E dining restaurant
16-3-2011
March 15, the first e-dining restaurant in the Netherlands opened its doors in Rotterdam. The restaurant, named Izkaya, will serve dishes from various Asian cuisines. In the restaurant you don’t order your food at the waiters but via the touch panel in the table. Using the table you can browse through the different dishes and order food and drinks. You can also change the “tablecloth”, take a look in the kitchen through a webcam, play games and view and ask for the check.
A personalized magazine on the iPad
11-3-2011
Zite, a Canadian app for the iPad, is a personalized magazine, which automatically adapts to your whishes. Based on preselected subjects, Zite creates a custom build magazine with the news, movies, blogs, etc you are interested in. Also, Zite continues personalizing the magazine based on the newsflashes you read to create a tailor made magazine.
Buy your friend drinks online
10-3-2011
FrinXX gives consumers in Germany the opportunity to buy each other a drink through online channels, even if they are not present at the bar. FrinXX users visit the site or log in via the Facebook app. You then choose the amount you want to spend and you pay by PayPal, iPayment or ClickandBuy. After payment, you receive a code, which you can send to one or multiple recipients via email, SMS or Facebook, along with a personal message. The code must be shown to the bartender and the drinks are paid for.
Find your parkingspot by using the Park Circa mobile app
8-3-2011
To easily find a parkingplace or offering your parking place to others, use the Park Circa app. Members can spot available parking places and complete payment via the Park Circa mobile app.
Wifi in Japanese taxis
7-3-2011
While travelling it is sometimes difficult to stay connected to the world wide web. That is why DoCoMo develloped and installed free wifi in 820 taxi’s in Tokyo.
Save the planet one beer at the time
4-3-2011
Purpose Energy is an energy company disposed of breweries. During this process, a large amount of methane they again for the brewery’s energy needs and thereby reduce emissions of the brewery.
First appartment heated by solar thermal energy
4-3-2011
This apartment building in Upper Castle, Switzerland is the world’s first to be heated exclusively by solar thermal energy. The roof produces twice the heat of what the building needs and will serve as a model for future projects.
App for etchical shoppers
20-2-2011
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This app contains over 700 famous clothingbrands and their collections. The app tells the consumer the do’s and don’t’s with regard to (non) responsible clothing brands.
Philips Avent baby app
19-2-2011
Philips Avent presented an app to help pregnant women and mothers. ‘My baby & me’ logs the growth of your baby, its weight, sleeping pattern and findes breastfeeding locations.
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.