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Page 4: Springwise weekly | high end wearable solar fashion, and the rest of this week’s most exciting new business ideas — 27-02 April 2014

The importance of our smartphones has

led to charging points being installed in a

number of outdoor places, from parasols

to handbags. Now a Netherlands-based

fashion designer has created Wearable

Solar, a range of high-end garments that

feature solar panels, enabling wearers to

charge a mobile device.

Read more about Wearable Solar »

1. High-end fashion items collect and store solar energy

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In big cities, congested roads mean that

public transport is the predominant mode

of travel and if residents need to take a

car, it’s usually a taxi. The Netherlands’

Hopper has already explored the

possibility of eco taxi travel with its one-

person electric scooters, and now

Mellowcabs is enabling South African

citizens to travel for free in its electric

cycle cabs that are funded by advertising.

Read more about Mellowcabs »

2. In South Africa, free-to-use electric cycle taxis are paid for by ads

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For event organizers and promoters,

collecting an email address and a name

from each ticket buyer is good for future

marketing, but not for really getting to

know the community of people that are

engaged by their shows and events.

Aiming to put a face to the names of

customers, the Selfie Ticket provides a

more personal and fun way to create a

unique admission ticket.

Read more about the Selfie Ticket »

3. ‘Selfie Ticket’ puts a face to event attendees’ names

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The crowd can make or break a concert

— if they’re not having a good time then

the entire event can fall flat, and the best

performers can adjust their sets by

reading the audience’s reaction. A piece of

wearable tech called Lightwave now

hopes to make this process easier, by

delivering crowd engagement data to DJs

in real time.

Read more about Lightwave »

4. Smart wristband tells DJs if the audience is enjoying the show

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Drones have recently been touted as an

option for businesses to more quickly

deliver products to consumers without

having to send out a human driver, but the

speed of the flying robots could have wide

implications for healthcare. We’ve already

seen Germany’s Defikopter project

explore the possibility of getting

defibrillators to heart attack victims before

the paramedics even arrive, and now San

Francisco’s QuiQui is set to offer 24/7

delivery of pills and prescriptions via

drone.

Read more about QuiQui »

5. In SF, pharmacy goods will be delivered in 15 mins via drone

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Regular readers of Springwise may

remember Unbox Love, the subscription

service that helps busy couples revive

their relationships with date ideas in a

box. For those whose relationships are

beyond repair, Japan’s Shitsuren Box —

which translates as Break Up Box — aims

to soothe recipients’ broken hearts while

also supporting pregnant women in

developing countries.

Read more about Shitsuren BOX »

6. Break Up Box cures broken hearts while helping couples in

needunit

Page 10: Springwise weekly | high end wearable solar fashion, and the rest of this week’s most exciting new business ideas — 27-02 April 2014

Plagiarism is a major concern for colleges

today, meaning when it comes to writing a

thesis or essay, college students can often

spend an inordinate amount of time

ensuring their bibliographies are up to

scratch, to the detriment of the quality of

the actual writing. In the past, services

such as ReadCube have made it easier to

annotate and search online articles, and

now Citelighter automatically generates a

citation for any web resource, along with a

number of tools to help students organize

their research.

Read more about Citelighter »

7. Broswer extension automates academic citations of online

material

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This is part of a series of articles that looks at

entrepreneurs hoping to get their ideas off the

ground through crowdfunding. At the time of writing,

each of these innovations is currently seeking

funding.

Wearable tech has for the most part been

focused on fitness tracking, but that’s not

the only way we can keep our bodies and

minds healthy. Currently seeking funding

on Indiegogo, Sunsprite is a clip-on

sensor that detects if wearers are getting

enough sunlight.

Read more about Guilty Pledgers »

8. Wearable device tells you when you need more sunlight

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While wearable tech can often offer great

practical uses, consumers won’t go for it if

they think it looks silly — take the

backlash against Google Glass, for

example. Taking this into consideration,

Cuff is a new collection of stylish jewelry

products that come with a discreet and

detachable Bluetooth module that, when

pressed, lets friends and family know if

wearers are in trouble.

Read more about Moff »

9. Customizable jewelry range features a smart rape alarm

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Weird Of The Week: This is part of a series of

articles that looks at some of the most bizarre and

niche business ideas we see here at Springwise.

Eating is about more than just the taste of

the food in our mouths, and the

experience can be enhanced or tainted by

a whole range of factors, from

atmosphere and ambience to dining

partner. NY-based artist Emilie Blatz has

now created Lickestra to take advantage

of just that, demonstrating ice cream that

acts as a musical instrument when it’s

licked.

Read more about Lickestra »

10. Ice cream offers a musical accompaniment with each lick

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The fashion industry has come under fire

for its increasing use of ultra-thin models,

which promote false ideals and don’t

represent the body shape of the majority

of consumers. In the past we’ve seen

China’s Vancl Star app enable its own

customers to model their clothes, and now

London-based Anti-Agency is offering a

roster of unusual, creative and punky

models to give fashion campaigns a more

‘real’ edge.

Read more about Anti-Agency »

11. A fashion agency for alternative models

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Caller ID has made it easier for both

businesses and consumers to make a

decision before they pick up the phone

since its implementation in the telecoms

world, and we’ve even seen apps such as

SayWhat provide subject lines for

incoming calls. With today’s smartphones,

the urge to check every notification is now

one of the biggest timekillers, and new

Android app called Mumble uses custom

alerts to give more information about the

type of text message they’ve received

before they look at their device.

Read more about Mumble »

12. Custom SMS notifications help users decide if they should

bother checking their phone

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Nobody enjoys waiting in a queue, even if

it’s for something they really want. Apps

such as Qminder have provided a way for

businesses to avoid crowded waiting

rooms or long lines of customers by

providing them with smartphone

notifications when their appointment or

reservation is ready, and now another app

called Shout wants to turn queues into a

marketplace, where users can buy and

sell spots in line for new games consoles

or a table at no-reservation restaurants.

Read more about Shout »

13. App lets users barter to jump queues

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Dating isn’t the easiest thing in the world,

and it’s made more difficult when there’s a

gender imbalance in the city. In New York

City, there are 100,000 more women of

dating age, and in San Francisco, there

are 40,000 more men than women. To

solve this problem, matchmaking service

The Dating Ring is helping the two

groups out by flying single New York

women across the country for long

distance dating.

Read more about The Dating Ring »

14. Group dating service connects New Yorkers with San Franciscans

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