One of the more intriguing questions I have come across when Chris (my team mate) forwarded me this lead. Soccer ball? Kerosene lamp? Huh?! I can’t figure out the relation till I read the article, and what a clever idea it is! sOccket, produced by a group of Havard students, generates and stores electricity during play, and this can be used later to light up a lamp, or charge batteries and handphones. This gadget is especially useful for developing countries where electricity is not readily available, and could replace the use of kerosene lamps that could lead to health problems after prolonged exposure.
With more than 3000 beverages in their portfolio, what other products can The Coca Cola Company come up with to delight its customers? Enter Coca Cola Freestyle. This drink dispenser contains only 30 flavour cartridges but is able to churn out more than 100 types of soft drinks. The intelligent machine also collects data like consumption trends and inventory management which is sent back daily to the company for analysis. The Freestyle took 4 years in making before it was tested in the U.S market around mid 2009. I am sure the project team went through rounds of prototyping and identifying the touchpoints to come with this machine. Perhaps they too, use design thinking as part of their innovation process.
I got this neat piece of information from my Programmes and Exhibition team mates (Thanks Chris and Denver!). With a little bit of creativity and ingenuity, the fruits and veggies that we eat everyday got transformed into London’s famous skyline. Note to Parents - try doing this to get your kids eat their veggies! Ha!
And if the pictures look too stylised to be real to you, watch this video below.
I absolutely heart this video. An initiative by Volkswagen, The Fun Theory shows how the concept of making something fun can motivate learning and change of mindset. They are not the only ones who think along this line! Our creativity and innovation workshop - “Ask Stupid Questions” is conducted in a fun, gameshow format that aims to allow participants to learn and have fun at the same time!
Imagine you are in a Balinese spa having a lulur scrub, relaxing under the skillful strokes of the therapist, except that you are not in a real spa but in jail! Malaysia’s Kajang Prison came up with this innovative idea for inmates who committed minor offences. The objective is to teach inmates a new skill that could be used upon their release. For as little as S$13, customers can enjoy services such as massage, scrubs, facial, manicure, and pedicure. Hmm…what other services can inmates provide, and at the same time allow them to learn useful skills? Ideas anyone?
The 100 odd audience was expecting another talk, however they were in for a few surprises. The “Ask Stupid Questions” talk, which was held as part of the SIM Members’ Day event on 22 Aug, turned out to be not an ordinary talk but a talkshow! As the session progressed, they were in for another surprise – they have to participate and come up with their own sets of stupid questions.
Hosted by Agent Hazriq Idrus, the audience had a fun time during the one and a half hour session with games and laughter (some participants were subjected to forfeits!), while learning the art of asking stupid questions.
As one participant summed up at the end of the session, “Very enlightening!”
We would like to thank the audience for their active participation and we hope that they enjoyed the session (as much as we did! really!). We also hope that they have brought back useful tools – through our unique way of facilitating the session. This is what we call ASQ edu-tainment!
The Clingstone is a 103-year-old house built on a rock at Narrapansett Bay, Rhode Island, Newport. First built in 1905 by J.S Lovering Wharton, the house was abandoned after his wife passed away. It was then bought over by distant cousin Henry Wood, an architect, in 1961 at a price of US$3,600 and he lovingly refurbished the house to what it is today. This house, which looks compact on the outside actually has 23 rooms spread over three stories.
Here’s a creepy question for you during the Halloween! Shadows coming alive sounds scary, but if you watch the video below, you’ll be amazed! Pilobolus (named after a fungus that grows on cow dung) is an internationally renowned dance company. One of their forte is shadow dance, where dancers twist, contort, and integrate their bodies with other dancers to form shapes like taxis, famous landmarks, and even an elephant! Check their video out, impressive indeed.
Nope, I am not talking about uninspiring inflight meals here. “Dinner in the Sky” is a unique concept where diners are suspended 50 metres up at whichever venue they choose, and enjoy a meal with a (spectacular) view! The platform is able to take up to 22 seated guests and 5 standing wait staff. You can choose the venue (anywhere in the world) as long as the local authority’s approval is given; and it is logistically possible to do so. You can even have musicians performing while you eat!
The answer is yes, if you are residing in the EU. The Internet Eyes, based in the UK, offers a cash amount of £1000 to viewers who spot a crime happening while watching commercial CCTV cameras. Based on a point accumulation system, the CCTV videos are streamed to computers of viewers who subscribed to the live feed. They then send a SMS to the owner of the CCTV when a crime is spotted, and obtain points that allow them the opportunity to get rewarded with up to £1000. Read more here.
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