Ideabing - Ideas for the world, FREE! Blogs on Ideation, Innovation, Technology and such. http://www.idea.ideabing.com Ideas for the world, FREE! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:33:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Ideabing Daily Roundup: Hidden Gamer Edition http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/08/ideabing-daily-roundup-hidden-gamer-edition/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/08/ideabing-daily-roundup-hidden-gamer-edition/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:33:45 +0000 Akshaya Murthy http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5167 Hide the Gamer Within (if you must) It’s A Very Russian Idea The Rent Nightly Business Is Hotting Up – Meet Metroflats Boxes Going Green? All Over The Place?]]> http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/08/ideabing-daily-roundup-hidden-gamer-edition/feed/ 0 Hide the Gamer Within (if you must) http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/08/hide-the-gamer-within-if-you-must/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/08/hide-the-gamer-within-if-you-must/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:30:34 +0000 Allison Reilly http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5161 Fifty percent of gamers are between the ages of 18 and 49, with 32 being the average age of a gamer. This means that gamers aren’t just pimply, anti-social teenagers, but adults with professional lives and families. So for those times, when those games and consoles need to be put away and hidden from view, there’s the Arcane table from Surface Tensions. It looks like a coffee table, but has a pull-out arcade controls and and optional built-in media center PC. The table comes with a 26-inch LDC screen and over 100 licensed games from Taito, Midway and Atari. The computer inside also has Windows 7 and stereo 30-watt speakers, so its capable of playing music and movies as well. It’s also priced at over $5000, and that’s without the full PC media center and just the vintage games. It’s an extra thousand to get the PC. Images of the table after the break]]> http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/08/hide-the-gamer-within-if-you-must/feed/ 0 It’s A Very Russian Idea http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/08/it%e2%80%99s-a-very-russian-idea/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/08/it%e2%80%99s-a-very-russian-idea/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:00:25 +0000 Allison Reilly http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5155 How do we stimulate the economy? Russian financial minister Alexei Kudrin has the answer: drink and smoke. Kudrin has encouraged the country to drink and to smoke in order to fill up the coffers with the excise taxes. A new cigarette tax was introduced by Kudrin in June. Once it’s fully implemented in three years, the state government will double what they make now per 1,000 cigarettes and earn £12.59, or $19.37. Drinking will become more expensive in Russia, too. By 2013, heavier alcohol taxes are expected to increase the price of the cheapest Russian vodka from £1.83 ($2.81) to £3.07 ($4.72). ]]> http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/08/it%e2%80%99s-a-very-russian-idea/feed/ 0 The Rent Nightly Business Is Hotting Up – Meet Metroflats http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/08/the-rent-nightly-business-is-hotting-up-meet-metroflats/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/08/the-rent-nightly-business-is-hotting-up-meet-metroflats/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:00:53 +0000 Akshaya Murthy http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5150 metroflats.com]]> http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/08/the-rent-nightly-business-is-hotting-up-meet-metroflats/feed/ 0 Boxes Going Green? All Over The Place? http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/08/boxes-going-green-all-over-the-place/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/08/boxes-going-green-all-over-the-place/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:42:03 +0000 Akshaya Murthy http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5143 Lifebox, then UPS and now Ebay. Ebay is now giving out in its green boxes. But hang on - this one's a little different. Ebay is not going to ship your stuff in it but is just going to give the box to you. The box has space for you to write where its from and a message to a person you are handing it to. The concept is that you will use the box to give someone something and in turn that someone uses it to give someone else, something else. Confused yet? Yeah, I can understand. Ebay's Skype buyout was as confusing. But now the good part - if each of the 100,000 (only??) boxes being "given away" is reused 5 times Ebay estimates that we will save about 4000 trees, 2.4 million gallons of water and conserve enough energy to power 49 homes. Nice thought but the lucky few who get these boxes better use it at least 5 times! Images after the break.]]> http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/08/boxes-going-green-all-over-the-place/feed/ 0 Ideabing Daily Roundup: Safety Plug Edition http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/07/ideabing-daily-roundup-safety-plug-edition/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/07/ideabing-daily-roundup-safety-plug-edition/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:40:49 +0000 Akshaya Murthy http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5139 Simple Design That Saves Lives Next Gen 3D Printers Print Stuff Out Of Glass Talk about a renewable energy source Made with Love]]> http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/07/ideabing-daily-roundup-safety-plug-edition/feed/ 0 Simple Design That Saves Lives http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/07/simple-design-that-saves-lives/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/07/simple-design-that-saves-lives/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:30:26 +0000 Akshaya Murthy http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5133 http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/07/simple-design-that-saves-lives/feed/ 0 Next Gen 3D Printers Print Stuff Out Of Glass http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/07/next-gen-3d-printers-print-stuff-out-of-glass/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/07/next-gen-3d-printers-print-stuff-out-of-glass/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:00:58 +0000 Allison Reilly http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5126 http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/07/next-gen-3d-printers-print-stuff-out-of-glass/feed/ 0 Talk about a renewable energy source http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/07/talk-about-a-renewable-energy-source/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/07/talk-about-a-renewable-energy-source/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:00:15 +0000 Allison Reilly http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5122 Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created miniscule solar cells that have the ability to repair themselves. These cells are just billionths of a meter across but could be able to extend their own lifetime.]]> http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/07/talk-about-a-renewable-energy-source/feed/ 0 Made with Love http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/07/made-with-love/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/07/made-with-love/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:00:02 +0000 Allison Reilly http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5097 http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/07/made-with-love/feed/ 0 Ideabing Daily Roundup: Gen Y Edition http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/06/ideabing-daily-roundup-gen-y-edition/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/06/ideabing-daily-roundup-gen-y-edition/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:00:29 +0000 Akshaya Murthy http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5117 Why don’t Companies pay their suppliers on time? Video: Population growth explained with IKEA boxes Yes, no carbons were emitted upon placing this call Gen x and Gen Y not meeting halfway]]> http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/06/ideabing-daily-roundup-gen-y-edition/feed/ 0 Gen x and Gen Y not meeting halfway http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/06/gen-x-and-gen-y-not-meeting-halfway/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/06/gen-x-and-gen-y-not-meeting-halfway/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:00:18 +0000 Nikhilesh Murthy http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5115 http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/06/gen-x-and-gen-y-not-meeting-halfway/feed/ 1 Yes, no carbons were emitted upon placing this call http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/06/yes-no-carbons-were-emitted-upon-placing-this-call/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/06/yes-no-carbons-were-emitted-upon-placing-this-call/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:00:07 +0000 Allison Reilly http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5089 Looking to get a new phone? Try one of these eco-friendly models, which are not only comparable in price to other models but are made from post-consumer content. Sony Ericsson’s Elm and Naite come with e-manuals instead of a printed one. The Elm has low power consumption to help save energy. The Motorola W233 Renew is the first phone made from recycled water bottles, and comes with a postage-paid recycling envelope for that old phone. The Samsung Blue Earth is the most expensive of the bunch, but comes with its own solar panel, so no more losing that charger or leaving it at the hotel 500 miles away. The Blue Earth is also made from recycled plastic bottles and contains no hazardous materials. Research from 2008 shows that the average person makes 10 call per day. So why not help the earth at the same time?]]> http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/06/yes-no-carbons-were-emitted-upon-placing-this-call/feed/ 0 Video: Population growth explained with IKEA boxes http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/06/video-population-growth-explained-with-ikea-boxes/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/06/video-population-growth-explained-with-ikea-boxes/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:00:02 +0000 Allison Reilly http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5085 Swedish global health professor Hans Rosling demonstrates the past, present, and future of population growth with a “new technology”: IKEA boxes. Global population is expected to hit 9 billion by 2050, but it doesn’t have to continue increasing. Rosling says 9 billion can be the sustainable population of the earth by encouraging green technologies and having the West be the foundation, instead of leader ahead of the masses like its always been. Rosling argues that by raising the living standards of the poor and promoting family planning, the global population can be curved and held at a sustainable level. Rosling began his career as a physician, spending many years in rural Africa tracking a rare paralytic disease (which he named konzo) and discovering its cause: hunger and badly processed cassava. He co-founded Médecins sans Frontièrs (Doctors without Borders) Sweden, wrote a textbook on global health, and is currently a professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Rosling has also argued with many heads of state, including Fidel Castro. Video after the break. ]]> http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/06/video-population-growth-explained-with-ikea-boxes/feed/ 0 Why don’t Companies pay their suppliers on time? http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/06/why-don%e2%80%99t-companies-pay-their-suppliers-on-time/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/06/why-don%e2%80%99t-companies-pay-their-suppliers-on-time/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:00:17 +0000 Alok Kejriwal http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5094 http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/06/why-don%e2%80%99t-companies-pay-their-suppliers-on-time/feed/ 0 Ideabing Daily Roundup: Feces Edition http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/05/ideabing-daily-roundup-feces-edition/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/05/ideabing-daily-roundup-feces-edition/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:56:15 +0000 Akshaya Murthy http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5113 Human Feces + Design = Prosperity Are you in the Kno? That’s one way to get the message out]]> http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/05/ideabing-daily-roundup-feces-edition/feed/ 0 Human Feces + Design = Prosperity http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/05/human-feces-design-prosperity/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/05/human-feces-design-prosperity/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:19:30 +0000 Akshaya Murthy http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5105 http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/05/human-feces-design-prosperity/feed/ 0 Are you in the Kno? http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/05/are-you-in-the-kno/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/05/are-you-in-the-kno/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:00:01 +0000 Allison Reilly http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5075 IPads are all the rage right now, but a giant double-screened tablet could replace the IPad, and textbooks. The Kno will feature two connected 14.1 inch 1440 x 900 anti-glare touchscreens connected via a flexible hinge and weigh just 5.5 pounds (slightly less than the average laptop weight of six pounds). The Kno is geared toward students, where digital learning technology is slow to catch on and to be useful in the classroom. The company (also called Kno, and is short for Knowledge Now) found that even though typical textbooks aren’t engaging, simple things like the ability to see two large pages at once, highlight text, or leave sticky notes on important passages, were all really tough to do with electronic readers. As a 2010 college graduate, the troubles are understood. I downloaded a book to my e-reader to save money, but it was difficult to find the correct page while everyone else had numbers on the corners of their books.
Anyway, the Kno will have 16GB of onboard storage and battery life is said to last about six to eight hours. The device is currently going through student beta testing, and a price has yet to be announced. The company is also still looking for people to be part of the Advisory Panel and to help determine the future of the Kno. Images after the break
]]> http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/05/are-you-in-the-kno/feed/ 0 That’s one way to get the message out http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/05/that%e2%80%99s-one-way-to-get-the-message-out/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/05/that%e2%80%99s-one-way-to-get-the-message-out/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:00:32 +0000 Allison Reilly http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5071 British graffiti artist and political activist Banksy has created an anti-BP statement where you’d least expect one, both ordinarily and for Banksy. A coin-operated Dolphin kiddie ride adorned with a fishing net jumps over a leaking BP oil barrel in Brighton, England. Two girls seen in a video riding the dolphin don’t pay any attention to the subliminal messaging, even as someone who seems to be their mother snaps a photo of them and the dolphin on her cell phone. Perhaps that’s the point, to make people take a second look when there seems to be something weird with the dolphin. Banksy (who’s true identity is still unknown) has been known for environmental commentary through his art, but this veers from his traditional style of urban graffiti. Images and video after the break]]> http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/05/that%e2%80%99s-one-way-to-get-the-message-out/feed/ 0 Ideabing Daily Roundup: Band Aid Edition http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/04/ideabing-daily-roundup-band-aid-edition/ http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/04/ideabing-daily-roundup-band-aid-edition/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:28:51 +0000 Akshaya Murthy http://www.idea.ideabing.com/?p=5069 New Band-Aid brands so germs don’t stick on you Do More for your Money Move Over Airbnb – Localbigwig is here]]> http://www.idea.ideabing.com/2010/09/04/ideabing-daily-roundup-band-aid-edition/feed/ 0