CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 9

CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 9: 02/01/05 – 09/01/05
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue:
WIRELESS
Smart Elevators
Elevators that do not make people wait for them. Instead, they wait for people.
LUXURY
These Jeans Cost $1,000 A Pair
New York-based designer ratcheted up the stakes with the introduction of A.P.O. Jeans, offering fully customized denim embellished with diamond, gold and platinum details — starting at $1,000 a pair.
Personal Trainers Come With Hotel Stay
Hilton has signed an exclusive agreement with Bally Total Fitness to provide hotel guests with access to personal trainers at Hilton or Bally locations in major cities throughout North America.
FOOD & BEVERAGE
Coca Cola’s New Clothes
“Wellness from Coca-Cola” is a new line of “healthy drinks” popular in Japan, and may be headed for America.
Starbucks Rolls Out ‘Chantico’
‘Chantico’, a new gourmet drinking chocolate beverage, will be offered at Starbucks shops in the United States and Canada beginning January 8, 2005.
MEDIA & PUBLISHING
The Sales Comic Book
The Sales Comic Book contains the first edition of hilarious, most memorable moments from a collection of over 500 sales blunders.
LIFESTYLE
Life Can Be Easier!
Life can indeed be easier, with Vital Concierge Services.
Stressed? Try the Screambody
The Screambody is a wearable space for screaming! When a person needs to scream but is in the office, classroom, looking after children, or in any number of situations where it is just not appropriate, ScreamBody acts as a surrogate lung allowing the person to let the scream out of their own body and into a body extension.
ENTERTAINMENT
The TV Strikes Back
TVs are hotter than they’ve been in decades. Screens are getting bigger and brighter.
MOBILE
This Mobile Will Change Your Life
A new service launching this week lets people’s mobile phone rule their life.
FASHION
Biojewelry
Biojewelry combines biotech and design to give a new emphasis to debates concerning genetics.
GADGETS
CES Unveiled
At the annual CES Unveiled, there were plenty of interesting finds from the world of gadgets and gizmos.
iPod Flash Will Have A Screen?
Some serious dirt about the supposed flash-based iPod that’s going to be announced next week.
Akiba PC Watch’s Weird Items of 2004
Akiba PC Watch, a division of Japanese tech news giant Impress Watch, has posted the results of their “Weird Items Found in Akihabara” competition.
HEALTH
Kraft & South Beach Diet
Kraft introduces new poducts for South Beach Diet.
FURNITURE
Wellness Furniture
Aranador will unveil the “wellness furniture” concept.
View this issue of the CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter by clicking here. Subscribe for free (bonus gifts included with subscription) by clicking here.