We Make Money Not Art: SpotScents, developed by Yasuyuki Yanagida at the Media Information Science Laboratories in Japan, uses scent projectors to deliver localized odors to a human’s nose through the air without requiring users to wear any special devices. A scent projector is composed of an air cannon that launches vortex rings which can travel several meters. Because Scent […]
SpotScents
Online T-Shirts Seller
Startup Journal: Dan Mowry thought he knew just how to turn his family entertainment newsletter into a successful online business. Two years ago, he designed an attractive site and loaded it up with features to entice readers and advertisers: electronic crossword puzzles, a history quiz and cartoons. Almost as an afterthought, he designed a T-shirt with his company’s logo, a […]
Bookmarking Retailers
RFID in Japan: A Tokyo-based company TechFirm is launching a service that connects consumers and small retailers using RFID. Consumers having RFID-chipped phones can “bookmark” their “favorite” stores by showing their phones to RFID readers installed in stores. Information about a “bookmarked” store is automatically transmitted to a mobile phone. Consumers can access information about all “bookmarked” stores using dedicated […]
CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 15
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 […]
T-shirts Made Fresh Daily
Springwise: Three great examples underlining that retail formats and shopping habits continue to blend, turning everything into easy-to-ogle, easy-to-customize and easy-to-buy: 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. The starting price for t-shirts ranges from USD […]
PSP: The Next iPod
Red Herring Blog: At the risk of future embarrassment, I’m convinced that Sony’s PSP portable PlayStation is the harbinger of things digital to come. The current model of the PSP may not be the version that blows the doors off the competition—Sony may not be the company to execute on the idea successfully—but it includes several features that will redefine […]
Film Downloads
BBC News: A UK website is to offer the internet’s first legal film download service. Wippit, which already sells music downloads, has announced plans to provide movies that users will be able to keep, from this summer onwards. Some US sites offer films which can be downloaded legally for viewing within a time limit but cannot be stored. Wippit founder […]
Toast Your Design
Iconoculture: Playful parents and kids will eat up products that introduce whimsy into mealtimes. 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. Those are the brands that come with the $28 “Modern plastic” model. A $35 version comes with 6 designs: […]
Vent It On Machines
We Make Money Not Art: Gametrak is a game controller in the form of a pair of fingerless gloves to strap on your arms. It captures your movements forwards and backwards as well as up, down, left and right. You can punch opponents with your hands, pick up and play using real golf clubs or tennis racquets or bounce virtual […]
Split Chores
Popgadget: A 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. “I thought it would be good to finish with macho man from the ice age who doesn’t do anything around the house except drink beers,” said Pep Torres was […]