In Grenoble, commuters can get their hands on free fiction from one of eight vending machines from publisher Short Édition placed throughout the city, mostly in public buildings such as libraries and city hall. Users can select the length of story they wish to read—one, three, or five minutes—but not the content itself. The machine then churns out the tale […]

Phree is the world’s first digital high resolution, write-virtually-anywhere mobile input device that lets users write in any language, draw, annotate, and express themselves on virtually any surface. Phree connects to practically any device – phone, tablet, laptop, TV – anything with a Bluetooth connection. Just don’t call Phree a digital pen. Using patented 3D laser technology, Phree creates it’s own […]

German platform PayOrShare allows readers to first enjoy the content and then decide how they want to pay for it by choosing one of two options: a small amount of money or a post on their social network of choice. While the platform is primarily targeted at more commercial entities looking to get the word out about coupons, videos, etc., it could […]

Offering a more innovative take on a regular cookbook, Brazilian cookware brand Tramontina and JWT Brazil created Biblia Definitiva Do Churrasco (The Bible of Barbeque), which contains instructions and all the tools and materials needed to cook a perfect steak. For example, the first page is made of charcoal that can be used to set the fire, while other pages […]

Scribble is the first coloring device of its kind that can take the world of color around you and transfer it directly to either paper or your favourite mobile device. The Scribble pen and stylus pairs with Scribble+ mobile app to instantly sync every color you scan directly onto your iPhone, iPad or Android mobile device. Your colors become more […]

Reading is inherently time consuming because your eyes have to move from word to word and line to line. Traditional reading also consumes huge amounts of physical space on a page or screen, which limits reading effectiveness on small displays. Scrolling, pinching, and resizing a reading area doesn’t fix the problem and only frustrates people. Now, with compact text streaming […]

Chris Hirst and Huilin Zhao from Kiwi start up Designbymobile are claiming a world first for the creation of a webpage built in mid-air, while skydiving from 8,000 feet. Hirst and Zhao attempted their claimed world first webpage creation skydive in Auckland, New Zealand to show how easy it is to use their new web design and hosting tool Designbymobile. […]

Clipped analyzes text grammatically to extract the most important information from an article. The algorithm identifies sentence structures statisitically, and graphically determines predicate-subject relationships to generate the best bullet-point summaries possible. Plus, Clipped re-reads all of its own summaries to make sure they make sense. Use Clipped to search for anything and immediately discover relevant articles in a summarized format.

One of the drawbacks of a wholehearted conversion to ebooks is the loss of the personal library, without which spontaneous title browsing and recommendation-making among friends is less likely to occur. Ownshelf aims to keep this tradition alive by replicating the physical library in digital space. The platform essentially provides a Dropbox-esque storage space where users can upload their complete […]

Broadcast for Friends is a mobile app, created by popular lifestreaming service Ustream, which allows users to broadcast on their Facebook Timelines live footage as it is recorded on their mobile phones in real-time. There is no time limit, and Instagram-like filters can be applied to correct the lighting or complement the mood of the event. Life, Camera, Action! [Cassandra […]