Glowing Sofa
Via Lattea is a striking change from traditional padded furniture and also a significant upgrade from your college room blow-up chair. Low wattage lights are placed inside the pieces to emit a glowing light. These recycled sofas......
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- Ynot Plast - Plasters for Melanin-Rich Skins
- Urban Transporters
- New Meat, New Business
- Pay-As-You-Want Ad
- Wind Powered SuperCar
- "Upcycling" Your Cashmere Sweaters
- Online Car Racers Compete with Live Professionals
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- Purchasing Co-ops - Empowering Entrepreneurs
- Postage Meters: Easy Cost Savings for Small Businesses
- Unlimited Alternative to Money
- Social Networking Changed Everything – The New Marketing & PR Model
- That’s Telemarketing? A guide to inbound services
- Start a Home Tutoring Business
- Stop Using the Economy as an Excuse!
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SmartSwipe Safe Online Shopping
Now you can swipe your credit card at your home or office computer just like you would in a store! SmartSwipe is the new, smarter, more secure way to shop online. Plug it into your computer’s USB port, go shopping to your favourite online stores, and swipe your credit card – it’s that simple......
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 85 >>>
- Handheld Portable Toaster
- The Gold Mattress
- Volcano Boarding
- The Boobox
- Go Greener with New Recycled Utensils
- Be an Everyday Model
- Celebrity Fashion Spotter
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- Five Ways to Connect with your Customer
- Training People To Learn
- Forums Benefit Search Engine Optimization and Marketing Plans
- Five Steps to Use Knowledge of Lost Trades
- How to Choose a Pay-Per-Click Firm That Turns Clicks into Clients
- Will Your Idea Sell?
- Online Reputation Management Matters
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DIYbio Hub
Ever wanted to play with your own genome? When you read about the latest genetic engineering tools do your fingers itch with anticipation? Do you look around the library, the pub, or the community center searching for your fellow biohackers? Look no further, intrepid gene-explorer, the Do-It-Yourself Biology movement has found a home at DIYbio.org.....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 84 >>>
- Digital Photo Gallery
- Rock ‘n’ Roll Hotel
- No Wash Boxers
- Suit Monogramming
- Gift Cards Exchange
- Enhancing Chat Experience
- Design Your Own Pillow
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- Making the Most of your Online Marketing Efforts
- Top Reasons To Start a Home Based Business
- What You Need to Grow Your Business
- How to Enhance Relationships, Increase Fulfillment & Empower Yourself by Being Authentic
- How to Choose a Pay-Per-Click Firm That Turns Clicks into Clients
- Outsourcing Good For Startups?
- Low Cost Franchises
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How to Get Everything You Want in Business and in Life by Having B.A.L.L.S.
Here's how you can step out of your comfort zone & find your BALLS. so you can get everything you want. You must have unshakeable belief in yourself and the World around you. It starts with a vision, and you have to believe that you wouldn't have this vision if you didn't already have everything you need to make it a reality.....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 83 >>>
- Homer Simpson Warning
- Got Space?
- Sleepypod
- Not Facebook but Face Watch!
- New Website to Help Save Money at the Grocery Store
- Nano Tattoo That Monitors Blood Sugar Levels
- Self Service Bars
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- Pros and Cons of Franchising
- 10 Ways to Stop Attracting New Clients & Kill Your Small Business in a Recession
- Less Work, More Leads
- Being Present To Your Inner Brilliance
- 10 Essential Tips For Selling A Business
- Owner's Checklist for Starting a New Business
- How to Evaluate Your Business During a Recession
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ChoiceBot Personalised Recommendations
A new product-recommendation tool called ChoiceBot personalizes the shopping experience for your customers! It offers an interactive way for them to narrow their choices based on individual preferences....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 82 >>>
- Spotting Online Deals Together
- Caffeine Energy Gum
- P & G Simple Mobile Payment Solution
- Green Depot
- Toilet Roll Art Work
- Flexible Hanger
- Alphabet Bags
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- Confronting Your Fears
- Top 10 Conference Networking Tips
- Don't Undercapitalize Your Franchise
- Making Connections Instead of “Handling” People
- How Newsletter Marketing Creates Referrals
- Credit Unions: A Better Alternative to Banks
- Micro Blog Niches
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Box-O-Box
Surprise! Box-O-Box allows you to send your college student the most hip, unique and fun care packages, right to his/her doorstep! Care packages are specialized for exam time, holiday time, birthday time or anytime....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 81 >>>
- Peppod
- JetBoil Stove
- Breath Mints for Dogs
- Shiso – the New White Tea?
- The Speak-er
- Digital Love
- IKEA Home Planner
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- Can’t Find A Job? Buy A Business!
- 3 Lead Generation Myths That Will Clog Your Sales Funnel & Keep You From Closing More Sales
- Does Anyone Knows Anything?
- 8 Small Business Strategies to Learn From This Economic Recession
- Four Easy Personal Branding Tips
- Three Major Keys to Powerful Goal
- The Pros And Cons Associated With Franchises
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Vegawatt: The Green Voltage
Going green is all the rage now, and what better way to help power a restaurant than using grease from the very same kitchen? Vegawatt was developed by the Owl Power Company, a clean energy system company based in Massachusetts, and was launched this month. Vegawatt units won't provide all the power and electricity that a business needs, but can significantly improve its carbon footprint...
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 80 >>>
- iPill
- Tilly-Miss Vending Machine
- Ecocabs
- Wine Bottles Dipped in Chocolate
- Home Stylists
- Green Leafy Building
- Single Spot Camping Site
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- Top 7 Practical SEO Tips for Solo Entrepreneurs
- How Virtual Assistants Can Amplify Your Business Marketing
- Recession – Time To Hire More Salesmen
- Speakers - Embrace your Inner Actor!
- Multiply And Create More Value In Your Career Or Business
- Humour in the Workplace
- Where’s The Next Great Idea?
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Fashion: Absurd is kind of normal now
Little missmatched brings funky mismatched socks, pajamas and apparel to retail. By targeting the zany population that dresses extrovertedly and ignores standard fashion norms, this clever product...
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 79 >>>
- Stimulant-Infused Snacks
- I am Saint Nick
- The Junior Shark Guiding Wheel
- Unilever's Sustainable Detergents
- Virtual "Try Before You Buy"
- Car Mini Fridge
- UroClub
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- Print Newsletters vs. Email Newsletters - 6 Reasons Why You Should NOT Just Do an Ezine
- Sales Leadership Excellence: How to Recruit & Retain More High-Producing Sales Leaders
- When Strategies are not Strategic
- How to Get More Referrals, More Prospects & More New Clients During a Recession
- How to Convert More Website Traffic into More Customers & Sales by Inviting Prospects to Take Action
- How To Find A Franchise
- What should be the aim for Success!
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Better Support From Japan: Bras For Men
Kramer really was on to something after all. The 'Men's Premium Brassiere' is the number one wishlist item being devoured at Rakuten, the online Japanese store. The male bra trend is sweeping the country...
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 78 >>>
- Servinity Network
- 3-D Printers
- LED Blow On-Off Candles
- Green Christmas Ornaments
- Bike Power Charger
- Speed-dating For Babysitters
- Dinosaur Lamps
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- 5 Marketplace Implementation Lessons From A Corporate Strategy Execution Consultant
- Become A Possibility Thinker
- Keys To Dealing With Problems
- 5 Simple Tasks To Delegate So That You Can Free Up More Time
- 6 Reasons Why This Economy Is Good For Startups
- 7 Reasons To Grow Your Business With Ezines
- Sole Trader Basic Accounts Income And Expenditure
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The Smiling Robot
The copycat robotic head, 'Jules' shows you what you look like when you make a face. Designed by roboticist David Hanson, it copies facial expressions captured by a video camera. Software translates the expressions to small electric motors under the robot's rubber skin, which move in accordance...
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 77 >>>
- Paper Christmas Tree
- Self Publishing For Children
- Ginsu Outdoors Electric Fillet Knife
- Groupon
- Save Up To 30% On Your Electricity And Heating Bills
- Cooling E-Bag
- I Feel London Maps
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- Which Online Marketing Tool Will Win Your Website Marketing Battle: SEO Or PPC?
- Is Your Tax Bill Giving You Nightmares?
- Why Be Creative At Work
- Steps To Finding The Right Business Partner
- Stop Shopping Cart Abandonment!
- Are You A Dreamer Or A Schemer?
- How To Avoid Business Failure In A Lagging Economy
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Navigating Through Change And Landing On Your Feet
If you’re facing (or anticipating) one change of several changes, these tips will help you navigate through transition and help you land on your feet: 1. Acknowledge what’s happening. Get real about your situation and eliminate denial. Identify what you can control and/or influence to gain perspective in devising a strategy for action. 2. Invite collaboration. Brainstorming is an excellent resource for pooling knowledge by gathering...
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 76 >>>
- Etre Touchy Gloves
- Supermodel Trashbins For Charity
- Frustration Free Packaging
- Calendar Marketing
- Pop 2009!
- Qoof Video Commerce Widget
- Soundboard Speaker Concept
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- Where Have All The Leaders Gone?
- Search Engine Marketing: Can It Drive More Business?
- Blog VS Ezine? How To Choose For Your Solo Service Business
- 10 Tips To A Wellfunded Business
- It's All About Building Relationships
- Easy Accounting for Sole Traders
- Success Happens By Design
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Teaching Kids To Pay Up The Dad Cab
All parents know how hectic, time-consuming and frustrating driving around kids and teens can be. Especially when the apple of your eye is a socially active, extra curricular maven. Fortunately, a solution has been created in order to help kids appreciate the value of their daddy's time, efforts and driving skills: The 'Dad's Cab' is a mock taxi meter...
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 75 >>>
- Chictopia
- Bean Rockers
- Urbane Normads
- Trends From Japan: Furry Pumas
- W Boutique Hotel
- Coosh Headset
- Discover Vitality
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- Six Ways To Make Your Marketing Count
- 5 Winning Strategies To Use For Getting Highly Targeted Traffic To Your Website
- Maintaining A Prosperity Consciousness No Matter What
- Tips To Finding A Right Buyer
- 7 Tips To Kill Time And Earn Some Fast Cash
- Be A Respected And Well-loved Boss
- How To Attract New Business In A Lagging Economy
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Bookkeeping Software Can Be Simple
Accounting software records the financial transactions of a business and provides financial control to achieve the profit and loss performance required. The correct choice is dependent upon the size of the business and degree of sophistication and financial control required...
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 74 >>>
- Gogme: Cocreate Small Businesses
- Flipper Toothbrush Holder
- A Real “Thinking Cap”
- Butcher’s Boutique
- The Nubrella Hands Free Umbrella
- The Dignity Toilet
- Free Eco-Notes For Students
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- Need To Improve Your Marketing? Throw A PASS!
- How To Sell A Franchise Business
- Suffering From Business Burnout? Cops Is Here To Help You
- How To Build Trust Develop Relationships With Clients And Employees That Last A Lifetime
- What You Must Know When Buying A Business
- How Virtual Assistants Amplify Your Business Marketing
- How To Start A Homebased Information Marketing Business
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The 3 Secrets Of Team Motivation
Do you want a highly motivated team who don't take time off work, don't keep looking for other jobs and make a positive contribution to your business? If the answer is "yes," then there are three steps you need to take with each member of your team. Step 1 - Spend some quality time. I didn't say "quantity time" I said "quality time." One or two minutes of quality time on a regular basis are far more productive.....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 73 >>>
- Spacious Garage
- Whats Your 20
- Out On The Streets With The GPS Treasure Hunt Game
- Attention Seeking Billboard
- La La La Laser Music
- Fashion Provides Retail Theatre
- Salt Sauna
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- 15 More Ways To Take The Stage And Sharpen Your Public Speaking Skills
- Surround Yourself With Quality Relationships
- What You Can Do About Managing Your Budget
- 10 Tips For Business Success From A Woman Entrepreneur Who Makes 1M Selling Photo Guest Books
- The Incredible Power Of Beliefs
- Leveraging Your CRM System For Client Relationships
- Advantages & Disadvantages Of Owning A Franchise
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To Never Forget
The MEMENTO Memory LifeBook is a well designed and effective scientific mobile gadget that serves as a solution to people who suffer from dementia. The wearable device aids communication and memory as well as.....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 71 >>>
- Crowd-Sourced Ideas To A Crowd-Owned, Crowd-Managed Business Entity
- The Reflect Table Detects Dominancy
- Chic Eco Clutch
- Eco Clothing
- The Unomoto Electric Commuter Device
- Write Together On Webook
- Curtains That Do More Than Keep Out Light
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- How To Successfully Build Customer Loyalty
- How To Start Your Own Business
- Writing Your Book: Ten Tips To Get It Done
- Two Major Reasons Why Business Fail
- Art Of Persuasion:
- A Recession Is Not The Time To Cut The Training Budget
- How To Recession Proof Your Sales
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Good News For Germaphobes …
Consumers are very conscious of hygiene, and need to feel safe from potential exposure to health risks when outside of their home environments. After washing and drying your hands in a public washroom, how can the washroom door be opened without touching the handle? Sanitgrasp, an small American company based in Atlanta, has a solution that allows the door to be opened by pulling with the forearm.....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 70 >>>
- iReporting
- Preserving Old Memories
- Baby Boomers Attitude Tees
- Tune Your World Music Financing
- Futuristic Pivo by Nissan
- One-Stop Resource For Grooms
- Nature Calls
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- Top Stories from GetEntrepreneurial.com
- Self Employment Marketing Plan: 4 Tips To Fine-tune Your Niche Marketing
- Identifying And Reducing Cost Generating Friction In Business
- First Impression Counts
- You Can Start A Business Even If You Are Cash strapped
- Expand Your Team
- 7 Business Tips From Blogtrepreneur
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The Customer Is Always Right
It takes a long time for a self employed business owner to build up a reputation for great customer service. I am a caring person, and putting customer service first is something I hold very dear as an important aspect of how I do business. And recently, I almost blew it. In a fit of irritation over a client's request for help....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 69 >>>
- Flying Wind Turbine
- Shoe Drop Vacation
- Facial Recognition Network
- Death Note? No, Its Death Watch
- Photovoltaic Mac Laptop
- Twist And Activate
- Password Never Easy Now
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- Are Employment Policies or HandBooks Really Necessary?
- How To Create Instant Rapport!
- Why Should You Expand Your Business As A Franchise
- 10 Steps To A Great Support Team
- Checklist For A Healthy Business
- Online Business Mentoring
- Turning Your Idea Into A Homebased Business
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Seven Sure Steps To Choosing A Franchise
Franchising is a wonderful way to go into business for yourself. So many things have already been established for your benefit: branding, marketing, processes, products, systems, etc. Building a business through franchising has been so successful.....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 68 >>>
- Speaking Roses
- Soda Can Advertising
- Cheap Solar
- 5-star Hospital
- Shirt History
- Urban Mining
- Personalized Texting With TextHub
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- 10 Things To Take The Nervousness Out Of You
- Franchisees- How To Develop An Effective Sales Plan
- Does Size Truly Matter
- How To Fix Low Ezine Newsletter Deliverability
- How To Bounce Back When Your Mood Plummets
- Top Ten Principles of Success
- How To Grow Your Business During Tough Economic Times
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Working from Home: Creating your first website
Starting a home-based business is a huge undertaking. Creating an online presence for your business can be equally overwhelming. Where do you begin to learn the basics of creating your first website? It’s actually much simpler than you think.....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 67 >>>
- Flip & Tumble Reusable Bag
- Eco Retail Shops
- DemoCamp 17 in Toronto
- Instant Fresh Tea Innovation
- StickK to Your Word
- Meaty Pod
- Scout Music For Cash
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- When a Goal Become a MUST!
- 5 Great Ways To Use Spreadsheets and Stay Organized
- Choosing A Franchise
- Plan For Success
- Mutual Funds 101
- Incentive Planning Takes Two Brain
- Five Ways to Market Using Email
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Marketing In Your Local Community
For most small businesses, all marketing is local marketing — as it should be. But even if your company is regional or national in scope, it's a good idea to "go local" to select, targeted communities. The keys to effective community marketing.....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 66 >>>
- Easy Parties
- Meet The iBar
- Car Camera Recorder
- Sustainable Style
- Pillow That Wakes You Up
- LED Candles
- Location, Location, Location
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- 5 Top Tips For Managing Your Emails
- If Confucius Is Your Public Speaking Coach
- Influencing And Reinforcing The Behavior You Want
- Is It Possible To Work From Home?
- 8 Easily Avoidable Causes Of Business Debt
- 10 Tips for Student-Entrpreneurs
- Why Working For a Startup Isn’t So Risky
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3 Ways To Overcome Marketing Overwhelm
If you're like many entrepreneurs, the thought of marketing makes you slightly sick to your stomach. And it's more then a simple like or dislike of marketing, it's the idea of trying to fit it into your to-do list. You already have a million things going on, how can you possibly fit marketing in? So, instead, you end up not doing anything.....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 65 >>>
- Textbooks For Rental
- Bamboo Cellphone
- World’s First Organic Cod Farm
- Bedside Entertainment for Patients
- Very Smart Mobs
- Free Jewelry, Anyone?
- Luxury Shower
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- Seven Sure Steps To Choosing A Franchise
- Shattering The “Passive Income” Myth
- You Create Your States of Procrastination & Motivation
- The New Way Crafters Are Working From Home
- Cold Calling Get Over The Fear & Improve Your Success
- Improving Customer Service Customer Retention Levels
- 8 Rules To Finding Success As An Entrepreneur
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Top 10 Franchise Food Trends for 2008
Although consumers are constantly bombarded with messages about healthy eating, encouraging them to cut down on fats, sugar and salt, obesity levels are still at an all time high. Convenience foods and takeaways are increasing. Nevertheless, there is a still a huge part of the market.....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 64 >>>
- Deli Touch Auto Ordering System
- Read Out Loud
- Wearable Electronics
- Cereal On The Go
- Hook Your Baby Up!
- Disobedience Or Discovery
- Sleep In
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- 5 Common Mistakes People Make When Starting Up a Small Business
- When Customer Retention Goes Bad
- Looking For A New Career Franchisor Training Can Be Your Shortcut To Success
- What We Are Willing To Accept In Life Matters
- Do It Yourself VS Hiring A Professional Web Designer
- 5 Strategies For Creating Effective Follow Up
- Gaining Promotion: Importance of Marketing and PR
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Lessons Learned From Brett Favre
Recently Brett Favre, the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers, broke the all-time NFL touchdown record. As a fan of football and Green Bay (I grew up in Wisconsin) I've had the opportunity to watch Favre over the years, and I also realized how his career provides some valuable business-building lessons.....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 63 >>>
- Self Serve Dog Wash
- Single-use Sachets For HABA Products
- Old School Gaming
- Revolutionized Garage
- Getting Uncomfortable
- Food and Drink In a Cup
- Ordering Take-out
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- Feeling Confidence!
- The Uniform Franchise Offering Circular
- Creating a Winning Business Plan
- Marketing offline Can Increase Your Online Business
- Your Brand: Integrity and Reputation
- The Gift Of Time
- BestBizWays Are Your Ways
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Business Life Success Tip - The Value of Self-Investment
How often do you register for classes and courses that promise to share success strategies and secrets to help you grow your business? How many books and products do you buy with the hopes of learning from experts....
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- Read a book; Plant a Tree
- Pacman Cap
- Vending Machine Marijuana
- Vending Machine Ramen
- Artificial Surf
- Tweens’ Social Network
- YouMail Voicemail
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- Do You Follow Marked Trails Or Bushwhack Through The Bush?
- Five Reasons Podcasting Might Be Right For Your Home-based Business
- Saying No Gracefully To Customers And Colleagues
- Teaching People To Learn
- 10 Definite Ways To Piss Your Audience Off
- What Football Has To Do With Your Business
- Getting the Biggest Bang For Your Marketing Bucks
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What Is A Solo Entrepreneur?
A Solo Entrepreneur (Solo-E) is a professional who chooses to go into business by themselves (go solo), collaborate with others, grow their business without boundaries and, more than likely, without employees. The Solo Entrepreneur may also be called a free agent, freelancer, solopreneur....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 60 >>>
- Lip Balm From Ben & Jerry’s
- Usher 2008 with Environmental Art Calendar
- Floating Hotel
- “Quiet” Talking
- Extra Flavors Skewers
- Dancing Flower
- Zoombak For Auto
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- Runaway Sales Calls
- Questions Concerning Severance Separation Agreements
- Top 10 Business Plan Myths of Solo-Entrepreneurs
- Star Power: How to Hire a Celebrity Spokesperson
- 50 Things That Will Guarantee Your Speaking Success
- Connections That Count
- De-Stress for Success
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Four Ways to Save Time When Working From Home
Do you ever feel like twenty-four hours in a day isn’t enough? I frequently find myself wishing that I had an extra hour or two each day to get done all of the things on my task list. With small children still at home, I am constantly getting distracted from my home-based business to attend to their needs. It has become imperative....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 59 >>>
- Kangoo Jump
- All Things Renewable
- ClayValet Shops For You
- Mobile Greetings From Cellyspace
- Glucoboy Glucose Meter
- Book Swap
- Restickable Glue
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- Pricing Strategies
- The Missing Profit Link
- The Art of Schmoozing and Winning Friends
- They Just Don’t Have The Time
- Socially Challenged?
- How Do You Define Success-Failing Forward
- Merchant Account 101: Newbie Questions
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Services For Seniors
You can’t read any magazine without seeing some reference to the effects of the coming retirement of the baby boom generation. That is just the type of opportunity that entrepreneurs are looking for to create a new business around. Think of all of the services these people will need. Some of them will need to have more of the work....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 58 >>>
- LungAshtray
- Business Networking In Just One Website
- Go Green Christmas Tree
- Hello Kitty Gold
- ClassifEye-d
- Digital Wallet
- Fresh Water For Your Dog
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- What Do You Need To Pass A Franchisor’s Test
- Attitudes And Behaviors Of Successful People
- Telecommuting - Five Ways To Find Your Next Job
- TV Advertising: Not Just For The Big Guys
- 7 Sure-Fire Ways To Kick Start Your Presentation
- Dead Man Talking
- Dealing With Angry Customers
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Great Low-Cost PR Tactics
Public relations can be an effective way to generate awareness and name recognition for your business. PR is also considered to be a low-cost alternative to other marketing tactics such as traditional advertising...
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 57 >>>
- Drink Up, Get A Toy
- Smart Closet
- Exploding Piggy Bank!
- Ccube: New Age Communication
- Specialize, Specialize, Specialize
- Smart Car
- Highly Priced Credit Cards
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- Ten Questions You Need to Answer in Your Business Plan
- How to Buy A Franchise - Step 1
- Train Your Sales Team Using an Effective Sale Process
- Get a Home-Based Job Without Getting Scammed
- Why Utilize an HR Attorney as a Consultant
- The Conference Commando
- Are You One of The Monkeys?
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Differentiation: Smart Marketing Strategies for the Solo Entrepreneur
In business terms, to differentiate means to create a benefit that customers perceive as being of greater value to them than what they can get elsewhere. It's not enough for you to be different--a potential customer has to take note of the difference and must feel that the difference somehow fits their need better. Other words that mean virtually the same thing: Competitive Advantage; Unique Selling Proposition; or Value Proposition....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 56 >>>
- Stationery Art Form
- Mobile Specs Fitting
- Programmable Pet Dish
- GumDrop Boots
- Face The Music
- Transportable Hair Salon
- No More Scratches
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- Things To Consider When Writing A Business Plan
- Top Ways to Get a Business Idea Off the Ground
- Accepting Credit Cards Online
- The Art Of Networking
- What are Human Resources and Why Should it Matter
- Future Work
- Passion Is The Key To Success
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Fighting the Saw-Tooth Effect
Months ago you thought you were such a huge success, pulling in a large deal involving huge revenue for your business. How were you to know that at the same time you were destroying the very business you were trying to build? If this, or something less dramatic yet similar, has ever happened to you, then you could be experiencing the Saw-Tooth Effect. What’s the Saw-Tooth Effect? It’s all very simple to understand. But not many businesses realize it until it is too late.....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 55 >>>
- Beer Brick
- Handvertising
- Metal Refreshing Lollipop
- New Life For Old Photos
- Frisper Freshkeeper
- Garden Water
- Sharkah’s Organic Jeans
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- Things To Consider Before Starting A Business
- How To De-clutter Your Computer
- Prepare For Your Career
- Festival Business
- Tell Them About Quality
- Be An Eagle Entrepreneur
- Positive Workplace Relationships
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A Crystal Clear Vision Ensures Success Throughout Your Organization
With increasing global competition, it is more important than ever that each employee in your organization have a clear understanding of the company’s overall vision, be in alignment with the organizational goals, and have identified how their day to day activities contribute....
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- CouponCowGirl
- Jigsaw-Puzzle Bed
- Do Good 4 Debt
- Facebook Readers Shirts
- Instant, Easy Remote Working
- Shuffle The Diamonds
- Urban Dare
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- Building A Gamers' Brand
- Emotion-Stirring Marketing
- Main Customer Focus
- Being Your Own Boss
- How To Make Your Website Work For You
- Focus On Your Writing Skills
- Home Business Basics
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Brand Check
Consumers are exposed to over 3,000 marketing messages a day. TV spots, radio ads, billboards, logos on t-shirts, packaging labels, coupons in the mail, pop up ads on the internet, kids selling cookies at the door – they are everywhere. And yet you think the consumers you want to talk to are going to filter through over 3,000 messages a day – just to find yours. And because this task alone is not daunting enough, most businesses decide to make it harder by hiding their messages....
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 53 >>>
- The Rapid Wine Chiller
- Organic Vending
- Mobile Coupons
- Super Yoga Mat
- Paper Work
- Easy Party Planning
- New Parenting Lifestyle
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- Getting The Balance
- Leveraging On Social Media
- 6 Mistakes Of Raising Funds
- Time To Grow
- How To Attract Clients
- Business Crystal Ball
- Top Five Aspects For E-commerce
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How To Avoid The Top Seven Presentation Bloopers
Blooper #1: Not telling us why we should listen to you. Never assume that just because you have an audience, we are obliged to listen to you. We may love you (that’s why we came in the first place) but never take advantage of the trust we have for you. It is an extreme turn-off when the audience has to do the work i.e. figure out how your presentation is relevant to us...
Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 52 >>>
- iPod With Toyota
- Rebranded Munch Seeds
- Mobile Wallet
- EatSmart Nutrition Scale
- Smart Alarm Clock
- Midnight Special Offers
- SMS Privacy
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- Tips & Tricks To Find Customers
- Beer Pong Opportunity
- The New Work Revolution - Communication
- Entrepreneur’s Checklist
- Serial-preneurs
- What Drives You
- Business Partners Wanted
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Pitch In The Elevator
In business, every entrepreneur needs to have his or her "elevator pitch" ready. Whether you're networking at a business function, exhibiting at a trade show, trying to raise money, or meeting a prospective client, the first question they're going to ask is "What do you do?" You've got to have a clear, concise way to answer that question — and that's your "elevator pitch."...
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- Bike Dispenser
- SMS Trading Cards
- Consumers’ Search Engine
- Video Email
- Loyalty Through Sustainability
- Interactive Floorplans
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- Serious Franchise Thoughts
- The Importance of a Company’s Culture
- Riches Begin In The Mind
- Better Than The Rest
- Rent a Duck
- How To Thrive as a Small Startup
- From Browse To Buy
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Time Out
The same tasks that give you a mental buzz can also stress you out if you don’t take a breath and relax now and then. Before you know it, you’re fried to a crisp, which has a number of implications: You’re tired, exhausted, uncreative, unhappy, and maybe even sick. We don’t want you to lose the fun factor in your work, or your passion for what you do. This is why we strongly feel that it’s critically important for you to take mental time-outs...
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- Over The Limits
- Deliver That!
- Baggu
- Instant Beauty
- Big Green Egg Cooker
- Cheaper Together
- Sticar Statement
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- Wooing Angel Investors
- Are You Witty Enough?
- Online Marketing Power
- Build A Virtual Store
- I Am The Brand
- How To Check Out Your Competitors
- Lyro Online Business Cards
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Growing A Winning Company
Scaling a company requires both the discipline to follow sound strategic processes and the courage to take bold, yet calculated, risks. If you are too aggressive, your company might make imprudent choices and go out of business. If you are too slow or cautious, you might miss an opportunity. Take, for example, a champion downhill skier: if he goes too fast down the slope, he risks crashing and burning. Too slow and he might lose the race. It’s all about striking the right balance...
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- Silicone Lemon Squeezer
- Secure Demo
- Kameraflaged
- Eat Without Your Sight
- Customizable Card Booklets
- Healthy Rewards
- Toilet Mobile Search
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- Survival Instincts
- Entrepreneur Profile: Ben Kaufman
- Going Local
- Video Viral Fever
- How To Soup Up Web Content
- Pick, Click And Pop
- A Good Idea?
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This Issue's Top Stories:
MARKETING
Reaching Her
We introduce you to 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.
NON-PROFIT & CHARITY
White Cane Label
Two Rochester Institute of Technology students, Jaimen Brill and Asmah Abushagur, are launching an online clothing site for the blind and visually impaired. The site, White Cane Label, is a non-profit effort to help blind people shop online and easily keep track of their wardrobe without the help of a sighted friend.
GADGETS
New MP3 Concept
Why is it that the best designs almost always seem to be just concepts? Oh right, they don't have to work. Still, that won't stop us from admiring this lighted, cylindrical MP3 player, which looks more like a Lightsaber than a music gadget. (There's no reason, of course, it can't be both.)
AUTOMOBILES
Easy Car Buying
Americans who are in the market for new automobiles, but don't want the headaches of searching or haggling for the best price, now have an alternative that can help them sidestep the usual dealership woes—No Haggles, a new car buying service that promises to save customers time and money by negotiating all of the details of the sale on their behalf.
CONSUMER GOODS
Chew For Babies
These pendants by Smart Mom Jewelry look good enough to eat, which is the whole idea. Colorful heart- or donut-shaped pendants of food-safe, phthalate-free, federally approved silicone adorn the mom and satisfy her teething baby at the same time.
FOOD & BEVERAGES
All-Natural Worcestershire Sauce
Enjoyed by the British since the reign of Queen Victoria, Worcestershire Sauce is surely one of our more versatile and well-loved “secret ingredients”. So when Geo Organics decided to produce a version that is not only organic but vegetarian and gluten-free, they knew they faced a challenge to meet the exacting standards of Worcestershire Sauce fans.
EDUCATION
Baby Jamz
Mathew Knowles' Music World Entertainment has partnered with Planet Toys to launch the first ever hip-hop/rhythm inspired preschool toy line promoting creativity, learning and movement through music. Mr. Knowles, who has made it a top priority to create and release "child-friendly" music content over the past year with his Kid's Rap Radio series, has brought to fruition this groundbreaking line of innovative, educational and musically stimulating toys.
GADGETS
Gamers' Chair
Lumisource presents BoomChair, a piece of multi- media furniture for the purpose of entertainment. They feature interior speakers and vibration motors that enhance video games, music and movies. You’ll actually feel a part of them. They are made out of different materials including, Microsaude, vinyl, and mesh.
TECHNOLOGY
Best Tech Help
Most small-business owners can't afford consultants or an IT staff. For tech support, they draw on other resources: neighbors, friends, relatives -- anyone they know who might have a handle on a tech issue they don't understand. But there are other sources that small businesses can turn to for reliable, inexpensive and even free tech support: online, government, and academics.
HOW-TO GUIDES
How To Get More Customers
The good news and bad news about marketing is that price and results are not necessarily connected. You can pay the same price for poor results as you would for great results. By planning your marketing well, you can put more quality into it and therefore, get better results out of it.
WORK LIFE
Time of Crisis
The everyday pressures of running our businesses may feel like life and death on a daily basis - collecting payment, running payroll and managing various personalities. These can lead to high pressure situations for even the most prepared entrepreneurs. When crises do happen, they put real life in perspective.
SALES & MARKETING
WOM Important For Business
With the increasing number of blogs and consumer review sites on the web many marketers are concentrating all of their efforts with these kinds of word-of-mouth efforts. And with 66 million adults sharing information online it is understandable why online may take precedence. However, marketers need to be just as aware of how their products and brands are faring offline.
PEOPLE & MANAGEMENT
Develop Profitable Relationships
No question about it; you provide one of the most valuable services imaginable. However, without an ongoing and ever-increasing number of new, quality prospects, you'll eventually run out of people with whom to share the benefits. Develop profitable, win/win relationships with practically every new person you meet - whether one on one or in a social setting.
ONLINE BUSINESS
Neighbour + Navigate
The search-engine leader in South Korea, with 77 percent of searches, is a home-grown site called Naver.com. Founded in 1999 by NHN, an online gaming company, Naver capitalizes on both the lack of Korean-language content online as well as the interest amongst Koreans to try to help each other out.
STARTING UP
Now Your Passionate Job
You've worked hard, you've invested well, and now you have the financial means to exit early. While others might be perplexed by the unscheduled blocks of time in retirement, you know exactly what you want to do. Now you'd like to turn that hobby or passion into your life's work.
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This Issue's Top Stories:
LIFESTYLE & LUXURY
Dating Cards
In a variation on online dating, two new concepts allow people to connect online after first meeting (briefly) in the physical world. Canadian Admit an Attraction prints Attraction Tickets for members. Members hand out a ticket to someone they meet in public. A ticket receiver can then go online to check out the member's profile using a unique access code, and get in touch if the attraction is mutual.
Sleep Music
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.
Jetpack Flight
All those promises of a future with jetpacks getting you from here to there have finally come true. Before you start planning your trip to Miami, the amazing JetPack will only give you a 3 min thrill ride.
EDUCATION
Ace Test With Warcraft Manga
Good news for manga-loving teens: Reading Warcraft can help you pass the SATs. Kaplan Publishing has partnered with TokyoPop on a manga series designed to give kids a leg up on the verbal part of the dreaded test.
SERVICES
Hearts Truck
Already a hit in L.A. among the kind of crowd that populates the The Cobra Snake's website, Heartschallenger is kind of a gourmet hipster Good Humor truck. Often making appearances (for hire) at parties and festivals, Heartschallenger is stocked with a global buffet of frozen treats ranging from Japanese mochi and Italian…
AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL
Planters’ Buddy
The 7-in-one planters' buddy is an ingenious, trowel-like garden tool that truly multi-tasks. Why it's cool: You'll probably find way more than seven ways to use this slick new stainless steel tool (and the fact that it could double as a weapon of self-defense isn't even one of
SPECIAL FEATURE
MIT’s Annual InvenTeams
Evans was suffering a stroke that day five years ago. It robbed him of his ability to walk and speak. But a device developed by a team of high school students now allows Evans, of Los Altos Hills, Calif., to use a laser pointer to do basic tasks with a turn of his head.
HOW-TO-GUIDES
How To Build Positive Relationship
Positive relationships are the key to success in business. What if we've already burned bridges with the people we've done business with in the past? Is it too late to make peace? Or, how do we prevent burning bridges with the people we're doing business with now?
How To Start Or Grow Your Business
Are you an entrepreneur seeking to start or grow your existing business? Then you definitely want to take advantage of these exclusive training segments from educators like Brian Tracy, Dr. Joe Vitale, Dan Poynter and Bob Doyle; over 4 hours of detailed online video training. This is your "Business Success Scholarship", compliments of Northstar Thinktank.
WORK LIFE
Beating Startup Stress
If you burn out in a new business venture, it's the result of intense and arguably greater pressure built up over a shorter interval, and it's infinitely harder to walk away.
SALES AND MARKETING
Consumers Evangelist
Recently, my colleague Max Kalehoff and I put together a list of "Top Ten Principles of Consumer Consumer Generated Ad Campaigns." Max added a few additional thoughts on top of this list in his most recent MediaPost column. Key message: by all means test the waters, but keep a good check list in front of you!
CUSTOMER SERVICE
What Customers Want
JetBlue remains the best low-cost carrier for the third straight year, according to J.D. Power and Associates' 2007 North America Airline Satisfaction Study. Linda Hirneise, executive director believes JetBlue kept its ranking because the airline commands a fiercely loyal customer following with its modern amenities.
BUSINESS IDEAS
Budding Business Ideas
Young British entrepreneurs are launching a new website to house spare business ideas that can be developed by anyone that finds them interesting. James Murray Wells, the twenty four-year-old multi-millionaire founder of www.glassesdirect.co.uk, and Oli Barrett, founder of new ideas company Connected Capital, are behind the venture. It will be launched this week and is called IdeaVolcano.com
STARTING UP
Beat The Rivals
Competition is as inevitable in business as death and taxes are in human existence. Even if your startup business has stolen a march on the rest of the world with your product, service, execution, distribution or customer service, somebody else will inevitably try to chase you down and beat you at your own game.
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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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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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CULTURE & MUSIC
Free Music by We7
A new platform called We7 has developed a system that does just that. Currently in beta, We7 gives brands the chance to communicate with users by "grafting” a short (around 10 seconds) audio or video ad to the front end of the file.
Hail The iRosary
The iRosary converts the iPod’s white headphones into a hybrid prayer bead that can be shifted and then heard as an “audio bead” during prayers, which are themselves monitored via the iPod’s integrated calendar. As an added bonus, the iRosary accommodates for various degrees of piousness by allowing users to choose between three settings.
Bassline Needed
A social networking site with a musical slant, Indaba Music gives users a place to not only share their own music, but also facilitates public and private sessions through which multiple artists can collaborate on recording projects.
SERVICES
Providing a Thriving Office
Thriving Office is a CD, filled with office sounds, that home businesses play it in the background while they’re on the phone to sound more established.
Timeshare Canine
Leased cars. Vacation condos. And now, timeshare dogs. FLEXPETZ lets dog lovers who don't have the time or space to be full-time pet owners make playdates with dogs from breed-rescue shelters.
TECHNOLOGY
Secure ATM
Magtek, a company that has developed a product, MagnePrint, for recording the unique magnetic media signature for all credit and debit cards scanned through its readers. The first scan by a MagnePrint reader creates a template against which all subsequent scans are compared.
Yoyo Phone
ModeLabs has created a series of concept phones that run off sustainable energy sources. One concept phone looks like a yo-yo that hangs around the user's neck and continuously harnesses both solar and kinetic energy using a pendulum and voltaic cells.
CONSUMER GOODS
No Poison Spray
Most pesticides I've used are full of toxic chemicals, but this spray doesn't have anything like that. The active ingredient is natural mint extract, which is a neuro-toxin. It works just as well or better than any spray I've tried, and smells very minty.
AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL
A New Way of Farming
Julian Cunningham started Swallow Crest Farm in 1999, a few years after moving his family to this scenic area on LaBrant Road. He taught a preschool for three years before deciding his heart was in farming -- and he wanted to grow the healthiest food possible.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Instant Rice
Instant noodles have been around long enough that we take their 2-minute preparation time for granted. Now Japan brings us Hotto! Raisu - specially packed rice that can be served up as a piping hot meal, just by pouring water over the packaging. No cooking required!
RETAIL
Grand Opening
It is precisely this commercial whimsy that inspired Canadian brothers Ben and Hall Smyth to create GrandOpening, a space that will constantly reopen every three months. GrandOpening is currently a ping-pong parlor equipped with full-sized table and recording facilities so you can watch your performances on YouTube.
ADVERTISING
Toilet Advertising
Call it ingenious marketing or just plain bad taste, but a company promoting its laxatives on a bus stop billboard on busy Avenida Faria Lima in São Paulo has incorporated toilet lids attached to the seats where bus passengers sit and wait to further drive home its message.
GADGETS
Solar Lighter
If you are an adventurous animal then lemme give you some dope on the solar powered lighter. This solar-powered lighter doesn't actually create an open flame, but it does create a series of sparks that should be capable of lighting a BBQ grill.
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FOOD & BEVERAGE
Chilly Billy
Bensons, a small family run business based in the English countryside, has produced an ice-pop that contains nothing but fruit. Chilly Billy consists of no added sugars, waters, preservatives, or artificial colours – just pure English pressed apples and a handful of raspberries.
Food For Health
From digestive health products such as Kashi Vive and Dannon Activia to joint health products such as Minute Maid Active with Glucosamine, we’re beginning to see food and drink emerge as alternatives to taking medicine.
GADGETS
Appetizing USB Ports
The upcoming bread series in Vavolo's Freshy Baked USB Drive lineup is pretty cute. These cross-platform thumb drives are encased in housings made to look like the following baked goods: hot dog, french bread, hamburger, pizza, sandwich, and the oddly specific raisin challah bread
Gourmet Quick Food
Once banished from the gourmet kitchen, they've come back with a Twist of the Wrist in a cookbook by famed chef Nancy Silverton. Quick-and-easy meals that jazz up gateway ingredients like boneless chicken breasts with jarred or canned delicacies like tapenade, capers and white asparagus.
ADVERTISING
Free Letters
Dutch Gratis-Post lets people order envelopes with free postage for mailing within The Netherlands. Ads are printed on the back of the envelope, and in exchange for 5 free ready-to-mail envelopes, users also agree to receive advertising messages by email for a period of four weeks.
HOMES & LIVING
Igglo
Finnish real estate site Igglo lets potential buyers 'pre-order' houses that aren't on the market. Igglo has photographed every building in Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, and combines these photographs with satellite images and maps. Every property is listed, not just those that are currently on the market.
SERVICES
Night Salons
The city that never sleeps has another reason to stay up late: after-hours beauty salons. New Yorkers who want a glass of wine with their color treatment head to meccas like Frédéric Fekkai/Soho and Red Market Salon, which are open for business — and socializing.
ENTERTAINMENT
In The Backseat
In an effort to provide some entertainment for the kids while mom or dad is busy driving, DaimlerChrysler and Sirius teamed up to create TV programming specifically for the backseat.
Barbie Girl Takes Kids Online
On Thursday, Mattel unveiled Barbie Girls, a doll-shaped MP3 player that turns into a live character at BarbieGirls.com, a Web site where girls can interact with each other in a manner reminiscent of Second Life, the virtual world for adults.
FASHION
CoolZips
A quirky gift idea in the form of a wearable zipper pull and charm has just been introduced by CoolZips, a company that has also launched a new fund raising program to benefit non-profits and other charitable organizations.
LIFESTYLE & LUXURY
Lomme Pod Bed
These pod-like luxury beds infuse art and design into an otherwise mundane piece of furniture. Offering the ultimate in relaxed environments, the protective, egg-like design features “state of the art” light and iPod-ready sound therapy system which removes outside noises.
CONSUMER GOODS
Smart Coffee Lid
The multi-award winning color changing coffee lid is set to become a worldwide hit after Australian inventors secured an international license agreement. The innovative lid alerts consumers their coffee/tea may be too hot by changing from a dark coffee bean color to a bright red when the lid is applied.
MOBILE
Cheapest Network
Following on from Orange's new pre-pay tariff yesterday, 3 has announced a new pricing structure for its Pay As You Go customers, with calls now from 5p per minute - the cheapest any network any time call rate available from any UK mobile network, according to the company.
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CONSUMER GOODS
Solar Bag
Soon to be released in August 2007, the Picard Solar Bag picks up where Eskom left off by charging your gadget essentials like laptops and iPods. The solar panels on the flap are set to give you enough juice to make it through the day.
HEALTH & BEAUTY
VIOlight
VIOlight has already come up with a solution. Their little gizmo is proven to kill 99.9% of germs found on your toothbrush using UV light. With the adaptors that come with, you can even fit your electric toothbrush head in the unit.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Wedding Cake Trend
The first trend on the list is personalized cakes. Edith Meyer said that "Cakes for 2007 seem to be much more personal and less I-saw-this-in-a-magazine." Susan Morgan stated that although she has been doing colored cakes for years, now "everyone wants coordination throughout the wedding."
Strange Eatery
And now - this place, WDuck...where you sit on a toilet during your meal. It's perhaps a little extreme for South African steakhouse tastes, but the point is that the hospitality industry is getting a personality.
MOBILE
SMS Shopping
A company called ShopText has introduced a system that lets people buy products instantly using text messages, a process that eliminates the need to go to a store or even visit a Web site.
Mobio Mobile
Mobio, which we’ve covered previously, is launching the public beta of its mobile application platform today. They’re pitching themselves as a “lifestyle platform” to consumers, where you can access all kinds of data on the go, such as restaurants, weather, and flight schedules.
ONLINE & SOCIAL NETWORKS
Local Cakes
CakeAmerica is a website that is dedicated to help web users find cakes and other baked products in their localities and empower the local cake businesses to promote and advertise their cakes on the web.
SERVICES
SMS Happy Hour
BuyYourFriendADrink.com was launched today and announced on the New York edition of e-mail events service Thrillist. BuyYourFriendADrink, or BYFAD, is a way to purchase libations for your friends online, which they can then redeem at participating establishments with the help of a text message.
LIFESTYLE & LUXURY
Shiny and Sparkling
Philips and Swarovski have teamed-up to bling the tech goodies with their ‘Active Crystals’ collection that features I GB flashy USB memory keys studded with swarovski. The collection includes four different designs: Heart Ware, Heart Beat, Lock In and Lock Out.
Box Wine
There is a growing group of wine drinkers who are turning to the box rather than the bottle. With better wine varieties now available in boxes, wineries are attempting to give the category a new identity far from the rowdy boating trips and drunken fraternity parties that gave box vino its cheap, low-quality image.
MARKETING
Scent Selling
Clear Channel, meanwhile, is experimenting with scented billboards. USA Today and the Wall Street Journal are set to offer "rub and sniff" newspaper ads. And some retailers are also preparing products with added smell.
HOMES & LIVING
Book Lovers’ Chair
For those who love to read, and show off their personal library, Italian company nobody&co has a fabulous looking seat for you. The Bibliochaise makes storage look incredibly cool, and cuts down on space taken up by a typical bookshelf.
TOURISM
Audio Tours“AudioSnack is a place to find, purchase, download, listen to and appreciate audio tours that people just like you have created to share, and a place where you can do the same for others.” Tours are modestly priced — some are even free.
GADGETS
Freeing Up Your Hand
If you're in the market for a new pair of headphones and don't mind looking foolish or being stared at by strangers, you may be interested to know that the iWalk will be available in a week or two.
MOBILE
Mobile Network
Sonopia works with Verizon to handle calls and data transfer, and lets anyone from a rock band to a church group set up their own mobile network brand. In return, the mini carrier will receive 3-8% of revenues generated by the customers they sign up.
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FASHION
Chic Celicase
Here’s a superlative mini bag for all the Gizmodivas! Celicase, or Celi for short is a Turkish leather, compact purse that is designed to carry your most essentials. And when I mean most essentials, it can be a cell, PDA, ID, iPod, cash, passport, tickets, gum, lipgloss, cards..
Demin Code
DENIM CODE, the new French brand of jeans, has come up with a revolutionary concept consisting of making it possible to access an audio/video recording free of charge from a pair of DENIM CODE jeans.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Eating Greens
Kids eat up a healthy menu of herb-crusted chicken, sushi rolls and plenty of fresh veggies. No, really: Mean Greens outsells two competing cafés that dish up traditional campus fare like cheeseburgers and pizza.
TECHNOLOGY
Voicemail To Email
Why listen to your voice mail messages when you can read them? That's what a new crop of companies is asking — they're developing software that turns voice mail messages into transcribed e-mail or text messages.
TRAVEL & TRANSPORT
1-800-CAB-RIDE
Jason Diaz’s 1-800-cab-ride.com (800-222-7433) plans to be the one-stop online shop for scheduling taxi cabs. Essentially, 1800cabride.com is a car service that doesn't own a single automobile - it uses a network of independent cab shops around the country to arrange rides from one central dispatch office.
HOMES & LIVING
Toilet Breeze
You’ll overcome your bathroom shyness with the Breeza, a deodorizing toilet seat. The four-stage process removes 95.8 percent of bathroom odors. (And with a number that specific, you know it’s scientifically tested.)
ADVERTISING
Free Photocopying
An innovative Japanese company is offering university students free photocopies. This free love is made possible by printing ads on the back of the copy paper, which is slightly thicker than normal to prevent ads from shining through. For JPY 400,000, advertisers can have their message printed on 10,000 sheets of paper.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Caffeinated Seeds
Now they're selling sunflower seeds laced with energy boosters like caffeine, taurine, lysine, and ginseng. The product named, "SumSeeds", are described as premium roasted sunflower seeds supercharged with the same stuff found in "energy" sodas.
AUTOMOBILES
Steering Wheel Notebook
If you feel that driving is too safe, than you should ‘danger things up’ with a steering wheel laptop. While the design is still in concept stage, I’m sure you can copy the idea by duct taping your laptop to the wheel.
DESIGN
Funky Coffin
Well, little did we know that the good people of Ghana had taken their art to a whole new level. We just stumbled across a website that sells a variety of African goods, particularly this line of wonderful coffins. Aside from the pictured Nokia coffin, they sell a Ferrari, a Subaru, a beer bottle (!) and a computer mouse coffin.
SmudgeGuard
The SmudgeGuard stays dry making it less likely to re-smudge the paper. Because it's only protecting the areas most prone to smudges and because the material is thin, he can also type on a keyboard or do other things while wearing it.
CULTURE & MUSIC
BurnLounge
BurnLounge is a community-powered digital music service. BurnLounge provides music fans with the necessary software and an expansive catalog of music, to create and sell music (and fan merchandise) to peers from their own digital music stores.
MOBILE
Mobile Network
Sonopia works with Verizon to handle calls and data transfer, and lets anyone from a rock band to a church group set up their own mobile network brand. In return, the mini carrier will receive 3-8% of revenues generated by the customers they sign up.
ONLINE & SOCIAL NETWORKS
Lifecasting
Not since the ‘90s JenniCam craze has a personal webcam attracted so much attention. Justin.tv is the live videostream of Justin Kan, a 23-year-old web entrepreneur in San Francisco who has coined the term “lifecasting” with his no holds barred self-documentation approach. Kan has attached a camera to his head that delivers a 24/7 stream of his life from his point of view.
E-COMMERCE
Voice Advantage
Starting today you can test out a new service that attempts to combine the best of social networking with Internet-based telephony. In short, it gives visitors to your Web site or a blog a free local number to call from virtually anywhere. All you have to do is add a widget to your site, blog or e-mail signature.
LIFESTYLE & LUXURY
Music Craftmanship
Now, Gresso have developed their own line of MP3 players called, The Symphonia Collection. The model is again crafted from African Black wood, whilst the front panel is made of a scratch resistant 18 carat gold surface. The idea behind it's conception is for the Symphonia to be worn as a piece of jewelry rather than an MP3 on a lanyard.
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RETAIL
TV Wardrobe
Shopping enabled entertainment gives a whole new meaning to product placement where viewers no longer have to be persuaded by advertisers to buy their products, but instead their brands are being actively sought-out by a celebrity-obsessed culture.
CONSUMER GOODS
Laser Scissors
Talking about scissors is general but talking about it with laser is something good and new. According to the website, “The scissor blades are stainless steel and cut very clean with a micro serrated edge”.
Outer Skin for SmartPhones
The new trend in SmartPhones is to encase the brains of the phone in a nice, smooth and rubbery outer skin. The Blackjack, the Dash and the Black Motorola Q all have this nice feel to the outside. With new cell phone deductibles on your "insurance" policies, it makes sense to protect both the case and the screen.
Knork
Inventor Mike Miller thought of the idea while eating pizza with his buddies. It dawned on him how to solve the problem of eating a pepperoni pie politely: Integrate a fork with the functionality of a knife.
MEDIA & PUBLISHING
Botttle Mag
Coca-Cola Belgium will be the first soft drink company to use the Magazine on a Bottle concept. On Product Publishing, which created the innovative labelling technology, worked closely with Coca-Cola Belgium to adapt the labels to Coke's iconic curvy bottle.
ENTERTAINMENT
Bar-bingo
The only good cause in today's bar-bingo scene in Manhattan is having a good time while competing for silly prizes like NASCAR mugs. Young bingo buffs follow the floating game to different bars around the city, creating an ad hoc community.
GADGETS
PumpOne iPod
The clever folks at PumpOne noticed that a lot of people work out with their iPods, so they've designed workout programs that play on any model that displays images. It also works on nanos, Zunes and smartphones with memory and color screens.
ADVERTISING
Zooppa Video Ads
A new website gives advertisers the chance to brief online video ad developers for considerably less than the cost of a production agency. It’s a win-win situation for advertisers on Zooppa, a new website launched this week. It is essentially a platform for paid, user generated video, with a twist.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Caffeinated Seeds
Now they're selling sunflower seeds laced with energy boosters like caffeine, taurine, lysine, and ginseng. The product named, "SumSeeds", are described as premium roasted sunflower seeds supercharged with the same stuff found in "energy" sodas.
MOBILE
Where’s my Starbucks
Coffee behemoth Starbucks has launched a new cell phone-based service that lets you efficiently locate the nearest store and feed your addiction get your caffeine buzz on.
DESIGN
Fashion Flu Mask
Flu masks get some fashionista flavor with the creations of New Yorker Patricia Lamberti, decorated with accoutrements like floral appliqués, leopard fabrics and satin ribbons, these protectors against pandemics strive to shed the shackles of postindustrial supply store.
Maximum Protection Umbrella
American industrialists try to build better mousetraps, but northern Europeans apparently need better umbrellas. The SENZ Umbrella has been designed to directly fill a need - to prevent a strong wind from turning an umbrella inside out. The SENZ team has redesigned the umbrella to be both stronger and more aerodynamic.
FASHION
Smashing Darlings
With a focus on helping independent fashion designers market their talents in new ways, SmashingDarling offers a unique experience for buyers, sellers, and anyone interested in fashion that thinks outside the mall.
I’m Not a Plastic Bag
A bag that retails for £5 but is now changing hands for up to £200 on eBay. A bag so hot that it was chosen as the official goodie-bag for guests at the 2007 Vanity Fair Oscar-night party. A bag that proclaims, on the cream canvas exterior between its grosgrain trim: "I'm Not a Plastic Bag."
TECHNOLOGY
Tune-In Bed
Since then, we've seen iBelts, Inflatable iChairs, iProjectors, iLoo Roll, you name it. What on earth is next? Why, the Tune-In Bed, of course! This is no ordinary iPod dock! You can sleep in it! This is also no ordinary bed! It plays music from your iPod! Of course, the sound and mattress quality are totally irrelevant in view of the astounding novelty of this idea!
MONEY & FINANCE
Allowance 2.0
A recent slew of “allowance 2.0” tween-friendly debit programs are giving tweens responsibility for their own spending and we expect to see more products and services fulfilling similar needs. Example is PAYjr; this allowance-tracking website allows parents to create lists of chores with corresponding dollar amounts.
HEALTH & BEAUTY
Easy Veins
The Luminetx VeinViewer claims to make the process a bit less painful, by showing the needle-wielding nurse exactly where to poke to get that vein straight off. It uses near infrared light to detect veins inside our body.
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SERVICES
Charmin Restroom
Procter and Gamble's bathroom tissue brand operated a 20-stall restroom in the heart of Times Square, calling the service 'Charmin's holiday gift to New York'. The facilities offered clean, deluxe bathrooms, baby changing stations, stroller parking, seating areas, and of course lots of luxury toilet paper.
RETAIL
Supermarket Self-checkout
At Price Chopper's Burlington store, eight of 19 checkout lanes are equipped with automated "Easy Scan Checkout" machines. The rest of the duties are left to customers: punching produce codes, weighing vegetables, scanning for prices and bagging food. To pay, shoppers feed cash into the machine or swipe a credit or debit card.
AGRICULTURE & ENVIRONMENTAL
EcoHangers
Hanger Network has developed an alternative: a dry cleaner's hanger made entirely from recycled paper. EcoHangers are sturdy and cheap. And because they're paper, they can be completely covered in full-colour advertising.
ADVERTISING
The Interactive Urinal Communicator
Discover Wizmark, the interactive urinal communicator, its advertising you can't help but look at. An idea so original, it has everyone talking. Wizmark's interactive capabilities will get results, providing the perfect guerrilla marketing medium for men of all ages.
Cellphone Billboard
V-Lodge is an online business-to-business marketplace for smarter, more civilized product placement and advertising weaved into video games. In-game advertising is the next frontier in entertainment marketing.
HOMES & LIVINGS
X-paste
Do you judge people by whether they squeeze the tube from the end or the middle? Do you think perhaps you should readjust your priorities in life? If the answer to the first two is yes, and no to the last, you should look into the X-paste dispenser.
MOBILE
Hidden Clue
Japanese firm Fujitsu is pushing a technology that can encode data into a picture that is invisible to the human eye but can be decoded by a mobile phone with a camera. The company believes the technology will have spin off implications for the publishing industry.
“I’ve lost my keys come home”New website TextMeOuttaHere.co.uk will, for a pound, send its users a text message at a prearranged time to help them lie and cheat their way out of an awkward situation. Sneak, your spouse or partner, your best friend and your vicar. That’s slander, surely.
DESIGN
Illuminate Fun
A Latino brother-sister design team generates nighttime cool with the quirky Havaleena, a sleek, versatile and customizable portable light. Providing illumination via a 1-Watt wide-angle LED, the portable Havaleena can be used indoors or outdoors, singly or as a bouquet of lights on an accompanying stand.
Build Your Bed
Called BuildTheBed, the product caters to DIY boudoir decorators who want to put their personal memories, fantasies or digital art in a place of honor, if not dreamy contemplation. In a choice of sizes and styles, from arched to rectangular, BuildTheBed's colorful headboard gives a personality billboard-like prominence.
PETS
Dogs Beer
A nice young lady from Holland brewed up a nonalcoholic beer for her Weimaraners as a treat for a day's hard work, and now she's selling it as "Kwispelbier" after the Dutch word for a wagging tail. Technically, it isn't a beer at all but more of a non-alcoholic malt liquor flavored with beef extracts. Either way, the dogs love it.
GADGETS
Driving Emotions
Using a certain finger to indicate feeling is so downgrading where as Drivemocion is a more geeky approach. It is a small electronic display that can be attached to the back window and allows any kind of message to be displayed. Its circular rear display can show smiley faces, frown faces, "Thanks," and "Back Off."
Digital Cookbook
You might have heard, but soon there will no longer be a need to risk your laptop in precarious situations in the kitchen. Modeled after a spatula, coo.boo is a digital cookbook that fits into the kitchen environment better than any laptop or printed cookbook.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Halal Baby Friendly
Mumtaz Foods Industries offers ten varieties of baby food suitable for infants from 4 to 7+ months old, including Potato, Lamb & Spinach, and Spring Vegetables and Chicken. GEM Food's Petit Gems comes in culture-spanning flavours, from Vegetable & Roast Beef to Middle-Eastern Lamb Tagine.
LIFESTYLE & LUXURY
Indoor Grill
If the drop in temperature has made the grilled delicacies a thing of the past, then this DeLonghi Healthy Indoor Grill will bring the grilling season again! The all-weather grill cooks with a combination of contact and radiant heat and it’s removable stainless steel drip tray allows excess fat to drip away, providing low-fat food and smoke-free indoor grilling.
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GADGETS
Central Fridge
If cooking is one of your hobbies, but you think it devoid you of all the entertainment at times, then Whirlpool brings you all the entertainment your way, right in your kitchen with the new Whirlpool’s Centralpark Connection. This new interchangeable interface allows you to interact with a wide variety of electronic devices through your refrigerator door.
ENTERTAINMENT
Nerjyzed Entertainment
Nerjyzed Entertainment is developing games for the PC and videogame platforms, featuring the perspective of African American consumers. Nerjyzed is working with the state of Louisiana to help train young game developers in the four-year college system.
ADVERTISING
Charitable Advertising
This time it is all about toasts and raising money for charity. It works the following way: you give YourNameOnToast some money and they write your desired name or web address on toast in order to put it on their website.
V- Lodge
V-Lodge is an online business-to-business marketplace for smarter, more civilized product placement and advertising weaved into video games. In-game advertising is the next frontier in entertainment marketing.
Smelly Ads
The Wall Street Journal is smelling out a new way to advertise. The newspaper, which recently debuted a new design, is gearing up to offer advertisers the ability to run scented ads. These ads would be on the regular newspaper pages and not on inserts, according to details that emerged in yesterday's earnings conference call.
SERVICES
Nike Trial Vans
Nike Trial Vans are currently touring the UK/Ireland, France, Italy and Spain, stocking 1,000 pairs of shoes. It’s a free trial, no strings attached. Nike Trial Vans are currently touring the UK/Ireland, France, Italy and Spain, stocking 1,000 pairs of shoes. It’s a free trial, no strings attached.
MOBILE
Cellblock
Cellblock is changing camera phones in a big way. When a member starts a cellblock album, the album is assigned its own unique email address. At that point, anyone with the email address can contribute mobile photos and video to the cellblock using their camera phone, instantly, from anywhere.
t+ diabetes Mobile Phone
When you thing of the extra functionality a mobile phone offers, it's usually in the area of entertainment. But a new diabetes management for mobile phones could change that. The t+ diabetes system gives people instant personal feedback, helping them to spot day-to-day fluctuations that can have a devastating long term impact.
ONLINE & SOCIAL NETWORKS
Spout
Spout, the first online community focused on connecting film lovers with great films and the people who have something to say about them. Likened to a MySpace for film buffs, the site hosts advanced technology to push for a better user experience for discussing, organizing and buying all kinds of films.
HEALTH & BEAUTY
Virtual Makeover
Mitsukoshi, Shiseido, and Fujitsu have teamed up to bring a virtual, real-time makeover machine into Japanese department stores in order to give women a chance to test out a smorgasbord of shades on their virtual face before throwing down their hard earned loot.
AUTOMOBILES
Surfing on the Go
Finally, the rolling office gets WiFi. Autonet Mobile's Autonet Mobile Unit brings mobile, wireless, high-speed Internet access to vehicles. Multiple wireless devices can tap the secure network simultaneously. Coverage area includes 95% of U.S. roads.
FASHION
IQONS
Currently in the soft launch phase with plans to launch more formally later this month, IQONS serves as a platform not only for indie designers to show off their wares, but also as a style ecosystem where everyone from retailers, makeup artists and photographers to editors, publicists and financiers can display their work and connect.
HOMES & LIVINGS
Pocket Gardens
Plenty of would-be green thumbs could use a little help with their outdoors-in decor. Pocket Gardens come in ready-to-snip, freestanding packets of seeds and soil that send a message of life. And they only need water and light to grow.
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MOBILE
Mobile Phone Ads
Cellular phone carriers like Verizon, Sprint and Cingular, now the new AT&T, are beginning to test and roll out advertising on mobile phone screens and their subscribers will enjoy improved mobile Internet services and content provided free or at reduced prices.
SMS Your Wine
After encountering a great wine in a restaurant or at a friend's house, instead of vowing to remember the name and vintage, Dutch consumers can now dash off an sms to BuyYourWine.com. The online wine seller will then get back to them with a price and delivery details.
RETAIL
Social Retailing
The Social Retailing technology uses an in-store three-paneled "magic mirror" that can send photos or videos of shoppers in outfit options to their MySpace page or to friend's emails and mobiles for instant opinions.
TOURISM
Teen Concierge
Four Seasons hotels hire teen concierges who specialize in providing tips on cool hangouts, stores and activities. Other hotels feature teen-focused spa treatments, such as makeup lessons and facials for acne-prone skin. And some, such as Loews Coronado, are setting aside space and events just for adolescents.
CULTURE & MUSIC
Social Networking for Kids
Thankfully, there are several sites that a 9-year-old can explore without alarming their parents, including Whyville.net, ClubPenguin.com and even National Geographic, which has a My Page for kids. Disney, is jumping into the social-networking and pledges will be safe for children.
TECHNOLOGY
Bone Wedding Ring
"With this bone, I thee wed." Five U.K. couples recently sealed their vows by exchanging rings made from their own bone tissue, grown in the lab from sample cells. Scientists harvested the cells from tiny slivers extracted from the couples' jawbones.
HOMES & LIVING
Sexy Homes
Just ask brothers and business partners Michael and Ronald Lipka, who launched SexyFurnishings.com in April 2001 - and kissed their decidedly un-sexy backgrounds in accounting and engineering goodbye. The secret, they found, was being able to sell sexy at an affordable price.
Omopping
Cleaning products had never exactly excited us until we discovered method. You may be tempted to cheat on your Swiffer with their new ergonomically correct omop that comes with a washable microfiber mop pad.
FOOD & BEVERAGES
Chicken on the Go
In December, Bumble Bee began selling packaged, cooked, skinless and boneless chicken breasts that are intended as entrees and can be heated in ovens or microwaves. The chicken is available in three seasoned varieties: garlic and herb, southwest seasonings and barbecue sauce.
Create Your Own Fizzy Drink
Soda-Club machines let consumers control the flavor and fizz levels of their seltzers and soda pops by making them right at home. Carbonated soft drink consumption is down, but a product that emphasizes control, personalization, value and reduction of bottle waste stands a chance of revitalizing the category once again.
Meals and Wheels
Victor and Elvia Galindo first started selling chips and sodas to keep tire-shop customers out of the way. In 2004, Elvia turned that into a full-time restaurant. Now Victor’s Tires is more than a tire shop. It’s a place where neighbors gather to socialize and catch up. A surefire way to build customer loyalty: Serve them good food.
HEALTH & BEAUTY
Instant Dentistry
Instant messaging. Video-on-demand. And now, instant crowns. D4D, a digital dental system that makes and fits new teeth in a single visit, is in clinical field trials awaiting final FDA approval. Dentists capture an image of the tooth site with a handheld scanner and feed it into a software program to model the design.
Cupid Scent
New research in the emerging science of aromachology has shown that a woman’s sense of smell is the gateway to increased desire and sexual well-being. Recently introduced to North America, the Scentuelle patch consists of a complex combination of scent molecules that stimulate the libido by targeting the brain’s smell receptors.
DESIGN
Clinic Dining
The Clinic resembles an organized maze with pill shaped rooms interlocking into one another for easy access. The Clinic has two floors. The first fulfills your entertainment requirements, with a number of bars, a dance club, and merchandise store. The entire floor is clinic inspired, that is to say 'hospital chic' adorned.
Portable Bar
This portable bar allows you a quick bar set up, anytime anywhere, and has everything you need at your fingertips. The bar includes ice well, a full size bus bin with additional inserts for another eight juice containers, bottles, and other extra supplies.
ONLINE & SOCIAL NETWORKS
STUART
Created by famed art collector Charles Saatchi, STUART (“Student Art”) aims to connect collectors that are unable to physically attend every gallery and view new works for themselves with the students that need help finding an audience for their talents. Students create profiles and upload their art, and can then chat online, giving each other feedback and of course, networking with important collectors.
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TECHNOLOGY
3D Laser Crystal
Our developments revolutionize the marking of different materials by laser technology. With our laser subsurface engraving method the surface remains untouched. The desired marking is carried out inside the material. We call this method “Vitropgraphy”
Personalise Your Electronic Devices
Just days ago, millions of people around the world were gifted at least one of the "big 10" electronic devices boosting in store and online. In capitalizing on this trend towards personalization mytego.com has developed a technology where customers can personalize any one of those "big 10" electronic devices.
GADGETS
H3 Campack
The Backpack offers easy control for your digital video camera, (most versions of the 4th and 5th gen) iPod, and Bluetooth-equipped phone. The primary focus of the backpack is an external lens that connects directly to your video camera (compatible with a variety of cameras) and a joystick remote on the shoulder strap.
AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL
Biodegradable Plates
It's true, I don't host many brunches or entertain a lot from home, but if I did, I would definitely get these biodegradable dinnerware sets, not just because they are attractive (call me boring, but I hate paper plates with designs on them, especially seasonal and holiday themes).
DESIGN
Your Own Bag
Pimp your bag with Timbuk2's Build Your Own service. You can design your own messenger bag for your laptop or textbooks. Choose the size, material, colors and accessories that best suit.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Smoothie Does It
If you're looking to be energised, want a boost for your love life or just a hangover cure, crushed fruit, yoghurt and milk may just hold the answer. According to a new report by consumer analysts Mintel, smoothie sales have soared in the past five years, and Bradford's health conscious shoppers have been reaching for the drinks in their hundreds moving the product from niche market to mainstream.
Celery Straws
Duda Farm Fresh Foods in Florida has engineered celery stalks with hollow centers. These "celery straws" can flavor Bloody Marys through sipping or hold a hidden cream cheese or peanut butter surprise. Watch for the edible swizzle sticks to start appearing at restaurants and hotels soon.
MARKETING
Marketing Air Fresheners
Younger customers are at the forefront of the boom in air fresheners, which have grown up since the first Air Wicks and Glade sprays hit the shelves two generations ago. Thousands of new products have made their debuts — plug-ins, fragrance fans, diffusers, flashing light shows — becoming pricier and fancier every year..
ENTERTAINMENT
Ping Pong Not Doubles Anymore
Boyd has successfully prototyped a new three player version of ping pong, cleverly named TriPong, that uses plexiglass "nets" to divide the table into three wedges, one for each player. Each wedge contains a neutral zone and a scoring zone, hit the ball into a players scoring zone and they fail to return the shot, you score. Simple enough.
HEALTH & BEAUTY
Mobile Spa
Some people won’t be able to travel, due to either lack of time or of money. Therefore Arizona Mobile Spa provides services directly to clients at home, at the office, or in a hotel suite. Arizona Mobile works via a network of spa professionals.
TOURISM
Spiritual Retreats
In its many forms, spiritual tourism is the "oldest and now one of the fastest- growing segments in the travel industry," said Dallen Timothy, an associate professor at Arizona State University and a co-editor of "Tourism, Religion & Spiritual Journeys"
ADVERTISING
360 Degree Attention
The patent-pending 360 Degree Mobile Video Billboard delivers ad content (even 30-second moving spots) to thousands of eyeballs in a given hit. Right now it's in New York, LA, Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco. You attach it to your car, truck or SUV.
MARKETING
Selling time
Entrepreneurial Peter Sauer has devised an intriguing way to earn money to pay his college expenses. Sauer created a promotional Web site named www.OneYearForSale.com, which offers exactly what it says: a year’s worth of web time at the price of $1 per minute.
CULTURE & MUSIC
My Love Song
Have you ever wished that you could write your own love song for that special someone in your life? TailoredMusic.com enables anyone to create their own personalized love song with the confidence and finesse of an experienced songwriter.
FASHION
Doodad Couture
Many women covet a $6,000 Hermes Birkin bag. But for Amanda Miller, who carries one to work, the appeal lies not in the exclusive bag but what's on it. Hanging from her Birkin are unusual charms, including a skull from Prada and a plastic bunny in a space suit that she bought from a vending machine in Tokyo.
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TRENDS & INSIGHTS
Smoothies War
The new fast food fight is on a rather healthier battlefield. Warnings about obesity and increased awareness of the importance of eating five fruit a day have fuelled a surge in healthy eating. The UK smoothie market is worth £100m and doubling yearly.
ONLINE & SOCIAL NETWORKS
Veeker Video Peeks
You may soon hear people saying "VM me" rather than "IM me". Veeker is a free video messaging service that enables a camera phone owner to shoot video and instantly share it with friends.
Google Patents
Forever the word magnet, Google is hoping to piggyback off creative minds with its latest offering, Google Patent Search. One can kill some serious time at www.Google.com/patents. Entering "The Motley Fool" spits back 19 entries.
FASHION
Happy Warholiday
LVMH, the luxury conglomerate with Vuitton and Dior in its stable, will build a contemporary art museum in Paris. MAC cosmetics serves up burlesque glamour girl Dita von Teese at a swank dinner at Art Basel Miami. The mutual admiration between art and fashion is turning into a full-on love fest.
Fashionable Message
COTAM (Clothing of the American Mind) was one of the first labels to jump on this trend, by using quirky graphics and text to convey strong political and social beliefs. Now we’re seeing even more brands use text and images to lend deeper meaning to their threads.
CONSUMER GOODS
VO Gloves
Vaughn Outdoor (VO), makers of the CZiP design that frees winter athletes from the inconvenience of taking gloves off at inopportune times, announces the launch of 15 new VO glove and mitten designs with the hands-free access.
Inverted Christmas Trees
Hang a shining star upon the lowest bough -- the world of Christmas trees is being flipped upside-down. The latest trend in artificial Christmas trees seems to be the "inverted" style.
GADGETS
Nicostopper
The Nicostopper is an electronic cigarette dispenser in which you can fit a maximum of 10 cigarettes at a time. Once the ciggies are in, you program the intervals at which you would like to take a smoke.
SPORTS & GAMES
Ridewire Thrill
The Ridewire system is an innovative new ride and training system that is capable of performing the manuevers and thrills found in surfing, snowboarding, wakeboarding, and other action sports. It is a standalone unit that can be ridden anytime.
PUMGO
The PUMGO, one of the hottest toys, is all about the core. "Just balancing alone on the PUMGO works your core strength, in addition to the pumping back and forth, because you have to distribute weight from one foot to the other while staying centered with your upper body which means your abs have to fire every time to stabilize your torso."
MEDIA & PUBLISHING
Eupinion
The Eupinion (EUrope oPINION) is the innovated and unique newspaper (digital media concept software), based on real citizen journalism concept. The main goal is to build a community of top columnists, writing on any global issue.
HEALTH & BEAUTY
Facials Good Enough To Eat
It's the newest trend among Scottsdale spas - pureed perishables used to attract upscale clientele. Spa owners say newly discovered healing benefits in foods like caviar, coffee and chocolate are helping spagoers stay young and beautiful.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Frozen Organic Baby Food
Metro-area parents have a fresh new – and local – choice when feeding those important first morsels to their wee ones. Nice Cubes, maker of frozen organic baby food, is now available in all area New Seasons and Whole Foods locations as well as Food Front market co-op.
TECHNOLOGY
Hug Shirt
The Hug Shirt is perfect for people in love that are distant from each other, it basically offers the possibility to recreate a hug feeling and not on a virtual kind of way. The shirt works with Bluetooth + a Hug Me java software + a cellphone and in order for the other person to receive the hug, he/she must be wearing a shirt as well.
Eraserable Paper
Erasable paper works when combined with a special printer. A certain wavelength of light reacts with the coating on the paper to create the image. Xerox researchers say erasable paper is best used for pages you don't need to keep around like emails, daily calendars, and fax cover pages.
AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL
Useful Garbage
"Recycle your unwanted clutter or anything you deem as being useless- excluding your Partner! Visitors can ‘Dump’ anything they want to get rid of - for someone else to ‘find’ and take off their hands. From antiques and art to cars, TV’s and furniture - anything goes for free!
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Growing Clothes For Growing Kids
Ziprips are a line of stylish adjustable separates that grow up (down, actually) with kids 1 to 6. Each article comes with a larger insert that keeps Ziprips a perfect fit for up to three sizes.
Rapping Paper
Though not quite in production yet, Si Hill Design has been getting a lot of praise for his clever (w)rapping paper that features the instantly recognizable lyrics to popular rap songs.
Eco-Pots
Combining sustainability with eco-chic, the eco-pots have a smooth finish and come in a variety of shapes and natural colours, in both decorative and grower lines developed by Sweetwater Nurseries.
Motorola Vending Machine
Forget pushy sales clerks or waiting for online orders. Instead, opt for robotic arms. Motorola is rolling out Instantmoto vending machines that will sell cellphones and other celly stuff at malls and airports across the country.
HEALTH & BEAUTY
Dental Hygiene
Zenith Dental introduces Kolorz, a new hygiene line that includes a Topical Anesthetic Gel, Prophylaxis Paste, and Foam and Gel Fluoride.
RETAIL
What’s The Deal?
With thousands of discounts, miles, points and cash back rewards from credit cards, frequent flier programs and associations, DealMine.com guides shoppers how to take advantage of the programs where they belong as well as learn about new programs.
ADVERTISING
Scented Bus Stops
Arcade Marketing Inc., in tandem with the California Milk Processor Board, is putting up a new type of advertisement at bus stops that emit the smell of chocolate chip cookies.
SERVICES
Your Own Photostamps
Vanity postage. This pretty-easy-to-use website will generate official US postage stamps featuring a photo or illustration of your choosing (works well with iPhoto for instance).
Babyplanners Services
As Babyplanners state on their website: “your dedicated babyplanner takes care of all aspects of life concerned with the upcoming arrival: we help you decide what you need and when you need it.”
Airport Weddings
New at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol: weddings to go. Whether a couple met on a flight to Bangkok or just wants to be able to go straight from ceremony to runway for their honeymoon, Schiphol offers travellers the opportunity to get married at the airport.
ENTERTAINMENT
Video Production On Youtube
Entrepreneurial young South Florida Latinos post their creative homemade videos on YouTube.com which became YouTube’s second-most-watched comedy video within 24 hours of its appearance on the website.
Indoor Skate Board
No more yelling "Stop riding your skateboard in the house!" or "You just ran over the cat -- go outside!" With the Tuck n' Roll upholstered vinyl skateboards, you can safely cruise the hallways and in your house.
HOMES & LIVING
Garden Offices
For everyone who'd like to escape office politics and the daily commute, iscape manufactures and sells purpose-built garden offices. Both are multi-use outdoor living spaces, but the Miana was specifically designed to be used as an office.
DESIGN
Convenient Reading Chair
With the Bibliochaise, you can pick off your books right from where you are seated. Because this chair-cum-library is designed to hold 5 linear metres of books and a book-lover as well.
E-COMMERCE
Demand & Supply
Amie Street which is an independent music site uses demand-driven pricing; where the community dictates the pricing of the tracks. All tracks start out at zero and can rise to 98 cents depending on sales.
BEAUTY
Coloured Hair Down There
Betty Beauty is the name of a hair coloring made especially for pubic hair. Apparently many hair salons have made the practice of providing women with a brown bag of hair coloring to match the coloring they just got put on their heads. Nancy Jarecki decided why not sell a product like this over-the-counter.
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HEALTH & BEAUTY
Straight Up Hair Styling Machine
Beautiful Vending, a UK company, has released a hair straightener vending machine. Their site describes, “We all know how frustrating the British weather can be, the rain, wind and even the heat can cause perfectly styled hair to ‘frizz’ and ruin the best night or day out.”
CONSUMER GOODS
Laundry Packs
The new product offers Tide Liquid Detergent Travel Sink Packets in single-use "sink" packets, making laundering a few items by hand simple and convenient when traveling.
AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL
Organic Levi’s
For the first time since it started making trousers for cowboys more than 100 years ago, the famous clothing company is bringing out a pair of "sustainable" jeans to satisfy environmentalists.
RETAIL
Scant Branding
The smells, pumped into shops and the foyers of hotels, range from melon, which psychologists have found induces feelings of friendliness, to figs, said to be welcoming, and the invigorating whiff of lemons.
SPORTS & GAMES
Bossaball Phenomenon
Bossaball combines many sports – soccer, beach volleyball, capoeira, and gymnastics into one giant pitch that consists of trampolines and inflatable cushions. Bossaball has become somewhat of a "phenomenon" in Spain.
FASHION
Chemoluminescent Hair Gel
Voltage iGlow is a sulf illuminating hair gel. By mixing fluorophors with an appropriate catalyst a chemical reaction occurs that produces the byproduct of light.
ROBOTS
RoboMop
RoboMop is a battery powered 8.5 centimetre dusting machine, replete with electro static pad no less helping to keep the house free from dirt and dust.
EDUCATION
Green Info
Ideal Bite recognizes that people don't turn green overnight, they do it one shade at a time. Everyday information for being a more conscientious consumer resonates with people who don't have time, energy or money to do the research themselves.
ONLINE AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
Temp Social Networks
Islandoo: The concept behind this site is to find candidates for the UK reality TV show Shipwrecked (similar to Survivor). Users of this temporary site create a profile with photo and video and can then opt to become a fan of other users.
TECHNOLOGY
ATMs for Church
Baker began studying the electronic payment business and designed his machine and found ATM companies willing to assemble it for him, to be sold to churches.
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CONSUMER GOODS
Nintendo Nth Degree Toys
Japanese collectible toys are generally cool to the Nth degree, especially in the latter category comes a brand new range of build-it-yourself mosaics from TomyTec, all of which depict classic Nintendo characters.
Happy Birthday Beans
How in the world are you supposed to get your message across? Well, we’re spilling the beans. The style-setting Japanese have done it again, creating the perfect vehicle for all your well wishes: the message bean.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE
Premium Water
Bling H2O has a limited edition bottle available in two sizes, that are frosted and have genuine Swarovski crystals that spell out the water’s name.
Drive Thru Coffee
No other substance screams WAKE UP as effortlessly as coffee. Australian company Muzz Buzz has capitalised on the realisation that people want their coffee to be quick, convenient and satisfying. At Muzz Buzz, all consumers need to do is drive thru.
GADGETS
Feet Heaters
At $350, these feet heaters don't exactly fit my budget, but if you come from a cold climate, you may just want to make them fit yours.
FASHION
Furoshiki Style
The "furoshiki shiki" (furoshiki style) is made out of one sheet of semi-transparent vinyl "film." This sheet is turned into a bag by folding it and making use of the adhesive qualities of the material.
SERVICES
Referral Economy
Zubka, which launched recently, is hoping to shake up the British and European recruiting markets by creating a platform for hirers to tap into the social networks of active referrers.
No Fear Flight
Place your bags in an overhead bin, fasten your seat belts and hand your kids over. Gulf Air’s Sky Nanny program is a complimentary service that gives parents and kids a more enjoyable in-flight experience.
MEDIA AND PUBLISHING
Your Own Radio Station
Radio invites listeners to create and host their own customized national radio show — uncensored and commercial-free. A different listener will take the reins every week.
ONLINE AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
Scrapblogging
Scrapblog is a Flash application that allows you to create digital scrapbooks. You can choose to make your scrapblog public or private, and share it via email and/or RSS feed.
Drivers’ Romance
Philips developed FlirtingInTraffic.com. The premise is simple. A user signs up and gets a sticker in the mail. The person puts the sticker on their car's bumper, and waits for the emails to roll in from interested potential dates encountered in traffic.
MARKETING
Lost and Found
The latest ad stunt for the movie “Du och Jag (you & I)” involved spreading wallets in the streets of Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmo which have fake ID’s for the movie’s star Niklas Anderssason.
TECHNOLOGY
Touchscreen Menu
Bytes, a new cafe with its high-tech ordering system helps save money on wait staff and menu printing, the touchscreens allow the restaurant to build a database of customer preferences, and to change items and prices on the fly.
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Artistic Babysitters
Artist/sitters arrive (on time) toting toys and supplies, guaranteeing hours of creative play. The on-call babysitting service is staffed entirely by working actors, musicians and visual artists.
LIFESTYLE & LUXURY
One Stop Cut
Guise, located on Halsted in Lincoln Park, is the creation of Brad Habansky who was looking to create a one-stop shop where men felt comfortable; and that he did.
Ready Daddy
The bag has a nice, manly look, and includes all the pockets and flaps you'd expect from a good diaper bag, including a vinyl changing mat, a video that gives good step-by-step instructions on things such as bottles, diapering, car seats, and other baby skills.
RETAIL
Unmanned Stores
Calling Get & Go Express an “unmanned c-store” might be a bit misleading. It not only doesn’t have a staff, but the goods are all stocked in machines facing outward.
MOBILE
The Invisible Code
Fujitsu unveiled a new type of “invisible” barcode, called FP (Fine Picture) code, which allows data to be embedded directly into color print photographs.
Mobile Concert
Cingular is using innovative new technology that lets its customers dial a number that connects them to a live feed of the Stones rocking the Stade de France, in Paris.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE
Fruity Ice Cubes
Children can thus pour spring water over Ice Kids fruit ice cubes and enjoy the same tastes as their favorite juices without consuming extra sugar.
MARKETING
Virtual World Marketing
Menti can create objects within the game that detect the presence of another player’s avatar. The avatar is then invited to touch the object to take part in a GMI survey, with questions and answers delivered through the game’s chat interface.
BRANDING
Workspace Brands
Companies are increasingly coming to terms with the idea that the workspace, is an under-utilized brand asset.
ENTERTAINMENT
Game of Faith
Eternal Forces is based on the best-selling Left Behind book series about the apocalypse. But it's the apocalypse without dismemberment or graphic bloodshed, though the game has an element of violence that some Christians argue is counter to teachings of the Bible.
AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
Burning Garbage
A Florida county has grand plans to ditch its dump, generate electricity and help build roads -- all by vaporizing garbage at temperatures hotter than parts of the sun.
Green Pass
The Menlo Park (Calif.) company sells "green tags," which cost up to $80 a year and which are designed to offset the emissions a car spews into the air during that period.
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LIFESTYLE & LUXURY
SkyVentureArizona
Catering to those thrill seekers with an aversion to heights, airplanes, or both, SkyVenture boasts a true skydiving experience – without going outside.
Chumby
If Chumby, maker of this rugby ball-sized computer by the same name, has its way, then it will replace all of our bedside digital clocks with a stripped-down computer stuffed in a cuddly exterior case.
TECHNOLOGY
Fuel Cell Toys
Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies' fuel cell toys are small-scale vehicles powered by the energy source of the future.
SPORTS & GAMES
Bodypad Fighting
The Bodypad fighting simulator turns Xboxers' and PlayStation playas' bodies into gaming pads. Gamers with get-up-and-go don the goofy apparatus, then flail their way to gaming glory.
GADGETS
iPod Stories
PlayAway Books are like little iPods that contain books such as John Grisham’s “The Broker” and Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code”.
FASHION
Own Purse Design
Be a designer for a day and create a unique handbag, tote or diaper bag just for you! B’s is a Sassy & Chic Purse Boutique offering super-stylish and trendy custom purses and accessories for women.
Best Fit Jeans
In an effort to aid consumers, websites have been created to analyze personal fit information to identify the “best fitting” brand and item for their particular body shape.
AGRICULTURE & ENVIRONMENTAL
Windsave Saves You Money
Sensing a real opportunity, British/Scottish Windsave launched the Windsave 1000 system, which is able to produce energy enough to run a TV, DVD player, computer, fridge/freezer and several lights.
DESIGN
Chocolate Rooms
The deliciously interactive rooms have graced some of England's most elaborate society parties, but Staite's Food Is Art catalog also includes one-offs like plates, tea cups, shot glasses and jewelry.
Tattooed Handphones
With its popularity, the RAZR has become available in all sorts of different colors, even pink. But now, Motorola wants you to be able to customize you super sleek phone even more.
Upgraded Office Wares
Minneapolis-based russell+hazel, founded by a former architect, is a range of aesthetically pleasing office supplies that combine a designed look with durable quality.
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LIFESTYLE & LUXURY
Media Immersion
In the world's most media-saturated city, people take a break by checking themselves into media immersion pods: warrens cluttered with computers, TV's, video games and every other entertainment of the electronic age.
RETAIL
Smart Shopping Cart
It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors let it follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it.
GADGETS
USB Massager
Idea Shop's super-small massager has drawn the admiration of workers struggling through the day and students who want to loosen up during long hours of test preparation.
AUTOMOBILES
Car Broke Down?
The Jump-N-Carry is a much easier way to jump a car; no jockeying the live car to kiss bumpers, no stretching jumper cables between cars.
Various Fuels On Car
Volvo showcased its Multi-Fuel, a vehicle prototype capable of running on gasoline, ethanol, methane, natural gas and Hythane.
SERVICES
Delivering Baggage
Typical is Camp Trucking, based in Denver. Employing an army of college students on summer break, the firm picks up baggage at the homes of campers and delivers it to camp just before a session begins.
Mobile Office
A card costs ZAR 1,000 (USD 145 / EUR 115), and gives holders access to all of the facilities at Habitaz, each of which are charged by use.
Webcast My Wedding
WebcastMyWedding.net is able to provide broadcasting of weddings to a couple's friends and family unable to come over from (or to) far flung places.
Travel Entertainment
Launched yesterday at Schiphol Airport, Fuel for Travel lets consumers download travel guides, music, audio books, tv shows and movies to their MP3 players and other digital devices.
AGRICULTURE & ENVIRONMENTAL
Windsave Saves You Money
Sensing a real opportunity, British/Scottish Windsave launched the Windsave 1000 system, which is able to produce energy enough to run a TV, DVD player, computer, fridge/freezer and several lights.
FOOD & BEVERAGES
Food Text Services
The service – short for "mobile order" – enables Manhattanites to order and pay for food ahead of time.
Healthy Meals
Time to outsource those bleary-eyed mornings of sandwich making. Bay Area parents of pre-K to eighth-graders can sign up for Kid Chow to really pack it in – lunchboxes, that is.
Cocktail Kick
The company is proud to introduce Cocktail Kick — a new product that adds an extra puckery, tart, tangy taste to adult beverages like margaritas, mojitos, martinis, bloody marys, and more.
CONSUMER GOODS
Outdoor Fridge
Keep your beer cool in this Weber Chill Refrigerator that can be rolled indoors or outdoors according to your needs.
Kids Soap
A new product called, "SquidSoap" is designed to teach kids good habits in washing their hands thoroughly.
Trash Without Pest
Terry Feinberg was tired of having pests and animals snooping around his garbage bags, so he decided to come up with a new type of bag that would discour-age them by both scent and color.
Tracking Time
Next time you open a jar, bottle, or package, stick a Timestrip on it. Once it’s activated, the genius product counts down to expiration.
ONLINE & SOCIAL NETWORKS
e-Real Estates
The company offers website design, e-mail marketing and personal coaching to real estate agents nationwide with projected sales of $18 million.
WIRELESS
Smart WiFi Bunny
Well this bunny can teach you tai chi, read your e-mail, report the weather or stock market, pull RSS feeds and tell you the time.
HEALTH & BEAUTY
Mobile Dentist
On-Site Dental owns two trailers, each fitted with two dental offices in which dentists and hygienists see about 1,000 patients every Monday through Saturday in the parking lots of 11 casinos in Las Vegas.
FASHION
Jam Sells
Ladies/Girls' Accessories are now available for sale on a LJ site! All kinds of items to suit everyone from FRUiTS fans and decora girls to the classy and hip ladies who want a bit of spice.
PETS
Cool Vest
Originally marketed in Japan, the Cool Vest is now being sold in the United States to keep dogs cool in hot weather.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 28: 01 July 2006 - 31 July 2006
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
TOURISM
Mystery Threatre
Part theatre, part scavenger hunt, part walking tour, Accomplice: New York is giving participants a whole new way to experience the city.
Youth Vacations
Targeting 18-35 year-olds, Contiki is a hip vacation company that gives participants the opportunity to travel the world, while exploring at their own pace.
MOBILE
Missile Alert!
Israeli start-up Cellact, has begun marketing a system to kibbutzim (collective communities), towns and factories in northern Israel that enables the issue of warnings of missile attacks.
ONLINE & SOCIAL NETWORKS
Tennis, Anybody?
The website lets tennis players find other players of their own skill level, and also lets players record scores and matches, review tennis gear, schedule events and read the latest tennis news.
Yearbook Dot Com
John Shin refuses to buy a copy of his high school yearbook. Instead, he's turning to the internet to preserve and share memories of his sophomore year.
Sexy Online Dating
It's an adult (18+) massively multiplayer online dating game, where players can create their own avatars and explore a 'sexy' world.
NON PROFIT & CHARITY
Ecomiles
Ecomiles, a rewards program where the points translate into charitable donations, can contribute to any of 12 charities, including the World Wildlife Fund and economic development groups such as SOS Children's Villages.
CONSUMER GOODS
Wrist Bottle
A company called HydroSport is marketing a new water bottle that fits on your wrist.
Handy Dispenser Flap
Cerealtop™ has a clever slider system that means it can be adjusted to suit just about any box.
Neat Nets
Neat Nets by Parents of Invention are colorful, mesh bags for keeping toys -- or most anything else -- orderly and visible.
Foot Technology
Walkers are standing up and taking note of Masai Barefoot Technology (MBT) trainers.
ADVERTISING
Spacevertising
It seems we’re running out of advertising space (or at least good/fresh space) so now companies are eager to increase their market share in space.
TECHNOLOGY
Replay That Smell
Imagine being able to record a smell and play it back later, just as you can with sounds or images.
GADGETS
Headband + Headphones + Headset
This headband helps you dress it up by functioning as a headband-cum-headphones-cum-headset. Whew!
Power On The Go
Road warriors running low on juice can open up Solio's three solar panels, which fan out like a clover, and charge up their electronic gadgets with a small connector cord, on the spot.
No Noise Headphones
The Quiet Comfort 3 Acoustic Noise Cancelling headphones from Bose offer the audio performance, noise reduction, and comfortable fit of the second model in an on-ear design.
Easy Power Strip
The E-rope, designed by Chul Min Kang and Sung Hun Lim, is a modular power strip which can be twisted about to better accommodate cable gore with large, bulky plugs.
Feminine Army Knife
The Miss Army Knife is the all-in-one pocket tool for the girl-on-the-go.
Gesture Music
Walking machine is a portable audio piece designed to enable wearers to move through the streets hearing and broadcasting the amplified sound of their own footsteps in real time.
RETAIL
Intelligent Fitting Room
Downloading the sound, or another ring tone in that same high-frequency range, allows them to hear their cellphones ring when their parents and teachers (mostly) cannot.
FOOD & BEVERAGES
Canine Cafe
If the Chicago City Council passes an ordinance letting dogs dine alongside their owners at outdoor cafés, Chief Didier Durand of Cyrano's Bistrot will serve a $5 prix fixe canine menu to his patrons' pets.
Hose Nose
The nose is filled with "Candy Slime". It appears to have elastic straps on the back, as if you're supposed to wear it over your real nose.
Ice Rocks
Ice Rocks are prepackaged, ready-to-freeze individual ice cubes made from French spring water. Geared primarily toward the (upscale) tourism market, they assure worried travelers that the ice is safe to use.
LIFESTYLE & LUXURY
Floating Bed
Back in our formative years we were mighty impressed by the levitating pens in the Science Museum shop, and now somebody’s taken the concept to exciting new heights by making a floating bed.
DESIGN
Dining On Computer
No longer do you have to face tough question: “one more round of de_dust or finally eat something for the first time in 37 hours?” You can very easily consume your tea cakes and earl grey while grinding goblins.
HOMES & LIVING
Ventilated Door
The Light + Air door is designed to enhance cross ventilation without giving up any security or light.
AUTOMOBILES
Car Worth By SMS
Dutch CarSpotter also offers consumers price information by sms to guide them through sales and negotiating.
SERVICES
The Window Cleaner
When Terry Mullins was searching for someone to clean his windows, he discovered that the traditional domestic window cleaner has all but disappeared. So, after two years of research and planning he has launched The Local Window Cleaner Ltd.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 27: 01/05/06 - 02/07/06
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
BRANDING
Linking with Consumers
Mr. Fluevog has been soliciting ideas from them — encouraging brand enthusiasts to submit their own sketches for leather boots, high-heeled dress shoes, even sneakers with flair.
TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT
In Need of SkyRest
The miraculous, wedge-shaped travel pillow makes even the most uncomfortable spots downright pleasant.
AUTOMOBILES
The New Car Wash
Facing growing competition from the likes of Home Depot Inc. and Sam's Club, car washes around the country are launching new services aimed at grabbing customers' interest.
The Kenguru
Kenguru is small, stylish and cheerful vehicle whose contours are similar to those of a Smart car. A joystick instead of a steering wheel means that drivers with limited arm mobility can comfortably control the vehicle.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY
Ingestible Skin Care
Borba, a manufacturer of cosmetics and skin care products, extended its line of "ingestible skin care" products with its new "Chocolate Clarifying Bar".
Slimming Toothpaste
Go brush your teeth. White Glo Crave Away and F.A.S.T. are two toothpastes that claim to curb hunger cravings with herbal formulas that signal the brain that the body has eaten.
CONSUMER GOODS
Diaper Bags
These attractive ziplock pouches are made from 100% cotton with mesh backing so you can see the contents at a glance.
Beer Buddy
Simply slide the Beer Butler along the table and you can keep your attention on the game, because it will ingeniously stop when it reaches the edge without spilling a drop!
Shredding Scissors
Save electricity by shredding your unwanted bank card applications manually with these Shredding Scissors.
Bite and Drink
Probably more than you need, but the new 25-ounce CamelBak bottle comes with such a nifty cap design that you might consider owning one more.
LIFESTYLE AND LUXURY
Luxury Bed + TV
Facing growing competition from the likes of Home Depot Inc. and Sam's Club, car washes around the country are launching new services aimed at grabbing customers' interest.
Fusion Fitness
These fusion workouts combine the intimacy of personal training with the challenge of boot camp-style conditioning in private, class-like settings.
Authentic Cigars
Young smokers are sucking up a more dignified breed of cigar, with sophisticated aromatic essences of exotic fruits, herbs or crushed coffee beans subtly infused into the tobacco.
AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
30 Millions Solar Water Heaters
Huang Ming has earned a fortune manufacturing solar heaters which capture the sun's energy to provide water for baths and washing and are at the forefront of a renewable energy drive.
HOMES AND LIVING
Washroom Fun
It’s official, Sudoku has jumped the shark. Why read the newspaper during your washroom visit, when you can challenge your brain with Sudoku.
Fit & Fresh
Stories about the trials of eating healthy at work led MEDport which markets, distributes, warehouses and manufactures consumer health care products, to try to find a solution.
MOBILE
Repellent Ringtone
Downloading the sound, or another ring tone in that same high-frequency range, allows them to hear their cellphones ring when their parents and teachers (mostly) cannot.
Nu Mobile
myNuMo is a new teen-oriented, online community with a similar model for user-created mobile phone content.
SPORTS AND GAMES
Soccer Anywhere
You can actually play in your own soccer pitch anytime anywhere with Subbuteo Giant Inflatable Pitch!.
ONLINE AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
MySpace for Cars
Users enter information on cars they own, or want to own. Other users can tag and comment the vehicle, and contact the owner and/or add him or her as a friend.
FOOD AND BEVERAGES
Beans in Toast
For those who find baked beans on toast just too messy to put together, help is on the way. Heinz has devised a frozen baked bean sandwich which simply needs to be heated in a toaster.
Mangos and Apples for Busy People
Although nothing beats fresh fruit, and apples and bananas are conveniently packaged by nature, sometimes consumers favour something even easier.
Meal Assembly
Though they vary in style, all of the dinner assembly companies offer essentially the same service: customers schedule a session online, picking meals from a monthly menu.
GADGETS
Triple Scoop
It's summertime, and the livin' is . . . way too hot to be easy. Fortunately, manufacturers keep churning out delicious new ways to feed these seasonal cravings.
Dual Screen Cellphone
Alloy Total Product Design has come up with The Polygon, a cool new concept phone.
MEDIA AND PUBLISHING
Liquid Mag
Step into liquid. Imbibe magazine covers everything from cocktails to wine to beer to juice to coffee to tea. The motto: All that's fit to drink.
CULTURE AND MUSIC
The Nail Tattoo
Using a super fine needle, the tattoo artist goes through the first few layers of your nail to create an extremely detailed image directly onto the nail.
TOURISM
Quirky Nights Under French Skies
Handcrafted from different woods, each tent is furnished with a double or king-sized bed and has a relaxation area complete with hammocks.
SERVICES
The Window Cleaner
When Terry Mullins was searching for someone to clean his windows, he discovered that the traditional domestic window cleaner has all but disappeared, launching The Local Window Cleaner Ltd.
ADVERTISING
In-game Advertising
High-tech spy Sam Fisher uses a Sony Ericsson phone to snap a picture of terrorists and reads his mission briefings on his PDA.
ROBOTS
Robots Tutors
Achim Nurse poked his bandaged fingers at an orange button and half a second later, , a 5-foot-tall steel-blue robot raised its hand.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 26: 02/04/06 - 30/04/06
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
CONSUMER GOODS
Gifts of Experiences
Xperience Days lets customers give an opportunity of a lifetime as a gift.
Give Ordinary Products a New Life
The company - which sells primarily through its website - relies heavily on product design to attract and reel in customers.
Stylish Laptop Bags
UpTown Bella solves the travel problem of juggling your laptop, boarding pass, cell phone, and ID when going through airport check-in.
PetPocket
The PetPocket straps to a pet owner's shoulders just like a baby pack, to tote Mr. or Ms. Fluffball wherever their adventures take them.
New Cigar Flavours
Dutch cigar producer, Royal Agio Cigars is adding two of their new products, Panter Coffee and Panter Coffee Wooden Tip to their royal range of cigars.
LIFESTYLE & LUXURY
Art Hotels
The clever concept sees different artists and designers commissioned to fit out each room, or in the case of the Madrid hotel, entire floor.
Drinks For Dogs
Vitamin fortified, flavored bottled water specifically formulated for dogs has been introduced under the titles of Puddle Water, Hose Water, Gutter Water and Toilet Water.
Silent Squeaks
The Soniks have arrived to revolutionize the squeaky dog toy forever with their exclusive "Silent Squeak" technology only dogs can hear.
MEDIA & PUBLISHING
Foreign Tunes
Earworms Musical Brain Trainers layer basic foreign words and phrases over pleasant instrumental tracks. After listening to the songs a few times, you’ll find that you’ve picked up some useful lingo.
FASHION
Pewter Works
Featuring beautiful pewter works, this new collection is suitable not only as wonderfully functional pieces for home use, but also as gifts, fashion accessories and delightful keepsakes.
iJeans
Levi Strauss is to introduce a new range of 'iPod jeans' featuring built-in headphones, joystick and docking cradle.
Flower Rings
Designed with the fun, colour and passion that life offers in mind, omondieu!’s saucy line of floral jewelry has been making waves with the style set since its inception in 2004.
DESIGN
Tasty Room
A room made of chocolate may sounds like a crazy, wonderful, tasty fantasy - but for £2500+, Food Is Art will turn it into a crazy, wonderful, tasty reality.
Self Made Tents
Just throw 2Seconds into the air and it will open up on its own before even reaching the ground.
High Above
Like a growing number of homeowners paying extra attention to the space over their heads, Cronin likes to incorporate the ceilings into his room design.
ENTERTAINMENT
Movie Smells
Movies will now be a treat for the eyes, ears… and nose.
Mobile Music Studio
If music truly is the universal language, then millions of music hopefuls are sure to be talking about the new Cingular Mobile Music Studio available exclusively on MySpace.
Viral Videos
You may have heard about YouTube and the viral video craze that’s become one of the hottest Internet trends since the birth of social networking sites.
Safe TV
TiVo is going even more consumer-happy by offering TiVo KidZone, a “safe” place where kiddies can connect only with programming that meets parental approval.
Flaunt It Kit
With a Peekaboo Dance Pole, you can keep it up for as long as you want.
TECHNOLOGY
USB Bra
USB connectors have been turning up everywhere these past few months - on beverage chillers, plastic frogs, and other unusual places.
Read without Flipping
If you drop by a show house for an apartment in Korea, you will see that you can read a book without turning pages using RFID technology.
ONLINE & SOCIAL NETWORKS
Winning Together
A new Internet site, MutualWin, www.mutualwin.net, connects consumers so that they can take advantage of a wide range of referral offers, fulfilling the site's slogan, "It's a Mutual Win!"
MARKETING
Funeral Marketing
Mount Royal Commemorative Services, on Montreal's Mount Royal, it's all part of bringing life to an industry long known for its deadly dull marketing.
HEALTH & BEAUTY
New Medical Trend In China
Chinese biomedical scientists are now developing a new approach to medicine by combining traditional Chinese medicine and Western biomedical science.
Ethical Beauty
For those dismayed by Anita Roddick’s "sell-out" to L’Oreal and who have sworn never to darken the Body Shop’s doorstep again, the hunt is on for alternatives.
FOOD AND BEAVERAGES
7UP Curvy
Clear lime brand of PepsiCo India, 7UP, has unveiled its curvaceous new packaging Curvy.
SERVICES
Golf Glamour
Eye Candy Caddies' mission is to make golf sexy.
Cold-Calling Training Services
People were more interested in hearing how La Vine managed to get clients on the line than hearing about what he had to sell, so he began offering tutorials on how to make cold calls.
GADGETS
Caffeine Innovation
"Nespresso Card" that is a personal chipcard, which holds coffee preferences for registered individuals. The card enables you to access your favorite coffee anytime, anywhere.
SPORTS AND GAMES
The Assasin
The idea is to squirt your assigned victim before you get squirted by the player who has been assigned to squirt you.
Self Steady Bike
Gyrobike helps a bike steady itself whenever the rider loses his/her balance by using natural physical properties to turn the handlebars towards the direction of an impending fall.
Table Flip
Beasley is the creator of table golf, a new game that combines golf and billiards into one.
MOBLIE
Tag It and Share
You can create a KoolTag for any message you want to communicate to your friends.
Mobile Commerce From PayPal
The move by PayPal, a unit of online auctioneer eBay Inc., gives consumers a pay option via telephone.
SERVICES
Dream Homes
Zillow, which provides free, anonymous home value estimates, has struck a deal with Microsoft Corp. to offer detailed pictures of homes using the software company's "bird's-eye" mapping technology.
Shower Curtains
Inspired by a passion for photography and art, the vinyl curtains were created to bring a little something extra to your time in la toilette.
Maxi Mambo
Maxi seat pleasure, maxi design fun: The Maxi Mambo gives your reception area, your lounge or your trade-fair booth the finishing touch.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 25: 01/01/06 - 31/01/06
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
SERVICES
Mobile Barbers
Dena Kaufer, a 20-year veteran of the hair biz, has retrofitted three Winnebagos into full-feature salons on wheels.
More than Laundry
Slate is an all-inclusive laundry service for NYC residents available through the web.
LUXURY
Vacation Homes
Condo hotels enable you to own a luxury vacation home at a world-class resort and receive rent revenue whenever you're not using it.
LIFESTYLE
Josh, In Search of Cool
When Spear likes something, he posts it on his popular blog, joshspear.com. What happens next? The thing gets noticed!
Cardio Tennis
Cardio Tennis, a national program being offered runs participants around the court urgently enough to keep their heart rates in the cardio-training zone while helping improve tennis skills.
The AeroPress Coffee Machine
The new Aerobie AeroPress delivers the smoothest, richest, purest and fastest cup of coffee (under 30 seconds) you’re likely to find and the bonus is that the AeroPress costs just US$30.
MARKETING
Graffiti Ads
A growing list of companies has dabbled in street art to get their marketing messages out.
Compelling Ad
ANI has appointed DZP Marketing Communications to lead the strategic development and repositioning of Atkins Advantage.
AUTOMOBILES
Cars, Many Years From Now
Highlights from the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show.
GADGETS
Eat Easy
MealPay.com enables parents to set up an electronic debit-card system that logs their kids’ cafeteria purchases and bans certain foods altogether.
Escapist Blending
Those gazing into the Conduit Group’s Daydreams mirror by designer Jason Miller find themselves in a beautiful landscape.
Moody Player
Walt Disney is working on a multimedia player that selects songs based on the owner's latest mood via wrist sensors.
FOOD & BEVERAGES
Mothers of Organic
– otherwise known as M.O.O. – is an online beehive of pro-organic moms. The all-natural network was created by farmer-owned food label Organic Valley.
Chinese New Year Takeout
Whether you're a self-confessed kitchen klutz or a seasoned dabbler in Chinese cuisine-no fuss, no muss-these well-executed dishes offer the perfect chance to put on your own Chinese New Year's celebration at home.
Low-Calorie Chocolate
The Hershey Co. plans to introduce a low-calorie chocolate candy product in March.
Resurrecting Drink
Although initially created as an anti-hangover elixir, Resurrect is now becoming a part of the daily diet for the health conscious individual.
Fortune Cookies
Lucky Fortune has yet to go full-blast with its domestic promotions, but the duo say the "Gold Coin" cookies are hot products during the months of December, January and February.
TECHNOLOGY
What's In The Handbag
A solar-powered handbag designed by a student from Brunel University promises to make finding keys and other items at the bottom of a bag easier.
Seeing The World
By connecting the real world with information from the Internet, users can explore geographical spaces with the eye of an insider.
Aged Wines in Few Seconds
We can now electrolyze young wine and ship bottles of fine wine out in no time at all!
DESIGN
Fresh New Storage Solutions
LaCie kicks off 2006 with 6 new storage products designed to help people easily manage their digital lives.
Far Out Art
Far Out Art search the world over, visiting art fairs, galleries, local craft exhibits looking for the highest-quality, coolest furniture and home furnishings available.
BEAUTY
Pure H2O
Antin has taken water purification to the next level with the introduction of his Beauty Water™ Shower Purification System, a revolutionary water filter for your shower.
Radical Cosmetics
Spotting a void in the marketplace, Sephora has staked out the middle ground. Three years ago Europe's leading retail beauty chain moved into the U.S. with a simple, if radical, concept. It created a retail environment that invited customers to roam the store and try on different lipsticks, eyeliners and blushes made by many different manufacturers.
Powerpuff Make-up Artists
It’s a wonder that nobody thought of the Powderpuff Girls sooner. For £400, you can hire in this crack team of professional make-up artists in sexy but prim Agent Provocateur-inspired uniforms, who will preen your lady guests with a VIP hair and make-up session — and they do it all in the loos.
CONSUMER GOODS
Chic Black Tissue
Why settle for utilitarian white when you can flaunt sophisticated black, from Europe, no less!
Fashion Plates
It is now possible for luxury-loving, label-conscious consumers to eat their meals from dinnerware created by their favorite fashion designers.
E-COMMERCE
Extraordinary Etsy
We are stoked to introduce you to Etsy, a new, experimental, and totally awesome website that challenges the norms of online shopping.
FASHION
Pride Of Kashmir
This Season, shoppers in Dubai will be able to see and buy Shahmina shawls from stores of Pride Of Kashmir across Dubai.
For Surf Or Saddle
Whether you’re a child of the West, or the West Coast, you’ll feel right at home at Rock’n U Ranch, a new boutique in downtown Evergreen offering distinctive apparel to suit tastes from Manitou Springs to Malibu.
TOURISM
Sightjogging
The ever resourceful Romans have come up with a whole new take on sightseeing in Rome, which I am sure will have traditionalists jumping up and down with rage.
MOBILE
SMS and Date
Predictive text software developer Tegic and love author John Gray offer the top-ten tips to help ensure a successful union of texting and dating in 2006.
TRANSPORT
Astronaut Miles
Frequent flyer miles will for the first time be good beyond this planet, based on a new offering from Virgin Atlantic airways and its space-related sister company Virgin Galactic.
ENTERTAINMENT
Easy Home Cinemas
US-based Magnolia, a division of BestBuy, is turning the art of installing home theatres (from reclining seats and huge screens to sophisticated sound systems) into a branded, nation-wide business.
ADVERTISING
Megastar Campaign
Iconix CEO Neil Cole: “Bringing together the hottest young stars of Hollywood in one ad campaign is an excellent way to speak to young women, who may identify with one or more of the stars.”
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 24: 17/12/05 - 31/12/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
DESIGN
Walking Music
The Digital Sound Bag lets you slip your personal music player into a clear acetate pocket and plug it into built in speakers.
Custom Walls
Single Tapete ('singles wallpaper') sells photographic wallpaper, featuring photos of whoever/whatever.
FASHION
Custom-ers Made
Consumers spend hundreds of dollars for custom jeans that shape the body to show off their best features.
GADGETS
Kid Tracking
The mTrack's i-Kids phone can pinpoint a child's location to within 20 metres via phone or net.
Classic Taste
Gizmo accessories are the in thing right now and it’s a race to see who can provide the market with a luxury end version of these products.
ROBOTS
Labour Free
iRobot have developed the perfectly named Scooba - Floor Washing Robot: a revolutionary new hard floor cleaning system.
MOBILE
Scented Phones
Japan’s Keitai KunKun smelltones release subtle (yet unmistakable) aromas like Berry and Wild Nature fro your phone!
RETAIL
Selling the Retailing Experience
Consumers have many more [retail channel] choices today. You have to give people an added reason to come into your store, something that makes the act of visiting a shop as rewarding as acquiring the good itself.
ADVERTISING
For the Rest of Us
In-vouge advertising: frill-free commercials!
The Displax Interactive Window
Displax® Interactive is the solution that allows people to interact with a projected multimedia application, just by pressing the display with a finger.
Amateur is Fine
Brown-Forman and Richard Branson launched Virgin Vines. Starting with a Chardonnay and Shiraz, the partnership seeks to promote wine consumption by dissing those who take wine too seriously.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Pure, Sweet HINT
Think ice cold water with a slice of fresh fruit - water that quenches your deepest thirst while adding just a bit more flavor.
Starbucks Drivethrus
It got hard to ignore coffee lovers' demand for a quick java fix without leaving the warmth of their driver's seats!
CONSUMER GOODS
Greeting Umbrella
The Polite Umbrella, by Joo Paek, respects people’s personal space in a public area, is shrinkable.
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Beating Arachnophobia
The Spider Catcher is an innovative new product which uses two sets of bristles to gently catch the spider or bug, carefully trapping it until you decide when and where to let it go.
Caffeine Shock
Introducing Shower Shock, the original and world's first caffeinated soap from ThinkGeek!
SERVICES
Fun Training
Companies are starting to look for new ways to playfully train and educate their employees and even customers.
LIFESTYLE
iTrain: Your Personal MP3 Trainer
Designed by yoga/pilates guru Grace Lazenby along with a team of Hollywood personal trainers, there are 11 different workouts ranging from iStretch to iSculpt Ballet. Each one is a personal training session/soundtrack.
Hip Dads and Mums
With an increasing demand for nontraditional baby accessories, Über Baby is a hotspot for parents as young as 20 and grandparents as old as 80.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 23: 05/12/05 - 18/12/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
MARKETING
Closer to the Consumer
Reality marketing - observe eating habits, jotting down notes, compiling video clips and examining neurolinguistic word maps.
FASHION
Smart Ass Underwear
Smart Ass underwear flashes a saying at its back T-bar every time she bends over in her low-cut jeans.
Yoga, Inside Outside
Yogurt Activeculture – a clothing and accessories line designed not only for function and style, but for a higher purpose.
TRANSPORT
Social Networking in the Sky
AirTroductions.com, aims to match like-minded fliers for business networking, book discussions, romance.
CONSUMER GOODS
Personalized Cookies
Personalized cookies are the hottest new product in the highly competitive wedding, party favor, and personalized gift market.
360 with the Rampboard
The Rampboard is a technological reconstruction of the skateboard that introduces bindings, a suspension, a space-age frame, bi-directional capabilities, and a longer wheelbase.
Soft Plush Toy Radios
King Tai Holdings Ltd has released novelty FM radios in soft plush toy designs.
ADVERTISING
Million Dollar Home Page
One college student in England is changing the world of real estate (and online advertising) one pixel at a time.
Page-turn Ads
CNET has recently launched page-turn ad units. Here's a sample, the Circuit City ad.
Word Of Consumers
Take a cue from Vichy Korea (skin care): since end of last year, they've been inviting customers to blog about their experience with the Myokine anti-wrinkle product line.
DESIGN
Lego Disks
Young French designer, Ora-Ito has just designed a playful new stackable hard drive for Lacie.
Immortalized Leaves
Leaves get immortalized on a pillow, tablecloth, or stationery by Inleaf Designs.
Stylish Vacuum
Sit and … suck? Shaped like a high-design beanbag chair, the Airpouf vacuum cleaner doubles as a spot to sit or a room decoration.
MUSIC
Loading Service
HungryPod helps you load your music collection onto your iPod.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Moist Granola
Justin Avery Anderson, 18, came up with the idea for his product, Anderson Trail’s Original Premium Moist Granola, on a trip in the mountains of New Mexico when he was 16 years old.
Unique Flavours
Pearl Persephone super-premium pomegranate-flavored vodka combines the balance and smoothness of Pearl Vodka with the flavor of the pomegranate.
LIFESTYLE
Condo Hotels
The latest trend to hit the hospitality industry: the condo hotel. It unites the public's desire to invest in real estate with the travel industry's quest for new properties.
TECHNOLOGY
Seeing Possibilities
NEC has developed a 0.3-millimeter (0.012-inch) thick, foldable battery to be used in cards or clothes.
Shop with Phone
Barcode scanning technology exists. Shopping 2.0: Shop until your camera phone drops!
SERVICES
Seasonal Outdoor Lighting
Most people dread the yearly task of hanging holiday lights. Confident that people would pay for putting up festive displays, Bob Martin and Larry Jones launched BrightIdeas Inc.com.
Within Home
The Welcome Home program trains bilingual veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces to become mortgage brokers so they can help Latinos buy homes.
GADGETS
Kitty Sing
Here's some Hello Kitty irony for you: she has no mouth - but two of the newest additions to her ever-growing gadget kingdom have features for those of us doomed to open ours from time to time. The MP3 player and a breath-tester.
Heart Sensor
Textronics NuMetrex sports bra has a built-in heart rate monitoring system for keen running types.
GAMES
Farming For Gold
Online gamers who lack the time and patience to work their way up to the higher levels of gamedom are willing to pay the young Chinese to play the early rounds for them.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 22: 01/08/05 - 17/08/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
TECHNOLOGY
Tech Pets
Gen-pets, by Canadian sculptor Adam Brandejs are mass produced bio-engineered life.
Jerk-O-Meter
Ever wonder if that spouse, friend or co-worker on the other end of the phone is really paying attention? The "Jerk-O-Meter" may hold the answer.
DESIGN
Cool Designs
The latest from New York label Yoko Devereaux's Blue Boy Etiquette line uses meta-design to critique the Targetization of our lives.
TRANSPORT
SMS A Texxi
Technology firm Crane Dragon has begun testing a new taxi service in Liverpool that encourages travellers to text a taxi request via their mobiles.
ENTERTAINMENT
Wireless Poker
A law signed last month by Gov. Kenny Guinn made Nevada the first U.S. state to approve the use of wireless, handheld gambling devices at its hotel-casinos!
FOOD & BEVERAGE
JellyBelly Wine Bar
In the quest to demystify wine, Wine X magazine has teamed up with Jelly Belly candies to create the Jelly Belly Wine Bar.
On The Go Coffee
A 0.25-ounce single serving of coffee concentrate in pressure-resistant packaging that, when mixed with hot water, provides gourmet coffee on the go.
Whole New Cereal
The Cereal Bowl is a new breed of café fusing an old time favorite, with a new and exciting twist. Guests will be able to make their own cereal creations or pick from one of many unique combinations.
LIFESTYLE
Trendy Life
Dubbed “Babydisco,” this trendy toddler hangout is bound to leave an impression on the fashionistas and taste-makers of tomorrow.
Treadmill Therapy
An LA psychiatrist and a DC therapist are trying to ease the formal doctor-patient relationship with... treadmills!
MOBILE
Mobile Boutiques
Xavel Inc. operates a cellphone shopping site, not a conventional outlet. It means the referred customer can be making the same purchase within minutes.
Egg Alert!
EggAlert will send a text message to your cell phone to let you know when it’s the best time of the cycle to conceive, or when to expect your menstrual period.
SERVICES
Fast Network
5 Minute Networking - give individuals from all industries the chance to meet 20 different professionals, one-on-one, in five-minute increments.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 21: 18/07/05 - 31/07/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
GAMES
Mirror Mirror On The Walls
Through the looking glass is a system that allows a person to play a game with her/himself in a mirror.
Read more
DESIGN
Graffiti Design
Wonderful Graffiti lets self-proclaimed practitioners of the art of scribble say what they mean in a lawful manner - using vinyl lettering!
Read more
Kitchen's Helper
Peter D'Alessandro's Magnetic Mixer is a concept for a kitchen work surface and mixer.
Read more
TOURISM
Wannado It?
In Wannado City, brainchild of Mexican-born entrepreneur Luis Javier Laresgoiti, kids role-play in real-life settings and carry out virtually real tasks.
Read more
CONSUMER GOODS
Only I Have it
Enter NikeID.com, the Web site where you can design a one-of-a-kind shoe using dozens of colors and fabrics.
Read more
Laundry Rug for Lazy Bums
It's a bedroom must-have for lazy people everywhere - the stylish Laundry Rug!
Read more
Scandinavian Trends
Scandinavian Trends offers a bright assortment of Scandinavian gifts and collectibles.
Read more
LIFESTYLE
Get Me A Cave
Affluent homeowners seeking a novel retreat are digging into their equity budgets to add custom-built caves to their property.
Read more
Male Business
Male grooming salons and spas are seeing brisk business! The Dandy House Men's Beauty Day Spa (Japanese chain) offers everything from eyebrow trimming to body hair removal to weight-loss programs.
Read more
TECHNOLOGY
More Than Just A Pear
New technology used by produce distributors employs lasers to tattoo fruits & vegetables with their names, countries of origin and other information that helps speed distribution.
Read more
FASHION
Scrolling Belt Buckles
Scrolling LED belt buckles in vibrant colors allow hipsters to display personalized messages in rhinestone-studded frames.
Read more
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Cool Packaging
Cool new flavors and creative packaging help kids make better beverage choices.
Read more
ENTERTAINMENT
Movie Goodies on Cell
This summer, moviegoers walking through theater lobbies in three cities might have felt a sudden vibration in their cell phones, the work of a nearby Bluetooth promotional kiosk.
Read more
Two Minutes Mobile TV
"Video snacks" are little chunks of content delivered to cell phones to fill those awkward moments when no one is calling, texting or e-mailing us.
Read more
MEDIA & PUBLISHING
Personalized Postage Stamps
Now anyone can join the ranks of George Washington, Dr. Seuss and Elvis and get their images on a U.S. postage stamp!
Read more
MUSIC
Mashed Music
Mash-up Music: it's a trend that gives new meaning to the term "music mix."
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 20: 04/07/05 - 17/07/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Functional Sweets
Sweet news for the sweet tooth - “functional confectionery” is taking some of the guilt out of guilty pleasures.
ONLINE
Half The Price
Gift certificates are becoming even better for self-indulgence - at half the price!
GADGETS
Wearing Music
A concept that won a Bronze Award at IDEA: a wrist-worn MP3 player controlled by simple hand gestures and audio feedback.
ENTERTAINMENT
Interactive Concerts
Verizon Wireless and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino announced a partnership that will bring top tier music artists and interactive wireless technology to Las Vegas.
LIFESTYLE
Well Wishes
Paper Ink Studio’s collection of cards, invitations etc. are minimalist at heart, but with vibrant color schemes, graphics, and clever text.
Knitting - A New Generation
Knitting has become the new trend, and all of a sudden, the crazy stares are gone.
Workouts in the City
Outdoor gym classes, from Balance Integrated Training Concepts, transforms cityscape features like curbs into exercise equipments.
CONSUMER GOODS
VoiceSave
TJ Walker, a professional speaker and media trainer, has developed a new throat spray, for executives, sales people, political leaders and talk show hosts.
MOBILE
Mobile Phone Spying
French distributor Spy-Phone is offering two Nokia Spy Phones which silently activate themselves.
CNN on my Nokia
NTL and O2 revealed a trial which has been designed to test and showcase the televisual capabilities of the next generation of mobile phones.
ADVERTISING
Pay-per-Call
Search marketing agency Greenlight has launched a Pay-Per-Call service aimed at UK advertisers.
HEALTH
Alarm Pills
The SIMpill bottle takes the guesswork out of medicine schedules, using cellphone tech to alert patients when a prescribed dose is missed.
SERVICES
Happy Hours
PartyBuddys will provide you with your own posse - a guide to take you to all the clubs you want to hit, a trained bodyguard, paparazzi-like photographers to take your picture as you exit your limo, and bottle service at your VIP table - for a fabulous night in town.
Temp Models for Hire
A whole new market for renting out aspiring models who can just 'be', is opening up.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 19: 20/06/05 - 03/07/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
MOBILE
Simple Phones
Vodafone is getting back to basics - big screens and large buttons.
O-Synchronized
O-Sync interplays between the Web and your phone wirelessly, enabling you to backup and perform synchronization of your phone's mobile contact database, anytime anywhere, without cables.
MARKETING
iPods + Sushi
EMI (UK) has tied with Yo! Sushi to provide music & video content to the restaurant chain.
Differentiated Cap Tabs
Ball Corporation is launching a new advertising medium that allows beverage can tabs and ends to carry customized messaging.
ONLINE
Shopping Haven
Yub.com is the world's first shopping social network.
Social Searching
Instead of using search algorithms, as in the past, Yahoo is tapping into its community of users to assist in setting the ranking and relevance of search results.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Barhand
Barhand could bring an end to elbows, curses, sneers. This vending machine’s robotic arm dispenses bottled brews, cutting queues and easing staff burdens.
Vending Machine for Beers
A vending machine for bottled beers and RTDs aimed at pubs, bars and nightclubs is being launched by a young entrepreneur.
Pizza, Anyone?
Invented in Italy (where else), cone shaped pizzas - think pizza slice meets ice cream cone - are the latest fast food craze!
Spice Up Your Life
Zesty spices no longer belong in boring jars. Gusto! Spice Cakes are colorful blocks of “visual aroma” that inspire cooks!
SERVICES
Stroll-dating
Stroll-dating is an altogether more civilised affair, a happy marriage between two of life's great pleasures - dogs and country walks.
GAMES
Casual Gaming
Casual games are growing more prominent in the ever-broadening game marketplace, becoming big sellers on a small budget.
DESIGN
More Than Plain Gray
Homeowners who want something other than plain gray curbing in their landscape now have a myriad of options thanks to a new Blount County business – landscape curbing.
RETAIL
Little Boutiques
America's megamalls have begun to embrace the little guys, a new crop of quirky independent fashion boutiques.
Personalization Business
Personalization: over the last few years this movement became big time!
eMall Commerce
A new shopping complex in Ohio will try to combine the convenience of online stores with the hands-on experience of browsing at a mall.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 18: 06/06/05 - 19/06/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
RETAIL
Salvage Retail
Whole House Building Supply and Salvage holds 48-hour salvage sales on the site of soon-to-be-demolished homes where DIY enthusiasts can
scout, remove, and buy parts right off the house.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Bottled Water for Women
W2O, a vitamin-packed water is uniquely designed for women - a group that’s been largely left high and dry by specialty beverage firms.
Natural Foods
Coleman Natural Foods is offering a new line of all natural beef, poultry, lamb, pork and sausage products to the conventional grocery stores.
Molecular Gastronomy
Molecular gastronomy combines art and science to formulate recipes that challenge conventional thinking about food - a radical food innovation indeed.
Innocent's Juicy Water
Juicy Water by Innocent Drinks comprises of spring water (about 70%) and only real fruit with a dash of sugar: a light and delicious thirst-quencher that's hydrating and healthy.
TECHNOLOGY
Tech Fashion
Digital Wardrobe, by Chantal Mora, demonstrates how we might regain control of imposed technology systems (RFID) by harnessing it as a tool to track the transitory narratives in our daily fashion choices.
ONLINE
(Virtual) Cave Exploration
Splunk Technology is a San Francisco startup out to search not the World Wide Web but the contents of corporations' vast and complex data centers.
CONSUMER GOODS
Chic Appliances
Jenn-Air added glitz to fridges. Now the Maytag division's Attrezzi line adds pizzazz to stand mixers, blenders, and toasters!
Everything DIY
Morning Craft is an online store that carries handmade handbags, accessories, clothing, and toys etc. by small-scale designers, artists, and crafters. It's DIY done right!
Breathing Shoes
Geox shoes, pioneered by Italian entrepreneur Mario Polegato, are designed to leave toes cool because the soles are specially made to allow feet to breathe and perspire elegantly.
Stink No More
Chef Yossi's gel soap not only eliminates odors and kills germs, it has ingredients to help heal nicks and burns. There's also an oil-free shea butter lotion for moisturizing, a tea tree oil/aloe vera burn cream and wet-nappish wipes!
IT
Business Continuity Challenges in the IT Field
A Gartner report has highlighted five issues which are leading a paradigm shift in the way that organisations use and manage IT.
SERVICES
Selling Houses
Tesco plans to sell houses over the Internet, claiming it will charge customers as little as £50 to sell their house online - targeting home sellers who do not wish to pay estate agents' fees.
Got Junk?
1-800-GOT-JUNK? strives to fill a niche between curbside garbage collectors and haulers of heavy-duty waste.
ENTERTAINMENT
Retro TVs, Once More
It's back to the days of Sputnik and the Jetsons for a small company that makes retro televisions for people who could afford the latest in plasma-screen technology!
ADVERTISING
Adsense Middlemen
Search engines like have become so proficient at attracting advertising that even competitors, like newspapers and yellow pages publishers, are now selling ads on their behalf!
Weather Targeting
Yell.com is launching a suite of seasonal interactive ad campaigns, which target creative to regional weather conditions.
Get Your Adpack!
Perth-based advertising agency Breakthrough has released an original and innovative ideas generation tool specifically focused on advertising.
BEAUTY
Anti-Wrinkle Cream for Over 60s
Lancome is hoping to tap into this growing niche of the silver-haired generation with the launch this fall of Platineum, a new anti-aging moisturizer targeting women aged 60-plus.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 17: 23/05/05 - 05/06/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
AGRICULTURE
Clean Gardening
About this time of year green thumb urbanites are struggling to find corners of land, or more realistically window sill space, to grow a few little herbs or vegetables. Garden in a Bag, available at Wishing Fish, makes the process a bit smoother by including all the necessary elements to grow various herbs and even some vegetables.
Clean Gardening
Urban escapists looking for the perfect artisanal farm like the idea of raising animals for fun and profits that don’t involve slaughter.
HEALTH
Period Balm
Fortunately Amy Galper, a New York-based aromatherapist and shiatsu therapist, has created Girl Balm to ease menstrual pain and even some of the histrionics associated with it.
DESIGN
Aesthetic Counts
As we're rapidly moving towards Dan Pink's right-side brain, design-loving, aesthetics-driven economy, an abundance of opportunities has opened up for smart designers. One sector ripe for the picking: computers.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Chicken Fries From BK
Hungry to lure in customers at all hours, Burger King is tentatively planning the launch this summer of a spicy, 4-inch-long, fried white-meat chicken snack that looks like a cross between a chicken strip and french fry.
Toilet Restaurant
Displaying fancy toilet seats studded with flowers and shells, colourful bathtubs, faucets, mirrors and shower curtains, the well-lit window in this southern Taiwan city looks like a showroom for a trendy bathroom brand.
ONLINE
Thank You, BitTorrent
Thousands of consumers are using the software to download hundreds of movies and hours upon hours of television programming.
MOBILE
M-Coaching
French Wireless operator Orange has just launched an "SMS mobile coaching service" to help students study for their Baccalauréat exam.
MARKETING
Consumer Evangelists
There is no stopping the trend of creative consumers contributing to, or even owning your advertising campaigns, both authorized and behind your back.
Knowing Your Behavior
Picture this, you're shopping online for a new minivan, surfing automaker websites and buying guides. You then head to the homepage of your local paper to check out the headlines, and at the top of the page is an ad for a local car dealer. That’s behavioral marketing for you.
GADGETS
Tulip Laptop
The Tulip E-Go Diamond notebook is inlaid with solid palladium white gold plates in which thousands (80 carats) of top-quality, brilliant cut diamonds have been pave set with surgical precision.
Friendly Touch
Millennials get a chuckle out of cheeky products that play off of intricate relationship interactions.
TECHNOLOGY
Voice Privacy
Babble provides voice confidentiality and security of information in open-plan work environments.
Smart Sleepers
Are you a real grump in the mornings? Do you wake up every day feeling tired, embittered, aggrieved, and all too ready to hit the snooze? The SleepSmart clock will help you!
Sleeping Partner Music
Aura is a prototype background communication device that aims to create a sense of emotional presence between two people who are separated by space or time.
RETAIL
One Buck Concept
When siblings Jackie Bell, 48, and Wayne Bell, 46, realized high-quality items were no longer readily available to stock their industrial salvage yard, they knew it was time to change gears. So they stuck with the concept of one person's junk being another's treasure and opened up a secondhand clothing store.
CONSUMER GOODS
Reflective Wear
Reflective Material helps you to be seen at dawn, dusk, or night, in all weather conditions. Versatility, performance and fashion come together in Scotchlite reflective material.
LIFESTYLE
Virtual Parking
Refinery, a Top 25 U.S. interactive agency, announced that it is building an application for the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) that for the first time will link the City’s more than 1,000 off-street parking venues, even those not managed by PPA, through a consumer-friendly Web site.
MUSIC
In Search of the Music DNA
In a downtown office building an hour's drive north of Silicon Valley, the technology revolution beats on. Welcome to Savage Beast Technologies Inc., a five-year-old software start-up that is busy building a ''music genome" to identify the world's recorded music.
GAMES
Be A Boardgame Boss
Playing games is an important part of every childhood--but for sisters Callie and Pam Weiant, the homemade game their mother created for them as children inspired them to become entrepreneurs.
FASHION
Love Fakes?
As fakes become harder to spot – and more expensive – taking the low road has become more acceptable. And Millennials just love to make a stylish statement.
WIRELESS
Blink Contactless Credit Card
JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Thursday introduced a credit card that allows a consumer to merely wave it past a sensor to make payments, a function already common at many U.S. gas stations.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 16: 07/05/05 - 22/05/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
WIRELESS
Bookmarking Retailers
A Tokyo-based company TechFirm is launching a service that connects consumers and small retailers using RFID.
GAMES
Playing Pacman On The Streets
The classic arcade game PacMan has resurfaced on the streets of Singapore using “augmented reality” technology developed by military-backed scientists at the National University of Singapore.
E-COMMERCE
Online T-Shirts Seller
All over the Web, people are unexpectedly finding that T-shirts are more reliable moneymakers than the original ideas that brought them to the Internet!
TECHNOLOGY
SpotScents
SpotScents uses scent projectors to deliver localized odors to a human's nose through the air without requiring users to wear devices.
Skin Networking
This month, NTT Labs plans to start conducting field trials for a radical new "human area networking" technology called RedTactont that uses the naturally-occurring electrical fields of human skin to transmit data.
TV From The Internet
We'll be seeing much more of “narrowcasting”, now that broadband Internet has finally become a more reliable conduit for the delivery of broadcast-quality video.
ENTERTAINMENT
Relax To Play
“Relax to win” is based on the idea that the more you are able to relax, the more points you will score.
MOBILE
1TouchConnect
An innovative cell phone service offers live interpretation, concierge assistance, and help services with one touch of a keypad!
Phoneworld
Cell phone companies need new services to keep growth going. So now they're blanketing offers for entertainment oriented add-ons that would have been unfathomable just a year or two ago.
SERVICES
Marriage Business
When Dane and Nancy Bryant were married two years ago, the guests gave them silverware, wine glasses, a picnic set and a business idea that dramatically changed their lives. The net-matched couple creates a business selling wedding invitations on CD.
Fun With Service
Metropolitan Moms organizes classes for moms who wanted to explore local New York City culture while taking their children along for the ride!
ONLINE
Home Searching
HousingMaps is just one of several innovative hacks giving users new ways to use information since Google launched its maps service!
GADGETS
Connect For Music
The Haptic Gloves allow their wearers to create musical compositions by linking hands together.
CONSUMER GOODS
Daddy's Shorts
Hook and Tackle has figured out a manly way for dad to stash the immediate gotta-haves, like bottle, binkie, and wipes!
MARKETING
Expert Marketing
Check out the following initiatives aimed at tapping expert outsiders (often designers and artists) for potentially lucrative new ideas.
RSS Marketing
MSN is using MessageCast technology to let Fox Sports fans sign up online to receive scores and news from their favorite teams via alerts and RSS feeds. Allowing marketers who cater to a sporting audience to tap into that is incredibly potent
AGRICULTURE
'Hanging' Strawberry Plant
Tutlui, a strawberry that grows on a bed suspended in midair, is one of the most successful agricultural inventions of the past two years.
HEALTH
No More Botox
Bye-bye, Botox? Probably not, but acupuncture facials do offer a drug-free (albeit pricier) alternative!
RETAIL
C28 Evangelists
At C28—short for Colossians 2:8—an overtly evangelical mall-based retail chain, one will find people like store manager Robert Villegas, 27, an Oceanside, Calif., youth pastor who may be the Energizer Bunny of a new kind of retail evangelism.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 15: 24/04/05 - 07/05/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
MARKETING
Star Wars In Action
Star Wars is one of the all-time moneymaking franchises. Consumers are being flooded with Star Wars-themed goods.
TRENDS & INSIGHTS
Remix Culture
The Remix Culture is not just a techie-only affair… it works just fine for sneakers too!
MOBILE
mobuzzTV
MobuzzTV is mobile video entertainment tailor made for cellphones, a channel which broadcasts "daily visual snacks to the content curious generation".
TECHNOLOGY
TV On My Phone
New systems will allow broadcasters to beam programming to tiny screens on the move, using technology akin to today's TV rather than more expensive cellular networks.
Split Chores
Spanish designer has come up with "Your Turn", a washing machine which uses fingerprint recognition technology to ensure the same person is not using it twice in a row.
DESIGN
Best Campus
Vista del Campo, a student housing development on the University of replicates the social atmosphere of Balboa Island by breaking a large development into smaller neighborhoods.
Muscovie's Molecular Jewelry
Muscovie Design jewelry jewelry’s mod design makes it a sophisticated way to flaunt a fetish. Jewelry junkies can even customize the molecular mounting.
ONLINE
Virtual Trading In A Real World
Sony Online Entertainment is the first major U.S. publisher to facilitate the buying and selling of virtual goods.
Film Downloads
A UK website is to offer the internet's first legal film download service.
LIFESTYLE
Day Resorts
Now that every corner beauty shop calls itself a day spa, along comes something new: the day resort!
I'm Single
Swedish lifestyle company Singelringen has launched a finger ring for singles.
WIRELESS
RFID Trains
RFID (radio frequency identification) allows passengers to pass by a card reader without having to swipe or insert their cards into the device.
Bookmarking Retailers
Tokyo-based company TechFirm is launching a service that connects consumers and small retailers using RFID.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
For Sweet Tooths
Rather than sell flavored bottled water, Malmer, 42, and Staunton, 46, opted instead to package the concentrated flavors in small, 1-ounce dropper bottles. Their rationale: You don't have to lug around a bottled drink to a destination, the flavor can be added to any beverage or food, and you can adjust the intensity of the flavor to your liking!
Toast Your Design
Now burnt toast delivers messages that aren’t just smoke signals. The Pop Art Toaster brands toast with whimsical designs like a coffee cup or a smiling sun.
GAMES
Vent It On Machines
Developed last year, Soren Pors's Fight Suit monitors the players' movements and adds audio and visual effects to physical kicks and punches, creating an illusion of real immersive combat.
GADGETS
PSP: The Next iPod
At the risk of future embarrassment, one says that Sony’s PSP portable PlayStation is the harbinger of things digital to come. It includes several features that will redefine markets.
RETAIL
T-shirts Made Fresh Daily
At The T-Shirt Deli in Chicago, unadorned shirts are selected from a deli counter and then adorned with garnishings of personalized lettering, delivering on a "T-shirts made fresh daily" tag line.
E-COMMERCE
Online T-Shirts Seller
Mr. Mowry joins the growing ranks of entrepreneurs profiting from an improbable but lucrative Web business model: selling T-shirts.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 14: 10/04/05 - 23/04/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
CONSUMER GOODS
Kleenex Moist Cloth
Kleenex Moist Cloths are thick, soft, disposable hand and face cloths created for use around the home.
Ha! Ha! Bar & Canteens
Oral-B is pushing its new Brush Aways product with a sampling campaign at Ha! Ha! Bar & Canteens.
TRENDS & INSIGHTS
Local Shopping on the Internet
70 percent of American households now find local businesses using the Internet!
TV Advertising Trends
One of the great contradictions of modern American life is that almost everyone watches television while almost no one agrees anymore about what it really means to watch television.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Hooah! Energy Bar
Hooah!, an energy bar that has been officially fueling American soldiers in Iraq, is now available to civilians too!
Whims!
Pepperidge Farm has announced the launch of Whims(TM) cookies, a unique line of bite-sized cookies.
TECHNOLOGY
High-Tech Threads
Textiles are no longer just the stuff of clothing, carpets and furniture covering, but can also be found in lifesaving medical devices.
Technologies for 2025
What will be the revolutionary technologies of the next 20 years? As any futurist will admit, there's simply no clear answer. Read to find out more…
Learning Ecosystem Through Tech
Erez Kikin-Gil 's Eco Pod is a TUI-controlled system that mimics the growth of a plant and allows children to keep track of their class garden and learn.
LIFESTYLE
Mood-Lites
Mood-Lites, the ultimate lighting to enhance the spa lifestyle, dubbed a "must have" by The New York Daily News, has arrived!
SERVICES
Why I Bank With Umpqua
Umpqua's advance guard: trucks filled with free ice-cream sandwiches.
Biographies Online For Future Historians?
In an age when e-mail and text messaging are making letter writing obsolete one program is fighting to create an online permanent record for future historians and biographers.
MARKETING
Targeting Blogs
Carat Interactive in the US has launched a new practice dedicated to using blogs as an advertising medium.
Marketing With Aroma
Help consumers overcome boredom and throw in some empathy as well! Last year, Senseo Coffee Machines installed coffee machines at a number of Dutch bus and tram stops, offering waiting passengers a cup of fresh brewed coffee.
GADGETS
The Ring That Wakes You Up Gently
This alarm clock provides a fresh awakening by synchronizing with the user's sleep cycles.
GAMES
Game of Life
Victoria Gatling has developed software without high-octane explosions, vulgarity or murder.
ADVERTISING
Dynamic In-Game Advertising
New York start-up Massive is set to launch its in-game advertising network.
FASHION
More Than Just a Silver Spoon
In the last year, two categories in retailing seem to be doing well: infants and luxury.
MOBILE
Mobile TV
Mobile TV is going to be a gold mine, according to a new report by ABI Research.
This Phone Recognises My Speech
The Samsung SPH-P207 is the first to incorporate speech-recognition technology for dictation of text messages.
RETAIL
Wearing the Game
Sports fans love sporting team pride. With dress shirts, two-team jerseys, retro sportswear, and plenty of booty for female fans, today’s merchandise goes beyond the traditional jersey!
ENTERTAINMENT
Party On The Go
Airstream’s convertible RV, the SkyDeck, features a rooftop lounge with an entertainment center, wet bar, and beach umbrellas -- an ultimate party pad on wheels!
TOURISM
Space Tourism Franchise
Space pioneer Burt Rutan foresees space tourism companies running like a fast-food franchises, with his company licensing spacecraft to tour operators.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 13: 27/03/05 - 09/04/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
TRENDS & INSIGHTS
Celebrity Smiles
The latest celebrity-channeling accessory is a set of prosthetic choppers modeled after Hollywood's most Chiclet smiles!
FURNITURE
New Bathroom Cabinet
The Metro line of cabinets has a unique design of a side opening in which the shelves slide from behind the attached, fixed mirror.
ENTERTAINMENT
Video Games to Sell... Books?
Games publisher Atari just released a game based on a book that hasn’t even hit the bookstores yet!
ONLINE
Alternative Searching
Web surfers are going to alternative search engines, which specialize in finding certain kinds of information or offering additional capabilities to well-known search sites.
MARKETING
Wearable Hypertags
Mobile marketing company Hypertag has launched a wearable version of the infra-red and bluetooth tags.
"Tryvertising"
Tryvertising, a more effective form of advertising, is all about consumers getting familiar with new products by actually trying them out!
Starburst's Aggressive Marketing
Starburst launched an aggressive U.S.-based mobile marketing promo on Friday as part of a new integrated campaign.
CONSUMER GOODS
Boezels Toys
Developed by Dutch designer Twan Verdonck, the Boezels toys are specially conceived for mentally challenged children and adults.
Toothbrush + Music = Tooth Tunes
Hasbro plans on launching a musical toothbrush called "Tooth Tunes" that renders a recorded riff from a pop star that lasts 2 minutes.
TECHNOLOGY
Solar Powered Bag
Solar Style’s solar-powered bag solves the problem of having your mobile devices run out of battery with no plug sockets nearby to charge it back up.
Sensitive Vehicles To Help Drivers
Toyota is working with Stanford University and Affective Media for a few years to create a car that can read your feelings.
ADVERTISING
It's Online Ads For Small Businesses
Online ads are taking the place of advertising in an annual industrial directory and dozens of monthly trade magazines for small businesses.
SERVICES
Seeking Honey Bees
Honey Bees Network works to connect innovators to other people and companies that might license their inventions to provide them an income from their creativity.
Read more
Now They're Cooking
Le Petit Cookery teaches children everything from how to use cutlery to healthy eating and proper etiquette.
GADGETS
Hello Kitty Invades The Xbox
The Hello Kitty Crystal Xbox Console takes that definitively non-pink Xbox and converts it to its long-latent color scheme!
Read more
Puppy/Polar Bear Children's Fridge
Fujitronic makes a series of animal-styled mini-fridges.
WIRELESS
Scientists' Use of 3G
Orange tells us that its 3G Mobile Office card is being put to unusual use by scientists in the UK!
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Kabbalah and Energy Drinks
A can of sweetened, carbonated, caffeinated, vitamin-charged water to which some Canadian mountain spring water blessed by a rabbi is added.
LIFESTYLE
Turning Your Wall Into a Work of Art
New decorating techniques and products are giving three-dimensional grandeur to walls that is nothing but artistic.
MUSIC
Tempting Downloads
In the search for online customers, entertainment companies are aggressively pursuing college students.
MOBILE
Free Handphone Charging, Anybody?
All you need to charge your mobile is air! Electricity generated by the turbine (developed by IIT) when moved by wind energy could charge a cell phone in an emergency!
GAMES
A Game Investigating The Rhetoric Of Fear Culture
Blowhard is a game where players must increase their anxiety gradually, moving up one stage at a time.
BRANDING
Fake Designer Bags For Real
The world is flooded with fakes and we know that it's all but impossible to tell a real item from the fake. But now, Dutch design boutique Mind What You Wear is calling a fake a fake with a new series of Fake bags.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 12: 07/03/05 - 26/03/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
ROBOTS
Hitachi's Talking Robot
Hitachi has delivered a talkative new robot Emiew, and will be displayed from June 9 at the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan.
TECHNOLOGY
Ants Collective Intelligence Inspires Technology
Ants can work out the quickest way from A to B more efficiently than a computer. Now, human communications networks are based on their behaviour.
A Virtual World
Augmented reality (AR) is the technology behind new interactive versions of childrens’ stories.
AUTOMOBILES
BMW's Move
BMW is preparing to enter the market for car-style people carriers, the firm's chief has told BBC News.
MOBILE
Tenants' Mobile Solution
A text message service telling council tenants about housing repairs could be introduced.
A Firefly Phone For Your Child
The Firefly phone is a pioneer voice-only phone explicitly designed for the smaller hands of kids aged eight to twelve years old.
O2 Plus Kodak
O2 has sealed a deal with Kodak to offer online photo services to the mobile operator’s customers through a jointly branded service.
SERVICES
Laugh All the Way to the Bank
Humor can be used to move sales along at almost every stage of the process!
The Perfect Date
Why spend weeks brainstorming the perfect outing when you can pay a professional to do it for you?
ENTERTAINMENT
Skateboarding: The 25 Year Old Passing Trend
Skateboarding was just a fad back in the early 80's but 25 years on and it is a multi-million dollar industry that continues to grow.
HEALTH
FRĒ FLŌ DŌ Fitness
FRĒ FLŌ DŌ has been dubbed the next generation for fitness freaks. Inventor and fitness guru Kappel LeRoyClarke plans to take the tread trend beyond his classes.
Sugar Free Biscuits
This sugar free biscuit is being launched under the Healthline trademark.
Open Wide and Smile!
The oral care industry is a $4.8 billion gold mine in 2003, according to market research firm Euromonitor International of Chicago.
Rex For Patients
Rex the Talking Bottle fights prescription dosage mix-ups by recording and repeating patient instructions.
E-COMMERCE
Growing Online Sales
Consumer spending on online content such as music, dating sites and business and investment information grew 14 percent last year to $1.8 billion.
TRENDS & INSIGHTS
Apparel Market
Last year, the apparel industry’s revenue finally rose and growth is expected to continue this year.
How To Take Advantage of the Latest Trend
The secret of success is to find out exactly what is going on in the marketplace. You can’t do it from behind a desk: you need to get out there and listen to people.
Student Job Sites Hit or Miss
Some websites purport to help students find jobs and refine their employment-seeking skills.
TRANSPORT
Pogo Airline-Taxi Service
Introducing air taxi service Pogo: a whole new way to travel. The idea is to introduce air travel on demand, using Web-based software to route small aircraft as needed.
CULTURE
Japanese Influence
There has been an increasing internet-influenced trend that has American teens coveting Japanese culture.
BRANDING
Church Branding
A branded church understands who they are and their target audience, and they communicate that effectively through marketing.
CONSUMER GOODS
Mini Me
It's definitely a personalized world out there, so how about a miniature version of... yourself?
FOOD & BEVERAGE
A Great Dinner Together
No time to make family dinner? Tired of getting them takeout or fast food? Go to www.sayrelyns.com and sign up for a session!
Indian Food to Tickle Taste Buds
The Indian food sector is looking westward to acquire the latest trend that tickles the taste buds.
RETAIL
Pay by Fingerprint
Customers of a German supermarket chain will soon be able to pay for their shopping using fingerprint, saving 40 seconds spent scrabbling for change or card!
GADGETS
Bodybugg Calorie Management System
Ever wondered exactly how many calories you burn while sitting perfectly still but having a massive panic attack? Bodybugg, an armband calorie monitor can!
DESIGN
Icon Sets
TemplateMonster.com, one of the largest website templates providers on the Web, enters the market of icon design.
A House Powered By Spinach
This house takes energy from the sun and uses spinach protein to generate electricity for neighbouring homes and street lighting infrastructure!
ONLINE
Yahoo! Likely To Expand Into Blogs
Yahoo! is likely to build and buy tools that help its users create, publish and search blogs. Yahoo! recently integrated RSS feeds into its MyYahoo home page.
Dating idea: Don't Speak
A new dating phenomenon called Quiet Parties: singles aren't allowed to speak to each other, just pass notes!
MARKETING
The Relation Between Gaming And Advertising
Viral and buzz marketing are pushing the envelope and starting to gain more mainstream acceptance.
Marketers: Use Blogs!
By creating a blog, you can boost buzz for your brand in ways advertising can't, and do it for as little as $15 a month.
ADVERTISING
Tasteless Beer Advertising
There is an ad war between Miller and Anheuser-Busch about whether Lite or Bud Light tastes better, or has “more taste”.
Voicevertising
The newest wave in creative branding is loud and difficult to miss. HALLS Fruit Breezers has purchased Hayes' voice on eBay, in a unique advertising deal.
ENVIRONMENTAL
The Green Goat
Make way for the Green Goat: the world's biggest hybrid. It's a 2,000-horsepower locomotive that radically reduces fuel consumption and emissions of pollutants!
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 11: 14/02/05 - 06/03/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
GADGETS
Microsoft Child Surveillance Toy
The idea behind this plush toy is that it will be able to follow the movement of the child round the room, turning its head and allowing parents to spy and instruct their child.
Archimedes: Chia Pet Meets Tamagotchi
"Oribie Navi Land" is a GPS school bag for tracking kids. Japanese school bag manufacturer Kyowa and security systems and services company Secom are collaborating to release this product+service package this November.
Hugms: Hugs Over SMS
Another great thesis from ITP, Hugms sends a text message when you squeeze your Bluetooth-connected, light-up sensor.
Intellimug - Warm Beverages In Your Car
The Intellimug plugs into your car's cigarette lighter and warms up tea, coffee, soup and any other liquid food or drinkstuff you care to mention!
TECHNOLOGY
Trash With Solar-Powered Compactor
New York is testing a trash can that uses solar power to sense when it is full and automatically compact the garbage inside.
Pro Podcasting
The primarily amateur Internet audio medium known as “podcasting” took a small, hopeful step on Friday toward becoming the commercial Web's next big thing.
USB speakers
iFun, Jazz¡¦s latest USB mobile theater, is especially designed for women and young-aged notebook users.
Personalized Toys
Personalized electronic toys, which make a child's play more interactive and personal, are among the products manufacturers are betting on to help them reclaim sales.
QR Code Chocolate
Nippon COMSYS Corporation and Mary's Chocolate co-developed a technology for printing 2D barcodes (QR Code) on the surface of chocolates.
CONSUMER GOODS
Racing Fishes
The Goldfish Racetrack has an "infinity shape" so your goldfish (said to have a memory of 7 seconds) will think they are exploring the seven seas!
Super Trainer Bicycle Treadmill
The Super Trainer simulates a patch of road with far more clarity than the so-called streets in New York.
You're Warned
A new prototype coat features warning strips of fur that become electro-statically charged when the wearer feels threatened.
AUTOMOBILES
Easy Driving
Nissan’s Smart Cars: cars that swerve back into lanes on its own and a video system that makes parking a breeze.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Milk At Its Finest
Thanks to a trendy, throwback image and higher price tag, a family farm business has managed to survive in the market despite competition from modern, corporate dairies.
Premium McDonald's Coffee
McDonald's is testing premium-quality coffee in select markets across the U.S.
Branded ingredients: the Path to Growth?
Number one drinks giant Coca Cola has linked up with Tate&Lyle's Splenda sweetener in a new branding venture that could signal the beginning of a new wave of ingredient – manufacturer tie-ups.
Ice-cream that won't drip...
A Russian dairy company has created a new ice cream brand called UFO whose extra-terrestrial name reflects its ‘unearthly’ ability to avoid melting.
Froehlich's Pickled Green Pear Tomatoes
Enjoy your martini (or a bloody mary) even more with these pickled green pear tomatoes from Froehlich's.
ENTERTAINMENT
Real-world Gaming
A young medium called "alternate-reality gaming" that blends real-world activities and a dramatic storyline has proven irresistible to many.
MARKETING & ADVERTISING
Targeting the Teens
When it comes to marketing to youth, it's usually worse to aim at the demographic and miss, than it is not to advertise at all!
SERVICES
Presents of Mind
By filling a sleek, plastic box with treats including brainteaser games, mints and other cool, fun items two friends decided to make a business out of it together.
Yahoo! Sends Driving Directions To Your Phone
Hit the “Send to Phone” link on their Yahoo! maps page and you’ll get the data via SMS, with images also available with your data connection.
Sparschwein Financial Investment
Munich-based Sparschwein (German for piggy bank), is a new direct seller venture encouraging Germans to go on a domestic treasure hunt!
Doing the Laundry
A night out - plus clean clothes! The Brainwash Cafe serves up food and live entertainment along with a Laundromat.
ONLINE
Soulmates Online
Lycos is making it easier for lonely hearts to find their soulmates online.
MOBILE
Sony Ericsson's Mobile Kiosks
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB is readying a series of multimedia kiosks that it hopes will save operators, retailers and users time and money when it comes to fixing common phone faults.
RETAIL
Nike's Pop-up Store
The latest incarnations of the pop-up store: Nike Runner's Lounge. It allows the core audience of runners to interact with the brand, through a relevant experience.
BRANDING
The Celebs Affair
Over the past several years, a cottage industry of professional gifters has capitalized on the union between award shows, product placement, and celebrities, giving birth to an enormous and growing marketing opportunity for brands big and small.
WIRELESS
RFID for Hospitals
Patient safety will drive the use of the next generation of active-RFID (radio frequency identification) location tags from Radianse, Inc. used to locate and associate equipment and people in hospitals.
Dolls That Get Sick, Curable By RFID
Bandai announced a new toy doll for kids that responds to RFID'd objects.
DESIGN
Attractive Toilet
Kohler will use its sponsorship of Olympus Fashion Week to introduce the new Purist Hatbox toilet.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 10: 30/01/05 - 06/02/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
WIRELESS
PetsMobility PetCell
It's a cell phone and GPS unit on a collar, with its own private number, allowing you to speak to your dog or cat!
RFID Tagging Getting Big
ProfitLogic's software is already at work in Gap and Target stores, and President Scott Friend sees many more retailers following suit.
GPS School Bags Help Find Children
"Oribie Navi Land" is a GPS school bag for tracking kids. Japanese school bag manufacturer Kyowa and security systems and services company Secom are collaborating to release this product+service package this November.
DESIGN
My Treehouse
The HangOut is a 2.9 meters diameter housing module designed -- by Vancouver-based Tom Chud -- to be suspended from a tree.
Keychain Plants
To sell small living plants for your keychain is a genius idea!
Cool
They're words often applied to new clothes or new cars - not phones. But that's changing, and Motorola's Razr V3 offers a good example.
SERVICES
Take a Seat
A relaxing way to wait for a flight - sitting in one of those fancy massage chairs you’d see in high-end stores.
Go Partying with PartyBuddys
A six-month-old service that is basically a nightlife tour company.
ENTERTAINMENT
Electronic Arts and ESPN Sign 15-Year Deal to Sell Games
Electronic Arts, hoping to shore up its eroding dominance in the sports video game market, has signed a 15-year deal giving it the exclusive right to use the ESPN brand in games.
Back Seat Gaming
Backseat Playground is a mobile gaming research project that will enable kids to play with the world outside their window from the back seat of a car.
CONSUMER GOODS
Sunglasses with a Digital Music Player
Introducing the Oakley Thump -- sunglasses with a digital music player built into the frame.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Have It Your Way
Burger King Corporation is actually flip for the winning burger on The Apprentice - the Western Angus Steak Burger - and began serving it nationwide the next day.
Eat Your Heart Out
Create cookies in the form of popular movie stars, such as Renée Zellweger and Jack Nicholson. One cup of flour, two cups of sugar and three eggs later, the first cast of LikeUms was formed.
MOBILE
Mobile Messaging Device
Ogo from Cingular provides mobile workers with a relatively inexpensive way to send and receive e-mail and SMS messages.
A Sweet Valentine's Day
The digital images of Sweethearts candy, the famous tiny pastel-colored candy hearts with sayings such as “Be Mine,” will be brought to wireless handsets by FunMail, a leading wireless entertainment company.
TECHNOLOGY
Patients Put on Thinking Caps
Imagine having the ability to connect your brain directly to a computer for blissful freedom from keyboard and mouse!
The Battery of our Shirts
It may only be a matter of time before we will be using our shirts to charge our cellphones.
An iPod That Listens
A US firm specialising in metadata for music files is working with a voice recognition company to enable voice-controlled music devices for use where hand control is impractical.
RETAIL
Japan Bean Plants Sprout Messages
Ever wanted to say "I love you" and never found the words? Well now you can buy a plant that says it for you.
TRENDS & INSIGHTS
Rising Giants
Asian Paints (India) and Lenovo Group (China) are two companies that portray the rise of their respective country's businesses into multinational companies.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 9: 02/01/05 - 09/01/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
WIRELESS
Smart Elevators
Elevators that do not make people wait for them. Instead, they wait for people.
LUXURY
These Jeans Cost $1,000 A Pair
New York-based designer ratcheted up the stakes with the introduction of A.P.O. Jeans, offering fully customized denim embellished with diamond, gold and platinum details — starting at $1,000 a pair.
Personal Trainers Come With Hotel Stay
Hilton has signed an exclusive agreement with Bally Total Fitness to provide hotel guests with access to personal trainers at Hilton or Bally locations in major cities throughout North America.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Coca Cola's New Clothes
"Wellness from Coca-Cola" is a new line of "healthy drinks" popular in Japan, and may be headed for America.
Starbucks Rolls Out 'Chantico'
'Chantico', a new gourmet drinking chocolate beverage, will be offered at Starbucks shops in the United States and Canada beginning January 8, 2005.
MEDIA & PUBLISHING
The Sales Comic Book
The Sales Comic Book contains the first edition of hilarious, most memorable moments from a collection of over 500 sales blunders.
LIFESTYLE
Life Can Be Easier!
Life can indeed be easier, with Vital Concierge Services.
Stressed? Try the Screambody
The Screambody is a wearable space for screaming! When a person needs to scream but is in the office, classroom, looking after children, or in any number of situations where it is just not appropriate, ScreamBody acts as a surrogate lung allowing the person to let the scream out of their own body and into a body extension.
ENTERTAINMENT
The TV Strikes Back
TVs are hotter than they've been in decades. Screens are getting bigger and brighter.
MOBILE
This Mobile Will Change Your Life
A new service launching this week lets people’s mobile phone rule their life.
FASHION
Biojewelry
Biojewelry combines biotech and design to give a new emphasis to debates concerning genetics.
GADGETS
CES Unveiled
At the annual CES Unveiled, there were plenty of interesting finds from the world of gadgets and gizmos.
iPod Flash Will Have A Screen?
Some serious dirt about the supposed flash-based iPod that’s going to be announced next week.
Akiba PC Watch's Weird Items of 2004
Akiba PC Watch, a division of Japanese tech news giant Impress Watch, has posted the results of their "Weird Items Found in Akihabara" competition.
HEALTH
Kraft & South Beach Diet
Kraft introduces new poducts for South Beach Diet.
FURNITURE
Wellness Furniture
Aranador will unveil the “wellness furniture” concept.
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CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 8: 23/12/04 - 02/01/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
HEALTH
The Thinhaler
The Thinhaler is a new invention that could make asthmatics' lives a lot easier.
Easy Climb
Easy Climb is an incline anti-rollback system for wheelchairs, developed to fill a need for manually-operated wheelchairs to negotiate inclines without roll-back.
Multisensory Relief With Snoezelen
From autism to Alzheimer’s, patients are finding some multisensory relief in Rompa’s Snoezelen (SNOO-ze-len). It has sensory stimuli that turns agitation into calm and confusion into comfort.
AUTOMOBILES
Roadside Message Board
The Roadside Message Board is the latest in road safety and protection. It is invented to aid motorists when a vehicle needs to be left unattended and also has a thousand other uses.
ARTS
Art Basel Miami Beach Show
The hot art market is behind the art hotel phenomenon, now that luxury is back in vogue. What other “mall” lets you buy a Picasso for $13 million?
MARKETING AND ADVERTISING
The Rush to Mobile Advertising
Idle cell-phone users are being encouraged via big-screen TV, or video scoreboard, to text messages to one another, answer trivia questions, or enter sweepstakes.
Tasteful Marketing
Coca-Cola placed 2 million edible tattoos on a Hi-C advertisement in a double Teen People magazine issue this year.
BRANDING
Inspiring Quotes, on Starbucks Cups
Starbucks will begin printing quotes from various contributors beginning early next year. It hopes to generate discussions among its customers and baristas with t
