In Shanghai, an architectural company revealed their plans to build a 100-hectare green district which is able to feed over 24 million people when it’s finished. The district uses different techniques such as algae farms and floating greenhouses. This district might be the answer to the question ‘how are we going to keep people healthy in…
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Signal: Moodmetric
A modern mood ring that tracks your feelings through biometrics. A ‘normal’ mood ring changes colour by the temperature changes in your skin, but Moodmetric ‘reads’ the small changes in your skin, depending on mood changes. The Moodmetric sends the results to an app on your phone. It’s made for people to get more aware of what makes them…
Signal: NIKE Unlimited Stadium
The NIKE Unlimited Stadium, designed by BBH Singapore, is being built at this moment in Manila. The stadium lets you compete against your digital self. A giant LED screen is showing your avatar as you compete with it. The runners are wearing trackers in their shoes to follow their time and where they run the…
Signal: Pill Cap
Pillsy is a Bluetooth-enabled bottle who sends you a message when you need to take your medication. The Pill Cap is designed for people who need to take medication on a regular basis. The user needs to enter in the app, the pill name, the doses and what times it should be taken the app does…
Signal: The Shelter Box
The Shelter box serves as a bed, chair, table and a bag- all in one. Designed by MIA Onlus, a non-profit organization, that wants the homeless to be safe and warm. The box is designed to be relatively light and protects an individual from moisture and the cold.
Signal: Better Shelter
Designed by John Karlsson, Dennis Kanter, Christian Gustafsson, John van Leer, Tim de Haas and Nicolo Barlera in cooperation with Ikea and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The shelter is designed for people who are fleeing their homes because of war, danger or natural disasters. The ‘houses’ include ventilation, solar power, LED-lights and mobile chargers. The houses…
Signal: The Mokase Phone Cover
Always in a hurry and never time to get a nice cup of coffee in the morning? The Mokase phone cover turns your phone into a portable espresso maker. Simply by putting in a disposable system, you can tell trough an app to heat up the coffee and it will be ready in seconds. The…
Signal: Elbow Cassette Player
Who in this period of time still remembers what a cassette player is? You would think that no one would really want that time back, yet there is a whole group of people who would really love to go old school again with a little touch of the futer. For those people there is Elbow…
Signal: Food in Jar
It may look strange when your food arrives in a glass jar but the owner of Ancolie swears by it. Chloe Vichot, the founder, says the regular plastic and paper packaging only lasts for about 2 minutes before that you throw it out. But a glass jar keeps your food clean, there are no chemicals that…
Signal: Echo Look
Amazon’s latest innovation is the Echo Look. A camera that is voice controlled and takes photos of you with your outfit of the day. Besides just taking the photo is creates a lookbook from your daily outfits and then is able to suggest clothing from different shops. The camera device had also learned how to…
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