A couple of interesting tidbits from across the pond today, where innovative ideas are never absent — but investment, effective business plans and follow-through often are.
First, check out this fascinating British startup, Reestore. http://www.reestore.com/index.htm The company makes furniture from unusual recycled parts, such as a desk from an aeroplane wing http://www.reestore.com/deborah.htm and an office chair from a shopping cart. http://www.reestore.com/annie.htm
Second, watch this fascinating BBC report http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7795601.stm on “the hotel room of the future” — a conceptual room created at the the Fraunhofer Institute in Duisburg. Few of the room’s elements are innovative on their own — round corners, colored lighting, a rocking bed, voice activation — but put together, the effect is profoundly calming, and you can easily imagine business travelers paying a premium for it. Anyone who’s ever dreamed of running a hotel, start your engines. With relatively cheap construction costs, a downturn is the perfect time to build one. (And while you’re at it, check out this story on the hotel of the future I edited some years back.) http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/11/01/8392024/index.htm
by “Future Boy, the guide to the 21st Century.”
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