24th May.
We've already seen one mobile app that rewards kids for keeping parents updated as to their whereabouts and well-being, but Evado Filip takes a different approach. Earlier this year the London-based company launched VIVOplay, a wearable mobile communications and location device designed to help families stay connected.
Watch-sized VIVOplay uses a ... Read More
Food & Beverage
24th May.
Queuing is more often than not an annoyance for consumers and can also be bad for business. Estonian startup Qminder has already offered one option ... Read More
Homes & Housing
24th May.
We've already seen an iPad app that lets consumers seek guidance from the masses on design plans for their homes. Now taking that crowdsourcing premise ... Read More
Decentralized cloud service turns servers’ waste energy into household heat
Germany-based AOTERRA hopes to place cloud servers in people’s homes, using the waste heat they produce to keep the properties warm.
Platform helps businesses recruit relevant research volunteers
Singapore-based UserScout connects willing participants with market research projects in one place.
Sellers take a photo – app prices, sells and ships consumers’ unwanted items
Sold. prices, sells and delivers homeowners’ unused items simply by getting them to take a photo of the object.
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.
