vancouteren.com » productontwikkeling http://vancouteren.com/blog "Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." - Albert Einstein Wed, 12 May 2010 21:46:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Thinking outside-the-bag http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/04/14/thinking-outside-the-bag/ http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/04/14/thinking-outside-the-bag/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:40:36 +0000 geert http://vancouteren.com/blog/?p=590

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Visit engadget for more information about the Courier Digital Journal concept from microsoft

]]> http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/03/12/can-microsoft-kill-the-ipad/feed/ 0 Not a refrigerator but a scale… http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/03/10/not-a-refrigerator-but-a-scale/ http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/03/10/not-a-refrigerator-but-a-scale/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:25:46 +0000 geert http://vancouteren.com/blog/?p=548

We all know most products in our home will be connected to the internet. It’s only a matter of time. Surprisingly a scale is one of the first products commercially available and not the smart refrigerator that automatically creates your shopping list.
This scale is WiFi enabled and automatically registers weight, fat and BMI calculation. For more information visit withings.com

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Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.

In case life is more than a dream to you, you can visit Abu Dhabi Yacht Show or contact WHY Yachts

]]> http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/03/07/row-row-row-your-boat/feed/ 0 An eye for details http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/03/06/an-eye-for-details/ http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/03/06/an-eye-for-details/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:21:27 +0000 geert http://vancouteren.com/blog/?p=532

The gowalla.com homepage was nicely redesigned recently and even the source code is crafted carefully.  Take a look at the gowalla ASCII Art logo.

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Google infomercial explaining the noise canceling functionality  in the Nexus One. The noise canceling uses 2-microphones enabling better call quality when confronted with a lot of surrounding noise.

ps: has iPhone & apple in general not always been about hardware and software integration…

]]> http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/02/08/noise-canceling-in-nexus-one-explained/feed/ 0 Sir, where can I find the sugar? http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/02/06/sir-where-can-i-find-the-sugar/ http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/02/06/sir-where-can-i-find-the-sugar/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:45:27 +0000 geert http://vancouteren.com/blog/?p=431 Delhaize made me wonder
Apparently Delhaize Plantijn started with a new classification system by “task”?  I noticed something was wrong when looking for vegetables to be used in a wok at the vegetables-corner. Wrong, I needed to look for this in the wok-corner. (I know one cannot hyperlink in real life but a small sign could have done the trick.) I wonder whether they applied card-sorting for this? btw the former vegetable corner is still in place but without the wok vegetables, but I guess duplication is also more difficult off-line.

It made me think of a joke by Philippe Geubels (a former Colruyt employee), describing a scene in a Colruyt (Belgian hard discounter) where a customer walks up to him:

Customer: “Sir, where can I find the Sugar?”
Employee: “Under the ‘S’!”

(Video in dutch – 2:48)

]]> http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/02/06/sir-where-can-i-find-the-sugar/feed/ 0 Small in Belgium but big on-line http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/02/05/small-in-belgium-but-big-on-line/ http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/02/05/small-in-belgium-but-big-on-line/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:41:57 +0000 geert http://vancouteren.com/blog/?p=416 Becoming famous in  Belgium in one day is one thing, becoming a worldwide youtube star is something completely different. But nothing is impossible, this man parks his 1m49 wided car (Fiat Panda)  in a 1m55 wide parking garage. Indeed one starts wondering, how do you get out and that is exactly why Eugène became famous.

The item was featured in a belgian television show (Man bijt hond/Man bites dog) and was afterwards covered by other channels and  on-line in UK ( BBC – TOP gear) , Croatia, Poland and Korea

With over 1 million views before it fully reaches the US and China this could become a real youtube hit and show up in the viral video charts soon. Eugène explained to a Belgian newspaper (de standaard) how he was asked to give demonstrations for different TV stations and receives phone calls from all over the world. Eugène would like this stop (when he again parks his car in front of another camera) but it can only get worse for the man from Liedekerke, Belgium. (Facebook fan page in dutch)

(Visit youtube for English captions)

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Parmac & Philippe Starck developed a set of windmills for residential use. The design makes these windmills wind direction independent. For more information: http://www.revolutionair-pramac.com/

]]> http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/02/02/philippe-starck-designs-windmills-for-your-garden/feed/ 0 Imitation is the sincerest of flattery http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/01/31/imitation-is-the-sincerest-of-flattery/ http://vancouteren.com/blog/2010/01/31/imitation-is-the-sincerest-of-flattery/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:09:16 +0000 geert http://vancouteren.com/blog/?p=383

As Charles Caleb Colton wrote: “Imitation is the sincerest of flattery”.  Therefore RIM & Apple should be flattered with the release of the  F006 (a Blackberry 9500, iPhone and TV combined in to one device). Apparently the Chinese <FLY YING> obtained the “right-to-copy”, as the “Modell F006″ features a Blackberry 9500-looking hardware design and a iPhone-looking interface design.

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