Concierge get help from iPads
1-5-2010
Equiped with the new iPads, concierges from several Intercontinental Hotels can provide the guests with the latest information. Also, by means of visualization, 3D route information and promotional films, the iPads can be an addition for both concierges and guests.
iPhone app to report local issues
28-4-2010
In Eindhoven, The Netherlands, citizens can report local issues and complaints to the city council by iPhone.
Wiki traffic light
27-4-2010
This site features ideas to improve the behavior of people through fun and pleasure. In this case, a traffic light with a display with interesting facts or questions while the light is red.
One table to eat and play poker at
27-4-2010
A table that you can use as a real table at dinnertime, but if visitors come for a game of poker, the table can be turned into a poker table. The border around the table is equipped with LED lighting in 27 colors.
The Google Maps Envelope
25-4-2010
Two students at an American university developed the Google Maps Envelope. The envelope indicates where the mail comes from and where it needs to be delivered.
Nigella Lawson iPhone app
22-4-2010
After Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay, the British TV cook Nigella Lawson now also has her own iPhone application. For € 5.99 you get 70 (English speaking) recipes, quick and easy to prepare.
The first train running on biodiesel
21-4-2010
In Texas the first train is powered by a sustainable mix of diesel and a byproduct of beef. It consists of 20% biofuel and 80% regular diesel. It involves a test of 12 months.
iPhone app for every restaurant
17-4-2010
Thanks to Blue Shoes Mobile all restaurants can now make their own iPhone application and benefit of modern technology.
Easy to use Pork Detection Kit
12-4-2010
Metal dealer Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo has developed a test kit to find out if pork is processed in you meal. By using nanoparticles of gold dissolved in water, even the most miniscule fragment of pork is detected within 10 minutes.
Easter surprise
7-4-2010
Real eggs, empty and sterilized, filled with candy of your choice. Easy to make, the instructions can be found on the website of ‘the kitchn’.