From le Whif to le Whaf
Harvard professor David Edwards has developed a machine that makes any food inhalable vapors, Le Whaf. Ten minutes of inhaling food equals 200 calories. Edwards previously created a smaller version, Le Whif.
Harvard professor David Edwards has developed a machine that makes any food inhalable vapors, Le Whaf. Ten minutes of inhaling food equals 200 calories. Edwards previously created a smaller version, Le Whif.
People can now view the collection of the Rijksmuseum on Google. Through the website, people can view artwork and background information of over 1,000 works of 17 major museums in the world. Next to the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum, other museums, like The Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg and the palace of Versailles joined.
Kraft created a machine, in collaboration with Intel, that answers the everyday question “what shall I eat today?”. This machine is equipped with face recognition to make analyses and then makes suggestions of products and recipes.
Audree Lapierre’s re-designed a milk carton to make it more informative. The new package does not indicate just what the milk is made of but also the percentage of proteins and carbohydrates etc …
Nowadays it is becoming easier for your friends and family to keep track via social networks. This shoe automatically reports your current location to Facebook or Twitter, so you don’t need to login via foursquare anymore.
Designed by Rare, a wooden shower with a steel core. The water runs through silicone tubes.
Pennies is an organization that allows online buyers to round up their purchase by credit card or debit card and donate the difference to charity. Dominos Pizza, Zizzi Pizza and TravelLodge have already joined.
Max Stoller discovered that 1,660 restaurants in New York received really bad scores from the Health Department, but are still open. Stoller invented an application that allows a user to be warned when he checks in at Foursquare at one of these restaurants.
A missed novelty, glow golf. Already five spots in the Netherlands and popular for children’s parties.
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The PlantLab in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, succeeded in cultivating the first fruit and vegetables without daylight use. PlantLab did cultivate cucumbers, strawberries, corn, beans and tomatoes by making use of only red and blue LED lights. This opens options to grow these products at your restaurant and always have super fresh cucumbers, strawberries etc. available.
Hotels with a macabre past, Vacation spots for the morbidly, for curious travelers! Ghosts and spirits guaranteed!
Frushi is a combination of rice and fruit shaped like sushi. They only use fresh fruit. All kinds of fruit are used to make frushi’s. You can eat Frushi for breakfast, but is also delicious as a dessert or snack.
Weber had to promote the new serie of grills. The traditional fences all over the city were turned into genuine grills, simply by adding magnetic real size flyers in the shape of steaks, burgers and shish kebabs. On the back: the website! See the pictures here.
Worldwide objects, trees, statues are wrapped with fabric. No longer a “trend”, it has been going on for quite a while! And we missed it completely! But as the press gives attention to these projects regularly, it’s maybe an idea to have an object around your hotel or restaurant packed with knitted fabric by people who love to knit (the wild knitters?).
Especially for Valentine’s Day Cooling offers a wine climate cabinet decorated with a red fabric. The Valentine Champagne Cabinet comes with two champagne glasses and a bottle of rosé champagne by Lamoureux.