Automotive
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Automotive tire adapts automatically to road conditions
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Ad campaign links househunters with test-drive of a new car
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Flying car launches in the Netherlands
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Motorbikes made safer with airbag jackets
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From France, an espresso machine for the car
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New Volvo car features an external airbag for pedestrians
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In Canada, repair shop helps customers service their own motorcycles
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At Bahrain auto shop, customers can exercise while they wait
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Electronic tags help prevent disabled parking abuse
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Eco & Sustainability
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Pedal-powered table charges devices in meetings
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Airborne windmills produce fifty percent more energy
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Architectural panels help clean the air around them
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Product placement firm serves brands with an ethical agenda
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QR codes used to encourage citizens to adopt neighborhood trees
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In Mexico, scheme exchanges rubbish for fresh produce
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‘Film farming’ uses no soil and just one-tenth the water
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Luxury eco-toilet includes foot warmer and music system
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App connects consumers with discounts to reduce food waste
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Education
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In Brazil, locator chips in uniforms detect if kids are in school
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App and social network tracks and rewards users’ good deeds
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Online games platform offers educational grants to winners
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Mobile platform enables real-time student performance analysis
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Brazilian school invites students to contribute to lesson plans
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In Singapore schools, a tech-enabled program for self-directed learning
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Tiny $25 computer is designed to teach programming to kids
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PDF reader lets researchers organize, search and annotate articles
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Web app aims to help teachers act on classroom data
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Entertainment
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Music video only plays online when song receives airplay
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Floating cinema brings the silver screen to the sea
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App helps fans pay their favorite artists based on listening habits
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Swedish rapper releases only one copy of mp3 single
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Mobile app delivers real-time captions for live theater performances
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Curated video-on-demand platform promotes a different indie movie each day
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Short films released each month are shaped in advance by the audience
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In South Korea, Kinect and RFID power an augmented reality theme park
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Using headset and software, users control movies with their thoughts
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Fashion & Beauty
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Elastic replacements for laced shoes
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Brazilian fashion retailer displays Facebook ‘likes’ for items in its real-world stores
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From Japan, underwear uses nanotechnology to help combat body odor
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Fashion site documents changing color trends on city streets
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Underwear from vending machines or to the doorstep
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Fashion label caters for people with physical impairments
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Platform taps the crowds to supply bra recommendations
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Fashion brand offers discounts based on a shopper’s social influence
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Online fashion store creates collections based on customers’ designs
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Financial Services
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Platform enables fans to buy company stock through Facebook
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In Japan, cardless ATMs will scan users’ palms
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In Zimbabwe, retailers give shoppers airtime instead of change
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Canada launches a government-backed digital currency
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Crowdsourced credit card lets members share in profits and decisions
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First ever hyper-local crowdfunding platform
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In Chicago, insurance company launches community café for locals
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RFID-enabled watch offers contactless MasterCard payments
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In the UK, crowdsourced bank offers peer-to-peer financial services
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Food & Beverage
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Espresso machine can print text messages on coffee foam with edible ink
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Laser-cut nori rolls enable sushi with a designer touch
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Doughnut shop closes its doors each day as soon as it sells out
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Site helps users choose restaurants based on atmosphere
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In Japan, frozen foam helps keep Kirin beer cold
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At Malaysian jazz club, patrons order drinks using BlackBerry Messenger
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Pop-up store sells chocolate for good deeds, not money
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Prague café hosts art therapy sessions and uses products created
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App connects consumers with discounts to reduce food waste
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Gaming
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Hacked arcade game uses real-time traffic data
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Virtual roleplaying game helps teenagers deal with depression
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Online games platform offers educational grants to winners
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Games developer launches themed restaurant
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DIY app lets users create photo-based social group challenges
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Virtual game lets real-world startups compete against each other
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Facebook game enables real-world social good
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Social game rewards users for performing and photographing real-world tasks
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Service uses gaming to reward consumers for saving money
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Government
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Welsh city becomes world’s first “Wikipedia town”
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Canada launches a government-backed digital currency
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Touchscreen voting station enables Helsinki residents to have their say on new gallery
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In Spain, trains offer first chapter of novels through QR codes
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QR codes used to encourage citizens to adopt neighborhood trees
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In Mexico, scheme exchanges rubbish for fresh produce
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Bordeaux citizens design bike for city-wide rental scheme
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Platform aims to crowdsource job creation in Ireland
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Bomb-proof London recycling solution features LCD displays
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Health & Wellbeing
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Bone-marrow registry kits included inside packets of bandages
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In South Korea, in-hotel spa offers ‘anti-aging’ tourist packages
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With wireless sensors, mobile app will help users improve posture
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Virtual roleplaying game helps teenagers deal with depression
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Charging device simultaneously sanitizes phones using UV-C light
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Robotic device helps disabled people to independently stand and travel with ease
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Japanese eco-friendly shopping bag doubles as safety helmet
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Hangover bus travels to those in need to provide cures
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Cash rewards for consumers who exercise and penalties for those who don’t
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Homes & Housing
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Ad campaign links househunters with test-drive of a new car
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In Canada, contest seeks designs for homes sourced within 100 miles
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Site schedules appointments between real estate buyers and sellers
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In France, a group buying site for new-home construction
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Intelligent thermostat learns from user behavior
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Real estate site puts buyers in control
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In Japan, short-term apartments for young unmarried women
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An open source kit for designing and building a home
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Smoke detector with SMS capabilities
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Life Hacks
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Job-hunting app matches candidates’ personalities with vacancies
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Security-focused USB key enables users to delete data remotely
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Snap a photo of physical junk mail, become unsubscribed
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Real-time weather reports via crowdsourcing and webcams
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Touch-enabled wall paint converts skin contact into electronics control
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In the Netherlands, all-in-one product image studio removes the need for a photographer
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App enables consumers to attach their own comments to product barcodes
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Site rewards families for completing real-world chores
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Open source ‘blocks’ connect the offline world with the web
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Lifestyle & Leisure
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Circuitboard kit turns any object into a computer touchpad
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Peer-to-peer ‘laundromat’ helps neighbors share their washing machines
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A dedicated dog-sitting service for those about to marry
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Notebook system rids surroundings of odors
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Dating service matches cash-strapped travelers with those willing to accompany and pay
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Speaking robot vacuum cleaner has its own personality
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Sensory alarm broadcasts late-night fridge raids on users’ social networks
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Platform publishes embarrassing photos to blackmail users into being more productive
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Young boy’s homemade arcade becomes an internet sensation
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Marketing & Advertising
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In Seoul, retailer uses 3D QR codes and the sun to deliver discounts only during its quiet times
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Sensory alarm broadcasts late-night fridge raids on users’ social networks
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In New York, bedroom furniture store lets customers nap for free
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Site matches event organizers with land owners willing to rent
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In Mexico, supermarkets offer low-cost divorce gift cards
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Flavored parking tickets for sensory advertising
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Rewards for users recommending apps to friends
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Alarm clock app rewards users for guessing which city’s sounds they wake up to
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Product placement firm serves brands with an ethical agenda
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Media & Publishing
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In Spain, trains offer first chapter of novels through QR codes
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Books that double up as smoking papers or a classic dish
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App offers stranded passengers stories based on delay time
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Invisible material can link offline print to digital content
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In Brazil, books sold through vending machines at pay-what-you-want prices
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Augmented reality poetry book can only be read via webcam
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A crowdfunded, book-publishing platform with non-profit extension
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PDF reader lets researchers organize, search and annotate articles
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Web-connected printer creates personalized mini newspapers
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Non-profit, Social cause
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Crowdfunded bridge will be only as long as citizens are willing to pay for
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Crowdsourced project will map internet censorship around the world
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Tourists rewarded for delivering goods to non-profit ventures abroad
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In Paris, store supports and promotes Italian anti-Mafia co-ops
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App and social network tracks and rewards users’ good deeds
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In Japan, emergency provisions delivered by subscription twice a year
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Prague café hosts art therapy sessions and uses products created
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Charity volunteers rewarded with discounts at local businesses
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Academy teaches students how to build bikes, with each first creation sent to Africa
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Retail
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IKEA packs an entire store into a 10.5cm x 8.8cm web banner
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In New York, bedroom furniture store lets customers nap for free
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In Italy, platform enables users to crowdsource small and last-minute grocery deliveries
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Crowdsourced gift ideas based on the recipient’s interests
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Pop-up store sells chocolate for good deeds, not money
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Supermarket scanner recognizes objects without barcodes
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Female shoppers matched up with dates when they buy a pair of shoes
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A dedicated marketplace for crowdfunded goods
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App delivers customers’ shopping history to staff as they check-in
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Style & Design
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Laser-cut nori rolls enable sushi with a designer touch
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Acoustic ceiling for concert halls adjusts in real time to the music being played
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Stock image watermarks made less annoying, more useful
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Crowdfunded bridge will be only as long as citizens are willing to pay for
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Artworks source designs from Google Maps
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QR codes embedded into art on ceramic tiles
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Touch-enabled wall paint converts skin contact into electronics control
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In Brazil, furniture store taps the crowds to help decide product range
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3D printing app can incorporate your face into designer objects
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Telecom & Mobile
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Vibrating telepresence robot baby is designed for hugging during phone conversations
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Sidewalk pavement stones offer Bluetooth and wifi
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Pet owners rewarded with wifi for picking up dog poo
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In Italy, solar-powered phone booth offers wifi and electric-vehicle charging
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Charging device simultaneously sanitizes phones using UV-C light
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In Zimbabwe, retailers give shoppers airtime instead of change
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Designer handbag can charge a phone while on the go
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At Malaysian jazz club, patrons order drinks using BlackBerry Messenger
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Mobile phone runs on a single AA battery
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Tourism & Travel
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Dating service matches cash-strapped travelers with those willing to accompany and pay
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In South Korea, in-hotel spa offers ‘anti-aging’ tourist packages
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Tourists rewarded for delivering goods to non-profit ventures abroad
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Holiday destination searching based on recent temperature trends
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Site enables locals to request items from tourists and offer goods in return
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Plastic surgeon partners with luxury hotel for a bespoke post-op recovery package
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In Mexico, hotel’s “soap concierge” hand-cuts locally made soap
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Hotel offers pet-friendly service, including animal psychic
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In Berlin, stand-alone hotel room comes with local guided experiences
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Transportation
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Unlimited short-haul air travel by monthly subscription
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In London, group running network offers a Tube alternative for the commute home
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In Spain, trains offer first chapter of novels through QR codes
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Bicycles designed for less mobile riders
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Bordeaux citizens design bike for city-wide rental scheme
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In San Francisco, a citywide service for sharing electric scooters
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Virgin Atlantic staff trained to whisper to put fliers at ease
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On New Zealand airline, travelers will bid for better seats
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In Spain, sponsored subway tickets sold for a fraction of the regular price
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