35 posts tagged “trendwatch”
Available in a wide variety of designs ranging from dignified to humorous, these coffins are made from cartonboard materials and are 60% recycled paper and wood. Choose from your country's flag, favorite sport or pastime, nature designs, or have one custom made and have the opportunity to express yourself perfectly one last time.
Find out More at: http://creativecoffins.com/
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NEW SITE HELPS PEOPLE REACH THEIR GOALS WITH COMMITMENT
Whether your personal goal is to drop 20 pounds, quit smoking, hit the gym, or even stop biting your nails, stickK uses the power of a "commitment contract" to encourage you to "stickK" to your word.
Developed by two Yale professors with backgrounds in law and economics, the stickK concept is based on the idea that most people will commit to something if either their reputation or their funds are at stake. With this in mind, users are asked to create a Commitment Contract in which they choose a goal and a timeframe, add stakes (completely optional), choose a referee (sister, coworker, etc.) to monitor progress, and choose supporters (your cheering section). The Commitment Journal, in which users leave detailed accounts of their progress (or lack thereof), facilitates an honest, well-documented account of the journey to success or the shameful downward spiral to failure. Add optional stakes? Success gives you your money back, and Failure gives the money to charity (or the lucky someone you've chosen).
Maybe with your rep and your wallet on the line, the road to a healthy lifestyle will be a bit easier.
Find out more at: http://www.stickk.com/
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Founded in Boston by three dudes craving late-night grub, Night Owl recently hit up our city! Night Owl will deliver anything you want from almost anywhere in the city directly to your doorstep — and we mean anything. Burrito and a barf bag? Gladly. Toothpaste and Q-tips? Righty-o. Porn and eggs? Baby, they got it. Just pick your pleasure, place your order, wait for a spell, and you’ll be sittin’ pretty. They’ve got deals at a number of local restaurants, so you don’t pay any extra for your order.
Night Owl Deliveries (312-421-7695 or http://www.nightowldeliveries.com/)
Who needs a sink when you've got MomSpit? We're speaking of a favorite no-rinse cleanser that, unlike its original inspiration, cleans beautifully and comes in yummy scents like Lemon & White Tea. It's ideal for the times when you're on the move and in your groove and you notice the milk moustache or ketchup fingernails and there's no bathroom in sight.
Whether you're urban, suburban or good old country, a soccer mom, golf dude, fashion diva or business suit, MomSpit was designed with versatility in mind.
You can buy Momspit online at: http://www.momspit.com/getMomspit/
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InstyMeds™ is the health care industry’s first fully automated ATM-style dispenser of prescription medications designed to be placed in doctors’ offices, clinics, emergency rooms and other healthcare facilities. Each holds 100 of some of the most often used medications that can range from pills to drops to creams and so forth.
InstyMeds machines require that physicians create prescriptions electronically, which are then transmitted to the vending location. The machines include several safeguards to insure patients receive the proper medications their doctors ordered. From the patients’ point of view, however, the ordering process is relatively simple. They enter their prescription number and birthday via a user-friendly touchscreen monitor, then insert either cash or credit cards to cover co-pays, while their insurance companies are billed automatically.
Besides saving time for patients, InstyMeds machines also save pharmacists the slow and potentially error-prone process of counting out medications by hand. Indeed, relieving pharmacists from such routine tasks could turn out to be the machine’s major benefit. With pharmacist salaries in the United States climbing over USD 100,000, the time savings can mean significant cash savings. The vending machines, which are accessible 24/7, likewise could help alleviate a growing shortage of pharmacists. Moreover, InstyMed’s founders note that by handling routine prescriptions the vending machines let pharmacists focus on more important tasks such as counselling patients.
More information at: www.instymeds.com
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The BabySport Water Bottle Nipple Adaptor. Just as the name suggests, the device screws onto most commercial water bottles to transform them into baby bottles in a matter of seconds. Moreover, it's small enough for parents and caregivers to tuck into a pocket. The product retails at just USD 1.95 to 2.49 and are available for purchase online at Amazon.com, the neighborhood 7-11 or Circle K convenience stores, and at Jewel-Osco locations.
Website: www.babysportonline.com
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As people are stockpiling online friends and contacts through social networks, it makes sense to let them be as giving to their online friends as to their offline buddies. Online flower store Social Flowers spotted a business opportunity, and has created a way for consumers to send flowers to their Facebook friends without having to ask for their personal details. How it works? Users install the Social Flowers Facebook application, select a recipient from their friends list, pick a floral gift and pay. Social Flowers then sends the recipient an email and a Facebook notification requesting their address, and the flowers are delivered by one of 30,000 local florists in the US and Canada. Social Flowers aims to extend its service to other social networks as soon as possible.
Website: www.socialflowers.com
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Bucking the trend of ever-expanding dining portions, Chicago-based Minnies is out to prove that bigger isn't always better. Featuring a wide selection of bite-size gourmet burgers and sandwiches—including traditional favorites such as grilled cheese and Reubens, alongside the more inventive Mykonos (roast chicken, tzaziki sauce and kalamata tapenade) and Thanksgiving delight (roast turkey, cranberries and wild rice gravy)—Minnies applies nouvelle cuisine portions to casual dining. Besides serving waistline-minded eaters something to nibble on, the fifties-style diner gives hungrier customers the mix-and-match pleasure of tapas restaurants.
Minnies
1969 N Halsted
Chicago, IL
Open Daily 11 am - 2 am
Breakfast Served 7:30 am - 11 am Saturday & Sunday
Afternoon Tea 2 - 5 Monday through Friday
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24 hour take-out window
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In an effort to integrate computers with everyday flat surfaces like counters and mirrors, Microsoft recently announced their plans to launch a new 10-inch multi-touch table top computer interface, called Surface. Surface has no keyboard or mouse and users instead use their fingers to intuitively draw, drag and write. The computer will also have the ability to interact with things that are placed on it, such as cell phones and credit cards. With an initial price of between $5-10K, Surface will initially be used by corporate clients including hotels, casinos, phone stores and restaurants. Keep an eye out for interactive menus this fall, as Surface is debuting in November.
More Info at: www.microsoft.com/surface
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One of the world’s favorite fast-food options just got even more convenient with Wonderpizza —the world's first vending machine to serve up piping hot pizzas in less than two minutes. The Wonderpizza machine stands at about six feet high, six feet wide and three feet deep, and holds up to 102 pre-sliced 9-inch pizzas in separate and sealed trays. The pizzas are frozen using a special process. Once they’ve been thawed and placed in the machine, they have a shelf-life of 12 days. Standard varieties are Cheese, Vegetables and Ham, but other varieties can be produced on request (minimum order is 39,000 pizzas). Using a high-intensity toaster oven cooking process, Wonderpizzas are heated upon order and delivered fast and hot at a suggested retail price of USD 5–6.
Based on more than five years and six million dollars worth of research and development, Wonderpizza originated in Italy and is now beginning worldwide distribution, seeking regional and local distributors, dealers and agents.
Website: www.wonderpizza.org — www.wonderpizzausa.com
