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Archive for February, 2007
WSJ: Eighth annual survey of U.S. corporations with the best and worst reputations
Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal released its latest survey about corporate reputations. Microsoft for the first time overtook long time leader Johnson & Johnson as company with the best reputation – due to the positive effects of Bill and Melinda Gates philanthropy. As the WSJ describes…
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Giant Robot: New exhibition announced
San Francisco based art gallery has today announced a new exhibition with artists from indie comics, crafting, street-art, and fine-art backgrounds. The 8×10 show at GRSF will be on display from February 17 – March 14….Giant Robot is proud to present 8×10, a group art show with a diverse, dazzling array of participants using the rawest of writing instruments (pencils, pens, crayons, markers, etc.) and a stock frame size. Contributors come from…
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Personalized set of nesting dolls from your photos
New York-based illustrator “Trisha Krauss” creates custom sets of Russian Matrioshka nesting dolls for you based on photos. Just send a full-length picture of everyone of your family (up to five) and Trisha will produce sketches for your approval and then transfer the images onto the wooden dolls. The dolls are 7 to 1 inch in size and hand painted in acrylic on wood…
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Gadgets: ZINK portable Printer
Update 03-Feb-2007: Just added image of Zink 7MP camera with built-in printer. — If you have a mobile phone with a camera you want one of those printers. “Zink Imaging” has launched their new pocket size photo printer at DEMO in Palm Springs this week. It uses special paper with embedded dye crystals that are activated by heat from the printer. The outputs are wallet sized, water resistant 2×3-inch prints in photo quality. The printer tray can hold up to ten papers internally and images are transfers via Bluetooth from mobile phones…
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Fun: The Nihilist Chewing Gum
The Nihilist chewing gum actually has no flavor, but unexpectedly there are real chewing gums in the USD 1.75 box from “Stupid.com”…
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Electric Car: ZAP announces new EV sports car based on Lotus APX
US electric car manufacturer “ZAP” announced that it will present this week a new electric sports car based on a Lotus Engineering design. To take on “Tesla Motors” Roadster high-performance electric vehicle it is using the Lotus aluminum APX concept car as the platform and promises 644 horsepower / 155mph max speed by replacing Lotus’ APX’s conventional gasoline V6 engine with in-hub electric motors. By comparison, Tesla’s Roadster that is due for delivery the end of this year has 248 horsepower and a similar max speed. The company further says…
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