Fight for your right
29-11-2010
With the clothes of ‘4th Amendment’ you can applie your privacy rights at the airport. After the introduction of the full-body scanners at airports there has been much discussion about the privacy of passengers. Because of the metallic ink on the clothes, the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, concerning people’s right to privacy, is visible in bodyscanners.
Worlds most expensive tequila
29-11-2010
The Mexican ditstillery Hacienda La Capilla Mexican revealed a new 1.3 liters tequila bottle, ‘The Diamond Sterling’. The bottle is made of 2.3 kilograms of platinum and over 4,000 diamonds with a total of 328 carats The bottle was designed by Fernando Altamirano and has a value of $ 3,500,000.
Sleeping apart together-bed
29-11-2010
For bed manufacturer Recor Bedding, the Belgian designer Axel Enthoven designed a special bed for people who suffer from restless sleepers. The beds can be pulled apart. Under the bed there are lights automatically turn on when you leave or go into the bed. It is also possible to fold back the headboard into a kind of cocoon. Besides these practical features, the bed also features a TV or an integrated iPad. Prices start at € 5000, =.
Ski goggles with GPS
28-11-2010
Zeal Optics has developed goggles with built-in GPS. Now it is possible to see your speed an altitude the glasses of the Transcend, as the goggles are called. The goggles are controlled by three buttons on the side and you can exchange information with a computer by a USB port. The goggles are available from € 399, =
The Circut Cake
28-11-2010
The Circut Cake is a printer for decorations of cakes. Where a regular printer prints ink on paper, the Circuit Cake cuts shapes from cookie dough, icing, marzipan, chocolate and other ingredients used for decorating pastries. The Circut Cake is available for $ 270, =.
Less common parts dinner
28-11-2010
Last Sunday restaurant Fifteen restaurant in Amsterdam organized a ‘Less common shares dinner’. It was a seven-course menu with ‘less common parts’ of food. These ingredients are often discarded because they are ‘scary’. Many chefs are scared to work woth ingredients like: kidneys, bone marrow or blood. By wokring with less common parts the initiators want to make sure kitchens will work more sustainably.
Cubi living-cube
27-11-2010
The Cubi is a kind of Ikea kit, developed by TomorrowToday. The Cubi is composed of five prefabricated modules where you can sleep, wash, work and cook. The Cubi can be built in one day and together they form a complete apartment or in large quantities even a hotel. Starting next year, Cubi’s are located in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Groningen and Eindhoven.
Clever Spoon
27-11-2010
In the kitchen you often work with precise amounts of various ingredients. With the Clever Spoon it is easy to measure these quantities. The Clever Spoon has a slide which indicates different amounts. The Clever Spoon consists of two parts and is therefore easy to clean.
Glace Rare Iceberg Water
27-11-2010
Soon you can drink water directly from an iceberg in Greenland. The water doesn’t contain any pollutants and, according to the man behind Glace Rare Iceberg Water, Ron Stamp it is “so tasteless that it creates taste”. The water is drunk like a wine for special occasions. One Glace Rare Iceberg Water bottle costs € 15, =
Hotel owners spend the night with a discount
26-11-2010
On November 26th a new concept will be in the hotel industry, Hotel Friends. Hotel owners can stay with colleagues at a reduced rate. The concept was created to give the hotel industry a posivite boost and to enhance the collegiality among hotel owners. In addition, a higher occupancy reate creates unique secundairy benefits. Condition is that hotels are member of hotelvrijmibo.nl or participate in hoteliers.com