Less obviously, these large markets have fostered a big research base in such countries as Taiwan, which are switching production to cheaper places (China in particular) but developing fancy components at home.
It is that lack of pretension that leaves him so natural and likable, or trustworthy – so long as we don't start developing fancy thoughts on him as "an actor".
"It's no use developing fancy picture-tube TV's anymore, because they won't be noticed by customers," a Philips engineer in the Netherlands noted in an e-mail message.
Direct marketers are developing fancier ways to pull narrower consumer segments from databases, using powerful new statistical techniques.
But Kanye West's penchant for fancy cars means that developing infant West is likely to have a more exciting time getting around.
Ted Roden, a former technologist for The New York Times, developed Fancy Hands in June 2009 not long after his wife gave birth to their first child.
In London, dog walkers charge more, around £14 per hour, probably because the dogs there have developed fancy tastes and need to be bribed with macaroons.
But GM went to Rio Grande do Sul not to produce something fancy but to develop new manufacturing methods that could serve as a model for the rest of its vast global operations.
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But the funny thing about Ze is that, in building his new online kindergarten, he's had to become an adult – fancying an idea, raising capital, developing a business model, leading a team.
