable end up wasting a lot of
time, especially as novices, on ideas that are already on the market or
that few others want. It’s important to work smart and fast as product
developers so your focus is on the new, the needed, and the profitable.
Here are five New Year’s Resolutions that will boost your efforts and
your results.
Starbucks, the global coffee powerhouse, is big in China and the domestic competition knows it. They also know the old adage “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” but somewhere, somehow, something got lost in translation.
Dare to be bear! As Japan’s birthrate falls and the core market for Hello Kitty and Rilakkuma toys ages, cute character powerhouse San-X refuses to be left behind. Case in point: the sterling silver Rilakkuma Elegant Pearl Pendant from Tokyo’s Strapya World.
Nissan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” Juke Nismo is one mean matte black beast! Bedecked in bat emblems and boasting a bevy of Bruce Wayne-friendly styling cues, this ultra-theatrical Juke is neither a joke nor a ride for The Joker.
After a volatile election year, heightened bi-partisan bickering, a
drift-less mandate and a still-divided government, perhaps it was
senseless to think a lame duck could waddle to our fiscal rescue. On the
other hand, maybe we were waiting for the wrong shoe to drop.
Coca-Cola has long been associated with the holidays: from polar bears with questionable diets, to the myth that the company created our modern image of the man in red. But this year the company’s Christmas marketing efforts completely miss the mark. Instead of turning caffeine addicts into spies for a free bottle of sugar water, Coke vending machines in Europe are giving out free soda in exchange for karaoked Christmas carols. More »
Millennials vs. Boomers cover both ends of the age spectrum. There’s an X and a Y in between, but according to
most authorities, a generation of folks is approximately 15 years apart,
where they are defined by their own uniquely similar characteristics.
Introducing "Milk Caramel Potato Chips", the latest improbable snack from the land that gave us Strawberry Cheetos. Blending traditional Morinaga caramels with crispy ridged potato chips doesn’t seem right but hey, anything’s better than pork rinds.
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