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Paul Metzger: Inventing Targeted Products

Inventor Paul Metzger is co-founder of Maker Enterprises, a product development think tank responsible for creating innovative new retail items. Metzger describes his business model which encompasses every step of product development from concept to marketing.

Tags: Product marketing, Strategy, product development, marketing

Videos 2008-03-08

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A mail-order catalogue brings a warm glow of satisfaction

Miles Kington Remembered 10 OCTOBER 1998 Don't you love it when you open a magazine or newspaper, and lots of little shopping catalogues fall out? And they're all called things like Ideas Mart or Technoplace and they all advertise little gadgets which sound...

Articles 2008-07-02

Visual arts

PIPILOTTI RIST FACT LIVERPOOL ** What's in the change of a name? In the case of a girl once christened Elisabeth Charlotte Rist, quite a lot. The Swiss video- maker Pipilotti Rist changed her name to Pippi of which Pipilotti is a diminutive when she forged a...

Articles 2008-07-02

New Camera Phone Application from CorkSavvy.com Puts the Wine Journal Online

Never again will you forget the bottle of wine you had at dinner. CorkSavvy.com - the website where wine lovers get savvy - recently launched an inventive new application for smart phone users, allowing them to electronically store bottles of wine along with tasting notes from a meal. ...

Articles 2008-07-02

MicroIslet Provides Safety and Efficacy Data Update

No Adverse Events Attributable To MicroIslet-P[TM] In Animal Models Company Invents New, Enhanced, Encapsulation Formulation SAN DIEGO -- MicroIslet Inc. (OTCBB: MIIS, http://www.microislet.com), a biotechnology company engaged in the development and commercialization of cell therapies for diabetes, is pleased to report recent safety and efficacy data....

Articles 2008-07-02

NeuroVigil Inc., a Salk Institute spin off, Wins First Prize at World-Class UCSD $50K Innovation Competition

NeuroVigil Led the Diverse Pack of 68 Accomplished Teams SAN DIEGO -- The UCSD $50K Competition today announced that NeuroVigil Inc., a Salk Institute spin off, has won first prize of $30,000 for innovation in brain analysis. NeuroVigil Inc. is the first wireless neurodiagnostics company. NeuroVigil Inc. uses...

Articles 2008-07-02

Research and Markets: Programming Legend Charles Petzold Unlocks the Secrets in 1936 Paper by Alan M. Turing on Computability and the Turing Machine

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d48f78/the_annotated_turi) has announced the addition of the "The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine" report to their offering. Mathematician Alan Turing invented an imaginary computer known as the Turing Machine; in an...

Articles 2008-07-02

5.11 tactical ballistic watch: you only think you don't need one

As time marches on, so does the inventive spirit of the American shooting industry. Harnessing that determination, Dennis Sammut and 5.11 Tactical together with some clever watchmakers partnered to put Dennis' ballistic software inside one. I spent a good deal of time using Dennis Sammut's Horus Vision scopes...

Articles 2008-07-01

Safety first: don't be a solar casualty

You may be able to bench press your Jeep Wrangler, but sun-damaged skin is what people notice first. Not to mention melanoma is a party-killer. Fortunately, sun damage can be minimized and even repaired with some preventive care. Here are a few simple products that work best when used immediately...

Articles 2008-07-01

'Time Change': New Novel Combines Murder Mystery and Modern Technology

CICERO, Ind., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Take a trip back into the past in "Time Change" (published by AuthorHouse - http://www.authorhouse.com/), the inventive new novel by Karen Hamilton Rice. Deuce Hart, an MRI technician living in Washington, D.C., works the graveyard shift at National Hospital and generally...

Articles 2008-07-01

ME Barcelona to Become the Fourth 'ME by Melia' Property In the Sol Melia Hotels and Resorts' Premium Portfolio

- ME Barcelona to Become Flagship Hotel of the ME by Melia Portfolio - ME by Melia Renews Partnership With The Gerber Group for a Sensual Bar and Lounge Environment BARCELONA, Spain, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading Spanish hotel and resort operator Sol Melia announces...

Articles 2008-07-01

Wi-Fi TV Adds New and Exclusive Internet TV Stations Today

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Wi-Fi TV Inc. (Pink Sheets:WIFT) today launches several new and exclusive Internet TV Stations. Thney can all be viewed by going to www.Wi-FiTV.com, click on Live TV, and make a selection from the Featured station dropdown box. Among the many new and exclusive Wi-Fi...

Articles 2008-07-01

Skype Appoints New Chief Operating Officer

LUXEMBOURG -- Skype today announced that it has named Scott Durchslag Chief Operating Officer. Scott brings 20 years of experience from Fortune 100 technology corporations, start-ups, and professional services to this newly created role. His post is effective immediately and he will report to Josh Silverman, Skype's president who was...

Articles 2008-07-01

Classical

ALFRED BRENDEL Royal Festival Hall LONDON **** So farewell, then... the classical music world has witnessed the last solo performance by a Titan. Alfred Brendel, who has commanded the field in Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert since his emergence in the Sixties, chose works by those three composers...

Articles 2008-07-01

INTOUCH: Officials Urge Business to Demand Answers

New Zealand businesses must demand a clear explanation of how the Government will create a low-carbon economic future for New Zealand, says Achim Steiner, the executive director of the United Nations' Environment Programme which leads the international response to climate change. He was at events in Auckland...

Articles 2008-07-01

Origins of game

The appeal of games that involve hitting an object back and forth with rackets goes back a long time. Speedminton may be the latest innovation, but it draws from tennis, badminton and racquetball. Here's a brief look at the origins of those sports: Tennis ...

Articles 2008-07-01

Calling All Kid Chefs: Red Robin Challenges You to Invent America's Next Gourmet Burger

Top Kids' Gourmet Burger Recipes to Be Featured in Third Annual Cookbook to Benefit the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. -- From watching popular food-focused television shows, participating in cooking classes and reading celebrity chef cookbooks, kids' palettes are becoming more sophisticated every...

Articles 2008-07-01

Yves Saint Laurent had the greatest impact in his day on how clothes were cut, shaped, and sold

Yves Saint Laurent had the greatest impact in his day on how clothes were cut, shaped, and sold. His tombstone might be inscribed, "He put women into pant suits." Alternatively, "He invented beatnik chic." Born in Algeria in 1936, he came to Paris at the age of 17, and was...

Articles 2008-06-30

Allied Minds Launches Novel Disinfectant/Disinfestant Technology Start-up With UC Davis

Investment Firm, Allied Minds, Establishes New Company to Commercialize Novel Technology from UC Davis BOSTON, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Allied Minds, a pre-seed investment firm specializing in early stage university business ventures, has established RF Biocidics, Inc., to develop and commercialize a novel disinfectant and disinfestant technology...

Articles 2008-06-30

Stinger Reveals Invention of Medical Monitoring Circuit for Its S-200 Projectile Stun Guns

TAMPA, Fla., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stinger Systems, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: STIY) , the leader in electro-stun technology, today announced today that pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26a it has been required to disclose the invention of a medical monitoring circuit for Stinger's S-200 Projectile Stun...

Articles 2008-06-30