Dean Takahashi highlights the importance of home networking at this year's CES show in Las Vegas. (By the way, Takahashi quotes an analyst from Iconoculture, a Walden portfolio company.)
The idea of home networking has been around for more than a decade. But now 34.4 million homes in the United States have computer networks, according to International Data Corp. Of those, 12.4 million homes have living room devices (game consoles, video recorders or set-top boxes) that are connected to the Internet.
That represents a big market opportunity and, as a result, gadget designers are more aggressive about designing Internet connectivity into their gadgets. It allows them to claim that the era of convergence - when computers, communications and consumer electronics are linked - has truly arrived, said Jonathan Steuer, an analyst at consumer research firm Iconoculture.
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Innovation Never Tasted So Good
Large consumer-facing companies like Wal-Mart and Anheuser-Busch turn to Iconoculture for ideas about how that can take advantage of emerging trends. Iconoculture's analysts recently spotted a very enticing development that I think deserves some serious consideration.
Willy Wonka would be proud. U.K. artist Prudence Emma Staite builds edible set pieces full of life-size fireplaces, paintings and chandeliers that are all made of high-quality chocolate.
The deliciously interactive rooms have graced some of England's most elaborate society parties, but Staite's Food Is Art catalog also includes one-offs like plates, tea cups, shot glasses and jewelry.
Chocolate is just the beginning. Staite also has used cheese, bacon, pasta and vegetables as her media. Any kind of food is cultural fodder in her book of design.
Here's a link to Staite's site.
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