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Issue 28: 01 July 2006 - 31 July 2006

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This Week's New Business Ideas

TOURISM

Mystery Threatre
Part theatre, part scavenger hunt, part walking tour, Accomplice: New York is giving participants a whole new way to experience the city.
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Youth Vacations
Targeting 18-35 year-olds, Contiki is a hip vacation company that gives participants the opportunity to travel the world, while exploring at their own pace.
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MOBILE

Missile Alert!
Israeli start-up Cellact, has begun marketing a system to kibbutzim (collective communities), towns and factories in northern Israel that enables the issue of warnings of missile attacks.
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ONLINE & SOCIAL NETWORKS

Tennis, Anybody?
The website lets tennis players find other players of their own skill level, and also lets players record scores and matches, review tennis gear, schedule events and read the latest tennis news.
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Yearbook Dot Com
John Shin refuses to buy a copy of his high school yearbook. Instead, he's turning to the internet to preserve and share memories of his sophomore year.
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Sexy Online Dating
It's an adult (18+) massively multiplayer online dating game, where players can create their own avatars and explore a 'sexy' world.
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NON PROFIT & CHARITY

Ecomiles
Ecomiles, a rewards program where the points translate into charitable donations, can contribute to any of 12 charities, including the World Wildlife Fund and economic development groups such as SOS Children's Villages.
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CONSUMER GOODS

Wrist Bottle
A company called HydroSport is marketing a new water bottle that fits on your wrist.
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Handy Dispenser Flap
Cerealtop™ has a clever slider system that means it can be adjusted to suit just about any box.
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Neat Nets
Neat Nets by Parents of Invention are colorful, mesh bags for keeping toys -- or most anything else -- orderly and visible.
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Foot Technology
Walkers are standing up and taking note of Masai Barefoot Technology (MBT) trainers.
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ADVERTISING

Spacevertising
It seems we’re running out of advertising space (or at least good/fresh space) so now companies are eager to increase their market share in space.
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TECHNOLOGY

Replay That Smell
Imagine being able to record a smell and play it back later, just as you can with sounds or images.
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GADGETS

Headband + Headphones + Headset
This headband helps you dress it up by functioning as a headband-cum-headphones-cum-headset. Whew!
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Power On The Go
Road warriors running low on juice can open up Solio's three solar panels, which fan out like a clover, and charge up their electronic gadgets with a small connector cord, on the spot.
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No Noise Headphones
The Quiet Comfort 3 Acoustic Noise Cancelling headphones from Bose offer the audio performance, noise reduction, and comfortable fit of the second model in an on-ear design.
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Easy Power Strip
The E-rope, designed by Chul Min Kang and Sung Hun Lim, is a modular power strip which can be twisted about to better accommodate cable gore with large, bulky plugs.
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Feminine Army Knife
The Miss Army Knife is the all-in-one pocket tool for the girl-on-the-go.
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Gesture Music
Walking machine is a portable audio piece designed to enable wearers to move through the streets hearing and broadcasting the amplified sound of their own footsteps in real time.
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RETAIL

Intelligent Fitting Room
Downloading the sound, or another ring tone in that same high-frequency range, allows them to hear their cellphones ring when their parents and teachers (mostly) cannot.
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FOOD & BEVERAGES

Canine Cafe
If the Chicago City Council passes an ordinance letting dogs dine alongside their owners at outdoor cafés, Chief Didier Durand of Cyrano's Bistrot will serve a $5 prix fixe canine menu to his patrons' pets.
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Hose Nose
The nose is filled with "Candy Slime". It appears to have elastic straps on the back, as if you're supposed to wear it over your real nose.
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Ice Rocks
Ice Rocks are prepackaged, ready-to-freeze individual ice cubes made from French spring water. Geared primarily toward the (upscale) tourism market, they assure worried travelers that the ice is safe to use.
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LIFESTYLE & LUXURY

Floating Bed
Back in our formative years we were mighty impressed by the levitating pens in the Science Museum shop, and now somebody’s taken the concept to exciting new heights by making a floating bed.
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DESIGN

Dining On Computer
No longer do you have to face tough question: “one more round of de_dust or finally eat something for the first time in 37 hours?” You can very easily consume your tea cakes and earl grey while grinding goblins.
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HOMES & LIVING

Ventilated Door
The Light + Air door is designed to enhance cross ventilation without giving up any security or light.
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AUTOMOBILES

Car Worth By SMS
Dutch CarSpotter also offers consumers price information by sms to guide them through sales and negotiating.
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SERVICES

The Window Cleaner
When Terry Mullins was searching for someone to clean his windows, he discovered that the traditional domestic window cleaner has all but disappeared. So, after two years of research and planning he has launched The Local Window Cleaner Ltd.
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