Inhabitat: The Cardboard Christmas Tree was designed and developed by Cloud Gate Design LLC, a Chicago based design house. Cloud Gate Design was founded in 2006 by two designer friends, Nick Ng and Dan Greene, as a way to bring environmentally conscious alternatives to market. One such item, the Cardboard Christmas Tree, extends the life of existing cardboard by using […]
Paper Christmas Tree
Cooling E-Bag
TrendOriginal: The E-Bag from Hungarian designer Apor Püspöki cools your drink while you walk. How does it work? Quite simply: The rotating handle is attached to a dynamo that uses arm motions to charge a battery. “The cooling system makes use of the Peltier technology, a kind of solid-state heat pump that transfers heat from one side of the device […]
Small Acts Of Kindness
Springwise: When times are tough, there’s nothing like a little sympathy from a brand to get through to consumers in a way no mass-media ad can. Case in point: To promote its new Stove Top Quick Cups, Kraft Foods is offering warmth and samples at select Chicago area bus stops. Kraft has already posted ads in 50 bus shelters around […]
Self-Publishing for Children
Tikatok.com, a leading online children’s book community, makes it possible to give your children’s own original stories captured in beautiful hard or soft cover books for between $15-$20 as very personal gifts for family and friends this holiday season. The books created by children on Tikatok.com are truly one-of-a-kind presents that tell the stories and showcase the artwork of your […]
iLetYou
Iconoculture: Consumers who prefer to borrow products instead of buy them now have an online marketplace with iLetYou, a website that hooks them up with rental retailers. More than 65,000 U.S. business are participating to help consumers benefit from short-term use of their products. Think everything from traditional loaners like wedding party supplies to novel newcomers like clothing and kids’ […]
Ginsu Outdoors Electric Fillet Knife
The Ginsu Outdoors Electric Fillet Knife designed by Robert Radi is specifically geared towards the outdoor marketplace and designed with the avid fishermen in mind. Whether one fish is being filleted or a whole limit this electric fillet knife is designed to have the coolest running motor on the market. The unit also conveniently contains a standard 12Volt plug which […]
Groupon
Groupon is different! Learn how it works! from The Point on Vimeo. Businesses in and around Chicago will offer a limited-time only special on Groupon (Group + Coupon) that will be good for 1 day. In order for the deal to become “active” a certain number of users must join and pledge to buy the special offered on Groupon. Once […]
Save up to 30% on your Electricity and Heating Bills
Business opportunity and the chance for you to save money TODAY How much do you pay for your heating and electricity bills? From day to day fuel prices rise and fall. Even when they fall our bills stay high. Imagine you could achieve up 30% energy saving on each of your utility bills! YES 30% on you heating and electricity […]
KWIK Free Vacuum Cleaner
Free vacuum cleaners! CoolBusinessIdeas.com is pleased to give out one KWIK vacuum cleaner from DirtDevil, to our readers everyday during “The 12 Days of Cleaning” promotional period. All you need to do is to follow the instructions here and stand a chance to win a KWIK vacuum cleaner! What’s KWIK? It’s a small, lightweight vacuum with a USB charging system […]
The Smiling Robot
The copycat robotic head, ‘Jules’ shows you what you look like when you make a face. Designed by roboticist David Hanson, it copies facial expressions captured by a video camera. Software translates the expressions to small electric motors under the robot’s rubber skin, which move in accordance to recreate that expression. “However, because the robot’s motors are not identical to […]