A Suitcase Collection that Addresses Issues Faced by People Who Travel
MOVE-ON is a suitcase collection that addresses some issues frequently faced by people who travel. The concept of “traveler” is a bit outdated and the modern nomads are in fact “experience seekers” who need more than just tools for their journeys. With MOVE-ON we want to show how suitcases can be as practical and beautiful [...]
Should Cars Have Clear Fuel Efficiency Labels Like These?
The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are cleaning up cars. Well the labels anyway. All new cars and light-duty trucks sold in the U.S. are required to have a label that displays fuel economy information that is designed to help consumers make easy and well-informed comparisons between vehicles. Most people recognize [...]
Why Common Wisdom is Often Unwise
Heard this recently; “There’s always room for improvement”? What about “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”? W. Edwards Deming was an American engineer and statistician who educated the Japanese about quality control for the best part of the last century. Imagine that. He was worshipped in Japan for his ability to find continual improvements [...]
Buy Tapped and Help Put an End to Bottled Water.
“these companies are taking something great, that belongs to all of us, repackaging it and selling it back to us. And we think we are getting something great in return” We feel a little late on this one. Brought to you from the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car, Tappedspills the goods on all the bad [...]
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Jeremy Rifkin Discusses The Empathic Civilization
“The Empathic Civilization is emerging. A younger generation is fast extending its empathic embrace beyond religious affiliations and national identification to include the whole of humanity and the vast project of life that envelops the Earth.” Jeremy Rifkin In this talk from RSA Animate, bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the [...]
A Detailed Look at the High Cost of Insomnia in the United States
In mainstream culture the term “insomnia” is used frequently to describe the inability to fall asleep. If you stay up late at night, bleary-eyed because you can’t go to sleep you typically say you have insomnia. You might call it an “attack of insomnia” or “bout of insomnia,” for an isolated sleepless night, or you [...]
Nat Geo’s Big Idea | Augmented Reality in a Revealed World
Imagine bubbles floating before your eyes, filled with cool info about stuff you see on the street. Science fiction? Nope. It’s augmented reality. And one day it’ll be as routine as browsing the Web. Early forms of AR have already arrived. After downloading software, owners of smart phones like the iPhone and Droid can use [...]
The William Re-Inventing the Stove Top & Cooking
The William is a clever re-invention of the stove top – one that; dynamically uses all available surface space by dividing it into 1,500 heat cells has intelligent and intuitive user experience is flat, flush and easy to clean. 1,500 separately heated, touch sensitive honeycombs Each pot or pan creates a unique signature on the [...]
Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper | The Masters of Pseudovariety & Illusion Diversity
It is intereresting to note that only three firms control 89% of US soft drink sales. This dominance is obscured from us by the appearance of numerous choices on retailer shelves. Steve Hannaford refers to this as “pseudovariety,” or the illusion of diversity, concealing a lack of real choice. To visualize the extent of pseudovariety [...]
To Live and Ride in L.A.
Visit: To Live & Ride In L.A. OFFICIAL TRAILER from TRAFIK on Vimeo. TRAFIK presents The Official Trailer for To Live & Ride In L.A. (toliveandrideinla.com) Over a year in the making, To Live & Ride In L.A. is the first feature-length film about L.A.’s underground fixed-gear culture. Directed by David Rowe (Fast Friday), the [...]
Cyglo, Designed to Revolutionise Cycling Safety & Awesomeness
A unique, patented invention designed to revolutionise cycling safety. Using high powered LED lights embedded in the tread or wall of the tyres, Cyglo Tyre creates a ring of light that maximises visibility on today’s busy roads. Switched using a motion sensor within the tyre, The LED bulbs can either flash or be permanently on, [...]
We can all learn a lot from the humble ant.
Have you ever watched ants close up? It’s an interesting study. A few months ago I watched a group of ants converge on some food scraps in a park. Over the course of several hours they carried all of the scraps away presumably back to their colony. Fascinated by this I set up a few [...]
California’s 19 Billion Bag a Year Habit Now a Mocumentary
Filmed in the style of a nature documentary and narrated by Academy Award-winner Jeremy Irons, this “mockumentary”, though lighthearted in tone, hammers home the stark reality of California’s plastic bag pollution situation. View on YouTube and share to help get AB 1998 approved by the Senate! Help stop California’s 19 billion bag-a-year habit and put an [...]
Kolelinio, When Flying into the City is Not Only Science Fiction
kolelinio from kolelinia.com on Vimeo. Kolelinia Lab is a place where alternative transport conceptions are developed. We live in a strange world! Nowadays the technological achievements are great, but at the same time the means of conveyance evolve extremely slow. We drive vehicles that are about 20 times heavier than our bodies and we build [...]
Re-Invent The Book Review with The Rise of “Collaborative Consumption” & Win
We have teamed up with Collaborative Consumption and Shareable.net to give you the chance to win. We believe in sharing and recognize that sharing is also an important emerging industry. It’s critical for the future of the environment, the way we mobilize and socialize—ultimately, the way we live and function together as a society. It’s [...]
Help Crowdfund The Future & Create a Thirst for Change.
321 Water Crowdfunding 2.0 View more webinars from Half A Teaspoon Pty Ltd. Gretha Oost doesn’t believe there are any problems too big to solve. Her high ideals and big ideas mean that if she sees something that needs to change in the world, she figures out a way to do it. Running a small [...]
The Surprising Hidden Facts Behind the Water We Use Everyday
The largest part of your water footprint may be the surprisingly large amount of water needed to grow and produce the food you eat. Here is a look at much water it really takes to support your lifestyle. Here, National Geographic take us through the surprising hidden facts behind the water we use. The average [...]
An Eclectic Office Made up of Shipping Containers in Geneva
This eclectic interior architecture of an office building in Geneva was recently realised by the internationally acting practice Group8. The office is called Cargo and Group8 worked with the furniture manufacturer Dynamobel to create this insanely cool space. Old and disused cargo containers are stacked one upon the other in order to provide some silent work and [...]
uncluttered white poll | uws asks for your thoughts on making water better
Did you know that 70% of bottled water companies gain high profits by drawing water from public water sources, putting it in plastic containers, and reselling it at 2,900 times the price of regular tap. Not only does bottled water contribute to excessive waste, it’s likely no safer or cleaner than our tap water in [...]
Adidas Create Runbase | Tokyo’s Coolest Running Club
Why Every Restaurant Should Allow Bill Splitting generated quite a debate, producing differing views regarding the level of adaption businesses should practice to service their customers. Here is Adidas view on customer service. Re-inventing the use of their floor space.Located near one of Tokyo’s most popular running locations, the Imperial Palace, the Adidas store has installed 16 [...]
How Apple Buried the Past, Avoided Bankruptcy and Became an Icon
In 1985 Steve Jobs got booted out of Apple, the company he co-founded back in 1976. In his absence the business plummeted to such a degree that bankruptcy was a distinct possibility. When he returned in 1997, following the acquisition of his company NeXT by Apple, he inherited a business with severe cash flow problems, [...]
An “Original” Californian Brand with Over 5 Million True Fans
We were sent this amazing video during the week and it had an instant emotional connection with me. I love a lazy surf, ride mountains as often (as a dad can with 3 kids) and in my spare time, ride ramps and the local car park with my kids on our skateboards. I decided to dig [...]
Is Driving Making you Fat?
View the GOOD Infographic Here The crew at GOOD are again spewing out Infographs that get us thinking about how we live our lives. It’s a simple equation: Exercise more and lose weight. Still, many people spend most of their time either behind a desk or driving to or from where that desk is located. [...]
