747 Jumbo Stay hotel

5-7-2012

A retired Boeing 747 at Stockholm airport is upcycled to a hotel. Because of its location the ‘Jumbo Stay’ hotel concept is ideal for early or late flights. Initiator Oscar Dios is looking for possibilities to duplicate the idea at more airports.

Tweet a cloud with Flogo

5-7-2012

We spotted the Flogo Cloud technology somewhere in 2008, when it was barely used. Now this sustainable alternative for plastic balloons is getting more mainstream. Galleria Mall in Brazil spiced up the re-launch of Brazil’s first open mall not by offering people gifts, but by allowing them to create ‘gift clouds’. Using the Flogo Cloud technology, visitors of the mall were invited to send clouds accompanied with a simple tweet.

Glorification by Grand Marnier

4-7-2012

The summer becomes even better with the Sunset Taker app by Grand Marnier. With this mobile application you can give the photo’s the ultimate summer feeling by adding a sunset glow. You can download the app for free from the website. This app also contains a Sunset Shaker, where cocktail expert Simon Difford gives six different cocktail recipes.

Neige Ice cider

4-7-2012

This Neige Ice cider is produced in the same way as eiswein, de apples will stay in the tree until the temperature drops to -7°C. A lot of attention has been paid to the packaging, therefore this could be a nice gift idea.

Taxi hotel room

4-7-2012

An inventive taxi driver from London hopes to make some more money during the Olympics. He transformed his taxi into a hotel room, including a single bed, a small fridge, a radio and iPad. However, the hotel guest should take the working hours of the taxi driver into account.

Bacteria killing wand

4-7-2012

It looks like magic. According to the producer of this Instant-Sanitizing Kitchen Wand, bacteria will be killed in only 20 seconds by using the UV-illumination.

Picnicking on the water

3-7-2012

This summer, the Picknick Company (Dutch) offers picnics on the water in and around Rotterdam. A private captain shows you by boat all the nice picnic places.

Bees on the Waldorf Astoria Hotel

3-7-2012

Since this spring, the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, houses around 250,000 bees. Not only supply these bees honey in a sustainable way to the restaurant, but also aims to help provide pollination to support the city’s recent campaign to plant a million trees over the next decade. Hotel guests can also book a tour on the roof.

Lunch Hour NYC

2-7-2012

From the 29th of June, the New York Public Library opened the exhibition Lunch Hour NYC. This exhibition features all the lunch trends of over the past century. Find out how the pizza became popular in New York City, and when the first Chinese restaurants opened their doors. Did you know that the foodtrucks were already popular about a century ago…?

Sneak peeking at the neighbors

2-7-2012

Everybody does is secretly, but now you can undisturbed sneak peeking at the neighbors. Artist Mike Hewson created an artwork of a destroyed building in Christchurch in New Zealand. Several photo’s and multi-media installations are mounted on the outside of the building, where life of the former residents are shown.

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