Added 31 January, 2013
The MGM Grand Hotel and Casino's "Stay Well" rooms are designed in partnership with wellness real-estate pioneer Delos, the Cleveland Clinic, and Dr. Deepak Chopra. They feature advanced room lighting that improves guests' internal clocks by assisting in the regulation of melatonin production, wake-up light therapy that increases energy and...
Added 29 January, 2013
A hacked clock points to the best commuting option based on publicly available transportation and weather data.
Added 26 January, 2013
Rio de Janeiro is mixing technology with tradition to provide tourists information about the city by embedding bar codes into the black and white mosaic sidewalks that are a symbol of the city. The city plans to install 30 of these QR codes at beaches, vistas, and historic sites, so Rio's approximately 2 million foreign visitors can learn about...
Added 7 January, 2013
The Legoland Hotel at Legoland California will feature 250 guest rooms decked out in all the familiar Lego visuals, divided into three toy themes: Pirate, Adventure, and Kingdom. Although the hotel itself isn't constructed using Lego block-like materials, as some might hope for, the building is swathed in so much of the toy's iconography there...
Added 7 January, 2013
The Trakdot Luggage tracker was specially built for travel convenience, as it comes in the form of a palm-sized tracker which is extremely light, and will fit nicely into just about any size bag. The luggage locator system itself is capable of delivering city-specific information on the whereabouts of checked baggage in real time. In the rather...
Added 7 January, 2013
The MKZ (and its Ford cousin, the Fusion) use a new system called Lane Keeper that literally steers the car down the road. A forward-looking camera mounted in the windshield mirror assembly reads lane markings and, if it determines you’re about to drift out of your lane, steers the car back toward the center of the lane. Other companies offer...
Added 25 September, 2012
Along with other car-makers, BMW is putting its effort into increased fuel efficiency, rather than electric models in order to meet mileage and emission goals being imposed by governments. Instead of rushing an all-electric car to market, BMW is focusing on making its internal-combustion powertrains as fuel-efficient as possible.
Added 25 September, 2012
An actual hotel inspired by a supermarket? In Neuwid, Germany, The Food Hotel has lobby furniture that looks like soup cans, tables and cushions in the guestrooms that are shaped like biscuits and theme rooms inspired by supermarket food and drinks. Oh and the hotel's logo is a barcode.
Thirty six of Germany's biggest supermarket names teamed up...
