Home made music instruments

27-8-2012

MTV and Sony Experia launch a new phone line by the slogan ‘Made of Imagination’. Key element of this campaign is that nobody can live without music. Creative producers are invited to send in music videos with their home made instruments.

Bubble Coffee and Tea at 8tea5

24-8-2012

Bubble Tea retailer 8tea5 in The Hague has Bubble Coffee on the menu from today on. Entrepreneur and initiator Herdjie Zhou creates the bubble coffee from freshly roasted coffee beans, soy milk and tapioca balls from cassave.

Lapka food sensor for iPhone

24-8-2012

The Lapka is expected to be available in the last quarter of 2012. It combines four sensors with an iPhone app. The sensors can measure if food is organic, but also humidity, electromagnetic fields and radioactivity.

Doritos Late Night Skip or Trip

24-8-2012

Doritos has developed an online game map where you can form a ‘traingle’ with two strangers. The invited strangers have 9 hours to ‘Skip’ or ‘Trip’ you. If someone skips, the game starts all over again. If all two invites ‘trip’ you have a chance to go on a Late Night Triangle Trip to Moscow, Istanbul and Berlin.

We Are Scientists band contest at Aloft Hotels

23-8-2012

Aloft Hotels & We Are Scientists have joined forces to present the ultimate musical challenge for unsigned bands. After sending in a demo your band can be invited to play a gig at Aloft Hotels in London, Brussels or Abu Dhabi. ‘We Are Scientists’ will watch the highlights from the gigs and choose one band to join them at the Aloft Sessions in London. They’ll help that band write and record a track in a pop-up studio within 12 hours. It’s all streamed live and direct for the world to see on Facebook. The winning band, plays their new track live at The Aloft Hotel, London.

Paper straws

23-8-2012

London still fights the use of plastic straws through ‘Straw Wars’ and we see alternatives becoming more and more popular in various cities around the world. The paper straw makes a revival and for more extravagant drinkers a meat straw is the best alternative.

Ben & Jerry’s – Wanna Spoon?

22-8-2012

Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s started a Facebook campaign for their Greek frozen yoghurt. The algorithm designed for this tool searches the ideal spooning partner according to your likes and interests to share the treat.

Northern light from a glass igloo

22-8-2012

The Northern Light is one of the most mysterious natural phenomonas. To avoid the freezing cold while looking into the sky you can visit the Igloo Village Kakslauttanen, where glass igloos make the spectacle a lot more comfortable.

Recipe for raspberry lemon iced tea

22-8-2012

The creator of the Sunshine and Smile blog has created a mouthwatering summer cocktail with raspberries. Have a look at the website for the raspberry lemon iced tea recipe and amazing photography by Kankana.

Boxpark NDSM in Amsterdam

21-8-2012

In the summer of 2013, Boxpark NDSM will open its doors on the NDSM wharf in Amsterdam. This is a pop-up shopping mall, consisting of containers, a variant of the London Boxpark Shoreditch. The containers will feature mostly fashion stores, but as well eateries, theatre and a cinema. The stores will be opened only during the weekend, but probably non-stop for 48 hours.

Beer opener counts your beers

21-8-2012

No excuses when you cannot remember how many beers you have drunk… This opener will count for you.

D Pet Hotel New York

21-8-2012

New York offers a new hotel. Not just a hotel, but a hotel specially for dogs, called D Pet Hotels, which opened already in Hollywood. The hotel features rooms with full-size beds, flat-screen tv’s, but as well a doggy gym, a lounge and even a spa which offers several treatments.

Connected Stadium WiFi at PEC Zwolle

20-8-2012

PEC Zwolle is the first Dutch soccer club that offers free WiFi in their stadium. The club is developing a free app to create more interaction opportunities and (payed) services like extra information about the match, statistics and videos of goals.

Silicone leaf plate

20-8-2012

Serve dishes in an original way with this silicon leaf plate. The leaves are designed by Noa Tamure for the Museum of Modern Art in New York and are dishwasher-, oven- and microwave-safe.

Dip tea biscuits

20-8-2012

A cup of tea is best enjoyed with a cookie. These tea bag cookies are ideal to dip in your tea. Click here for the recipe.

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