New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
TECHNOLOGY
3D Laser Crystal
Our developments revolutionize the marking of different materials by laser technology. With our laser subsurface engraving method the surface remains untouched. The desired marking is carried out inside the material. We call this method “Vitropgraphy”
Personalise Your Electronic Devices
Just days ago, millions of people around the world were gifted at least one of the “big 10” electronic devices boosting in store and online. In capitalizing on this trend towards personalization mytego.com has developed a technology where customers can personalize any one of those “big 10” electronic devices.
GADGETS
H3 Campack
The Backpack offers easy control for your digital video camera, (most versions of the 4th and 5th gen) iPod, and Bluetooth-equipped phone. The primary focus of the backpack is an external lens that connects directly to your video camera (compatible with a variety of cameras) and a joystick remote on the shoulder strap.
AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL
Biodegradable Plates
It’s true, I don’t host many brunches or entertain a lot from home, but if I did, I would definitely get these biodegradable dinnerware sets, not just because they are attractive (call me boring, but I hate paper plates with designs on them, especially seasonal and holiday themes).
DESIGN
Your Own Bag
Pimp your bag with Timbuk2’s Build Your Own service. You can design your own messenger bag for your laptop or textbooks. Choose the size, material, colors and accessories that best suit.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Smoothie Does It
If you’re looking to be energised, want a boost for your love life or just a hangover cure, crushed fruit, yoghurt and milk may just hold the answer. According to a new report by consumer analysts Mintel, smoothie sales have soared in the past five years, and Bradford’s health conscious shoppers have been reaching for the drinks in their hundreds moving the product from niche market to mainstream.
Celery Straws
Duda Farm Fresh Foods in Florida has engineered celery stalks with hollow centers. These “celery straws” can flavor Bloody Marys through sipping or hold a hidden cream cheese or peanut butter surprise. Watch for the edible swizzle sticks to start appearing at restaurants and hotels soon.
MARKETING
Marketing Air Fresheners
Younger customers are at the forefront of the boom in air fresheners, which have grown up since the first Air Wicks and Glade sprays hit the shelves two generations ago. Thousands of new products have made their debuts — plug-ins, fragrance fans, diffusers, flashing light shows — becoming pricier and fancier every year..
ENTERTAINMENT
Ping Pong Not Doubles Anymore
Boyd has successfully prototyped a new three player version of ping pong, cleverly named TriPong, that uses plexiglass “nets” to divide the table into three wedges, one for each player. Each wedge contains a neutral zone and a scoring zone, hit the ball into a players scoring zone and they fail to return the shot, you score. Simple enough.
HEALTH & BEAUTY
Mobile Spa
Some people won’t be able to travel, due to either lack of time or of money. Therefore Arizona Mobile Spa provides services directly to clients at home, at the office, or in a hotel suite. Arizona Mobile works via a network of spa professionals.
TOURISM
Spiritual Retreats
In its many forms, spiritual tourism is the “oldest and now one of the fastest- growing segments in the travel industry,” said Dallen Timothy, an associate professor at Arizona State University and a co-editor of “Tourism, Religion & Spiritual Journeys”
ADVERTISING
360 Degree Attention
The patent-pending 360 Degree Mobile Video Billboard delivers ad content (even 30-second moving spots) to thousands of eyeballs in a given hit. Right now it’s in New York, LA, Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco. You attach it to your car, truck or SUV.
MARKETING
Selling time
Entrepreneurial Peter Sauer has devised an intriguing way to earn money to pay his college expenses. Sauer created a promotional Web site named www.OneYearForSale.com, which offers exactly what it says: a year’s worth of web time at the price of $1 per minute.
CULTURE & MUSIC
My Love Song
Have you ever wished that you could write your own love song for that special someone in your life? TailoredMusic.com enables anyone to create their own personalized love song with the confidence and finesse of an experienced songwriter.
FASHION
Doodad Couture
Many women covet a $6,000 Hermes Birkin bag. But for Amanda Miller, who carries one to work, the appeal lies not in the exclusive bag but what’s on it. Hanging from her Birkin are unusual charms, including a skull from Prada and a plastic bunny in a space suit that she bought from a vending machine in Tokyo.
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