Last year we wrote about Spanish food brand Gallina Blanca and its initiative to send consumers personalized recipes via Twitter, but recently we came across a like-minded effort that takes the conce...
Regular Springwise readers may recall Out of Office Ad, the effort we covered last summer that lets users monetize their out of office email autoreplies. Operating on a similar premise, New Zealand-b...
Online gifting has been an ongoing theme here at Springwise over the years, and recently we came across an effort with an interesting new twist. Targeting Facebook friends, Delaware-based DropGifts l...
We’ve already seen companies such as Dole Organic marking their produce with three-digit codes via stickers to give consumers information on their origins. Now, as part of a marketing drive to ...
We recently saw PleaseBringMe.com offer a way for tourists to contribute to the community they are visiting by delivering products from abroad as they travel. Now travellers can take something back f...
QR codes have proved themselves to be a useful tool across a wide range of industries, and the catering sector is no different. In February, we covered the LA-based Paperlinks service, which enables ...
We’ve picked out our top ten Marketing & Advertising articles from the last year on Springwise. We hope that the campaigns and initiatives listed below — which could potentially be adapted...
The ubiquity of cell phones has inspired countless creative ways to keep them charged, whether it’s through a pedal-powered table, a charging handbag or a USB-equipped urban bicycle — to name j...
Allergy-sufferers have already seen a number of innovations to help them avoid food that causes discomfort, from translation cards to food traceability apps. Placing allergies at the forefront of the...
We recently reported on Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble’s wifi-blocking wallpaper, which aims to make home and business networks more secure against unauthorized use. San Francisco-based sta...
This week we caught up with Daniel Noonan from Pikup, the media platform that pays artists a fair share based on how often their fans listen to them, which we first covered in April of this year. Dan...
Innovative and eco-friendly hotel rooms are nothing new to our virtual pages here at Springwise, but one we hadn’t had occasion to cover yet is Swedish Treehotel and its near-invisible, forest-...
We’ve seen a number of tech-enabled efforts aimed at monitoring user health, including not long ago the Skin Scan app focused on melanoma. Recently, however, we came across a related effort fro...
Technology has already benefitted playground users in the form of the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder, which allows parents to rate the quality of children’s areas online. Now the Son-X Octavia device...
UK-based eco media agency CURB has already demonstrated an innovative use of living organisms as a form of advertising with its DesignGrass, which requires neither soil nor watering to provide a natu...
We’ve already seen several social networks aimed at kids, but recently we came upon one with an interesting twist. Targeting “kids who make,” DIY aims to give creative children a place to celeb...
Sportswear has been considerably refined over the years for enhanced breathability and performance under various weather conditions, but improvements to protective gear that must be worn by police of...
The cocoa industry is one that has been especially affected by social movements to improve its practice, from fair trade to ideas concerning sustainability, such as Original Beans‘ scheme to pl...
We’re always keen to efforts designed to help nurture startups here at Springwise and providing a place for young companies to grow is one of the best ways of going about it. In the past, we...
Pop-up structures are no longer a new phenomenon on our virtual pages, but recently we came upon an example with an interesting twist. Specifically, through a partnership with manufacturer Dufaylite,...
Aimed at riders using their bike for tricks or sports, the new Audi e-bike Wörthersee features an onboard computer that can connect to a smartphone, offering challenges and tips on how to improve per...
Some may argue that the hassle-free provision of non-essential medical treatment, such as Hangover Heaven‘s traveling cure for post-binge woes, only serves to promote reckless behavior. The int...
Hard on the heels of our story about WeWatt’s pedal-powered WeBike table comes word of a similar innovation, this time from the hospitality industry. Enter the UK’s Cottage Lodge, which now fea...
The rising number of smartphone users has increased the demand for wifi capability for all, and we’ve recently covered new ideas providing internet access in parks — via dog owners — and even e...
We’ve already seen food outlets in the US doing their bit to tackle global hunger with the Halfsies initiative, which donates to charity when customers order half-sized meals. Now a risky adver...
We’ve already seen public transport and library indexing both gamified, so it is perhaps no surprise to now see that same thinking applied to lemon trees. Aiming to encourage existing food grow...
Rambler aims to pair inquisitive travelers with unique experiences — gamifying travel with a points system to offer something a little different from well-worn tourist trails. Founder John Roa first ...
It’s not just smartphone screens that can be used as touch-based sensors – as we’ve recently seen with On/Off paint, enabling homeowners to control electric appliances such as lights with...
There are innumerable ways digital content can enhance real-world experiences, but it’s fairly safe to say we’ve never seen such efforts undertaken on so large a scale as in Monmouth, Wal...
It was only a few weeks ago that we wrote about Share Some Sugar and its service designed to help neighbors share rarely used items, and here we are again with another related spotting. Hailing this ...
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