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Innovation. Social Media Trends in Higher Education. Gabriel Dawe - Installation Artist. It's The Cool Hunter logo as an art installation. Gabriel Dawe's colorful 'Plexus installation is currently showing at the Dallas Contemporary in Texas. The construction is made out of gütermann thread, wood and nails attached at either end to blocks of wood, the effect is like a real-world version of computer generated imagery.

Stunning. Single-View. A sensibilização para as questões ambientais também já chegou aos brinquedos: são cada vez mais os produtores que apostam em processos de produção que respeitem o ambiente, assim como se multiplicam os produtos destinados a ensinar aos mais pequenos os conceitos de protecção ambiental e sustentabilidade. Brinquedos movidos a energia solar, os temas ambientais tratados em livros ou jogos, o uso de fibras naturais ou de materiais totalmente biodegradáveis ou recicláveis são algumas das opções escolhidas pela indústria para dar forma ao conceito de sustentabilidade. Também as tecnologias de informação encontram crescente integração no mundo dos brinquedos para além dos jogos de consola.

Assim, a conexão entre internet e jogos vai permitir criar figuras virtuais e transpô-las para a realidade, enquanto livros com funções interactivos apelam à participação do leitor. A Feira do Brinquedo reúne em Nuremberga cerca de 2.600 expositores, oriundos de 64 países, e 76.000 visitantes de 115 países. S February 2011 Trend Briefing covering CITYSUMERS. The INTERNET OF CARING THINGS means connected objects that serve consumers' most important needs: physical and mental wellbeing, safety, security, oversight of loved ones, and more. You're probably already familiar with the innovations that have blazed an early CARING trail. The Nest smart thermostat*, NIKE fuelband and Fitbit, for example. But now, as consumer demand and technological capacity converge, the INTERNET OF CARING THINGS will evolve in exciting new directions.

Check out the examples below – divided into five categories of CARING – for a glimpse of these... * Indeed, just after we first wrote about the INTERNET OF CARING THINGS in December 2013, Google placed a USD 3.2 billion bet on it with their purchase of Nest Labs. Ten tech-enabled business trends to watch - McKinsey Quarterly - High Tech - Strategy & Analysis. Two-and-a-half years ago, we described eight technology-enabled business trends that were profoundly reshaping strategy across a wide swath of industries. We showed how the combined effects of emerging Internet technologies, increased computing power, and fast, pervasive digital communications were spawning new ways to manage talent and assets as well as new thinking about organizational structures. Since then, the technology landscape has continued to evolve rapidly. Facebook, in just over two short years, has quintupled in size to a network that touches more than 500 million users.

More than 4 billion people around the world now use cell phones, and for 450 million of those people the Web is a fully mobile experience. The rapidly shifting technology environment raises serious questions for executives about how to help their companies capitalize on the transformation under way. Across the board, the stakes are high. 1. Facebook has marshaled its community for product development. 2. Zeitgeist 2010: Year in Review. Most Contagious 2010. We All Want to Be Young (leg) Mobile Year in Review 2010. IBM Next 5 in 5 -- 2010. As inovações que podem mudar a sua vida dentro de cinco anos.

O‭ “‬Next‭ ‬5‭ ‬in‭ ‬5‭” ‬baseia-se em tendências sociais e de mercado expectáveis na mudança da vida das pessoas e aponta para tecnologias emergentes dos laboratórios IBM em todo o mundo capazes de possibilitar estas inovações. Em relação à interacção em três dimensões, a IBM acredita que, tendo em conta o desenvolvimento de interfaces 3D, vai ser possível interagir com hologramas dos amigos em tempo real.

“Os cientistas estão a trabalhar para mudar a conversação-vídeo para uma conversação-holográfica ou‭ ‬telepresença‭ ‬3D‭”‬, disse a empresa norte-americana, explicando que esta técnica recolhe feixes de luz dispersos a partir dos objectos e reconstrói uma imagem desse objecto,‭ algo‬ similar ao processo que o olho humano utiliza para visualizar o que o rodeia. Telemóveis terão mais autonomia Fazer com que a bateria de um portátil dure o dia inteiro ou com um um telemóvel se recarregue enquanto está no bolso também pode estar perto de acontecer.

L.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.slideshare. Predictions for 2011. 7 Top Online Marketing Trends for 2011 [Data Included] Heidi Cohen | January 10, 2011 | 23 Comments inShare319 Social media's influence expands. Shovel and Twitter in hand during the post-Christmas Snowpocalypse, Newark Mayor Cory Booker showed that 2011 will be about being connected, showing up, and responding to customers' needs. Like Mayor Booker, online marketers will require more than social media marketing. Further, as Mayor Booker demonstrated, an integrated approach is essential for achieving your goals. For marketers, this translates to ensuring that all facets of the marketing mix must work well together. Seven Top Online Marketing Trends for 2011 Here are the seven top online marketing trends. Social media marketing goes mainstream. As you plan for 2011, use these seven online marketing trends to guide your marketing initiatives.

Do you have any other trends that you think will drive online marketing in 2011? Happy marketing, Heidi Cohen. JWT: 100 Things to Watch in 2011. Portal HSM | Mosaico de Tendências – Faça sua previsão.