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Digital mirrors let customers try on cosmetics without applying

Earlier this year, we wrote about Shisheido’s Digital Cosmetic Mirror, installed at a Tokyo department

Social networking from any phone in the developing world

There’s little doubt mobile phones can have an empowering effect on those in developing nations,

Tipping cards for travellers enable gratuities without cash

Cash may be increasingly rare as a method of payment in most transactions, but tipping

Unilever launches world’s first smile-activated ice cream vending machine

While instantly gratifying, buying ice cream from a vending machine isn’t as fun as it

Vocabulary tool by Berlitz uses Twitter for social learning

For those who want to learn a new language—or even brush up on a current

Upscale, themed restaurant will sell seating by the ticket

Earlier this year we covered Destination Dinners and its meal kits designed to replicate dining

Duvet suits & boots for cold-weather lounging

By turning down the thermostat by 10 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit during the nighttime hours,

Singapore airport’s four-storey slide rewards duty-free spending

Airports are no strangers to innovation when it comes to attracting business, and we’ve already

Compost service for businesses sells the soil it creates

Where most of the composting initiatives we’ve seen have focused on helping consumers get the

Pop-up container clinic boosts health care in Haiti

If empty shipping containers can be used to create foldout restaurants and pop-up hotel rooms,

Reflective lace combines style and safety for bicyclists

The safety hazards of bicycle and scooter travel may demand protective gear, but that’s no

Selling products for the price of a tweet

We’ve noted on numerous occasions the fact that traditional advertising can no longer hold a