BizReport.com: It won’t be long before gamblers are shooting dice while queued up waiting to see their favorite comedian. Or playing poker and roulette under a poolside umbrella. Even a trip to the buffet will no longer keep casino patrons from playing slots. A law signed last month by Gov. Kenny Guinn made Nevada the first U.S. state to approve […]
Wireless Poker
SMS A Texxi
NetImperative: Technology firm Crane Dragon has begun testing a new taxi service in Liverpool that encourages travellers to text a taxi request via their mobiles, and then share the journey with other passengers going to the same area. The ‘Texxi’ service allows users to text their house address and postcode to the Texxi SMS number. The system will then aggregate […]
Jelly Belly Wine Bar
DailyCandy: When it comes to describing your ideal mate, you’re never at a loss for words. Finding a lifelong companion? That’s another story. Which is the exact opposite of your relationship with wine. Finding a bottle you like? No prob. Describing it? Hmm, that’s what we thought. Wine X magazine understands your dilemma — at least the liquid part. In […]
Tech Pets
we make money not art: Gen-pets, by Canadian sculptor Adam Brandejs, consists of 19 plastic packages hung by hooks within a mock store set-up displaying streamlined, mass produced bio-engineered life. Each package consists of 3 layers of vacuum formed plastic surrounding a foam latex animatron: strange animals, grown and altered, by bioengineering, but obviously mammalian. They are twitching, shaking, clawing, […]
Scandinavian Trends
Sonomanews.com: Sonoma’s new Scandinavian Trends offers a bright assortment of gifts and collectibles as sweet as a Christmas kringle. Launched earlier this month by Danish natives Chris and Merete Bendtsen, the shop brims with Norwegian trolls, Swedish linens, bright Danish paper mobiles, Finnish glass, Skagen watches and hand-knit Norwegian cardigans to warm up the coldest Greenland elf. The store also […]
Mashed Music
WBOC.com: Mash-up Music: it’s a trend that gives new meaning to the term “music mix.” It’s taking two different songs – and mixing them together. One popular one these days is the blend of Alicia Keys’ vocals for her song “Karma” with the music track for the song “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder. Wyclef Jean of the Fugees says mash-ups are […]
Laundry Rug for Lazy Bums
Iconoculture: If you can’t fight the sloth, embrace it. Making up for – not necessarily fixing – our bad habits gives lazy homeowners a fun Ready, Set, Go! kick. Wahoo! There’s an easy cleanup cure for dirty undies and socks littering the floor. Laundry Rug turns a lazy schlub’s messy habit into a carefree lifestyle choice. And unlike the Undy […]
Kitchen’s Helper
We Make Money Not Art: Peter D’Alessandro’s Magnetic Mixer is a concept for a kitchen work surface and mixer. The work surface is embedded with magnets and a heating element, when the magnetic mixer is placed on top a revolving magnetic field is created. The result is that the hands free device starts to stir and/or heat food seemingly unaided. […]
Two Minutes Mobile TV
InternetNews.com: It’s the end of attention. The few crumbs of spare attention anyone has left over from the barrage of daily media will soon be eaten up by “video snacks,” little chunks of content delivered to cell phones to fill those awkward moments when no one is calling, texting or e-mailing us. On Thursday, SmartVideo Technologies announced a content deal […]
Personalized Postage Stamps
SignOnSanDiego.com: Have a great photograph of yourself you’d like the world to see? Maybe a picture that proves you really did reach the top of Mount Whitney, or catch a 50-pound King salmon in Alaska, or hang glide over a beach in Rio. Wouldn’t that photo make a perfect postage stamp? Make it happen. Now anyone can join the ranks […]