Pull Up a Chair...to your iPhone

by Harris Cohen, the PromoGuru

Is the iPhone screen just too small for you?

You've tried upgrading the iPad, but still not getting the screen clarity you desire?

Maybe you need to pull up a chair to the iTableous!

Creator Benjamin Bachmeier took a 40" screen and designed an Apple-style table around it. In addition, it runs the Mac operating system (and Windows 7!), rather than the iOS (the operating system for Apple phones and tablets).

Check it the iTableous here, and watch a video tour of this custom job!

DIY Segway Hits the Streets of Stockholm

by Harris Cohen, the Promo Guru

Love to ride your own Segway but are a bit shy about the well-over $1,000 price tag? Petter Forsberg, a young tinkerer from Sweden, worked his way around that and has put together his own version of the personal transporter - and it only cost him $434 to create.

See the full story and videos here: Petter's Robot Dreams.

So we just need to get together some pieces, break out the tool set and hole up in the garage for a couple months, and viola! DIY Segway! Who's coming with me to the Radio Shack?

The Entrepreneurial Spirit: A Sign for a Time

by Harris Cohen, The PromoGuru

Over the next couple weeks we’d like to spotlight a handful of entrepreneurs who have stayed afloat in the toughest of markets: fads. How do you introduce a product and then stay relevant in a world that runs from the next big thing to another in seemingly no time at all? Maybe you move on to something new, or maybe you roll with the punches and have a good sense of your niche in the market.

In “The Entrepreneurial Spirit,” we’ll look at inventors and marketers who rolled out “Next Big Things” but also landed on their feet when the dust settled on the fad.

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In 1984, Michael Lerner was childless himself, but a drive down one of Boston’s busiest expressways with his 18-month-old nephew in the back seat had him scared out of his wits over the safety of the boy. He told Wall Street Journal, as traffic rushed around him, “for the first time, I felt like a parent feels when they have a kid in the car."