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Ryuji Nakamura’s Midget & Giant
A clever way to create a virtual environment (via swissmiss)
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Seat Geek
Seatgeek.com pulls together concerts and sporting deals from the biggest online ticket sites and organizes them in a stock market model. They even have it setup so you can setup a ticket portfolio: http://seatgeek.com/ticketportfolio.
So many online possibilities for start-ups with this stock market model.
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Interesting transportation concept that saves time and energy – The train that never stops
How it works (view the movie):
1. To board the train :
The passengers at a station embarks onto to a connector cabin way before the train even arrives at the station. When the train arrives, it will not stop at all. It just slows down to pick up the connector cabin which will move with the train on the roof of the train. While the train is still moving away from the station, those passengers will board the train from the connector cabin mounted on the train’s roof. After fully unloading all its passengers, the cabin connector cabin will be moved to the back of the train so that the next batch of outgoing passengers who want to alight at the next station will board the connector cabin at the rear of the train roof.2. To get off the train:
As stated after fully unloading all its passengers, the cabin connector cabin will be moved to the back of the train so that the next batch of outgoing passengers who want to alight at the next station will board the connector cabin at the rear of the train roof. When the train arrives at the next station, it will simply drop the whole connector cabin at the station itself and leave it behind at the station. The outgoing passengers can take their own time to disembark at the station while the train had already left. At the same time, the train will pick up the incoming embarking passengers on another connector cabin in the front part of the train’s roof. So the train will always drop one connector cabin at the rear of its roof and pick up a new connector cabin in the front part of the train’s roof at each station.via Jake Berlin
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Compost Cab
A way for urbanites living in the DC area to setup a compost system. Compost Cab provides people “with a standardized bin equipped with a sturdy, compostable bag liner. Each day clients will fill the bin with their organic material, and once a week—on a reliable, fuel-efficient schedule—Compost Cab will pick up the bag, leaving behind only a clean bin with a new liner. The cost is simply USD 8 per week per bin; no long-term commitments are required.”
via springwise
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Universal Packaging System
“It seems a box is always too big or small so designer Patrick Sung came up with flat sheets of recyclable corrugated cardboard called the Universal Packaging System or UPACKS. The patterns make it easy to fold and conform to almost any shape while maintaining structural rigidity and protecting the contents. Love the idea of saving on packaging but will this actually work? I suspect each sheet would have to be sufficiently padded; not too thick, not too thin, but just right said Goldilocks.”
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Thisweknow.org
An easy way to explore US gov data for your city. Currently the data includes instances of cancer, amount of toxins and factories, unemployment and demographic stats, etc.
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Let’s Colour
A worldwide initiative sponsored by Dulux to transform grey spaces with colorful paint. Their mantra is Grey is out. Gloom is gone. “The community focused project has seen car parks, schools, streets and squares transformed from dull, oppressive, grey spaces into areas of eye-poppingly vivid colour…” Read more at weheart.co.uk.
via notcot
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SyncFu is a Free Widget for Group Buying
SyncFu, like Groupon, gives customers the ability to get volume discounts. Since the deal is done directly in the seller’s web shop, there are no intermediaries, and the seller keeps all the profits without any fees.
via springwise
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Google Launches Bike-Friendly Maps
Bike routes are currently available on their maps in 150 cities in the US.
via design mind
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A Celebration of Spare-Time Recreational Persuits
A social event at Harvest where “each speaker has 5 minutes to explain their particular recreational pursuit, followed by a 5 minute Q&A with the audience. There will be alcohol, and for one night, the answer to “What do you do?” will not be about your day job.”
via @swissmiss
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Forum For Money
WPquestions.com is a clever business model where experts answer emergency coding questions and earn money.
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AisleOne’s Clever Use of Hashtags
The dashboard on AisleOne features tweets that include the hashtags #minimalism, #helvetica, #grids and #typography. It subtly strengthens their content, gives their community a place to be seen and probably helps their SEO with relevant keywords.
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Using Crowdsourcing to Control Inventory
“ModCloth’s initiative, called Be the Buyer, encourages customers to vote online on clothing samples. If a garment receives enough votes, ModCloth will sell the item.”
via inc.com
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How are we doing at MLK’s Dream?
I found this question on SoulPancake.com “It is a place to speak your mind, unload your questions, and figure out what it means to be human.” Interesting idea for a site.
via drawar.com
