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Watch Pranav Mistry’s “The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology” demos at TED
We've already seen MIT researcher Pranav Mistry's SixthSense projector-based augmented-reality system in some cool demos, but he just gave a TED talk and his latest ideas are the wildest yet. At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop." In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.
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Living in China: Financial crisis weighs heavily on Shanghai female workers
Most female workers in Shanghai suffer from anxiety connected to the global financial crisis, according to a recent survey [...]
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Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry ‘Sixth Sense’ demo at TED
This demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine Minority Report and then some [...]
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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: MP3 Player Sales Decreased 43.76% in the first half of 2008
According to the latest report of CCID Consulting, in the first half of 2008, China's MP3 player market realized sales of about 2.5 million MP3 players and revenue of CNY1.223 billion (nearly 180 million US dollars), year-on-year decreases of 43.76% and 43.56%, respectively. Li Ying, a consultant from the consumer electronics industry research center of CCID Consulting, says that as the MP3 player markets in big Chinese cities are close to saturation, a negative growth began to appear in its sales in the first six months of 2008...
Posted in China, consumer behavior, trends Also tagged behavior, Beijing, CCID Consulting, Chinese Cities, consultant, consumer behavior, Electronics Industry, Mobile Phones, player, Report, revenue, Rural Area, United States Leave a comment
Chinese People and Their Mobile Phones: Market Increases on a Large Scale, Driven by Demand
CCID Consulting, China's leading research, consulting and IT outsourcing service provider, recently released its article on mobile phone market increasing in large scale. From data by CCID Consulting, the sales volume in China's mobile market is 150 million units in 2007, which is 24.1% more than that of 2006. If black-market mobiles from smuggling, unregistered brands and other illegal products are counted, the number exceeded 200 million in 2007. The China mobile market has started development on a large scale driven by market demand and technology renovation...
Posted in China, consumer behavior, information technology, innovation, trends Also tagged 3G, behavior, China Mobile, Chinese People, consumer behavior, entertainment, GPS, internet, Mobile Phones, Motorola, Samsung, Statistics 2 Comments
Intellectual Property: Shanghai leads China in innovation
Shanghai has ranked first in the national annual report on regional innovation ability for the third-straight year while Beijing and Guangdong finished second and third respectively, said the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai recently. Indexes on knowledge creativity, industry structure and hardware for scientific and technological innovation earned Shanghai higher marks compared to previous years.
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Autodesk sets up new R&D center in Shanghai
Autodesk®, Inc has established a new research and development center in Shanghai with 1,500 employees, the biggest R&D center among multinational firms in China. The center will combine the operations of Autodesk and Hanna Strategies -- acquired in November -- and will be named the Autodesk China Research and Development Center (ACRD). The new name, ACRD, reflects the substantial design and development of Autodesk software products in China, according to Carl Bass, president and chief executive of Autodesk. [...]
e-Commerce in China: numbers and trends
China could become the world's biggest online market within two years: the number of Chinese netizens has surpassed 123 million and number of people with access to broadband connection rose by 45.3 percent during the first half of the year to 77 million. Studies show that a typical Chinese consumer spends an average of 17.9 hours per month (36 min./day) engaged in popular online activities such as chatting, blogging, gaming, and shopping [...]
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Design in China: A “Chinese iPad” arrived before Apple’s iPad?