CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 13

CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 13: 27/03/05 – 09/04/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
TRENDS & INSIGHTS
Celebrity Smiles
The latest celebrity-channeling accessory is a set of prosthetic choppers modeled after Hollywood’s most Chiclet smiles!
FURNITURE
New Bathroom Cabinet
The Metro line of cabinets has a unique design of a side opening in which the shelves slide from behind the attached, fixed mirror.
ENTERTAINMENT
Video Games to Sell… Books?
Games publisher Atari just released a game based on a book that hasn’t even hit the bookstores yet!
ONLINE
Alternative Searching
Web surfers are going to alternative search engines, which specialize in finding certain kinds of information or offering additional capabilities to well-known search sites.
MARKETING
Wearable Hypertags
Mobile marketing company Hypertag has launched a wearable version of the infra-red and bluetooth tags.
“Tryvertising”
Tryvertising, a more effective form of advertising, is all about consumers getting familiar with new products by actually trying them out!
Starburst’s Aggressive Marketing
Starburst launched an aggressive U.S.-based mobile marketing promo on Friday as part of a new integrated campaign.
CONSUMER GOODS
Boezels Toys
Developed by Dutch designer Twan Verdonck, the Boezels toys are specially conceived for mentally challenged children and adults.
Toothbrush + Music = Tooth Tunes
Hasbro plans on launching a musical toothbrush called “Tooth Tunes” that renders a recorded riff from a pop star that lasts 2 minutes.
TECHNOLOGY
Solar Powered Bag
Solar Style’s solar-powered bag solves the problem of having your mobile devices run out of battery with no plug sockets nearby to charge it back up.
Sensitive Vehicles To Help Drivers
Toyota is working with Stanford University and Affective Media for a few years to create a car that can read your feelings.
ADVERTISING
It’s Online Ads For Small Businesses
Online ads are taking the place of advertising in an annual industrial directory and dozens of monthly trade magazines for small businesses.
SERVICES
Seeking Honey Bees
Honey Bees Network works to connect innovators to other people and companies that might license their inventions to provide them an income from their creativity.
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Now They’re Cooking
Le Petit Cookery teaches children everything from how to use cutlery to healthy eating and proper etiquette.
GADGETS
Hello Kitty Invades The Xbox
The Hello Kitty Crystal Xbox Console takes that definitively non-pink Xbox and converts it to its long-latent color scheme!
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Puppy/Polar Bear Children’s Fridge
Fujitronic makes a series of animal-styled mini-fridges.
WIRELESS
Scientists’ Use of 3G
Orange tells us that its 3G Mobile Office card is being put to unusual use by scientists in the UK!
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Kabbalah and Energy Drinks
A can of sweetened, carbonated, caffeinated, vitamin-charged water to which some Canadian mountain spring water blessed by a rabbi is added.
LIFESTYLE
Turning Your Wall Into a Work of Art
New decorating techniques and products are giving three-dimensional grandeur to walls that is nothing but artistic.
MUSIC
Tempting Downloads
In the search for online customers, entertainment companies are aggressively pursuing college students.
MOBILE
Free Handphone Charging, Anybody?
All you need to charge your mobile is air! Electricity generated by the turbine (developed by IIT) when moved by wind energy could charge a cell phone in an emergency!
GAMES
A Game Investigating The Rhetoric Of Fear Culture
Blowhard is a game where players must increase their anxiety gradually, moving up one stage at a time.
BRANDING
Fake Designer Bags For Real
The world is flooded with fakes and we know that it’s all but impossible to tell a real item from the fake. But now, Dutch design boutique Mind What You Wear is calling a fake a fake with a new series of Fake bags.
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