CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 6

CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 6 – September 9, 2004
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
• Wear Your Mobile Phones
Mobiles are set to become wearable products which express the owner’s personality. You’re going to see watches, bracelets, and necklaces that are actually mobile phones!
• A Vineyard… in the Concrete Jungle
Calling all passionate wine connoisseurs and aficionados! Crushpad Inc. has great news for you! City dwellers (and practically anyone) will now have a place to select, sniff and crush your own grapes.
• Tiny Dots That Protect Your Car
You have paid thousands of hard-earned dollars for your dream car. If some evil car thieves stole it, it would be a surprise if you don’t blow up like a volcano. Thanks to DataDots, if this ever happened in real life, you would be able to recover your precious car in a matter of time.
• God and Mobile Phones
If you are in need of faith and religious inspiration, your mobile phone may be able to help you out. For Christians, The Pope’s Thought of the Day will be especially useful!
• Solving The Working Parent’s Dilemma
Are you a working parent who is too tired to cook after reaching home in the late evening, but who still wants to let your family taste home-cooked food rather than takeout food? ConAgra Foods has the solution for you!
• The Music Jukebox In Your Phone
Imagine… you could actually have a mini-jukebox in your mobile phone! T-Mobile has recently launched Ear Phones, introducing a totally new category in music.
• Talking To Your Car
Come October, Honda will be the first carmaker to include in some of their models, technology that enables drivers to converse with their cars about where to go and how to get there. It uses a voice-recognition and text-to-speech technology from IBM.
• Whimsical but Practical
Have you ever wanted furniture that are practical but yet have a whimsical element for your precious child? Well, you can find all those qualities in Italian firm MAGIS’s furniture designs that include Upside-Down Chairs, Puzzle Carpets, Football Tapes and so on!