Popgadet: If you’re in the market for a new pair of headphones and don’t mind looking foolish or being stared at by strangers, you may be interested to know that the iWalk will be available in a week or two. For about $60, you can slip a first- or second-generation iPod nano into the iWalk’s dedicated slot and take a […]
Freeing up Your Hand
CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 41
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: FASHION Chic Celicase Here’s a superlative mini bag for all the Gizmodivas! Celicase, or Celi for short is a Turkish leather, compact purse that is designed to carry your most essentials. And when I mean most essentials, it can be a cell, PDA, ID, iPod, cash, passport, tickets, gum, lipgloss, cards.. Demin Code […]
Eating Greens
Iconoculture: U of North Texas students don’t have to worry about gaining the “freshman 15” if they eat at Mean Greens. Kids eat up a healthy menu of herb-crusted chicken, sushi rolls and plenty of fresh veggies. No, really: Mean Greens outsells two competing cafés that dish up traditional campus fare like cheeseburgers and pizza. “Eat your greens” used to […]
Voicemail To Email
USATODAY: Why listen to your voice mail messages when you can read them? That’s what a new crop of companies is asking — they’re developing software that turns voice mail messages into transcribed e-mail or text messages. We’ve all gotten those long voice mail messages from a friend, relative, business associate — or in this reporter’s case a PR person […]
Chic Celicase
Gizmodiva: Here’s a superlative mini bag for all the Gizmodivas! Celicase, or Celi for short is a Turkish leather, compact purse that is designed to carry your most essentials. And when I mean most essentials, it can be a cell, PDA, ID, iPod, cash, passport, tickets, gum, lipgloss, cards..… you know a woman’s basic essential’s list is endless! I quite […]
Free Photocopying
Springwise: An innovative Japanese company is offering university students free photocopies. This free love is made possible by printing ads on the back of the copy paper, which is slightly thicker than normal to prevent ads from shining through. For JPY 400,000, advertisers can have their message printed on 10,000 sheets of paper. Tadacopy machines have been placed at a […]
1-800-CAB-RIDE
Popgadget: Hailing a cab works great in certain neighborhoods, but if you’re off the beaten path there’s not a lot of chances that a cabbie is going to randomly swing by for a pickup. One man is betting that the Digg generation would be more inclined to use taxis if there was a convenient web interface. Jason Diaz’s 1-800-cab-ride.com (800-222-7433) […]
Toilet Breeze
DailyCandy: You’ll overcome your bathroom shyness with the Breeza, a deodorizing toilet seat. The four-stage process removes 95.8 percent of bathroom odors. (And with a number that specific, you know it’s scientifically tested.) First the sensor tells the seat you’ve plopped down. Next a super-quiet fan sucks up the stink and sends it through a carbonated filter. Finally the clean […]
Steering Wheel Notebook
TrendHunter: If you feel that driving is too safe, than you should ‘danger things up’ with a steering wheel laptop. While the design is still in concept stage, I’m sure you can copy the idea by duct taping your laptop to the wheel. This steering wheel notebook is made for people that travel with their cars to work. The unique […]
Funky Coffin
OhGizmo!: You know how when you go to these multi-cultural fairs, and come across the Africa stand, you always have cool wooden sculptures of elongated people and stuff. Yeah? Well, little did we know that the good people of Ghana had taken their art to a whole new level. We just stumbled across a website that sells a variety of […]