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...developed software that enables computers to "read minds." A video camera focuses on 24 different facial features from which the software can often decipher people's mental states, including comprehension, boredom and excitement. Robinson says the technology could be used to find the right moment to sell someone a product online...
...before. Worse yet, there's probably a theme park right down the road with the same dark thoughts about its survival but with 10 times your advertising budget. Even your local multiplex is feeling a little sorry for itself, but it has millions of dollars worth of fresh Hollywood product cycling in every few weeks. "Theme parks and movies are leaving museums scrambling to keep up," says Lin Ezell, director of the National Museum of the Marine Corps. "Passive exhibits just aren't going to attract young people today...
...this project; you have outdone yourselves. Shruti Bajpai Gurgaon, India Segway Seeks to Conquer I agree that the Segway is a technological marvel, but its developers are missing the point entirely when analyzing its poor market penetration [Aug. 21]. The perspective from here in Middle America is that their product is nothing more than an expensive toy for the rich and stylish who live on the coasts. I have never actually seen a Segway, much less been counseled as to how much one could improve my life. Perhaps if the company offered some discounted units to police departments, baseball stadiums...
...that the regulators would rig the game to the company's advantage, has been put to rest. The world has changed?for Telstra and its competitors, investors and Canberra. Voters have wised up. Australians have now lived through a decent cycle of asset-market turbulence (even though gross domestic product has been expanding for 15 years). Says one government adviser: "House prices are the key to how Australian voters feel about their wealth. Full stop." Among existing homeowners, only those who bought late in the boom in Sydney or Melbourne are unhappy, more likely with themselves than with the government...
That time Krogner stumbled initially. He tried selling through department stores like Macy's and Dillard's--a strategy that had been successful in Europe--but unhappy with the placement given his product, he pulled the brand out. (Esprit is still carried by Nordstrom.) Then in late 2004, he reintroduced Esprit retail stores and now has 15 stores and outlets, most of them in the New York City area, including a flagship in hip SoHo. Again, some of those locations flopped, so Krogner dispatched COO Jerome Griffith to oversee the U.S. operation. Krogner also plans to open five more stores...