Observation of global consumer trends, global market exploration

To facilitate the generation of creative and good quality term project ideas, you are asked to start this idea generation process as early as possible by:

Review and explore the assigned newsletters weekly to:
Recognize current consumer trends
Acknowledge the newest technologies and cool ideas. (See Bonus Assignment 2 [B2] for a list of newsletters).
Visit some of the crowdfunding sites (e.g., kickstarter and indeogogo) for new product ideas.
Document your ideas (at least 3 product ideas) in the idea generation table on the second page and submit it by the due date.