All New Business Ideas in April, 2011



 

Bring-Along Humidifier

FreshTrend: Tired of traveling and not being able to sleep because the air is too dry? Use this lightweight, portable humidifier that generates a cool mist using ultrasonic vibrations and regular tap water from any water bottle. Features include whisper-quiet operation, mist output control, automatic shut-off, and an empty bottle indicator.

Travel Humidifier [FreshTrend]





Portable Sauna

PopupCity: Studio Elmo Vermijs is about to launch its latest project, a mobile pop-up sauna. The so-called ‘folding sauna’ was initiated in 2010, based on the idea to enjoy a sauna at various locations and in different atmospheres. Think about festivals and campsites, but also more private scenes such as urban wastelands, your own garden, or beautiful landscapes, in which you always wanted to enjoy a complete relaxing experience. The folding sauna is a combination of a folding tent trailer and can be put into use anywhere.

The Folding Sauna [PopupCity]

Lunch Bugs To Ward Off Thieves

Uber Review: Nobody wants to steal a sandwich that looks like it has a big disgusting bug mushed into it – of course on the flip-side you do have to consider the fact that would-be lunch thieves may think that you do. If you are cool with that, then these sandwich bags may be for you.

Lunch Bugs Anti-theft Sandwich Bags [Uber Review]

Swiss-Army Like Pen

Uber Review: A lot of multi-function gadgets fall a little short of being able to deliver as promised – this multi-function pen actually looks kinda cool. It is built from brass and comes with a level, a ruler and a couple of screwdriver bits. Obviously, you aren’t going to be able to use the ruler to rule lines with it (the ruler is on the side of the pen) but it is still good for measuring. It looks great and at $15, the price seems to be right.

Multi-function Pen Packs a Level, a Ruler and a Screwdriver [Uber Review]

Toddy Smart Cloth

USAToday: Tired of peering through smudges? If you’re staring at a dirty screen, you’ll need to take care before you clean. One gentle option is the Toddy smart cloth. Available in more than 30 whimsical designs, the cloth has been designed to safely remove dirt and smudges from sensitive surfaces on phones, laptops, TVs, glasses and cameras. It also comes with a special coating that helps prevent mold and mildew. A 5 x 7 inch cloth costs $14.99 while a 9 x 9 inch one (in the Opening Bell collection only) goes for $16.99.

Cloth cleans up screens [USAToday]

Butt Printing

The Donut Project: A guerilla campaign for Superette is leaving quite an impression (haha) on New Zealanders. By putting indented plates across the inner city and fashion district bus stops, mall seats and park benches, those who sat down wearing short shorts or skirts walked away with an ad campaign imprinted  on the back of their legs.

Superette advertising [The Donut Project]

Self Heating Bottles

Babygadget: Who better to design products for babies than a dad of twins and of a baby with colic? These are guys who really understand the challenges of parenthood – and who were desperate to retain some semblance of a life despite those challenges.

Fortunately, as well as being harried dads, they are designers – and indeed, they had already taken out a patent on their idea for a self-heating bottle before the babies came. But, perhaps during those long sleepless nights, it became clear that their initial plans were not enough.

It’s possible that only a parent can understand the desire for products without harmful substances: it was back to the drawing board for Iiamo’s Danish designers, who had suddenly realised what standard feeding bottles can contain. The Iiamo – as well as looking stunning- is free from BPA, parabens, phthalates, and perfume.

Life after birth – with Iiamo [Babygadget]

 

Peer Pressure Running System

Mashable: As some have discovered, social media can be used to hold yourself accountable for weight-loss goals. But what about for taking that scheduled run?

Reebok hopes to play that role with a new app called The Promise Keeper available on the iPhone and Android. Reebok’s app tells your Facebook friends and Twitter followers when you plan to take a run. If you don’t, then the app will tell them that, too. (One downside of the app is that it’s based on an honor system: You’re required to tell Promise Keeper when you completed your run by pushing a “finish” button.)

The app promotes Reebok’s ZigTech running shoes and is a way to expand into consumers’ lifestyles a la Nike Plus or Adidas miCoach. Nike Plus added a Facebook component in October that lets users solicit their Facebook friends for moral support as they run, but the app lacks the accountability angle of Promise Keeper.

Reebok App Uses Social Media Peer Pressure To Hold You To That Run [Mashable]

BikeWrappers

BikeWrappers is a strikingly reflective and removable bike reflector system that makes your entire bike frame highly visible to motorist at night and gives your bike a little style during the day. The double-sided fabric is designed to wrap around bike frame tubes. The machine-washable spandex nylon fits various tube diameters as well as accommodates bottle cages.

Ride on the Green Bandwagon

Inhabitat: Public transportation is going green in Albany. The Capital District Transportation Authority has launched BusPlus, a new, limited stop bus line featuring hybrid buses and eco-friendly bus shelters, made with up to 85 percent recycled material and equipped with LED lights. Designed by Duo-Gard, the structures have a sleek appearance while still being sturdy enough to hand harsh Upstate New York winters.

New York’s Capital District Launches Hybrid Bus Line With Sustainably Built Shelters [Inhabitat]

Where is the Nearest Washroom?

TrendBlog: Pharmaceutical manufacturer Lion has produced a free iPhone app for school students preparing to take the annual gauntlet of university entrance exams.

Every year high school students travel around the country to new places to sit a series of tough tests at different colleges, hoping to pass at least one at a prestigious university. The stress can lead to health implications, though diarrhea is not one that many people would initially consider.

However, such problems, exasperated by nerves, eating junk food while rushing to exam halls, and feeling unsettled in a strange location, are very real to the sufferers. Being in a unfamiliar setting also makes it harder to deal with the problems, so Lion’s Toilet College app provides the bearings of nearby public conveniences after you enter the name of the institution you are currently at.

The GPS app, which provides information on the areas around major universities in the Tokyo and Kansai regions (Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe), sounds a little tongue-in-cheek. Its attitude towards the subject matter is certainly frank and casual; the locations of the lavatories are marked by large red toilet symbols. However, Lion is in fact using the app to promote its diarrhea medicine Stoppa, and ads on trains suggest the app as, like the product, just another way to combat bowel conditions.

Public Lavatory App For Toilet Trouble Students [TrendBlog]

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