Urban Review: The folks at Koraltürk furniture have figured out an elegant way around the whole billiard table / space equation. Their billiard tables transform into dining tables – which is an excellent idea, because most dining rooms are proportioned beautifully for a good-sized pool table. So now you can have one, without needing a whole extra room. Koraltürk Lets […]
Billiard Dining Table
Handy Lights
Cool Tools: There are tons of head mounted lights to light your work, but they only put light where you point your head. And when your viewpoint and your lighting are close together everything appears flat with little or no shadow. Enter the Hand Lights, a pretty simple and cheap DIY project that puts adjustable lights on your forearms to […]
Solar Trap
Springwise: Pest control is a hotly contested topic, owing largely to the toxicity of the chemicals that are typically involved. So it’s hard not to take notice when an alternative emerges that’s not only chemical-free, but based on solar power as well. Developed by South Korean Eco Solatec, the Solar Trap uses a BLB lamp to attract mosquitoes, moths, mayflies […]
Sexy Icecreamists
Trendwatching.com: The Icecreamists is a UK ice cream brand that has positioned itself using premium, X-rated flavors. The Sex Pistol is the most recent flavor, featuring ice cream mixed with ginkgo biloba, arginine and guarana and La Fee Absinthe. The Sex Pistol was deemed so potent that sales were limited to one per customer during its appearance in Selfridges from […]
Social Biking
The Social Bicycle System from Ryan Rzepecki on Vimeo. TrendBlog: SoBi allows users to interact with the service through their mobile phones. One can find nearby bicycles tracked by GPS, then unlock those available bikes using a mobile app. Instead of the pre-built and deployed docking stations employed by other services, SoBi bikes will have a “lock box” attached to […]
Moral Search
AFP: Seek and ye shall find. A number of new Internet search engines created by Christian, Jewish or Muslim entities aim to filter out queries from Web users in a way that is more relevant to those users and keeps them from temptation, alcohol and pornography. “We think that the other search engines are way too ‘main street’ oriented. We […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 107
Fatepod For Chance Encounters Fatepod allows users to upload an ‘encounter’ or search listed ‘encounters’ – something along the lines of “Were you the guy with the red tie that cast me a look outside Starbucks?” Founder Louise explains that if the other person then logs on to the site and sees the post, the two individuals can start to […]
Fatepod for Chance Encounters
Shiny Shiny: Fatepod allows users to upload an ‘encounter’ or search listed ‘encounters’ – something along the lines of “Were you the guy with the red tie that cast me a look outside Starbucks?” Founder Louise explains that if the other person then logs on to the site and sees the post, the two individuals can start to exchange messages […]
Check In, Shop and Win Points
TrendCentral: The Shopkick check-in app identifies consumers via their iPhones the moment they enter a retail environment, upon which it automatically unlocks rewards. (Special technology verifies that a user has actually entered a store – merely walking by doesn’t count.) Frequent shoppers are rewarded for their loyalty with real world incentives like gift cards, downloads and gadgets. They can also […]
Drive In Comfort
Radi Design: A new device is being launched to specifically address a woman’s comfort with a seatbelt. The patent pending Drive ‘n Comfort is an unique device which pinches the seat belt strap at the center of the chest to take the pressure off, and still flares flat above and below to hold the torso securely as intended. It takes […]