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.
Travel agents compete for consumers
17-3-2011
When searching for the ideal trip, consumers are faced with a range of options. Online services promissing the best deals, which makes it difficult for travelers the make a choice. HolidayCrowd is a new service that enables travelers to outline their perfect trip and invite competing offers from travel agents.
Bottle opener which stores caps
17-3-2011
This bottle opener comes with an integrated container, which catches the cap right after it leaves the bottle’s opening. That way, your caps don’t end up on the floor, on the counter, on the couch, on the lawn or flying up in the air. See the bottle opener here.
The future of Health Care according Adjiedj Bakas
17-3-2011
Watch the movie of Adjiedj Bakas on the future of the Health Care. Unfortunately the movie is in Dutch…
Penguin Bottle Cooler
16-3-2011
Keep your drink cool with the Penguin Bottle Cooler. Bottles of half a liter can be cooled up to 4 hours. The bottle can be secured to your coat, bag or belt. The coolers are also printable.
Temporary Bed & Breakfast
16-3-2011
In 2007, roommates Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky, created a temporary bed & breakfast of their appartment in San Francisco to pay the rent. Now, 3,5 years later, the online platform became a great success. Travelers can search on the website for a place to stay out of 9.000 city in the world.
Coca Cola brings happiness
16-3-2011
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Happiness brought by Coca-Cola. Where will happiness strike next? Watch the movie.
McDonald’s Shamrock Shake
16-3-2011
In celebration of Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day, McDonald’s created the World’s Largest Shamrock Shake which floats on the Chicago River. The Shamrock Shake is a lime and mint-flavored milkshake, available at McDonald’s during the period of St. Patrick’s Day.
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!
Augmented reality business cards
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.
PC dinner replaces the TV dinner
15-3-2011
According to the online viewing service SeeSaw.com prefer around 60% of Britons to eat their evening meal while sitting at their computer. 15 % said they watched TV on their PC while eating a meal.
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.
Vegetarian restaurant application
15-3-2011
With the new Vegman iPhone app you can search for vegetarian restaurants. Both the app as the community website are still under construction. At the moment there are over 1.100 restaurants in the database, 50 of those are in the Netherlands.
A donation by buying a drink
14-3-2011
The Australian bar Shebeen, that will open soon, has developed a different way to donate for charity. Rather than requiring that patrons write a check or click through a donation site online, the bar simply asks that they drink an exotic beer or glass of wine. Each time they do, a donation is made to the beverage’s country of origin.
First biological fastfood restaurant in the Netherlands
14-3-2011
On Saturday 12 March, the first hundred percent biological fastfood restaurant ‘eat2Be’ in Holland has openend its doors. Eat2Be is a new concept with a menu that only offers biological products. It’s tasty, fast and responsible food in a modern and clean environment. Having a meal at eat2Be is good for yourself, good for the animals and good for the global environment.
A donation by buying a drink
14-3-2011
The Australian bar Shebeen, that will open soon, has developed a different way to donate for charity. Rather than requiring that patrons write a check or click through a donation site online, the bar simply asks that they drink an exotic beer or glass of wine. Each time they do, a donation is made to the beverage’s country of origin.
Buy a drink and donate to charity
14-3-2011
The Australian bar Shebeen, that will open soon, has developed a different way to donate for charity. Rather than requiring that patrons write a check or click through a donation site online, the bar simply asks that they drink an exotic beer or glass of wine. Each time they do, a donation is made to the beverage’s country of origin.
Having lunch in a tram
11-3-2011
A tram from 1927 is the new decor for the lunchroom ‘De Amsterdamsche Tram’ near the Amsterdam Sloterdijk station. The lunchroom wil open its doors the 11th of March.
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.
Figure running
10-3-2011
Running the same route every time will get boring after a while. That is why the Dutch women Willempje Prins and Leonieke Verhoog came up with figure running. By downloading this app you can create a figure while running.
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.
