Facebook used to find blood donors in emergencies
Socialblood uses Facebook to connect people of the same blood group, facilitating blood donations in emergency situations.
Hospitals around the world depend on blood donors for the treatment of patients in emergency situations, as well as for the treatment of patients with ongoing conditions. Some blood types, however, are less common than others, making it harder to find matches. Now in India, Socialbloodis taking advantage of Facebook to connect people of the same blood group, facilitating blood donations in emergency situations.Socialblood was launched this summer by 22-year-old founder Karthik Naralasetty... Read The Rest →We want to employ this kid!
Check out this brilliant pint sized developer!
Thomas Suarez is a 6th grade student at a middle school in the South Bay of Los Angeles. When Apple released the Software Development Kit (SDK), he began to create and sell his own applications. “My parents, my friends and even the people at the Apple store all supported me,” he says, “and Steve Jobs inspired me”. Thomas points out that it’s hard to learn how to make an app. “For soccer you could go to a soccer team … but what... Read The Rest →
FT-86 Fastest Painted Website
A brilliant campaign by Japanese agency “Party” to celebrate the launch of Toyota’s official unveiling of the FT-86 II concept car (the spiritual successor to the “86″ cult car) at the Tokyo Motor Show in December.
A mural has been painted on a wall in front of the bustling Shinjuku Station in the city which is streamed live via UStream. Using Flash buttons, they’ve enabled “hotspots” on the mural that users can then click on that link to interesting things online. Some of these are Toyota-based, such as info on the FT-86... Read The Rest →
The Honda Experiment
Wieden + Kennedy London’s latest campaign for Honda, titled The Experiment, is an online game that asks players to create a chain reaction on screen by placing a set of pop-up windows in the correct sequence…
The campaign is reminiscent of the Honda Cog ad from 2003, where a series of car parts were used to create a giant Rube Goldberg-esque chain reaction, to emphasise the complex engineering inside the Honda Accord. Here, the audience become the engineers, and are encouraged to experiment with moving the pop-ups around the screen... Read The Rest →
Online service makes appointments and reservations on user’s behalf
Scheduling and confirming appointments is typically a tiresome chore, and we’ve already seen Lifebooker and ZocDoc spring up with solutions designed to simplify the process. Now throwing its own hat into the proverbial ring is Reserverr, a free online service that can make appointments and reservations on a user’s behalf, including booking hotel rooms.Currently gearing up for a launch into private beta later this month, according to its Facebook page, Reserverr aims to speed up and simplify the booking process for busy people. When users want to set up... Read The Rest →
Smartphone app brings digital benefits to print publications
Paperboy uses image recognition technology to enable users to share, save and explore printed media, online.
As newspapers and magazines struggle to find solutions to decreasing audiences — a problem driven by competition from digital media — Switzerland-based Paperboy hopes to offer a solution, with a smartphone app that uses image recognition technology so users can easily share, save and digitally explore content from printed media.
Paperboy is available for iPhone and Android devices, and claims to benefit readers and publishers alike. To recommend an interesting article to friends, users... Read The Rest →
