by Brad Friedman | Gadgets - Technology, Social Media, Technology
AS SOCIAL MEDIA AND VIRTUAL REALITY MERGE, SHAPESHIFTING TECHNOLOGY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
MIT's new invention, the Materiable shapeshifting device–yes, a shapeshifter (a sci-fi comparison is not inappropriate here)–is both figuratively and literally making waves. And these waves will eventually touch every industry.
But before we speculate about how this shapeshifter might someday change your business, let's break down what this device actually does and how it works.
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by Brad Friedman | Gadgets - Technology
Pizza chains are probably one of the last types of companies you would expect to integrate new technology. Technology hasn't advanced far enough that we can teleport pizzas, but pizza chains can do a lot with recent technology to improve customer satisfaction, increase efficiency, and boost sales. Although many pizza companies are experimenting with new technology, we'll use Pizza Hut as the main example in this article. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Gadgets - Technology, Inbound Marketing
In the future, you will have personal relationships with the brands that surround you. What does that mean exactly? It means the massive shift from outbound marketing to highly personalized inbound marketing will reach its logical conclusion: brands will become personalities (think of the endearing droids in Star Wars), who can consolidate all of the objectives of content marketing into a simple 1:1 interaction between the customer and the brand. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Gadgets - Technology
It wasn't that long ago — perhaps two decades — that the idea of a printer in your home printing things from your computer was still fresh, novel technology. And that was years before Bluetooth, WIFI, and wireless network printing. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Gadgets - Technology
Technological breakthrough seems to accelerate every month, especially as new approaches to tech innovation take hold. For example, scientists studying a field known as biomimicry are increasingly looking to nature for new design ideas. (more…)
