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Restaurants adapting to new technologies - Using iPad for menus/wine list

Written by Olivier Adam on Monday, 30 May 2011 09:21

Tablet devices like the iPads have been very popular in the past couple of years and their popularity will keep on growing for a while longer at least. Based on this, it isn't surprising that new uses are discovered for those devices on a regular basis. One that we have been predicting for a while is using tablets as menus in restaurants. This allows a dynamic and always updated menu (no more white sticker to cover an item that has been removed from the menu) and gives access to feedback and reviews of products (very useful for a wine list) by other customers. Check this video of a restaurant now using this technology:

LinkedIN reaches 100 millions users worldwide

Written by Rejean Bourgault on Wednesday, 06 April 2011 16:26

On March 25^th, LinkedIN reached 100 millions users. The co-founder, Reid Hoffman, sent a letter indicating we were part of the first million users, who were considered the early adopters. This small letter is a nice touch from LinkedIN that we wanted to share it with you. Employees and leaders around the world, can obtain lots of benefits using this professional social media site. We use it all the time now, in our day to day life to connect with friends, colleagues, suppliers and customers.  It is a very powerful tool for knowledge workers.

Communications of the future as seen by a semiconductor manufacturer

Written by Olivier Adam on Saturday, 25 September 2010 12:42

This semiconductor manufacturer shows us what they envison for the communication of the future. Many of the things they present in this short video have been envisioned by 5Deka previously in one of our numerous articles and it's interesting to see how it could potentially work in a more visual way.

eBooks, the future of interactions in classrooms?

Written by Olivier Adam on Monday, 18 January 2010 22:55

Our latest article is more related to mainstream technology, and just writing an article about this specific technology is more challenging as every week sees the launch of a new product that confirms our predictions even more. Enjoy this article and if you happen to read it on a eBook reader, please send us a picture! :)

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Adapting schools to the Cyber Generation

Written by Olivier Adam on Monday, 07 December 2009 13:41

The TIME magazine is running a poll in which you can vote for the best inventions of 2009. Out of the 50 inventions listed, some are quite interesting (while some definitely don't deserve to be on that list). One that caught our attention is titled "school of one" which seems as an attempt to revolutionize the school system to better teach students. Is it hard to realize for many, but the students on school benches in high school are the first of the Cyber Generation to be there. Some changes that might not have been as welcome by the Generation Y kids have a potential here of being widely accepted by this new generation.

Go check out the 50 best inventions, and vote for your favorite!