Exclusive Whiskey from Macallan
3-1-2011
The Scottish whiskey maker Macallan will soon release an exclusive whiskey. It is a whiskey that is distilled in 1946. The bottles are produced in honor of an upcoming collaboration with Albert Watson. A single bottle will cost $16.000,=. Only 36 bottles will be made.
The Crystal Cube from Fiss, Austria
3-1-2011
In the Crystal Cube guests can enjoy a culinary meal and winterscenes at an altitude of 2600 meters. Because the Crystal Cube has glass on all sides, guests will have a wonderful view on the different peaks and the clear blue sky. The menu includes champagne and fresh oysters in lime juice and beef tartare with toast and butter.
The Meatball Shop
3-1-2011
For the real meatball-lovers ‘the Meatball shop’ in New York is a true paradise. The restaurant serves different kinds of meatballs to the guest’s choice. Even vegetarians can find a suiting dish in the Meatball shop, a vegetarian meatball.
Friday Night Takeout
2-1-2011
The London freelance chef Frank Hannon has launched his own take-out service, “Friday Night Takeout”. Every Friday the chef sells different meals from home. People can choose to have the meals delivered between 17:00 hour and 19:30. Hannon also prepares vegetarian meals on request.
The Meatball Shop
2-1-2011
For the real meatball-lovers ‘the Meatball shop’ in New York is a true paradise. The restaurant serves different kinds of meatballs to the guest’s choice. Even vegetarians can find a suiting dish in the Meatball shop, a vegetarian meatball.
Watch the picture of Hilton Pattaya
1-1-2011
The new Hilton Pattaya hotel wich opened last November, offers its guests a “floating” experience. The hotel has 302 rooms and is located on the beach of Pattaya, Thailand. On the ground level of the hotel there are some large shopping malls and entertainment centers. The rooms are located on floors 19-33. Check the website for more inspiring photos, they show why it’s a floating experience.
The Nike Women Training Club
1-1-2011
Nike introduces a workout app on the iPhone specially designed for women, the Nike Women Training Club. The app includes videos with exercises and 15 -, 30 – and 45 – minute workouts. With an integrated rewardsystem Nike also hopes to ensure that women do not give up.
Restaurant guide with QR-codes
1-1-2011
The Italian website 2spaghi.it has published a restaurant guide which is linked to online reviews, the SpagoGuida 2011. The guide contains over 1,000 restaurants in Italy. Each restaurant has a so-called QR (Quick Response) code that can be scanned with a smartphone. This way it is possible to read different reviews from other guests and to post your own review.
Chocolat hotel
31-12-2010
On the island of St. Lucia a hotel opened for true chocolate lovers, Hotel Chocolat. Hotel Chocolat offers 14 different ‘cocoa pods’, cottages made from local wood and stone. In the restaurant guests can enjoy various dishes including skewers with a chocolate tapenade, lamb with chilli and chocolate sauce and chicken with champagne and chocolate sauce.
Conflict Kitchen
31-12-2010
At first sight Conflict Kitchen looks like a normal take-out restaurant. But whoever looks at the menu noticed they only prepare food from countries with which America is in conflict. The cuisines change every month. They serve dishes from Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea and Venezuela.
Scrapbook on Facebook
30-12-2010
Sending best wishes on Facebook a lot more fun in the future with the new Facebook tool Keepsy. Through Keepsy Facebookers can offer mutual friends a digital scrapbook. Keepsy could also be used for creating yearbooks or making digital wedding albums.
Iphone cookie
29-12-2010
For those who can not get enough of the iPhone, there’s now an edible version. A small bakery in Japan now makes the “iPhone Cookie”. The biscuit is made of chocolate biscuit and comes with various colorful and edible applications!
Macaron shower gel
29-12-2010
The known Macaron cookies are now also available as a shower gel. The French cosmetics company Le Club des Createurs de Beauté teamed up with astry Chef Christophe Felder to develop a number of shower gels. The showegel is only available in France and is available int the flavors: vanilla, cherry, chocolate, mint, blueberry and orange blossom.
Finger Limes
28-12-2010
Finger Limes come from the rainforest of Australia. The name of this 6 to 8 inches tall fruit is determined by the shape that looks a bit like a finger. The color of the skin varies from light green to brown, the content looks like caviar balls. These have colors variyng from light green to pink-like in the brown ones. The balls are crunchy, mildly sour and leave a light stinging feeling on tongue. The Limettencaviar is rich in vitamin C and potassium, and is often used in the Asian cuisine.
Welcome Home Box Bio
28-12-2010
Welcome to the home box is for people who com back from their holiday. It is a food box that is deliverd to your door, or to your neighbours, at a certain time. The contents of the box include: milk, bread, eggs and fruit. All products in the Welcome Home box are organic.
Fly 2 Miami with KLM and Twitter
27-12-2010
DJs, promoters and other people in the music industry thought it was about time KLM Rpyal Dutch Airlines started offering direct flights to Miami. Therefore, they made a bet with the Twitter team of KLM. When ‘Fly2Miami could get more than 351 passengers via Twitter, KLM would arrange a flight. After five hours the flight on March 21st was already booked. Currently there are already over 450 registrations for the flight to Miami.
IKEA Skal app
27-12-2010
IKEA combines its product range of glasses, new year’s eve, social networks and mobile phones, in one iPhone application “IKEA Skal!”. Watch the video and see how it works!
Sushi Bonbons
26-12-2010
Following the previously introduced sushi sorbet the Japanese delicacy is now available as a bonbon.
Chocolat store ‘A sunday in Paris’
25-12-2010
In the shop “A Sunday in Paris’ is all about chocolate. There is a shop where you can buy different kinds of chocolate and a restaurant where one can taste chocolate. In addition there is a real chocolate bar and lounge located in the shop of Pierre Cluizel. And workshops are given.
Toothpaste predicting the weather
24-12-2010
David Carr of MIT Media is currently developing a toothpaste that indicates the weather while you’re brushing. The project is called “Tastes Like Rain” and it works with a microcontroller connected to an online network of weatherdata. When the weather is colder than the day before the toothpaste taste like mint, cinnamon when it’s warmer.
Dutch restaurant Iphone app
24-12-2010
The Dutch Restaurantguide “Lekker” introduced an app for all the restaurants listed in their magazine. The app provides an overview of the 500 best restaurants in the Netherlands.
Pay with facecash
23-12-2010
Face Cash is an innovative payment method that was invented by one of the Facebook founders. The application can be downloaded to smart phones and works like a smartcard. Besides a bar code it displays a photo, this picture serves as a kind of security mechanism during the purchase.
Gift a follower
23-12-2010
At “gift a follower” tweeps and facebooker can treat their followers and fans to a present. The cost? 1 dollar per “internet surprise bag”. The sender does not know whats in the bag. Besides small presents, it is also possible that people do receive an iPad.
Fitness with Samsung TV Apps
23-12-2010
Samsung has developed a number of applications that can help in the gym. At the Smart TVs the youtube clips with exercises are shown. The right music for each workout can be elected and one could even skype with a fitness coach. There are also special apps for yoga, squats, six-pack pro and power breathing.
Bombay Sapphire Swarocski
22-12-2010
Travelers at the airport in Sydney have a chance to buy a special Bacardi Bombay Sapphire bottle, decorated with thousands of Swarovski crystals. There only four bottles and they have a value of $ 3.960,=. The sale lasts until January 6 (2011) and the bottles do come in a white leather case.
