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Kimberly-Clark has announced a new Kleenex brand facial tissue designed to kill viruses that cause colds and the flu. Strong enough to stand up to a cold or flu virus, but gentle enough for everyday use, Kleenex Brand Anti-Viral tissue will begin shipping in late August and will be available at retail outlets throughout the United States by early October 2004. Read More
The standard of in-flight entertainment is continually being raised and Hawaiian Airlines' will continue the trend in August by introducing the digEplayer personal entertainment system, a self-contained portable audio/video on-demand in-flight entertainment system. Hawaiian will be the first airline to offer the digEplayer on transpacific flights between Hawaii and Australia, American Samoa and Tahiti. Read More
The Plasma 2System is an unprecedented computer peripheral designed to support the human body while interacting with the computer on a daily basis. The only healthy way to work at a computer for hours at a time is to change positions several times throughout the day. Slight posture shifts make a big difference in optimising the performance of your body and mind. The Plasma 2System is the first technology to make this possible by combining the infinitely flexible Stance angle chair with the Plasma 2monitor and keyboard positioning unit to support an innumerable number of working positions for your body. Read More
Since its earliest days, TAG Heuer has led Swiss watchmaking tradition by challenging and innovating its most time-honored conventions. Founded in an horological golden age, it has repeatedly revolutionized the timing and watchmaking world. With the Monaco V4 Concept Watch, the first design-integrated mechanical movement truly of the third millennium, the tradition continues. Read More
The corporation is many things to many people. To some it is the devil incarnate, to others it is the instrument by which they earn a living and in the American legal sense, it is a person. Under American law, companies are accorded the same privileges as humans – all of the same protections and rights. A landmark film entitled “The Corporation” puts forward the notion that if the corporation is a person, then that person is insane. Read More
Later this year, Americans are to vote for a new president. Whoever they may choose, the outcome bears consequences far beyond US domestic affairs, as decisions made by the US President affect the lives of citizens on all continents. Not surprisingly, some people believe that non-US citizens should have a say in the outcome of the election and a site entitled theworldvotes.org has been set up where the rest of the world can have a voice in elections that matter. Read More
Perth-based advertising agency Breakthrough has released an original and innovative ideas generation tool specifically focussed on advertising. The card-based system is designed to assist in concept generation and media selection and is one of the cleverest concepts we've seen to help with brainstorming communications strategies. Adpack is a card-based tool made up of trigger or strategy cards which contain proven techniques that are current and relevant in today's business divided into three sections - Media, Offer and Power Words. Each of these cards can be combined to create powerful marketing ideas. Read More
Gizmo will be producing an Australian Innovation Special issue in May to co-incide with the forthcoming Australian Innovation Festival. We are currently compiling the Australian-focussed issue and would like to hear of any stories based around Australian invention and innovation. We're committed to an innovative approach at Gizmo - our business model has been recognised as highly innovative with the inaugral B2B Cafe Blackbox Innovation Award and there are a few people (here and here) who think we've cracked the cross-media conundrum. That's our monthly visitor graph for Gizmo.com.au at right. So please join with us and help us produce something worthwhile and inspirational for our Australian Innovation special. Read More
QuikDrop International has announced that Area Developer Jerry Haba has entered into a contract to open 75 QuikDrop franchises in Australia. QuikDrop Australia is the first retail company to offer customers a quick, easy, convenient way to sell items on eBay. The first locations in Sydney will open 'in June', according to Haba, followed by locations in Melbourne before the end of the year. Read More
The seven finalists in the Australian Design Awards Australian Invention of the Year Award 2004 have been announced. Judging for the awards is based on six main criteria; commercial viability, inventiveness, functionality, technical feasibility, safety and social/environmental consideration and eligible inventions must not be in mass production or available widely in the market place. Read More
