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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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