Unexpected property: This piece of cardboardlike paper works like a tape recorder, complete with record and play buttons. An ultrathin recording device and battery are embedded in the page. Step/stretch/leap: Personalized talking postcards; sticky notes that allow for longer, more-detailed memos; intelligent books that let you play “The Gettysburg Address” and record your notes on it.

Another classic success where a physical product is created by the customers of the product. Slim devices products are built by customers as well as employees and each of the customer has access to the complete firmware of the product. Its a fascinating tale of a company which pulled off a linux story on a physical product. Here are the numbers : Slim Devices will bring in around $10 million in revenue this year.

Monkey Business is a lively and funny account of the investment banking world from 2 insiders John Rolfe and Peter Troop who have managed to survive a few years in the industry . The book is written in first person where each of the authors give a detailed account of their ibanking experience. The experiences revolve around author’s summer internship, full time work, pitch book preparation , compensation , work environment etc.

Money Doesn’t Make People Happy - Forbes.com Tim Harford, the author of Undercover economist shows why happiness is still a murky concept which cannot fit a scientific framework,albeit gazillion Phds trying to do some sort of research on it :)

Toaster with a diff Why didnt anyone think of this earlier ? WOW ! is the my only response.