Copper end use trends

Marketers are recognizing the advantage of tailoring to meet the needs of the “gadget generation” according to an IBM study being released today. Findings showed “media consumption patterns are changing and marketers dollars are following the trend.” This generation refers to 18-24 year olds, including recent high school graduates, post-secondary students and those entering the work force, armed with gadgets and internet savvy.

China and India's growth is a "legitimate aspiration that needs to be accommodated and supported by the rest of the world"

alled the HB-SIA, the prototype aircraft consists of wing covered with solar cells with a span of 200 feet. Despite that huge wing span, the craft will employ lightweight materials to tip the scales at only 3,300 pounds. That combination will allow the plane to fly at just 28 miles per hour, a speed that will keep energy consumption low, allowing the solar panels to not only power the craft during the day, but to also store up enough energy to keep it flying at night. Construction of the HB-SIA began in June and is expected to be complete by the summer of 2008.

Surprised? Don’t be, as Lausten is part of a fast growing trend, if not a paradigm shift of potentially biblical proportions, that has ‘middle of the road' brands salivating, and sophisticated brands worried sick to their designer stomachs: a return to blandness.

Target has announced they will host a completely model-less fashion show in Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Instead of human models parading down the catwalk in real clothes, Target will present a live fashion show created with high-definition holograms.

…YouTube isn’t going on strike. So the typical American household will not run out of content any time soon. (Although I will grab a lantern and pitchfork just about the time that the strike threatens to hold up the next plot twist in “Lost.”)

“The big news is that Google has gone generic, offering free software to anyone who wants it under the relaxed terms of an open-source license, which will allow developers to view the source code for that software. This also means there will not be a ‘gPhone,’ or any sort of phone with the Google brand on it,” the Mercury News reported.