23rd May.
When energy is transferred, heat is always a waste product – however, if the heat can be captured it can be converted back into useful energy. This is something that the creators of the BioLite stove and device charger has already recognized, and now Germany-based AOTERRA hopes to place cloud ... Read More
Marketing & Advertising
23rd May.
We've already seen astronomers and cancer charities tap the crowds to help them with their research, but regular businesses can't do this so easily. UserScout ... Read More
Homes & Housing
23rd May.
Internet marketplaces have made it possible for sellsumers to turn their unused objects into extra cash, but the process of getting those items online, ensuring ... Read More
Airline commissions books that can be completed in flight time
Australia’s Qantas airline has created a range of new fiction titles for its customers, selected to correspond with flight times.
In Israel, QR code application form only scannable by students with high IQs
Only students with the right quiz answers are able to correctly fill out a QR code to apply for a place on the Kidum 700 course.
Subscription service offers a taste of a different city’s culture each month
Try The World offers boxes of products sourced from a different corner of the world each month.
Glowing polar bear energy sensor, book and app educates kids about global warming
The Bobo energy display, storybook and app for kids illustrates the connection between home energy consumption and the wellbeing of polar bears.
App notifies recruiters when criteria-matching jobseekers are nearby
JobProx is a smartphone app that connects recruiters and employers with job seekers when they happen to be in the same vicinity.
Concept store enables customers to make and share their own digital ‘look book’
The Karl Lagerfeld Store in Amsterdam is enabling online sharing of new looks straight from the changing room.
Bespoke alternative prosthetics boost amputees’ self esteem and style
The Alternative Limb Project is helping a stylish audience boost their self esteem, with its fashionable, unconventional prosthetics.
Eco & Sustainability
