Device measurse effects of junkfood
17-2-2011
If you are young and / or fit, it’s hard to believe that certain food or habits like smoking can harm your body. This device the size of a mouse sends a beam of light to your body and then collects the reflected ‘light. It can then be determined how many wavelengths are absorbed by the body, and thus how many antioxidants the skin contains on a scale from 1 to 10.
Taste of art plates with QR-codes
17-2-2011
Taste of Art will team up with Pocketmenu, a company that builde mobile websites for restaurants. On the new plates QR-odes will be printed that, when scanned with a smartphone, will direct you to the (mobile) website of the restaurant.
Grow your own
17-2-2011
A British art student, Ben Huttly, designed vetgetable packaging that is 100% biodegradable. By laser cutting the labels you avoid using polluting ink and it is also is also filled with seeds so the buyer can harvest his own vegetables.
Personalized recipes through Twitter
16-2-2011
The Spanish food brand Gallina Blanca offers followers the posibility to tweet ingredients and you will receive a response with a recipe.
SODIS Solar Water Desinfection Method
16-2-2011
It sounds too good to be true, simply fill plastic bottles with water and UV-A rays kill all viruses, bacteria and parasites, known as SODIS (Solar Water Disinfection method). Problem is that it cann’t be checked if the water is really clean. Students of the University of Washington now developed the PotaVida, an electronic sensor that can determine if the water is clean or not.
Bevvy
16-2-2011
There are already numerous providers of ‘today only deals’. Bevvy offers one-day-deals exclusively for clubs and bars. Currently only in the US.
Dutch social platform Whoopaa
16-2-2011
Whoopaa is a new Dutch social platform that makes a distinction between your online business and personal identity. Or: “The social platform to connect, integrate and manage your social identities”.
Potato Clock
15-2-2011
This Potato Clock is a set of two wires and conductors which generate power of the peel of potatoes and sends it to a digital clock. Available for $ 11.08 on Amazon.com … excluding potatoes.
Love in a bottle
15-2-2011
The most famous spring water from Belgium, Spa, came up with a new campaign. Through www.spaloveinabottle.nl you can send a free postcard to the love of your life (or someone else who can use a bottle of water )….
Divorce hotel
15-2-2011
At the so called ‘Divorce-hotel’ you can divorce in comfort from your partner. The hotel offers in one place, all the experts you need concerning your divorce.
Don’t just eat your dinner, wear it!
15-2-2011
At restaurant Marlow & Sons in New York, guests can purchase bags, purses and clothing made from the animals they have just eaten. So, bags of leather and garments of wool and rabbit fur.
Pop up apartment
14-2-2011
Due to a design contest in London, visitors of the city can now sleep on the roof of the Southbank Centre. Guests can sleep in a temporary one-bedroom apartment. The winning design was created by David Kohn Architects.
Black Chicken
14-2-2011
The Dutch topchef Marco Westmaas discovered a new special products while abroad. The chef who regularly visits foreign countries, looking for new products and ingredients, has discovered a black chicken in Asia. The chicken is supposed to have a medicinal effect.
Fast Food Fail
13-2-2011
Ever wondered why fast food restaurants get away with misleading advertisements? The website Media Dumb collected all advertisement photo’s and actual photo’s. Very amusing and hilarious!
Heartshaped cucumber
13-2-2011
Especially for Valentine’s day, The British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s launches a heart-shaped cucumber.
RFID keychain to update your Facebook
12-2-2011
When entering the theater of Amsterdam, visitors receive a keychain with a RFID chip attached, which is connected to your Facebook-account. You can automatically update your profile by holding the keychain in front of the SowiSocial-desks.
A floating and mobile hotel
12-2-2011
To make a Norwegian village more attractive for tourists, an international contest was set up. The Swedish architect company Jägnefält Milton came up with the idea to use the existing railway for riding hotelrooms. The rooms do float as well and can be stacked.
What happens when? project
11-2-2011
A 9 month lasting crowdfunded and crowdsourced project in a restaurant in New York. Each month the restaurant will be runed by a different group of people. After 9 months the restaurant will be demolished.
Digital beer
10-2-2011
Through the site ‘Digibiertje’, (potential) guests can order a code online to show that code in the pub. They then get their second beer for free. There must be a minimum number of participants for the action.
A rare handwritten cooking book of the 17th century
10-2-2011
De Library of Heritage in Antwerp, Belgium, has published a handwritten cooking book from the 17th century online.
Sleeping in a huge bird’s nest
10-2-2011
Designed for larger rooms, but this huge bird’s nest seems a great bed for kids.
Maze Cafe
10-2-2011
Maze Cafe has found a nice solution for those who spill coffee sometimes. The dish guides spilled coffee through a simple maze.
Lotery of fines
9-2-2011
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If you drive too fast, you will get caught by this speed camera and receive a fine. If you don’t drive too fast, the total sum of the fines will be raffled amongst those who do respect speed limits.
Mega Reader
9-2-2011
The Mega reader is an iPhone app that lets you read a text while using your camera to still see your surroundings. The text changes color automatically so it remains readable.
Chocolate bars wrapped of photos of random customers
9-2-2011
The wrapper of Macskanyelv Chocolate is a smart way to give an old product a new look. They used photos of random customers on the wrapper to increase customer-involvement.
