Iconoculture: Not everyone thinks a highfalutin salon is necessary for a good haircut. These consumers may be more apt to frequent Barber Stops, self-contained barber “shops” or kiosks that can be easily set up in larger retail settings. Shaped like giant iconic barber poles, the shops have enough room inside for barber and customer. No appointments necessary, and haircuts cost […]
Barber Stop
Homes For Aliens
TrendHunter: Are you looking to buy a “different” kind of house? If you love outer space stuff and don’t mind gawkers, this flying saucer home can be yours for a mere $100,000.00. Set in Chattanooga’s Signal Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the house goes up for auction March 15th. Built by the late Curtis W. King, the house boasts three bedrooms […]
Go Green, Go Unplug
Pedal the plug out with Eject Powerstrip. It is a forward-looking redesign of a powerstrip that would allow people to easily, safely and enjoyably unplug their devices. People don’t unplug their devices because: 1) they are lazy 2) they are too old or disabled to bend down 3) their powerstrips are located in areas they can’t access without accidents (under […]
Easy Parties
Webware.com: Coordinatr is a new events communication service that’s been designed for creating spontaneous get-togethers among tight knit groups of friends. The setup is similar to MyPunchbowl and Crusher, with just a few form fields that need to be filled out to create an event. What makes the service particularly useful is its integration with high profile media sharing sites […]
New Age Bar Go-ers
Iconoculture: Millennial and Gen X parents are changing child-rearing expectations to remain as close to pre-kid life as possible — so much so that meeting up with friends for drinks is low-key enough to bring the kids. Not everyone thinks it’s so sweet, though. In Park Slope, Brooklyn, Union Hall bar posted a “Please, No Strollers” sign, causing the neighborhood […]
Meet The iBar
Springwise: We wrote recently about the interactive wine bar at Adour in New York City’s St. Regis Hotel, and since then we’ve spotted several mentions of iBar, a related innovation by UK-based Mindstorm. Unveiled in 2006, the iBar is a customisable surface technology that turns any bar into a giant version of an interactive, touch-sensitive screen. Integrated video projectors can […]
Car Camera Recorder
Record Everything Happening In front You With The Rear View Mirror Car Camera Recorder Pro. The first of its kind, this advanced mobile DVR w/ built in 2.5″ LCD screen provides instant playback of recorded audio and video footage of everything in front of you. When you turn on your car, the mobile DVR is automatically activated and turns off […]
Green Retail
TrendBlog: Eco Age in London is not just a green home shop, it is a one-stop high-end sustainable store. It opened in February 2008 to offer everything from energy-generating systems for the home, limited edition interior designs, cutting-edge green gadgets, sustainable design coffee table books and a home decoration consultancy. The space is intended to be used as a networking […]
Campfire Music
Gizmodiva.com: One thing all of us hate about Light outs and Load shedding is the deprivation of music. There are a thousand emergency products combining 3 or 4 factors. But Life+Gear’s LifeLight compiles all the stuff you’d want in one single pillar, like a radio, a directional compass, a night light, a regular 15super bright light with 20,000MCD LED’s, an […]
Pillow That Wakes You Up!
The pillow uses an LED fabric substrate below the surface to wake the user using light. This substrate also functions as a display, showing the time on the pillows surface using the grid of LEDs below. 40 minutes before the pre-set alarm time the pillow begins to glow and gently brings the user out of sleep. This natural waking process […]