New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: RETAIL TV Wardrobe Shopping enabled entertainment gives a whole new meaning to product placement where viewers no longer have to be persuaded by advertisers to buy their products, but instead their brands are being actively sought-out by a celebrity-obsessed culture. CONSUMER GOODS Laser Scissors Talking about scissors is general but talking about it […]
CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 40
Music Craftsmanship
The Cool Hunter: Techno craftsman Gresso (http://www.gresso.com) are better known for their African Blackwood mobile phones. The collection of phones are beautifully constructed out of 200 year old wood and have placed Gresso in a unique market where wooden craftsmanship meets technology. Now, Gresso have developed their own line of MP3 players called, The Symphonia Collection. The model is again […]
Fatigue to Fitness
Domanic Tay is introducing his fatigue to fitness program, Ultimate “Fatigue To Fitness” which will teach and guide you along to kiss goodbye to fatigue and welcome a new toned body. You will learn: – Breaking out the dangerous vicious cycle of ill health – 2 things to do before you exercise that could dramatically change your fitness forever – […]
Laser Scissors
CoolBuzz: Talking about scissors is general but talking about it with laser is something good and new. Every time you cannot mark the area that you have to cut, with a marker. And, without marking it is very difficult to achieve sheer cutting. Laser Scissors is designed with an in-built laser light on the handle. According to the website, “The […]
Bottle Mag
Springwise: Coca-Cola Belgium will be the first soft drink company to use the Magazine on a Bottle concept. On Product Publishing, which created the innovative labelling technology, worked closely with Coca-Cola Belgium to adapt the labels to Coke’s iconic curvy bottle. The first bottles of Coca-Cola Light (chilled 500 ml PET) with GLAM*IT mini-mag attached will be on the shelves […]
Bar-bingo
Iconoculture: Bingo’s kitschy appeal dates back to gay bingo nights that raised money for AIDS charities, which we told you about in 2002. Though drag queens still occasionally call the numbers at Mo’s, the only good cause in today’s bar-bingo scene in Manhattan is having a good time while competing for silly prizes like NASCAR mugs. Young bingo buffs follow […]
PumpOne iPod
Popgadget: The clever folks at PumpOne noticed that a lot of people work out with their iPods, so they’ve designed workout programs that play on any model that displays images. (I may have to finally upgrade my second gen ipod, circa 2003!) It also works on nanos, Zunes and smartphones with memory and color screens. The programs have names such […]
Caffeinated Seeds
Strange New Products: Now they’re selling sunflower seeds laced with energy boosters like caffeine, taurine, lysine, and ginseng. The product named, “SumSeeds”, are described as premium roasted sunflower seeds supercharged with the same stuff found in “energy” sodas. The manufacturer then goes on to boast the natural goodness of sunflower seeds, such as Vitamin E, Zinc and Iron, to make […]
TV Wardrobe
Fast Company: We’re talking about consumers who want to own the same pair of jeans that Meredith wears on “Grey’s Anatomy” or a dress that was seen on Gabrielle’s character on “Desperate Housewives.” The Times dubs this new phenomenon “shopping-enabled entertainment,” a rapidly-growing marketplace now aided by several new websites selling the most popular and fashionable of the as-seen-on-TV products […]
Where’s my Starbucks?
CNET: Coffee behemoth Starbucks has launched a new cell phone-based service that lets you efficiently locate the nearest store and feed your addiction get your caffeine buzz on. Starting today, when you send a text message with the ZIP code of your location to the number “MYSBUX” (697289), you’ll receive another text with the addresses of the three nearest Starbucks […]