Issue: July 30, 2010 (Archive)

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Print Advertising

Online Advertising

Living doll
Paige Gabriele loved her dolls - once. At eight, however, the girl has abandoned them. Barbie gets slim face time, and the single American Girl doll, a gift from her grandmother, sits on her bureau - untouched.

Mirror image
Japanese researchers have developed a humanoid robot that can laugh and smile as it mimics a person's facial expressions.

Meet Dr Robot
Three robots - no waiting. It could be the slogan of South Miami Hospital, where 19 surgeons will perform more than 1,000 robotic surgeries this year. Since its program began in 2007, the hospital has become one of the world's busiest centers for surgeries using the robots, called da Vinci Surgical Systems.

Breakthrough scope
Materials scientists dream of one day being able to place a sample of unknown substance under a microscope and name individual atoms and the structure they form.

Comics get digital boost
Jon Goldwater is propelling the family business into the 21st century. That business is the 70-year-old Archie Comics. Goldwater's father, John, helped found the company, and his brother, Richard, rose to president and copublisher before his death in 2007.

Blind sight
When Dean Lloyd, a 68-year-old Palo Alto, California, lawyer, was in his mid- thirties, a hereditary eye disease began taking his sight. By his late 40s, he was completely blind.

Long shot
Camera fans can check out the new professional telephoto zoom lens EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM from Canon (Tel: 3191-2333).

Light worker
Weighing only 0.9 kilograms, the X300 notebook from LG (Tel: 2563-5282) is only 17.6 millimeters thick and powered by a 1.6GHz Atom Processor Z530 with Windows 7 Home Premium.

Chill out
Japanese retailer Muji has added two new products to its shelves. A white mobile speaker is priced at HK$250, while the mobile earphones cost HK$120.

Big sale
Credit card customers of Standard Chartered (Tel: 2886-8868) have until the end of next month to buy products at Fortress without burning a hole in their pocket.

What a tweet little puppy
Twitter has gone to the dogs. Tapping into the social media craze, toy giant Mattel will release Puppy Tweets, a high-tech toy that will allow dogs to publicize their everyday activities on Twitter via a sound and motion sensor.

© 2010 The Standard, The Standard Newspapers Publishing Ltd..
Contact Us | About Us | Newsfeeds | Subscriptions | Print Ad. | Online Ad. | Street Pts


	Home \| Top News \| Local \| Business \| China \| ViewPoint \| CityTalk \| World \| Sports \| People \| Central Station \| Spree \| Features The Standard Trademark and Copyright Notice: Copyright 2005, The Standard Newspaper Publishing Ltd., and its related entities. All rights reserved. Use in whole or part of this site's content is prohibited. Use of this Web site assumes acceptance of the Terms of Use and Copyright Policy. Please also read our Ethics Statement.