Springwise: The e-library, based in Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, has four hundred titles in its collection — available in English or Chinese, and in ePub or Zinio formats — which can be read in the airport, but not taken away or downloaded onto the user’s own device. Set up by Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, the library is run by the […]
E-library at Taiwan Airport
Peanut Butter Museum
Reveries: A pop-up gallery in New York City is dedicated to the art of the peanut-butter sandwich, reports Marshall Heyman in the Wall Street Journal (3/5/11). The Nutropolitan Museum of Art, on Mulberry Street, is sponsored by Peanut Butter & Company, “a specialty sandwich shop on Sullivan Street, as well as a purveyor of such fine goods as white-chocolate flavored […]
Textbook Chapters for Sale
Springwise: Focusing initially on education, business and the social sciences, UK-based Reference Tree aims to give higher-education students a way to purchase just the portions of the textbooks they need to efficiently complete their coursework. Publishers including Elsevier, Taylor + Francis, Sage, Hodder Education, McGraw Hill and Cambridge University Press have already signed on with the service, which adds features […]
Micro Cinema
Springwise: Cinemas around the world are faced with the challenge of recapturing the public’s imagination, creating a compelling experience to drag customers away from their smaller-screen rivals. The latest attempt we’ve spotted has taken a micro approach, creating a tiny cinema from a 1960s caravan to showcase films from the local area. The Sol Cinema seats just 8 adults or […]
Livescribe Smartpens
LATimes: Livescribe of Oakland sells a chip-powered ink pen equipped with a camera and audio recorder that’s designed to help people remember precisely what was said when they review their handwritten notes. It synchronizes its voice recording with the pictures it takes of the words as they are jotted down. If the pen is tapped on one of the scribbled […]
Intelligent Art
TrendCentral: Positioned as Pandora for the fine art world, Art.sy helps users discover new artists by making intelligent recommendations based on the art that they already like. The service leverages the research of The Art Genome Project, an ongoing study of the characteristics that connect and distinguish works of original art. So, if the only work of art you know […]
iPods for Interactive Classes
monocleCAT demo and testimonials from Top Hat Monocle on Vimeo. Springwise: It’s not uncommon for educators to use student response systems (SRS) to engage their students and assess learning through polls, quizzes and other interactive tools. Most such systems rely on specialized devices known as “clickers,” however, and they’re also typically expensive and difficult to use without training. Enter Top […]
Flying Dragon Tattoo
DesignBoom: We have been following the development of augmented reality for a while now and this tattoo is one of the most unusual applications. The design is a simple barcode marker tattooed onto someone’s arm, which when viewed through a camera transforms into a three dimensional animation of a flying dragon. The augmented reality tattoo is a development by the […]
Refound Art
ReFound is an exciting new concept, fusing reclaimed furniture and art. Using unwanted and past-its-prime furniture as the canvas, the ReFound artists transform reclaimed pieces into unique, functional artworks. Enjoy your very own hand-styled, individual and completely one-off ‘work of furniture’, only at ReFound.
Baby-speaking for Foreign Language
Springwise: Learning a new language is often best achieved outside the classroom—when one is eating lunch, for example, or practicing one’s profession. Aiming to bring a similar philosophy to the education of children, Parisian Baby-speaking is an in-home childcare service that includes foreign language instruction in day-to-day activities. With services for children aged one and up, Baby-speaking was developed with […]