Book Stand

Studio-kg: Most book stands are conceived for reading out in public while standing up. Alternatively, people tend to do silent reading resting the book on a table or holding it up with their arms in a rather tiring position. Read In Peace [Studio-kg]

Choreographed Letters

Dance Writer from Typotheque on Vimeo. Swiss Miss: Dance Writer converts text into a choreographed sequence of poses based on the shapes of the letters, enabling users to send animated messages to their friends via email, or just enjoy the graceful movement in full Retina-quality resolution on their own displays. Absolutely stunning. Dance Writer [Swiss Miss]

Feel the Kiss

Gizmodiva: This isn’t February but romance is in the air. The Kajimoto Laboratory at the University of Electro-Communications is conducting research into tactile communications, with the aim of creating a device which can successfully pass on the feeling of a kiss. Basically if you take the device in your mouth and turn it with your tongue, then your partner’s device […]

CollabraCam Multiple Shots

Springwise: The ability to direct a live video shoot across multiple cameras in real-time has historically been a luxury reserved for professionally equipped directors. However, once again, app-based technology has turned a well-established norm on its head. Offering the same capability to anyone in possession of a smartphone or tablet, we recently came across CollabraCam. To use the app, between […]

Fashion Stake

TrendCentral: Community-based shopping site Fashion Stake was founded out of frustration among aspiring designers who, historically, have had limited means of connecting directly with consumers. Though the original concept for this venture, founded by a Harvard Business School grad, was to give users a chance to invest in designers they wanted to support, it has evolved into an e-commerce bazaar […]

GiftFinder on a Hunch

Trendwatching.com: In November 2010, Gifts.com and Hunch joined forces to create their GiftFinder app, which logs into Facebook and suggests suitable gifts for friends based on the information in their profile pages. The company said the conversion rate was up to 60% higher than when users were shown generic recommendations. The F-Factor [Trendwatching.com]

FeeFighters

Finding a credit card processor can be a total nightmare. FeeFighters is a comparison shopping website for credit card processing, fighting to help business owners keep more of their money. Its unique auction process and comparison engine allows users to save businesses 40% on average on their credit card processing. It’s quick and simple to use and all of the […]

HitchSafe Secure

The HitchSafe slides into your current standard 2″ Hitch Receiver on your Truck, SUV or Van and is secured inside the Receiver Hitch via two bolt retaining bars inside the HitchSafe. The Hitch Receiver itself is a solid steel vault that combined with the HitchSafe provides the most secure location on your vehicle to store spare keys, credit cards, cash […]