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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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