CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 29

New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
LIFESTYLE & LUXURY
Media Immersion
In the world’s most media-saturated city, people take a break by checking themselves into media immersion pods: warrens cluttered with computers, TV’s, video games and every other entertainment of the electronic age.
RETAIL
Smart Shopping Cart
It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors let it follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it.
GADGETS
USB Massager
Idea Shop’s super-small massager has drawn the admiration of workers struggling through the day and students who want to loosen up during long hours of test preparation.
AUTOMOBILES
Car Broke Down?
The Jump-N-Carry is a much easier way to jump a car; no jockeying the live car to kiss bumpers, no stretching jumper cables between cars.
Various Fuels On Car
Volvo showcased its Multi-Fuel, a vehicle prototype capable of running on gasoline, ethanol, methane, natural gas and Hythane.
SERVICES
Delivering Baggage
Typical is Camp Trucking, based in Denver. Employing an army of college students on summer break, the firm picks up baggage at the homes of campers and delivers it to camp just before a session begins.
Mobile Office
A card costs ZAR 1,000 (USD 145 / EUR 115), and gives holders access to all of the facilities at Habitaz, each of which are charged by use.
Webcast My Wedding
WebcastMyWedding.net is able to provide broadcasting of weddings to a couple’s friends and family unable to come over from (or to) far flung places.
Travel Entertainment
Launched yesterday at Schiphol Airport, Fuel for Travel lets consumers download travel guides, music, audio books, tv shows and movies to their MP3 players and other digital devices.
AGRICULTURE & ENVIRONMENTAL
Windsave Saves You Money
Sensing a real opportunity, British/Scottish Windsave launched the Windsave 1000 system, which is able to produce energy enough to run a TV, DVD player, computer, fridge/freezer and several lights.
FOOD & BEVERAGES
Food Text Services
The service – short for “mobile order” – enables Manhattanites to order and pay for food ahead of time.
Healthy Meals
Time to outsource those bleary-eyed mornings of sandwich making. Bay Area parents of pre-K to eighth-graders can sign up for Kid Chow to really pack it in – lunchboxes, that is.
Cocktail Kick
The company is proud to introduce Cocktail Kick — a new product that adds an extra puckery, tart, tangy taste to adult beverages like margaritas, mojitos, martinis, bloody marys, and more.
CONSUMER GOODS
Outdoor Fridge
Keep your beer cool in this Weber Chill Refrigerator that can be rolled indoors or outdoors according to your needs.
Kids Soap
A new product called, “SquidSoap” is designed to teach kids good habits in washing their hands thoroughly.
Trash Without Pest
Terry Feinberg was tired of having pests and animals snooping around his garbage bags, so he decided to come up with a new type of bag that would discour-age them by both scent and color.
Tracking Time
Next time you open a jar, bottle, or package, stick a Timestrip on it. Once it’s activated, the genius product counts down to expiration.
ONLINE & SOCIAL NETWORKS
e-Real Estates
The company offers website design, e-mail marketing and personal coaching to real estate agents nationwide with projected sales of $18 million.
WIRELESS
Smart WiFi Bunny
Well this bunny can teach you tai chi, read your e-mail, report the weather or stock market, pull RSS feeds and tell you the time.
HEALTH & BEAUTY
Mobile Dentist
On-Site Dental owns two trailers, each fitted with two dental offices in which dentists and hygienists see about 1,000 patients every Monday through Saturday in the parking lots of 11 casinos in Las Vegas.
FASHION
Jam Sells
Ladies/Girls’ Accessories are now available for sale on a LJ site! All kinds of items to suit everyone from FRUiTS fans and decora girls to the classy and hip ladies who want a bit of spice.
PETS
Cool Vest
Originally marketed in Japan, the Cool Vest is now being sold in the United States to keep dogs cool in hot weather.
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