HGTV Logo

 

Our new logo for our school TV station, HGTV! Created by Mr Phee, Technical.

Plastic bank notes by 2016

The UK’s currency joining the space age at last!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25427663

 

What do you think the costs and benefits will be?

 

Tablet Wars Continued

A new ultra cheap entry into the Tablet PC market at the low price of £30.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25402621

 

HOPE City, Ghana

An ambitious plan for Ghana. A new international airport and a modern, 21^st century city to be built near Accra.

 

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/20/tech/hope-city-ghana

 

Google buys the creator of the Wild Cat galloping robot

Incredible video of the galloping robot called Wild Cat:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25395989

 

Enterprise Logo

Our new Enterprise Logo designed by Mr Phee!

 

 

 

Google's Driverless Car in Action

An inspirational video about Google’s Driverless Cars:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdgQpa1pUUE

 

Amazon Prime Air

My pupils were excited and intrigued by the rather sci-fi idea of Amazon delivering to your house within 30 minutes of delivery by a drone called an Octocopter. We discussed it in some detail about the amazing pros and the all to practical cons. Will it ever become a reality?

 

 

Here is an interesting article which covers some of the things we talked about in class, though it also suggests a cynical ploy by Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon!

 

http://memeburn.com/2013/12/amazon-prime-air-just-another-pipe-dream-or-technological-breakthrough/

 

Ideas like this fire the imagination of learners both young and old. Who knows what kind of a world we will live in by 2020? Driverless cars, 3D printers, undersea hotels, space tourism, and now parcels delivered by robots…. Maybe Blade Runner was on the money after all?

 

Festive Cyber Scams

Keep a look out for these cyber scams which appear en masse at Christmas time:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25200338

 

Market Research and Surveys

Some detail when it comes to polling and market research of the political kind:

 

http://news.stv.tv/politics/252342-stv-poll-on-independence-referendum-puts-yes-at-34-and-no-at-57/

 

Aldi has a success on its hands

Aldi’s discount tablet a sell out.

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25299602

 

It is called the Medion Lifetab and was a rival to Tesco’s Hudl Tablet, but is much cheaper. What will be the impact on Apple and its premium product – the iPad?

 

Supermarket for low income families

 

A shop in Barnsley has opened up with heavily discounted items for families struggling on low incomes.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25264865

 

Lost in communication!

Ray Kroc did not invent crocs and Donald Trump did not invent Top Trumps! #Entrepreneurs

 

Odd locations for McDonald's

Here is a link to some of the most unusual McDonald’s restaurants in the world!

 

http://news.travel.aol.com/2010/09/03/mcdonald-s-international-top-ten-most-unusual-around-the-world/

 

Business Locations - World's Smallest McDonald's

This is the world’s smallest McDonald’s in the Pudong area of Shanghai.

 

Amazon Prime Air

Just how will this drone delivery service really work? More details here from Amazon:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98BIu9dpwHU

 

Distribution - Singapore

 

While discussing delivery and distribution as one of the 4 Ps of the Marketing Mix, my mind went back to this extraordinary scene in Singapore. Cargo ships, in their hundreds, as far as the eye could see. In the USA most freight is by rail, I also recall in South Dakota counting an incredible 244 cargo sleeper cars… which took something like 7 minutes to pass by.

Driverless Cars for the UK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25230483

 

The South Korean School Day

The typical school day in South Korea for a pupil…

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25187993

 

 It achieves results in PISA tests, but comes at a high price.