Wired: Man, these great cardboard stick-on wheels should be sold in every Ikea. The kit is called Move-It, and consists of a set of self-adhesive components that stick onto a big-box purchase and let you wheel it home yourself. Move-It is up for the James Dyson Award over in the UK, and is completely made from cardboard, from the handle […]
Cardboard Trolley
Yummy Yummly
TrendCentral: On online recipe search site Yummly, users can customize searches based on ingredients, diet restrictions, allergies, price, cooking time, and cuisine. But what sets Yummly apart is its ability to intuit users’ taste based on prior searches. Similar to how Netflix’s recommendations become more accurate the more a user rates films, Yummly gains a better understanding of each user’s […]
Plumen Stylish Bulbs
Plumen is the antithesis of low energy light bulbs as we know them. Rather than hide the unappealing traditional compact fluorescent light behind boring utility, Plumen 001 is a bulb you’ll want on show. The Plumen bulb uses 80% less energy and lasts 8 times longer than incandescent bulbs, giving you the opportunity to purchase an ecological product with style. […]
Open the Shopping Box
CScout: While walking around our neighborhood last week, we checked out the Shopping Box, a relatively recent addition to the many boutiques around SoHo. Unlike other neighborhood shops, however, the Shopping Box is actually dozens of stores in one. Anyone is welcome to rent out a box and fill it with whatever they wish to sell—and we do mean whatever. […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 106
Top Ten Effective Habits of A Highly Successful Networker With a tightening and highly competitive market across many service-based industries numerous business owners have increased their networking endeavors with the hope of sourcing their next potential client or business opportunity using this approach. While networking should be an integral part of your marketing and communications plan (and overall business development […]
Find The Very Best
CNet: FindTheBest has made it its task to create a comparison app for everything–from jails (you can compare prisons by capacity percent, or by number of juveniles held as adults) to cat breeds (from Abyssinian to Turkish Van). Built by DoubleClick co-founder Kevin O’Connor and originally launched last month, FindTheBest continues to add new comparison apps to its database at […]
Metro Heat
WorldChanging: Warmth generated by sweaty passengers as they commute on the Paris Métro may be used to heat a block of low-income flats located near the Pompidou Centre in the city centre. This could slash the building’s energy bill and carbon footprint by a third, according to the property’s owner. The temperature in nearby Rambuteau Métro station stays at a […]
Photo Booth Social
PhotoBoxi turns the photo booth into social networking hardware. Its streamlined, open air design attracts crowds by the masses. Boxi users get free digital photos while advertisers effortlessly receive viral exposure as the users share thousands of photos embedded with their logo on social networks. Advertisers receive a Proof of Performance report consisting of the number of photos taken, users […]
Augmented Reality Tourism
TrendCentral: Built on the Layar platform, the UAR (Urban Augmented Reality) app was developed by the Netherlands Architecture Institute with the ambitious goal of making the Netherlands the first country to have its landmark architectural sites explorable on a smart phone for those who want to embark on a self-guided tour. Beginning with Rotterdam, where users can see a 3D […]
Block Your Ex
Breaking up is hard to do. Avoiding an ex whose name keeps popping up all over the Internet is harder. Customized plug-in Ex-blocker looks to eradicate the heartache by providing a highly personalized Web-browsing filter. To get rid of an ex (virtually, of course), add their first and last name, Twitter username, Facebook and blog URLs and — voila! — […]