Pineapple Paper Furniture

Cool Hunting: Establishment (an interior design outpost in Manhattan) recently tipped us to Pineapple Paper Furniture, a new line of benches and chairs made from compressed pineapple fibers. We like the Doonya Chair (pictured above right, $1,900) as well as the Nut Bench ($2,900). They hadn’t been added to the website last time we checked, but you can email Establishment […]

Turning Wind into Light!

Firewinder® is a British invention, with worldwide patent pending and designs registered. Firewinder® is a sculpturally designed outdoor light, which harnesses the wind no matter from which direction it blows creating a beautiful upward spiralling light – every time the wind blows. The simple transformation of wind into light in your garden is enough to blow away your blues, especially […]

Safe Sippy Cups

Babygadget: Sippy cups seem like products that should be easy to shop for. In my experience however, they tend to be poorly made, break after only a week or two of heavy use, and it seems impossible to keep them clean for any amount of time. That’s why The Safe Sippy caught my eye. These cups are stainless steel and […]

Transmit Data Through Clothing

Earlier we read about Data transfer through handshake. Now, Telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) is planning a commercial launch of a system to enter rooms that frees users from the trouble of rummaging in their pockets or handbags for ID cards or keys. It uses technology to turn the surface of the human body itself into a […]

BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 64

Top 10 Franchise Food Trends for 2008 Although consumers are constantly bombarded with messages about healthy eating, encouraging them to cut down on fats, sugar and salt, obesity levels are still at an all time high. Convenience foods and takeaways are increasing. Nevertheless, there is a still a huge part of the market….. Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 64 >>> […]

Product Placement Deals in Books

Internation Herald Tribune: Near the end of an early galley of “Cathy’s Book: If Found Call (650) 266-8233,” a young adult novel that will be published in September, the spunky eponymous heroine talks about wearing a “killer coat of Clinique #11 ‘Black Violet’ lipstick.” But in the final edition of the book, that reference has been changed to “a killer […]

Bling Bling Bandage

You’re just about to go down the catwalk at the Paris fashion show, but you’ve cut your cheek on one of the crystal champagne flutes. What to do? Slap on one of these high-fashion bandages over your boo-boo, adjust your outfit (which is the size of a bandage anyway), and off you go! Blinged out bandages with 4 Swarovski crystals […]

Google Announces Lunar X Prize Teams

Patent reform struggles on the Senate floor while presidential hopefuls debate NAFTA’s influence not just on business, but innovation. Yet even with innovation under fire, American entrepreneurs step up to a stellar challenge. Google’s Lunar X Prize non-profit organization recently announced the 10 teams participating in its robotics competition to the moon. Out of 560+ inquiries from 53 nations, 5 […]

Deli Touch Auto Ordering System

Teraoka’s new the Deli Touch pen allows customers to place orders without human contact. Using a menu with barcodes embedded in the photos of the items, the pen’s camera scans the codes and transmits the information via wireless to a server, which is connected to a printer in the kitchen that prints out the order. On both sides an automated […]

Read Out Loud

USATODAY: Even those of us who don’t gab on cellphones appreciate having one for an emergency. For a blind or visually impaired person, the Nokia N82 promises much more: It’s a liberating day-to-day tool that grants access to printed materials not otherwise easily available. A sightless person can use the phone to snap a picture of a menu, book, printed […]