Dell’s direct sales strategy is one of the most often cited examples concerning process and business model innovation. Now the CEO Michael Dell announced at CRN that his company is going to enforce other sales channels like commercial resellers and retail stores. So the question is whether Dell is back paddling because it has undervalued [...]
We all know the problem that it’s quite hard to phone in a noisy environment. And most of us know the common “solution”: the sender yells into his mobile and the receiver trys to hold his device as far away from his ear as possible. Now a Japanese start-up company is offering a microphone called [...]
On some days I’d really need a more sophisticated alarm clock, because I can be very wily in the morning trying to find ways to stay in bed Maybe this “catch me if you can” thing could get me up. Credit: Aaron Tang
Researchers at the Harvards Medical School aim to construct a brain implant that can restore vision of blind persons. The basic idea is to build a small digital camera that will feed images to an external signal processor worn by the patient. The processor will translate the image from the camera into neural impulses, then [...]
A couple of new companies (e.g. Simulscribe, SpinVox, Callwave) is developing software that converts voice mails into text messages or e-mails. At first glance this development may sound consequential but on closer inspection an interessting trend reversal is appearing. Some years ago mobile network operators offered services that did the complete opposite: a “VoiceButler” read [...]
