When you spend a lot on an umbrella, it can be painful when you lose it. Enter Davek Alert. Davek makes high-quality umbrellas—the kind you’d like to have for longer than an unexpected downpour. This weather wonder not only has a zinc alloy handle and an industrial grade aluminum and fiberglass frame but it also has high-tech features. When the […]
Smart Umbrellas
Peeple on Your SmartPhone
There are already external door-mounted cameras that stream video of visitors to users’ smartphones, plus there are cameras that fit into existing door peepholes, recording shots of visitors and displaying them on an LCD screen. Peeple, however, is kind of a combination of the two. It peeks through a standard peephole, and it transmits video of what it sees to […]
HidrateMe Smart Water Bottle
HidrateMe is a smart water bottle that syncs to your phone to track your water intake and glows to remind you to stay hydrated. The HidrateMe bottle is a 24 oz. – 710 ml. reusable water bottle, made out of BPA free Tritan plastic. It’s dishwasher safe and comes with a leak proof cap. The sensor stick inside the bottle automatically tracks how […]
Pot Cradle
Seoul, South Korea’s design studio HEAN designed Pot Cradle, an adjustable case that lets you hang your plants anywhere. Instead of being stuck placing potted plants wherever there’s a flat surface, you can now hang them from a shelf, desk, wall hook, or window. A Simple Solution for Hanging Your Plants [Design Milk]
Green Business In France
France just passed a trailblazing new law that requires that all new buildings constructed in commercial areas to be partially-covered by either solar panels or green roofs. Not only will this bring dramatic changes to the nation’s skylines and bolster the efficiency of all new commercial construction, but the law will help France pick up the pace the solar adoption—which […]
Self Watering Tableau
Whether or not you have a green thumb, Tableau makes it easy for you to nurture and keep vibrant plants within your home. Created by Pikaplant, Tableau automates the task of watering your house plants. Mimicking the natural wet-dry cycle of ground water, the watering tray gives just the right amount of water to your plants, so that you don’t […]
Compact Prototype Hotel Room
This clever micro loft is a prototype for a hotel room, created by Amsterdam based studio Concrete for the hotel brand Zocu, who will unveil it to their customers this fall. Zoku, which is Japanese for family, tribe, or clan, will disrupt and create a new category in the hotel industry. The place will have the services of a hotel and the social […]
Chromebit to Power Chromebooks
The Chromebit can effectively turn TVs or old computers into fully functioning Chromebooks. The device crams the Chrome OS, 16GB of memory, 2GB of RAM, WiFi and Bluetooth functionalities, and more into a unit roughly the size of a travel toothbrush. And as the number of apps for Google’s OS expand, so will the capabilities of these devices. Priced at […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 209
Top stories in the latest BIZNESS! Newsletter:
– Programmable Table
– Parabosol Water Cleaning Unit
– Mobile Tiny Chapel
– Ideal Fitting Glasses
– Smartphone Bike Alarm
– Wheelrider – Luggage On Wheels
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Touchscreen Anywhere
Computer technology giant Lenovo has officially announced its brand new projector phone, named ‘Smart Cast’, which is the world’s first smartphone featuring a “surface mode” that transforms any flat space into a touchscreen. At its Tech World conference, the company presented this intriguing new innovation, designed to enable smartphones to be used like PCs for work and play, through the […]