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.
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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”.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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!
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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.
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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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