Ocarina sold as a 99 cent application, has become one of the iPhone’s best-selling apps (currently stands at about $800,000). Claimed as the first true musical instrument created for the iPhone, both experts and beginners will enjoy playing this innovative player. Ocarina is sensitive to your breath, touch and movements, making it even more versatile than the original. Ocarina is […]
Ocarina – The social iPhone flute hits on iPhone apps
Wacky USB hubs
Engadget: Oh Brando, will your wonders ever cease? The company famous for making our days with random, wacky, off-the-wall gizmos has just unloaded a small cadre of new USB hubs, all of which are delightfully eccentric and totally destined for neglected desks the world over. From the Clippy-approved USB Happy-Kid 4-Port Hub to the reading light-infused iteration, there’s a hub […]
Kyoto Box Solar Cooker
Inhabitat: Think humankind discovering fire was revolutionary? How about a cardboard box that uses the sun’s rays to cook without burning firewood? That’s precisely what the Kyoto Box, a cardboard solar cooker, can do. Made out of basic, 5th-grade-science-experiment type materials, the Kyoto box solar cooker offers a life-altering solution for thousands of people: the ability to cook and heat […]
Creative Advertising Can Convey Your Business Idea
This is a very creative advertisement conveying on a very strong theme of “Think Family”. An effective video can convey the message you intended across to your customers in just 3 minutes. Therefore, an effective sales pitch can be done within this timeframe to capture your target customers! And best of all, these videos can be uploaded onto many social […]
Not Facebook but Face Watch!
Yanko Design: The UNI watch has a customizable digital face. You can choose fonts, colors, backgrounds and hand designs with just a few clicks in the included software. It’s made of that weird soft touch plastic. Something about that texture keeps me petting it over and over. Even tho the pictures don’t show it very well, the display is a […]
Nano Tattoo That Monitors Blood Sugar Levels
Neatorama: Diabetics monitoring their glucose levels may soon put the days of painful finger-sticks behind them. Instead, they can go through the one-time ordeal of getting inked with a nanoparticle tattoo. Heather Clark, a scientist at Draper Laboratories, has developed a nano ink particle that constantly samples glucose levels in the skin. Injected subcutaneously, the ink changes color in response […]
Self Service Bars
Springwise: The establishment, Minibar, is set to open soon. How it works? Customers leave a passport or driver’s license with a staff member and are given an ice bucket and a key to their bar. The numbered mini fridges fill an entire wall, and vary in size and content—guests can choose from beer bars, champagne bars and mixed bars. Like […]
Recession-proof Restaurants
Iconoculture: Restaurants are finding creative ways to play the culinary field while minimizing financial risk — for themselves and their customers. In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, two Vietnamese restaurants — Bep and Bonjin — use the kitchens of other restaurants and are each open just one day a week during off hours. More restaurants within restaurants: New York’s Craft and Beer Table […]
Spotting Online Deals Together
Iconoculture: Online retailer service WujWuj is giving consumers an incentive to invite friends to buy online. The service facilitates group buys to drop the price of a product as more shoppers sign on to purchase it. WujWuj’s retail partners embed special widgets on their websites, each one showing a pic of a sale item and the price points per committed […]
Korean BBQ On The Wheel
Springwise: Restaurants on wheels have already come a long way, as upscale pizza, ice-cream and dessert trucks have joined the ranks of the Good Humor man and the hot-dog stand. Now the taco truck—a longstanding institution on the streets of LA—is getting a whole new spin thanks to Twitter and the infusion of some Korean spice. Launched last fall, Kogi […]