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11 June 2007 FURNITURE
AlphaSphere Relaxation Lounger
Vienna Artist and Designer Sha has created a relaxation lounger, which he named AlphaSphere. The shape of an over-all spatial solution optimizes relaxation time by fully immersing human senses with colour, light, sound, warmth and vibration. Different perception dimensions blend into one holistic multi-sensory experience. Hearing, seeing, feeling allows experiencing senses not as separate sensations, but as a whole. Colour, shape and light in unique combination with sound, vibrations and warmth lead to ultra-deep relaxation or even meditation.
The AlphaSphere lounger
reduces stress:
· enhances serenity and inner balance
· gives strength to deal with stressful situations
· helps maintain a good work-life balance
· increases calmness and mental efficiency
recharges human energy:
· helps find new strength
· creates a rewarding sensation of flowing
· enables mental journeys to an inner reservoir of strength
· activates natural self-healing powers
enhances creativity:
· stimulates imagination
· helps focus on core issues
· makes room for inspiration
· provides a feeling of comfort and trust
eidens perception:
· creates pleasant physical sensations such as weightlessness
· opens up a new dimension of sensorial delight
· intensifies body perception and self-perception
· broadens the limits of space and time
The shapes, colours and materials used for AlphaSpace are perfectly tailored to emphasize multisensory impact. Multi-layered lining creates a visual three-dimensional, wave-like movement, the so-called moiré effect. The human eye is rewarded with a new sensation of spatial depth. Spatial limits cease to exist.
Children who tried AlphaSphere showed amazing reactions, instinctively lying down on the floor – part of the enormous “Spatial Loudspeaker”. They wanted to experience the sounds with their entire bodies and “grasp” them with all their senses.
Adults apparently felt a “civilizational barrier” that kept them from doing the same. These reactions led to the creation of a cultural tool that would allow adults to plunge into an intense sensorial experience while remaining in a socially “safe” environment.
The design uniqueness and usability makes AlphaSpace popular in such location as hotels, spas, airports, beauty salons, fitness and wellness centers, etc.
In these locations the profitable business model provides:
· rapid amortization due to image-boosting asset
· low personnel expenses, it is easy to operate, doesn't require previous knowledge, just plug & play installation
· low operating costs
Website: www.sha-art.com/
26 April 2007 PACKAGING
Inbuilt Automatic Dosing System for Packaging
EasyDose is a Danish start up company that developed an inbuilt dosing system for all forms of powder, granulate and liquid products. The system can be made of almost all materials being used for packaging like carton, cardboard, plastic and metal. The EasyDose concept has recently won the Best Idea of Denmark - an invention competition that has been broadcasted live on national TV channel.
Depending on what product shall be dosed, the device can be made as an independent unit, which can be attached to the existing packaging or as an integrated packaging part produced from the same material as the packaging. The system does not have any movable parts and thus cannot break.
The dosing system works automatically when the bottle, paper carton or other packaging is tilt down for distinct dosing and thus doesn’t require consumers to change their habits.
The uniqueness of the system is that consumers don’t need to measure or weigh the product, because the inbuilt dosing chamber does it automatically when the packaging is tilted.
The correct dosing of washing powder saves environment, equipment and money as well as decreases allergy reactions. The correct dosing for food products guarantees on optimal taste (Nescafe, cacao, milk powered for babies, etc). With EasyDose one gets the same dose each time when the bottle is tilted. Each tilt gives a volume of, for example, an average tee spoon. The system makes it also easier for those who wish to loose weight, because the correct food dosing is essential for body energy balance.
The integration of EasyDose into existing packaging provides great added valued for the product for a very low extra cost. Millions of bottles and boxes are produced daily for products, which will be simpler to dose with an integrated dosing system. The EasyDose logo will tell consumers that the packaging has an integrated dosing system, which is activated by a simple tilting. The EasyDose is a must opportunity for all packaging producers as well as manufactures of powder, granulate and liquid products that require correct dosing.
Website: www.easydose.dk
17 April 2007 CONSULTING SERVICES
Energy Saving and Environmental Impact Consulting
We already got used to rising cost of energy. With growing economies the energy consumption has been steadily increasing. In developed countries the cost of energy has a major influence on inflation. Companies and households have so far offset the rising energy bill by relatively cheap money supply. Recently, however, the gradually increased interest rates are making the consumers more sensitive to higher energy prices.
So far most of the energy comes from fossil fuels, which increase the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere making the Global climate less stable.
The rising energy cost together with the negative global climate impact is going to increasingly motivate people to save resources and money at the same time.
One can expect more emphasize on consumer’s behaviour and energy efficiency, which is understood as delivering maximum service to meet human needs (e.g. cooling food, easing communication, ...) with the minimum input of energy resources.
Energy saving is most effective if people are aware of the available options. For example some power utility introduced several awareness raising programmes for their customers. One of them is a device which measures the electricity consumption every quarter of an hour and provides information to the client about energy saving and the rate structure. The client can recall data about the current consumption compared to the previous month and other comparative data. Moreover the device shows to the client the price for each unit of electricity in the different time zones and indicates how much money can be saved when using energy during the low-price tariff period. This system helps to save energy because it shows exactly how much money can be saved by the client.
Other utility started an extensive advisory service for its clients to promote energy saving. This includes consulting at either an office based info-centre or a mobile ‘info-bus’. Energy consultants are available on demand to visit customers at home and develop an energy-saving plan for every single house. They also initiate seminars for consumers on special issues like the use of renewable energy sources. In Denmark, ESS, the main utility company is regularly distributing to its customers free brochures providing energy saving tips applicable to each of the four seasons.
More dedicated energy saving companies are popping up around the world offering practical advice for cutting down energy and water usage and reducing their environmental impact.
One of such companies is Sydney-based Todae that offers businesses a detailed report that explains how to cut costs and go green. Todae's service is geared to small to medium businesses looking to save money, be less harmful to the environment.
The energy saving is an excellent concept, which could not only assess the energy efficiency but as well the environmental impact. In our previous posting we explained how global warming brings new business ideas and opportunities. The energy saving and environmental impact assessment service is one of the opportunities that can be easily branded and franchised.
13 March 2007 ENTERTAINMENT
Goodbye, television. Hello, Joost
For years Microsoft and others have tried and failed to bring the Internet to TV screens. But the Joost™ is doing the opposite: moving TV to Internet.
Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis founders of Skype, the first big Internet-powered phone service, have been talking about the idea behind Joost™ for a long time. But to make it work, they needed the right combination of factors - widespread broadband and powerful computers in particular. In early 2006, the time was right. Gathering the world's best engineers, web gurus and media visionaries, they started work under the code name of The Venice Project™ - and now, after much fretting and polishing, that work is ready for public viewing.
Joost™ is a new way to watch TV, free of the schedules and restrictions that come with traditional television. Combining the best of TV with the best of the Internet, Joost™ gives more control and freedom than ever before - control over what users watch, and freedom to watch it whenever they like. Joost™ provides a platform for the best television content on the planet - a platform that will bring the biggest and best shows from the TV studios, as well as the specialist programs created by professionals and enthusiasts. It's all overlaid with a raft of nifty features that help users find the shows they love, watch and chat with friends, and even create their own TV channels. Joost™ uses secure peer-to-peer technology to stream programs to clients’ computers. Unlike other TV and video-based web applications, it does not require users to download any files to their computers or browse through complicated websites. All one needs is a standard multimedia computer and Joost™ software. The best think is that Joost™ is free. The revenues come from 1-3 min ads popping up each hour. The TV content comes from providers like Viacom and JumpTV. The test Beta version now offers fewer than 50 channels, but it will soon have hundreds. The fully polished software is planned to be released this summer.
Website: www.joost.com
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