Looking for a taxi is becoming a lot easier. Through this Get Taxi-app you can order a taxi, see what the estimate time of arrival is and leave reviews behind. The app will be available in the UK, Israel, Russia, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Check the video.
This handy water meter is directly mounted on the faucet or a bottle. The concept design is very useful in the kitchen and will save water. If the amount of liters could be fixed beforehand than it would be perfect.
Parmesan cheese shaped in a pencil with pesto, chili and truffles filling. The cheese can be sprinkled over the food with the included sharpner. The stripes on the ‘pencil’ measure portions and even Calories. Only disadvantage: the 500 sets were sold out in two weeks.
These solar light trees, designed by Omar Huerta, are not just installations of solar-powered street lights, but they grow plants on their branches as well by using a hydroponic system.
Chien Bleu Travel is, according itself, the first travel agent in the UK which is specialized in the real dog-friendly hotels, cottages and other stay accommodations. Dogowners can consult this travel agent for the several accommodations, but can request whole packages as well.
A stylish coffee maker with cup dispenser. Designer Sueng Jun Jeong makes ‘traditional’ coffee making at the office appealing again. The name P-Cup is a contamination of paper cup + pickup and paper cup dispenser + coffee maker.
Candy and snack maker Perfette Van Melle has introduced a new salty snack in India. The style of design would be noted as well in our supermarkets. Check the advertisement video.
The developers of Punchfork combine the strength of social media with delicious recipes. By searching various food blogs (like 101 Cookbooks, The Pioneer Woman, Epicurious, Serious Eats, Food Network and The Kitchn) and measure reactions they unveil the popularity of the recipes. The site is real time updated so new recipes are usually online in a few minutes.
If the question “What do we eat today?” is a daily ritual, check out these seven plates. They can provide direction with their characteristic shapes for specific meals. Designed by 5.5 Designers, who probably aren’t fan of sauces.
An eco tip for hotels; use the water supply as an energy source. This radio gets its energy from built in micro turbine.
The food trucks are very popular in America these days. With the use of Twitter and Facebook the (potential) customers are updated about the location of their favorite truck. Because these social media offer limited sales tools, CloudSource Labs has developed FoodTruck FastPass. This special Android app makes it possible to keep statistics, it allows to offer online ordering and supports group discounts.
50 fans of the Facebook of Domino’s Pizza and Ben & Jerry’s where invited for a family picknick. Both companies aimed to create a larger online community by organizing a lotery. During the picknick the fans got to to taste the new salads of Domino’s and the ice creams of Ben & Jerry’s.
Waste materials are used for this Tubohotel, located in Mexico, and features 20 hotelrooms transformed out of concrete pipes. This hotel is designes by architects of T3arc. The hotelroom consists of a queen-size bed, desk light and a van. The pipes don’t allow bathroom facilities, but they have created two communal bathhousses onsite which features private showers.
From Tuesday the 19th of July there is a weekly dinner club at Mediamatic with products that have passed the expiration date. The organizers want to create more attention for the use and misuse of expiration dates and therefore show that it’s possible to cook with products that otherwise would be thrown away. Bring expired products after RSVP and get in for free.
The website love.holland.com collects all online images from Twitter and Mobypicture that are tagged with, for instance, #love010, #lovebrabant or #lovemadurodam. Every photo with #love… is categorized per province, city or special place of interest. The website is developed to promote tourism in The Netherlands and lanched by ‘Nederlands Bureau voor Toerisme & Congressen’ (NBTC) and Mobypicture.
We’re already in the third week of October, and more and more festive inspiration is popping up online. Pinterest remains a wonderful source of ideas, read more
We’ve been enjoying glorious summer weather for a few weeks now, and the popular seasonal drinks are already known. Mocktails, cocktails, spritz variations, rosé, and read more
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