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The Future Has Arrived, The Jetpack Is Ready For Sale [UberReview]

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Based in Pueblo, Colorado, Solar Roast Coffee uses only 100% organic or fair trade coffee beans. Their special solar-powered roasting technique ensures the least impact on the environment. Not just a regular roaster powered by solar panels, Solar Roast’s Helios 2.0 catches rays of sunshine directly on a drum roaster filled with beans. The roaster is capable of reaching temperatures upwards of 550 degrees Fahrenheit, and swivels and tilts allowing it to track the sun throughout the day. No fossil fuels are burned to heat the beans, and no electric connection is needed to power the roaster’s fans and motors. The result? Likely the most earth-friendly coffee available on the market—and one the owners are hoping will be a hit with consumers.

Solar-roasted Coffee [Springwise]

DailyCandy: If your mind wanders before three, try Bedtime Beats, a CD designed to help you snooze. Unlike your Ambien/Prosecco experiment, the sleep aid was mixed by real scientists.

The smarty-pants at Case Western Reserve University discovered that classical music played at 60-80 beats per minute can improve your sleep. Using that info, a couple of sandmen (er, sandwomen) deejayed a collection to conk you out.

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The Science of Sleep [DailyCandy]

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Heartschallenger [TrendCentral]

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AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL
Treehouse
Architects Mitchell Joachim and Javier Arbona teamed up with environmental engineer Lara Greden to dream up the ultimate tree house — a two-story, water-recycling, solar-powered, living crib.

NANOTECHNOLOGY
Self-repairing Plastic
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have developed a nanotechnology polymer that can "heal" itself by filling in cracks and tears automatically. Although self-healing plastic is not an entirely new concept, the UIUC material is different because it can repair itself multiple times without any intervention.

MOBILE
Reactee
T-shirts have long been conversation starters, letting their wearers express bold political views, support their favourite artist or display their quirky sense of humour. Reactee takes the interaction to another level by harnessing the power of text messaging, creating t-shirts that "text back".

MARKETING
Reaching Her
SheSpeaks knows that smart companies care about what women have to say. We also know that companies are looking for a better way to hear valid, honest feedback by getting more of their products in front of women. That’s why we created SheSpeaks.

RETAIL
Boys To Men
Boys To Men Gifts has a unique selection of carefully chosen gifts from around the world that you won't find in the high street stores, with several unusual, high quality and uniquely designed products for all ages, to give you a one stop resource for all your male gift needs throughout the year.

Onscreen Retail
While websites such as SeenON! have touched on the idea of purchasing show-based product, ICE is different in that it essentially turns any footage, ranging from live TV shows to DVR’d movies and even DVDs and VHS (old or new), into an onscreen retailer. Almost everything you see will be available for purchase.

DESIGN
Natures’ Design
Eschewing chemical-based fabrics for Japanese organic cotton and Italian linen, Paris-based designers Kaito Hori and Iku Furudate of Commuun believe that "environmental issues can not be ignored when considering the future of fashion and society as a whole." Each collection is inspired by natural landscape.

ENTERTAINMENT
Popup Nightspot
We've seen the pop-up store, but a pop-up club? Kubrik is a modular open-air club located in Barcelona, Berlin and Lisbon for this summer only. Designed by Modular Beat and Light Life, the club is an open construction of light-up plastic boxes that make up the walls, hallways, DJ station and bar.

LIFESTYLE & LUXURY
Moving On
With this ring, I thee shed — in a miniature casket suitable for display. Wedding Ring Coffins, created by divorce survivor Jill Testa, help the recently unhitched bury dead marriages in style.

MEDIA & PUBLISHING
Media Market Value
Media Predict challenges users to put their virtual money where their mouths are with an online prediction market game, where players buy and sell shares based on how well they think new entertainment ventures might do in the real marketplace.

HEALTH & BEAUTY
Healing Waters
Aqua Tan products are known for providing what the company calls a "couture tan" — a self-tanner in a bottle that is pure, clean and healthy. For consumers looking to go gold, Aqua Tan's marketing message is that they provide a healthy alternative.

Organic Care
Melbourne duo Myke Christoffel and Lara Deutsch have capitalized on the growing market for the latter with their boutique organic skincare range Stem Organics. Sales for natural and organic personal care have doubled between 2002 and 2006, with 78% of adults in developed countries preferring to use products over chemically derives ones.

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Gizmodo: Hospitals and germ freaks rejoice! English tech company Inov8 (sounds a bit ravey, doesn't it?) has come up with the Air Disinfection unit, or AD. It recreates fresh air, which is a key factor in killing microbes, without the need for opening a window in the operating theater. Any surgeons or hospital staff reading, that was a joke, by the way.

Although launched yesterday in London, the device, which is about the size of a flower vase, is currently being tested in 17 veterans' hospitals over here with a view to making it available in the US.

Within an hour of switching it on, the AD can reduce bacteria levels to zero as it creates reactive hydrogen radicals, then pumps them out into the atmosphere, purging the air of bacteria. Faced with the AD, even the tough superbug MRSA is apparently toast - and that can only be a good thing.

Air Disinfection Unit to Make Hospitals Cleaner, Safer [Gizmodo]

Iconoculture: Architects Mitchell Joachim and Javier Arbona teamed up with environmental engineer Lara Greden to dream up the ultimate tree house — a two-story, water-recycling, solar-powered, living crib. They're testing techniques for growing a weave of vines and trees that will form a lattice-like outer structure. Inside walls will be packed with clay and plastered.

The team is experimenting with a soy-based film for the windows that would expand as the house grew.The trio say a house would take about five years to grow. They envision tree-house farms where growing houses are tended and homeowners can pick out a finished house for transport as far as 100 miles.

Fab Tree Hab isn't environmentally friendly — it is the environment [Iconoculture]

Futurewire: Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have developed a nanotechnology polymer that can "heal" itself by filling in cracks and tears automatically. Although self-healing plastic is not an entirely new concept, the UIUC material is different because it can repair itself multiple times without any intervention.

The material could have important uses where making repairs is difficult, where materials are under enormous stress and/or where material failure would be catastrophic -- such as in implanted medical devices, airplane and spacecraft components, and microprocessors. The UIUC researchers emphasize, however, that practical applications are years away, and that initial products will be highly expensive.

Self-Healing Plastic [Futurewire]

Iconoculture: With this ring, I thee shed — in a miniature casket suitable for display. Wedding Ring Coffins, created by divorce survivor Jill Testa, help the recently unhitched bury dead marriages in style. The tiny mahogany coffins look just like the real thing, complete with brass handles and a black velvet lining that sets the ring off nicely if the client opts for an open casket.

Most mourners don't actually bury the coffins. It's more fun to share the sentiments engraved on personalized plaques, which range from dignified ("Bury the past and move on") to vengeful ("Six feet isn't deep enough") to sly ("She should have learned how to play golf").

Wedding Ring Coffins bury dead marriages [Iconoculture]

Iconoculture: While Coca-Cola is busy trying to come up with the perfect mix of pure and healthy for the anti-corn-syrup crowd, the folks at Aqua Tan think they've stumbled on the cure for what ails Coke, and just about everyone else on the planet.

The healing water comes from the cave of Massabielle, where a young girl claimed she saw an apparition of a "lady," who has now become the legendary Lady of Lourdes.

Aqua Tan products are known for providing what the company calls a "couture tan" — a self-tanner in a bottle that is pure, clean and healthy. For consumers looking to go gold, Aqua Tan's marketing message is that they provide a healthy alternative: Their tanner is light, clean and inspired by the purity of water. Consumers on the hunt for purity and healing are relying more and more on organic and wholesome. And Aqua Tan can provide the sun, and more, in specially designed bottles.

A miracle in a bottle! No, really! [Iconoculture]

Springwise: T-shirts have long been conversation starters, letting their wearers express bold political views, support their favourite artist or display their quirky sense of humour. Reactee takes the interaction to another level by harnessing the power of text messaging, creating t-shirts that "text back".

How it works? A customer picks a personal slogan and a unique keyword, which Reactee prints on an American Apparel t-shirt. The user gets the t-shirt and flaunts it. Anyone interested in knowing more about the slogan or its wearer can text the keyword to 41411, and will get an immediate response as set by the wearer, who also receives a copy of the message including the sender's cellphone number. The response can be updated as often as the user likes, either at reactee.com or on the fly by cellphone. The shirts cost USD 20-27 depending on size and colour, and texting only works with US phones.

Reactee users include individuals who want to connect others to a cause they're passionate about, or who simply want to ignite a response from potential admirers ("Am I hot?"). On a broader scale, organizations like the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas and YouthNoise are using the t-shirts to connect to supporters, as does MC Hammer (who's working on a comeback).

Dialogue T-shirts[Springwise]

SheSpeaks: Do you know women control over $5 trillion in spending nationwide and are responsible for 83% of all consumer purchases?

This makes women the world’s largest economy. And you are a part of it. That means your opinion counts and can have a direct—and very—real impact.

We invite you to join SheSpeaks, a national network of smart and insightful women who have a special opportunity to test products and influence them. SheSpeaks gives you a forum to tell companies what you need, what you want, what you like and what you don’t. And, as the SheSpeaks network grows, so does the power of our collective voices.

SheSpeaks knows that smart companies care about what women have to say. We also know that companies are looking for a better way to hear valid, honest feedback by getting more of their products in front of women. That’s why we created SheSpeaks—to give women a more powerful opportunity to be heard…and to not only test, but keep the products they review along the way.

SheSpeaks
ABC news clip featuring SheSpeaks

Boys to Men Gifts: The male gender is always the hardest to find gifts for, this is why we started Boys to Men Gifts. We are here to help you find creative solutions to the problem of what to buy for all ages of the male gender.

Boys To Men Gifts has a unique selection of carefully chosen gifts from around the world that you won't find in the high street stores, and will be debuting several products to the North American market. To help you find the perfect gift for the males in your life, we have found unusual, high quality and uniquely designed products for all ages, to give you a one stop resource for all your male gift needs throughout the year.

Visitors to our site will also be able to book a gift experience on line to make that occasion extra special for the male that thinks he has everything which makes an original and memorable gift and can also be a great opportunity for quality time.

Boys to Men Gifts

Cool Hunting: Eschewing chemical-based fabrics for Japanese organic cotton and Italian linen, Paris-based designers Kaito Hori and Iku Furudate of Commuun believe that "environmental issues can not be ignored when considering the future of fashion and society as a whole." Each collection is inspired by natural landscape and "the balance and tension in nature." While the pieces are fastidiously crafted and ecologically sound, they also breathe a rebellious and bold spirit through color and cut. The fall 2007 collection was inspired by photographs of the sea, importing colors from the ocean-like stark blues and haunting blacks, which are grounded by uncluttered silhouettes. There are ethereal tops floating above skin-tight miniskirts, dresses with undulating layers, and graphic blouses anchored by slim pants. The collection is intended for a woman who is "strong and still pure in ways," says Furudate. Do not expect the earth mother archetype. With the pair's understated confidence, Commuun can easily spearhead the movement for sustainable clothing that's still enduringly chic.

Commuun [Cool Hunting]

TriplePundit: NPR has a great little piece today about the destiny of the (cue Carl Sagan) billions and billions of plastic water bottles that we go though every year, the majority of which end up in a landfill.

About 23% however, do wind up being recycled into various uses, typically carpeting or other downcycled products. Interestingly the majority of this new-found raw material is shipped to China. Although it's very interesting that China has found a way to purchase and profit from our waste, what peaks my interest most is wondering about the remaining 77% of PET bottles that are being tossed in landfills. Sound's like a monumental business opportunity to me.

The PET Bottle Glut - Looking for Solutions [TriplePundit]

The Cool Hunter: Organic isn’t just a trendy buzzword anymore, savvy consumers demand it, whether we’re talking about apples, chicken, cotton bed sheets and even skincare. Melbourne duo Myke Christoffel and Lara Deutsch have capitalized on the growing market for the latter with their boutique organic skincare range Stem Organics. Sales for natural and organic personal care have doubled between 2002 and 2006, with 78% of adults in developed countries preferring to use products over chemically derives ones, so the brand hit the stores at the perfect time.

Interestingly Christoffel and Deutsch actually launched the brand in the US first, selling through online retailers and more recently, through hip lifestyle boutique chain Theory and Fred Segal, where Stem Organics is fast becoming a ‘must have’ brand among their urban, image and health conscious customers.

Stem Organics Skincare [The Cool Hunter]

CoolHunting: We've seen the pop-up store, but a pop-up club? Kubrik is a modular open-air club located in Barcelona, Berlin and Lisbon for this summer only. Designed by Modular Beat and Light Life, the club is an open construction of light-up plastic boxes that make up the walls, hallways, DJ station and bar. Featuring a variety of European DJs, the clubs will be open until September 2007.

Kubrik Pop-up Club: Barcelona, Berlin and Lisbon [CoolHunting]

TrendCentral: While websites such as SeenON! have touched on the idea of purchasing show-based product, ICE is different in that it essentially turns any footage, ranging from live TV shows to DVR’d movies and even DVDs and VHS (old or new), into an onscreen retailer. Almost everything you see will be available for purchase, e.g., Carrie Bradshaw’s nameplate necklace, Jack Bauer’s cellphone, or songs heard on Weeds. With IVC (interactive video commerce), viewers can “click” through highly organized menus, selecting product ranging from categories such as jewelry, electronics, clothing, and appliances to more media-based product such as in-show music, video, and show branded merchandise. There’s even a sponsor section, where viewers can check out the brands and products advertised during the show. Viewers also have an option to access detailed information on the show and cast members. The search and purchasing process is similar to an online retailer, but instead of using a mouse, viewers use their remote control to click through selections, choose color/size/version, etc., and ultimately buy items.

ICE [TrendCentral]

Springwise: Think consumers can predict the next big book, CD, television show or movie better than top producers and publishing houses can? Media Predict challenges users to put their virtual money where their mouths are with an online prediction market game, where players buy and sell shares based on how well they think new entertainment ventures might do in the real marketplace.

Here's how it works: when users register, they get 5,000 virtual dollars to begin investing. They can scan the markets for book proposals, up-and-coming musical acts, script treatments and TV pilots. Each is valued in virtual dollars per share based on perceived potential. If shares of a particular book proposal are going for 55 dollars, for instance, the book has about a 55% chance of being published. If a project seems like it might take off, a wise investor can put his or her money behind it. Or, conversely, he or she can sell if stock seems like it might plummet. In doing so, players drive the market value—and those who have a keen eye for the next big blockbuster get rewarded for it. When a deal goes through—for instance, if a book proposal gets signed to a publisher—shares pay off at USD 100 each. And on the flipside, when a venture doesn't succeed, share value bottoms out at USD 0.

Crowdfinding The Next Blockbuster [Springwise]

New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:

TECHNOLOGY
Energy Tent
If you don't like to rough it, can't do without the conveniences of home, or just need a base camp to recharge your camera or MP3 player after a day on the trail, the Eureka N!ergy tents have three 12-volt plugs to charge your accessories.

Paper Thin Video
In the race for ever-thinner displays for TVs, cellphones and other gadgets, Sony may have developed one to beat them all — a razor-thin display that bends like paper while showing full-color video. Sony released video of the new 2.5-inch display Friday.

ONLINE & SOCIAL NETWORKS
Videopedia
It's not Wikipedia, it's a videopedia. At 5min.com you can learn everything from how to make an origami barking dog (useful!) to how to spackle a wall (frivolous!) to how to pour beer (necessary!).

Faithster
Xianz is among a bevy of new religion-affiliated sites that are drawing the faithful from across the Web in growing numbers. Year-old Xianz, which bills itself as the faith-based MySpace, has grown to 500,000 unique visitors and has 35,000 registered members, says co-founder Bob Hutchins.

Home of Fan Fiction
Fan fiction has long been thriving online in places such as LiveJournal, and now a new online community called FanLib is serving as a hub for all things fan fiction. Site users can post their own fiction, read others’ work sorted by show/book or writer, save specific stories to a customized favorites list, and embed content badges into social networking profiles.

TRENDS & INSIGHTS
Green Track
UK supermarket Tesco plans to introduce carbon footprint labels on all 70,000 products it sells to allow shoppers to compare carbon impacts. Implementation will take a while: the company is currently investigating how to develop a “universally accepted and commonly understood” measuring system.

GADGETS
Rugged Laptops
General Dynamics' GoBook MR-1 claims to be the smallest fully rugged ultramobile PC, and it may very well be. It weighs 2 pounds, and is about the size of a small jewelry box. It was made to have all the same features and capabilities of the full-size GoBook XR-1 but in a more compact form factor.

“Driving” Ability
Kids with disabilities who can't maneuver joysticks don't have to miss out on the fun of radio-control cars. Dream-Racer builds technology that enables kids to "drive" the cars using simple body movements instead of joysticks.

CONSUMER GOODS
Green Milk Bottles
Designed and manufactured in Britain, Greenbottle is a biodegradable milk bottle that uses a smart two-part system to aid recycling. The bottles are composed of a cardboard outer manufactured from pulped, recycled cardboard.

TRAVEL & TRANSPORT
Extreme Budget Airlines
Now a new generation of discount carriers is set to make Southwest look downright generous. The latest breed is borrowing a page from Ryanair, the Irish carrier that roiled airlines across the continent with near-zero fares and scant amenities—and became the biggest European airline in the process.

TOURISM
Shutter Attraction
The Kennedy Space Center will open the Shuttle Launch Experience, an amusement-ride-cum-astronaut-flight-simulator designed to mimic the 17,500-mph liftoff of a NASA shuttle orbiter. The 44,000-square-foot attraction isn't just a ride; it's a flight simulator on par with what astronauts in training experience, says Bob Rogers, CEO of BRC Imagination Arts, which built it.

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TrendCentral: Fan fiction has long been thriving online in places such as LiveJournal, and now a new online community called FanLib is serving as a hub for all things fan fiction. Site users can post their own fiction, read others’ work sorted by show/book or writer, save specific stories to a customized favorites list, and embed content badges into social networking profiles. Fantasy and sci-fi are currently dominating the community, with Harry Potter, Stargate: SG-1, CSI, Supernatural, and Star Wars being the top ranked “fandoms”. The site is already receiving support from publishers such as Penguin Books and HarperCollins and entertainment companies such as Showtime Networks and Starz Entertainment. Some of these marketing partners are even planning to produce collaborative storytelling events online.

Fan fiction hub [TrendCentral]

Cool Hunting: If you don't like to rough it, can't do without the conveniences of home, or just need a base camp to recharge your camera or MP3 player after a day on the trail, the Eureka N!ergy tents have three 12-volt plugs to charge your accessories. A concealed wiring system strategically places glowing outlets throughout the tent for easy access. Hook up a fan on warm nights, a reading light, alarm clock, DVD player, perhaps a computer. The only downside is that you need the Eureka E Power Pak, a portable and rechargeable battery source, which is sold separately.

Eureka N!ergy Tent [Cool Hunting]

Iconoculture: It's not Wikipedia, it's a videopedia. At 5min.com you can learn everything from how to make an origami barking dog (useful!) to how to spackle a wall (frivolous!) to how to pour beer (necessary!).

5min's video player is specially made for the self-help medium — users can switch the player to slow-motion mode or even advance a how-to video frame by frame.

Thanks to Wikipedia and other successful online exercises in Mash Creativity,SM tech-savvy consumers turn first to peers for fast, accurate and practical information and advice — whether written or acted out on video.

With broadband penetration cruising in the U.S., usage of online video has boomed. Watch as consumers discover more online video hubs that are practical, to complement the already hefty quantity of entertainment vids.

5min.com offers a "life videopedia" of practical consumer-created vids [Iconoculture]

Trendwatching: UK supermarket Tesco plans to introduce carbon footprint labels on all 70,000 products it sells to allow shoppers to compare carbon impacts. Implementation will take a while: the company is currently investigating how to develop a “universally accepted and commonly understood” measuring system.

Last year, footwear manufacturer Timberland started placing a "nutritional label" on each shoe box, educating consumers about the product they are purchasing, including where it was manufactured, how it was produced and what effect it has on the environment. Nice touch: messaging inside the box asks customers "what kind of footprint will you leave?" and provides a call to action for them after purchase. Hey, it takes two to tango!

Environmental Concerns [Trendwatching]

Crave: Mobile computing can be a haphazard business, and new notebooks from General Dynamics and Panasonic give their owners permission to drop them (from a reasonable distance) as often as they like.

General Dynamics' GoBook MR-1 claims to be the smallest fully rugged ultramobile PC, and it may very well be. It weighs 2 pounds, and is about the size of a small jewelry box. It was made to have all the same features and capabilities of the full-size GoBook XR-1 but in a more compact form factor. That means four wireless connections: Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, GPS, and Wireless Wide Area Network. It's built on Intel's new Santa Rosa platform.

All of General Dynamics' touchscreen notebooks, which are cold- and heat-resistant, now come with its proprietary outdoor viewing capability, called DynaVue. Outdoor viewing is one of the most confounding problems related to rugged computing. General Dynamics' solution is to put the polarizing film closer to the top of the touchscreen underneath the glass to reduce reflection.

Consumers aren't General Dynamics' customers--the company sells to militaries, telecom and utility workers, and public safety officers.

Notebook PCs for the accident-prone [Crave]

Springwise: Designed and manufactured in Britain, Greenbottle is a biodegradable milk bottle that uses a smart two-part system to aid recycling. The bottles are composed of a cardboard outer manufactured from pulped, recycled cardboard, which is lined with an inner sleeve of biodegradable plastic made from corn starch. The plastic keeps the cardboard from becoming soggy, and the cardboard makes for easy transport, storage and pouring. Once the bottle is empty, the inner sleeve can be pulled out and will decompose in a landfill within six weeks. The cardboard outer can be put out for recycling with other paper or thrown in with kitchen and garden waste for home composting.

Biodegradable milk jugs [Springwise]

Iconoculture: Kids with disabilities who can't maneuver joysticks don't have to miss out on the fun of radio-control cars. Dream-Racer builds technology that enables kids to "drive" the cars using simple body movements instead of joysticks.

The prototype baseball cap, built for a child paralyzed in an auto accident, helps him steer the car with his head. Gloves and shoes can be fitted with similar controls for kids with other types of disabilities.

There's no "joy" in a joystick you can't control. Tech that makes toys more accessible is way cool.

Many adults with disabilities would love to get their heads on a Dream-Racer.
If baseball caps can replace joysticks for radio cars, why not use them for videogames?

Dream-Racer hands control to disabled kids [Iconoculture]