ASSIGNMENT #2: WILL IT BE ADOPTED?

You will have until Friday October 4th to post your assignments on your team blogs (again, let your team admins post them on your team website for you).

YOUR ASSIGNMENT:
• Find a new product and write a brief analysis/evaluation of this product - provide an explanation of why or why not this product/technology will be adopted (or not), and if it will be adopted slowly or quickly.  Explain why in terms of RELATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPATIBILITY, ADAPTABILITY (RE-INVENTABILITY), and OBSERVABILITY.

• Please provide an image of the technology/product you are analyzing and provide a link to a site where it can be found.

• Please offer a detailed description of the technology/product you have selected. Simply writing statements like "I think this product has good chance of being adopted" will guarantee no credit on the assignment - make an effort to really think about the technology/product and what about it will ensure that it will be adopted or not.

• Find design errors, and even feel free to suggest improvements which will increase its change of adoption.

• Have fun.

• SOME HELP: If you're looking for good "state-of-the-art" materials, here are a few good sites to point you in the right direction

* Notcot.org

* ThinkGeek

* JapanTrendShop

* BoingBoing.net