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The Meld has developed the innovative product called "Automatic temperature controller". The setup process is also quite easy. Firstly, customers install the Meld knob on the existing cooktop. When you cook any food, you can put Meld clip on the pan or pot to control the temperature. Meld automatically adjusts the temperature to cook perfectly. It is an excellent support to cook, as well as it can prevent incidents like fire. For example, if people have dementia, they could forget they turned on the oven. They might not able to control the oven because they forgot that they are cooking in the kitchen! Meld can prevent this huge disaster.  Anyone can think about creative ideas, however, it is quite difficult how it actually applies in a different way as a practical product. If the idea becomes a final product, it will lead a trend in the market.  References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7ohBpNCQ5s  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/meld/meld-a-perfect-meal-every-time 

Recently, the innovation of smartphones is quite sensitive to reflect the future trend of the market. Dami, a smartphone company, also participates in the development of creative functions. Our team researched on the 3 functions of smartphone we already used and how to develop the innovative features on the smartphone in the future. 3 functions are already used < Online banking by smartphone application> < Paypal> Paypal is the representative system for online payment. When users link their bank account to Paypal, it securely sends or receives the money. Paypal is an innovative software to make a payment in the store. For example, users do not need to bring a physical card that is easily lost or stolen. Also, it cannot expose personal information such as previous transactions. Nowadays, most stores prefer a cashless payment due to the exposure to COVID-19. Therefore, the demand for Paypal will keep increasing in the market.  Reference: https://www.bankrate.com/finance/credi

The speaker is a neuroscientist and illustrates how the brain performs under stress and how to make the brain clam down. When the brain is under stress, it releases cortisol that raises your heart rate and modulates adrenaline levels affecting to think not appropriately. This brief explanation supports to understand the further process how we can deal with a nervous situation. A term of pre-mortem indicates that people can prevent the consequences to figure out the alerts before they start tasks. The main idea of speaker is "Think ahead". This opinion focuses on the process of handling with all warning signs before conducting tasks and anticipating the worst consequences to prevent a failure. In conclusion, the idea of "Think ahead" will minimize the damage, or to prevent the bad things from happening in the first place. Self-reflective report After I watched TED talks, I think how I deal with the situation under stress. When I found mistakes from the tasks, I stopp

The project methodology (project management) is a set of guiding principles and processes used to plan, manage, and execute projects. This determines how work is prioritized and completed. There are several methodologies to prepare the project. In this blog, I will explain the representative two examples which are Agile and Waterfall. Waterfall methodology is a linear form of project management that the goals and outcomes are established from the beginning. Therefore, it has very low flexibility that once you confirmed your plan, you have to proceed and do it again when you found an error at the last stage.  (https://castellansystems.com/kb/Waterfall.cshtml)  Agile methodology is more flexible than Waterfall methodology. Agile incorporates changes of direction even late in the process, as well as accounting for stakeholders' feedback throughout the process. Therefore, the team will work on phases of the project simultaneously, often with short-term deadlines.  (https://mobile-jon.c

Transferable skills are necessary to achieve various tasks logically in the workplace. For employees, they should put a lot of effort to develop several transferable skills to adapt to different working environments. From my point of view, there are three representative skills for working in the accounting industry. Firstly, the most important skill is communication skills. In my position, I am mainly obliged to consult individual tax returns that customers need advice to reduce their tax debt or legally increase the refundable tax amount. In this circumstance, I must understand the exact needs of customers. Communication skills help how to treat customers to satisfy them.  Secondly, the accountant requires professional research skills to constantly follow up the updated tax law and the government budget. It is quite a sensitive point to customers when they plan to open a business or estimate their tax amount in the financial year. I must understand all the details of updated informati

  Apple – iPhone 3G Apple is one of the biggest companies that its evolution has changed the whole market industry. The first iPhone was released in 2008 and it made a big wave in the industry.  How does the company create awareness of its product? It has various points to attract customers. Firstly, customers expected the quality and design of the iPhone, because Apple has constantly shown creative electronic products. It is called brand image.  How does the company get consumers to try its product? At that time, it was an outstanding slogan called "Slide to unlock" that it looks quite intuitive to explain the uniqueness of the iPhone. It was the one and only idea that customers catch up with the latest culture in the market.  How does the company give information about the product to its customer? Before Apple officially released their products, they proceeded the seminar to show and explain the information of products. In this seminar, it is a very good opportunity that