MINI Austria and Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann have picked up the Epica Awards Outdoor Grand Prix for “MINI Traffic Lights”, a set of creative rolling digital billboard installations in Vienna. In order to remind drivers of the playfulness and agility of the classic MINI, scrolling billboards were placed at highly frequented locations in Vienna, perfectly synchronized with the traffic light...

45 million turkeys are killed every year at Thanksgiving, compared to just 22 million at Christmas. This year, a Thanksgiving dinner will be more expensive than ever - $50.11. Back in 2000, it cost an average of just $36.78. Most Americans are going to drink wine around the dinner table this year, followed by liquor/spiritis/cocktails and non-craft domestic beer.[statista]

What if you could save the Earth, just by walking on it? That's the idea behind SolePower, which released a new video yesterday. The device is a insole for shoes that convert the kinetic energy of a person's steps into electricity that can be stored in a battery and used to power mobile devices. Every time that your heel hits the ground, the pressure turns a tiny generator in the insole, which...

Citigroup and Diebold are developing card-less, screen-less ATMs that will enable users to withdraw money just by looking at it.Banks are always looking for more secure means of customer identification in a bid to minimize fraud. We have already seen Indian bank ICICI enable customers to use their voice as a password for telephone banking. Now, Citigroup is developing an eye-scanning ATM that w...

Ahead of its imminent opening in early 2016, ‘carmel place’ — new york city’s first micro-apartment development — has officially began leasing. located in kips bay, the nine-storey scheme comprises 55 units, varying in size from 260 to 360 square feet — 40% of which are set aside for affordable housing. coinciding with the launch, the building has partnered with stage 3 properties to intr...

It’s amazing that in 2012 92.2 million U.S. adults redeemed online coupons and by 2016 this figure is expected to rise to 124.4 million. Also, 85% of these people like personalized offers based on previous purchases so this is something worth considering for all businesses. This infographic from Colour Fast looks at maximizing the effectiveness of digital coupons.Infographic : http://infograph...

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Augmented and virtual reality are the new hotness, as VCs and corporates get in on the act. While Facebook’s multi-billion dollar acquisition of Oculus got everyone’s attention early last year, it’s only in the last 12 months that investments accelerated.Augmented/Virtual Tech, Real InvestmentThere was a slow trickle of AR/VR investments from 2006 until late 2014. Then Magic Leap raised $542...

Get ready for the Google Monocle. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a new patent to Google for a potential upcoming version of Google Glass. The best way to put it is that it doesn’t look like a pair of glasses anymore — it’s a glorious monocle that wraps around your head.Here’s an abstract from the patent:The band is adjustable such that it can be configured by a user to con...