What if Google changed their business model? Let’s imagine if instead of profiting from advertisements and our constant Googling the search engine giant decided it had enough cash flow and was willing to pass all its revenue to betterment of our world by donating to causes you love. That probably goes against every business book […]
Archives for April 2014
Making lighting fun with a cube
New lighting technologies such as Hue have transformed how our environments can interact with all conditions. Like no other time have our abilities to specifically manage the lighting environment in the most acute of manners been opportune. However, what if you wanted to have a little more fun with your lighting without having to deal […]
Vancouver startup Coogobox helps designers bring products to life
Building a toward a growing community of designers and idea makers, Coogobox by founder Ken Chen from Vancouver aims to help product designers bring their concepts in to reality. In concept the idea is simple, users/designers upload their concepts for the community to vote on, successfully polled products are then fine tuned by the Coogobox […]
Sometimes a scribble says more than a word, picture or sound
Eskiis is a new and easy way to create and share visual messages with your friends on social media networks. Eskiis is as straightforward and even more simple as using a real marker pen and a piece of paper. There are Social Media Platforms to share your words, your photos, your voice or sounds, but […]
Temperature control in your building via the crowd
Luckily for us winter is coming to an end, in some parts it’s extend far beyond expectations. During the cold months some embrace under a blanket others crank that heater to cope with Mother Nature’s fury. CrowdComfort is a new tool that helps those in charge of facilities find the perfect temperature setting by tapping […]
It’s like Mint, but for your stuff!
You own a ton of “things”, these “things” are placed everywhere, from your home to storage lockers to under your bed, but what are these “things” worth and what if you needed to apply an action to them? Trov helps you take account of the items in your life as a personal cloud app to […]
TinyTorch helps businesses share engaging and relevant content on social media
78% of consumers say that the posts made by companies on social media influence their purchases but more than 65% of businesses struggle to produce enough engaging content to build their social following says Calgary startup TinyTorch. The startup helps businesses find and post content that not only is relevant but engaging to post on […]
A tea cup that’s a SlingsHOT
One of our most popular articles of all time was our share of the Fogring. The little donut shaped device would fit into a tea cup and used ultrasound while it floated on water to become a humidifier. The little ideas that fit in or relate to a tea cup definitely astound and inspire us. […]
Better user experiences for your address
Building a better user experience is a paramount of concern for developers and designers alike. The need for a product to be simple, fluid and full of eye-candy can’t be understated. But with everything there are elements within a build where there may not be a solution that’s effective enough one of which is the […]
The Growth Chart by Beanstalk Labs
Do you remember when you were growing up and your parents would mark your height on the wall at home? The idea for the Growth Chart is heavily grounded in our experiences as children. Co-fonder Danny Nathan has fond memories of his parents marking heights on the wall of where he grew up. But in […]