If you were an 80’s, 90’s baby or born even earlier, some of the best memories served has to be on your favorite console device conquering Zelda, scoring touchdowns on Tecmo Bowl, or throwing flaming punches in Super Street Fighter 2. As more and more people start using mobile devices for gaming, developers are abandoning […]
A Bandage That Blends With Your Skin
This Chameleon Bandage takes the concept of band-aid protection a notch higher by becoming literally invisible. A concept design and recent entry to the 2012 IF Design Talents by Xue Xing Wu, Zi Yu Li, Yue Hua Zhu and Zhi Qiang Wang the human bandage blends with your skin to be unnoticeable. Although the designers […]
Cheddar: Simple task management synced everywhere
Plenty of to-do list applications exist on the App Store, some herald infinite features, while others focus more on simplicity and clever interface design. Some of the task organization apps on the market are better than others, but we find those that hone-in on simple design with scaled back feature sets win because they help […]
Goalpost uses gamification and social networking to help you quit smoking
Kicking a bad habit is a personal battle that can be hard to understand unless you’re going through or have gone through it. Smoking is one of those habits. Smoking is one of those habits that call’s for you to pick up a pack that clearly states that bad things will happen if you continue […]
HangMessage: A way to make texting fun again
Growing up there have been many ways to send or remember messages. Remember when tying a string to your finger meant to remember something important or when sending a message through snailmail was the best way to connect with another? From carrier pigeons to now emails, texting and cloud services as a society we uncover […]
Picpack Prints Your Instagram Moments As Magnets
There’s always new and inventive ways to use Instagram pictures and Picpack jumps on the recent trend to print your favorite moments, but as magnets. The personalized printing service are 2.28” squared and come cut with the classic rounded corners familiar with Instagram photos. You select 12 of your favorite Instagram photos and it costs […]
Tokken asks you to pay it forward
Yesterday we asked the question: “What would you do with a lot of money?” The project started by a wealthy and anonymous benefactor gives out a thousand dollars away every day to a stranger with the expectation that the money be used to do good – “Paying It Forward”. Tokken is a soon to be […]
What would you do with a lot of money?
Not too long ago we shared Raise5, a crowdfunding platform that gives people who are short on cash but big on talent a creative way to raise money for their favorite charities and non-profit organizations. The team behind the terrific idea has since gone on to prestigious acclaim and winning the Virgin United’s first “Screw […]
Perfecting the social science of trade
Over the past few weeks the water cooler talk at our New-Startups.com offices has been about the hit A&E show Barter Kings: A show that follows two traders move up the trading cycle to attain prestigious items. For instance they may start with a simple iPod Touch and after 6 trades end up with incredibly […]
Punch Street delivers snailmail with a youthful focus
We’ve always had a special place in our heart for startups that utilize snailmail and bring back a bit of that nostalgic feel of holding something real in our socially digital world. From niche subscription offerings to Instagram printed mail, the ideas behind snailmail products are abundant, but Punch Street keeps it more in-line with […]