Snap a photo of a bill, then click to pay
21-3-2011
Danske Bank has found a new way to make online payments easier. First you download the bank’s mobile app and then use your phone’s camera to snap a picture of your bill. All the relevant information is automatically filled in and you only have to click on pay.
First looping-restaurant in the world
18-3-2011
In the FoodLoop restaurant, orders are not served by waiters, but the dishes come through a roller coaster with a double loop, directly to your table. In Europa Park Germany.
E dining restaurant
16-3-2011
March 15, the first e-dining restaurant in the Netherlands opened its doors in Rotterdam. The restaurant, named Izkaya, will serve dishes from various Asian cuisines. In the restaurant you don’t order your food at the waiters but via the touch panel in the table. Using the table you can browse through the different dishes and order food and drinks. You can also change the “tablecloth”, take a look in the kitchen through a webcam, play games and view and ask for the check.
Interactive window display at Starbucks
16-3-2011
Starbucks locations in Toronto and Vancouver are promoting Tazo Tea via interactive window displays. Customers can discover everything about the teas by touching the screen. In this way guests are informed about the teas’ origins and ingredients in a interactive, visual and fun format.
Augmented reality business card
16-3-2011
Done with those boring business cards? Make an augmented reality business card!
Fairtrade seafood
15-3-2011
Tiger and king prawns are to become the first Fairtrade seafoods. The Fairtrade Foundation is working to create certification standards for small-scale prawn farms in Asia by the end of November, marking the first time it has ventured into the fishing industry.
RFID chips in hotel linen
15-3-2011
To prevent theft by hotel guests, RFID Chips are placed in someIn certain linen and towels are chipped with RFID chips placed. The chip will be implemented by Womitex, a Dutch supplier of horeca linen.
New Airbus cabin targets Asian corporate jet market
11-3-2011
Airbus Corporate Jet introduced a new cabin concept, called Phoenix, especially made for the Asian matket. The cabin contains a large circular table with six seatings and offers a karaoke area. Both aspects compose an imported part of the familial and business society of Asia.
A personalized magazine on the iPad
11-3-2011
Zite, a Canadian app for the iPad, is a personalized magazine, which automatically adapts to your whishes. Based on preselected subjects, Zite creates a custom build magazine with the news, movies, blogs, etc you are interested in. Also, Zite continues personalizing the magazine based on the newsflashes you read to create a tailor made magazine.
Niven Basics
10-3-2011
On April 1st restaurant Niven Basics, the ‘little sister’ of restaurant Niven in The Netherlands, will open its doors. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays the space will be used for cookingclasses and Thursdays to Saturdays it is a restaurant. De formula is simple: guests can choose between two four-course menus for a fixed price of €37,50.