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this could potentially be something worthwhile for research, is it worth setting up a call? i wonder if you would be able to use this tech for other purposes than research... what do you guys think.

ties in with the spontaneity stuff

Research firms have dismantled Xoom tablets and have more insight on why is costs more to build than an iPad

Hellooooooooo iPad. Case study on effectiveness of iPad ads for Sports Illustrated vs. its print ads. 

Study from South Korea on how much social networking actually influences purchase

Interesting stats on how consumers research products and social media.

Data mining in World of Warcraft (sample of 14,400) shows that players fall into different "cliques" of highly predictable (80% accuracy) behavior based on the sort of achievements and activities they like to pursue. The researchers indicate that these lessons could be applied to online retailing as well. Also confirms my suspicion that there are more lessons to learn in these virtual environments than people want to give them credit for.

In the UK but could apply all around

Facebook is no Googloid money-making machine, at least not when it comes to online retailing, according to a new study from the market-analysis firm Forrester Research.

Consumers most likely to pay for digital tracks downloaded to their computer; unfortunately, that's the least likely way they'll acquire music.

Mr. Withiam added that travelers were expecting trip-related services to be available on the new platforms. PhoCusWright, a travel research firm, has found that 13 percent of social-network users now shop for travel on those Web sites and 35 percent of mobile-phone users expect to book travel on their phones in the next year.

Research in Motion doesn't know what kind of company it wants to be. It made its fortune selling gadgets to chief information officers, but now those people look to employees to decide what devices to use.

Good take on the tablet/ereader research from Pew.

Microsoft Research has revealed a technology that allows for any surface to be turned into a 'touchscreen,' including the human body. Referred to as the OmniTouch, the gadget was presented during the UIST 2012 symposium in Santa Barbara, USA. The OmniTouch combines a laser-based pico projector and a depth-sensing camera.

The glasses are designed primarily for those kinds of scenarios: research projects, testing rooms and simulators - where the thing being looked at isn't just a computer or tablet screen, which would be better served by non-wearable eye tracking like Tobii's EyeX. If you want to study what part of a person's face people look at in various social situations, for example, the Tobii Glasses 2 can tell you.

Found by Erik H