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The Mushroom Matrix

August 29th, 2008 Jobe Roberts No comments

Paul Stamets has a wonderful talk on mushrooms and how they can save the planet.  After watching this clip, you'll be thinking about mushrooms in a whole new way.  Mycelium fungus could quite possibly be the planet's natural network.  Did you know that the largest organism on the planet is 2200 acres in size and ...

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Happi Meal™ Toys We’d Like To See

August 28th, 2008 Mitch Brisebois No comments

Avenging Narwhals! I can just see Paul McCartney and Brigette Bardeaux picketing the drive-thru lane now! via Blame It On The Voices

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Guitar Hero Finds Its Long Tail

August 28th, 2008 Mitch Brisebois No comments

Predictable. Right on cue. Once the euphoria of a world-wide phenom begins to settle - out come the niche players. Scheduled for release in mid-September, Guitar-Praise is a GH clone featuring Christian rock. Weazer and Aerosmith are replaced with Seventh Day Slumber and Whitecross. Opportunities for more long tail "heroes" ...

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Fake Amish ad Redraws Canada’s Map

August 27th, 2008 Mitch Brisebois 3 comments

This ad has appeared in many US newspapers, and today occupied a full page in my local Ottawa Citizen. It's about a "miracle heater" - hand crafted by "soft-spoken Amish craftsmen". Alas, the Amish have a productivity problem and only a limited number of miracle heaters are available. To give Canadians a ...

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The Fine Line Between Innovation and Desperation

August 24th, 2008 Mitch Brisebois 2 comments

Interesting new products are often created by combining existing technology in a way that provides unique value. The oft-cited example is mixing peanut butter and chocolate - giving you Reeses. In my world, I combined the softkey interface of a bank machine with a telephone to create the Vista 350. There are times ...

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SPAM BAM – SensoryMetric’s pulse on great spam!

August 21st, 2008 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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Another Installment of Dumb Warning Dialogs

August 21st, 2008 Mitch Brisebois No comments

We'll just let this one speak for itself... (I know - some people won't get it...) LOL At least this one has NOTHING to do with Vista - although the vista does look nice... Heading to the marina... on your mangled bike... Ok? Cancel? via Bits & Pieces

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Modern Lawnmowing: You too can have grass balls!

August 21st, 2008 Mitch Brisebois 2 comments

The first lawn mower was invented by British inventor Edwin Beard Budding in 1827. This paved the way for the invention of suburbs. There hasn't been much evolution in mower technology since then... gas engines... rechargeable batteries... robotic self propulsion... minor things. With the Muwi, designer Yuli Sung introduces an ...

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Blog Action Day: POVERTY

August 20th, 2008 Mitch Brisebois No comments

Every year bloggers get together to write posts about an important global issue. Last year - the environment. This year, poverty. As always - SensoryMetrics is in. Blog Action Day. It's becoming more relevant. Looking in my own backyard - in fact my mailbox comes evidence of abuse. An ad. ...

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