The GymPact app assigns a real cost to the common practice of skipping trips to the gym. People who use GymPact make 90% of the workouts they commit to. Have you ever bought a gym membership and never used it? GymPact helps you keep your own fitness promises. Earn real money for making your workouts — paid for by those […]
Go Gym, Make Money
The Im Watch
The Im Watch is the hottest new communication tool that takes mobile devices to new heights! The Android-based wireless Bluetooth-enabled watch works with the Android phone, the iPhone4 and come January 2012, the Blackberry. It comes equipped with all of the capabilities of these smartphones: receive and send phone calls, e-mails, text messages, photos, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and full browsing […]
Lumi Inkodye on Fabric
With the Lumi process you can take any image and print it permanently onto fabric using sunlight. Starting at $35, Lumi Printing Kits give you the tools you need to print professional-quality designs on apparel, create merchandise for your photography or make custom shirts for your band. Lumi prints are dye-based so your fabric stays soft to the touch, and […]
Metal Staircase
This metal staircase stopped me in my tracks when I saw it. Designed by Francesco Librizzi Studio, it sits in House C, a 1900s house in Milan that still has many original details. The staircase takes up little space in the small room and leads to a loft-like sleeping area. I love the black steel against the stark white walls. […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 142
Railing Planter There is a lot to love about this railing planter by Greenbo – it is functional, durable, easy on the eye, space-saving and compatible with the large variety of railings… Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 142 >>> – Build-It-Yourself Electric Car – Monobasin Mixer Tap – Electric Butter Knife – Wing Armchair – Emergency App for […]
Emergency App for Lame Dates
The love pros at eHarmony invent an iPhone app that can be programmed to call with a fake “emergency,” allowing you to graciously escape a lame date. First, you’ll be able to choose precisely when the call arrives, whether that be in 3 seconds, 1 minute, or 5 minutes. Then it lets you specify the emergency: Your mom calls to […]
Garlic Holder
There is great beauty to objects found in nature, offering exquisite inspiration for the design industry. The Ajori Cruet is modeled on the elegant form of a fist of garlic, and quite a fitting shape for a holder of spices, seasonings and dressings. This delicious dining table accessory is the creative yield of photoAlquimia, Pilar Balsalobre and Carlos Jimenez. Its […]
Airmouse
Even the most advanced mice often feel a bit clunky, so we’re not surprised that researchers have been working on a much more intuitive experience designed so that you can move around the screen with ease. The Airmouse is almost like a glove that generates movements from the user’s elbow, not only does this mean it’s comfier and easier to […]
Rapid Rescue Mobile App
In cheesy films when there’s an emergency and someone shouts “is there a doctor around?” one always appears from the crowd to help, but in the real world it often isn’t that easy to find someone with sound medical knowledge who’d be able to save lives in an emergency. Well in order to address this problem, a new application called […]
Jerry the Bear to Fight Diabetes
People with type 1 diabetes, a lifelong genetic condition that prevents the accurate breakdown of glucose in the blood, rely on a steady amount of insulin to be delivered to their bodies every day. Since young children cannot manage an insulin pump, use a glucose meter by Dexcom test their own glucose or deliver their own injections, parents with diabetic […]