The denim industry has a phenomenal impact on the environment. Traditional cotton jeans carry a substantial carbon footprint with each single pair requiring 42 liters of water, along with up to 15 dyeing vats full of harmful chemicals to produce. But Dawn Ellams, a PhD researcher at Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University believes she has come up with a less destructive and […]
“Wooden” Jeans: A Soft and Silky Alternative to Cotton
Designed for Kitchen Lovers
How much would you pay for an extra pair of hands? Forty-five dollars sounds low. That’s the price for this awesome set of cooking utensils whose notches make them rest on the side of your saucepan, freeing up your hands for more multitasking in the kitchen. And hell, how many times have you dropped a spoon or a spatula into […]
Stone Paper
Repap, as well as being paper spelt backwards is also paper made from stone. It is 100% tree free and requires no timber in production. Created by Ogami, a company based in Milan, this innovative paper is a natural by-product of water and limestone. It consists of calcium carbonate bonded with non-toxic resins. The chemical compound comes from materials recovered […]
Transformer Apartment
This 60 square meter apartment concept has been envisioned by Russian architect Vlad Mishin. The space is divided lengthwise by sculptural structure, which consists of several transforming blocks made from black metal framework and plywood. The shape of the blocks create a beautiful whimsical surface, it also fits the functionality of each dividing element. Thus, thee of these segments separate the […]
Clipped Summaries
Clipped analyzes text grammatically to extract the most important information from an article. The algorithm identifies sentence structures statisitically, and graphically determines predicate-subject relationships to generate the best bullet-point summaries possible. Plus, Clipped re-reads all of its own summaries to make sure they make sense. Use Clipped to search for anything and immediately discover relevant articles in a summarized format.
More Certainty For Seats in Train
Moovit has already made efforts to provide commuters with more accurate information about public transport by harnessing the crowds. Now the Dutch national train operator NS has launched a pilot scheme for its Reisplanner Xtra app, which will give passengers real-time details about the train they’re aiming to catch. Currently being tested on the Android version of its existing app, […]
Smart Business Ideas and Innovations Report 2012
Smart business ideas often occur in a flash of inspiration, but it takes lots of perspiration to make them a success. To help you with the inspiration part, we have prepared a list of the top 50 smart new business ideas which had caught our imagination in 2012. This is the ’Smart Business Ideas and Innovations Report 2012’. We hope […]
Mobile Espresso Bar
Combining their three loves — coffee, cycling and sustainability — inspired two London Royal College of Art product design students to create a mobile espresso bar, the Velopresso, that operates on pedal power. No electricity, no tethers. A truly free-wheeling carrier of caffeine. The Velopresso – A Mobile Espresso Bar [The Cool Hunter]
Car Dropoff Service
Cardrops is a “frictionless” delivery service launched by Antwerp creative agency Board of Innovation. It aims to take the planning and hassle out of receiving parcels. The Belgian service reasons that cars are parked 90% of the time and so their trunks can be used as smart lockers for their owners. Registered users must first get a small Cardrops tracking […]
Novel With Extra Content At Real-World Locations
The Silent History is a groundbreaking novel, written and designed specially for iPad and iPhone, that uses serialization, exploration, and collaboration to tell the story of a generation of unusual children. The story is told through daily updates, about 1500 words each, delivered through the app each weekday. For readers who wish to explore the world of the novel in […]