DailyCandy: You were first on the block with a new PowerBook. Envied at work, admired in Internet cafes, and feted around town. But now that Macs are a dime (or a few) a dozen, your prized machine seems a bit average. No problem. ColorWare can make it stand out in the crowd once more. Just go online and pick your […]
Coloring Macs and iPods
Blueberry Chocolate Coffee
TrendCentral: As research geeks, nothing gets us more excited than a good quantitative study. So when we saw that, according to a recent survey conducted by Dunkin’ Donuts, more adults would give up sex before coffee, we knew we had to investigate. Turns out, we knew that most people need a daily coffee fix, but had no idea to what […]
Poster Decor
DailyCandy: You haven’t gone for the posters-as-decor thing since your rabid seventh-grade Depeche Mode obsession. And, generally speaking, this has been a positive development. But not so fast. Jason Munn has reinvented the wheel with his hand-silk-screened album and concert posters. A trained graphic designer, Munn creates his pieces in his Oakland, California, studio, and each one begins with a […]
Wake You Up
Shiny Shiny: What is it with the proliferation of evil alarm clocks these days? First there was the you’ve – got – to – find – me – to – turn – me – off Clocky, and now there’s the truly insidious Sonic Alarm. If you want to rouse a reluctant sleeper, you pull the pin, lob the alarm into […]
Pet Friendly Vehicle
Popgadget: The W.O.W. Concept, which stands for “wonderful openhearted wagon,” features a special crate for dogs in the glove apartment to allow owners to interact with their pets on the road. A bigger crate pops up from the floor in the back seat area and can be folded back into the floor when it’s not needed. For bigger dogs, there’s […]
Mom ’n’ Baby Hikes
Iconoculture: Moms and babies head for the hills with Colorado Mountain Mamas hiking club. The group helps new moms get back on the trails – with baby on board. Each hike is led by an experienced guide trained in CPR who stays connected, via walkie-talkie, with the hiker at the back of the line so no one gets lost. In […]
Eco Gadget
Popgadget: Shodensya, a Japanese provider of energy-saving services to corporate clients, will launch in November devices that reduce energy consumption in the home. Power Monitor can instantly measure the power consumption and voltage used by household appliances. The gauge itself does not have an energy-saving function, but it is helpful in making people more aware of the need to switch […]
Compass Boots
we make money not art: The prototype consists of three parts: the shoes with a series of sensors and mechanics, an interface and a computer running a software to analyse the data from the sensors. The Interface provides the communication between the shoes and the Mac. In the future both the interface and the computer could be embedded in the […]
Party Business
Entrepreneur: When Christopher Hughes heard his clients singing ?La Bamba? in anticipation of their Cinco de Mayo party, he knew he was onto something. Hughes, 34, had recently co-founded Day Perks with business partner and friend Leanne Mumm Pardo, 40. As co-workers at a branding and design firm, Hughes and Mumm Pardo saw a need for a service to take […]
Looking on the Bright Side
BizReport.com: The news menu was stuffed with the dreadful and appalling yesterday. A massive hurricane bearing down on Texas. A bus fire killing 24 elderly people near Dallas. Floods ravaging New Orleans — again. And that was before you even considered what’s happening to the economy, or in Iraq or Afghanistan, or anywhere else in this sad, wicked world. You […]