Video: The Economics of Valentine’s Day
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Start a Video Contest to Promote Your Biz
Lisa O’Masta wanted to use Youtube to market her business Interwrite. She knew though 60 hours of video uploaded to Youtube every minute, that her marketing efforts would just get lost in the crowd. So, Ms. O’Masta and her marketing team came up with the idea of a song-parody video contest. Teachers and students were
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Bullet Time Photo Business
Have you ever wondered, what you would do, if you could stop the time and fly? Paulig Brazil — a Finnish coffee brand — built a never before seen set-up, called “Brazil Linko”, to stop the time and see, what people really would do. Brazil Linko uses 38 digital cameras to capture a stunt (jump,
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Fat Brain Coffee: A Children’s Business Cirriculum
FatBrain Coffee is a children’s homeschool business curriculum that teaches children basic business skills. The curriculum has seven scripted and easy-to-follow lessons that will guide a guide the student into starting their own coffee business. The lessons teach sales and marketing techniques, accounting skills, day-to-day business operations, and public relations by starting a coffee business.
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Hair Washing Robot
At the Home Care & Rehabilitation Expo 2010 in Tokyo, Japan, Panasonic exhibited a prototype hair-washing robot. The robot utilizes Panasonic’s robot hand technology. The left and right arm mechanisms adjust the pressure used to wash hair, depending on the shape of the user’s head.
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Vending Machine Sells Live Crabs
This video below shows a live crab vending machine from China that dispenses hibernating Chinese mitten crabs in little plastic cages. The crab is a famous delicacy in Shanghai cuisine and is prized for the female crab roe. The inside of the crab vending machine is kept at 41 degrees, a temperature cold enough to
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Video: The First Software Patent
‘Inventors’ is a series of portrait videos by filmmaker and photographer David Friedman, chronicling the work of contemporary inventors from all walks of life. It offers rare glimpses into the inspiration for their creations, which range from the first digital camera and first video game console to a drive-able amphibious ice-fishing vehicle. In this episode:
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10 Things That Will Be Obsolete by 2020
Wrist Watches Paperbacks Traditional Homework Newspapers Car Keys College Backpacks DVDs Instruction Manuals Corked Wine Offline Voting 38 more can be found on Socialnomics.
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Batting Machine Floats Ball in Midair
From the video’s transcript: The Jet Hitter from MRC is a batting machine that allows people to hit a ball that floats in mid-air. An industrial ring blower emits a fixed current of blown air, and a nozzle shaped and angled for optimized fluid mechanics floats a regulation hardball. “People have used a soft toss
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Video: How iPads Are Made in China
Marketplace Shanghai Bureau Chief Rob Schmitz is only the second reporter ever to gain access to visit the factory floor at Apple’s Chinese producer Foxconn. See highlights from his tour of the assembly line and the Foxconn facilities.
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