McDonalds has announced it will open its largest ever store for the London 2012 Olympics. Its 3,000m2 spread over two floors with 1,500 seats. It is planned to employ 470 staff and serve 50,000 Big Macs, 100,000 portions of fries and 30,000 milkshakes...
It was perhaps only a matter of time but its surprising that Toshiba’s new object recognition scanner hasn’t created more of a fuss. Â Basically what it does is dispense with the need for barcodes as it can recognise products from their colour, shape,...
As a flow-on from the Milan design fair, Ikea set loose a team of street artists in Milan to stick B&W stenciled figures on subway ads (it had already bought), turnstiles, steps etc. It was all with agreement from the metro system and, one presumes,...
Called the Autospense, this machine by Dispense Labs, will dispense medical marijiana around the clock in a wide variety of locations. They are fairly sophisticated machines where patients must swipe a registration card, then enter a PIN number. Payment may...
SpoonLidz(tm) is one of those remarkably simple “why didn’t someone think of it first” innovations. Basically it replaces on-pack spoons with something which is : built into the packaging itself (so  less storage space required), more sanitary...
In celebration of Coca-Cola’s 125th anniversary, they created an immersive “future room” concept at the Turkish modern art museaum Santralistanbul. It was 90m2 with 270 degree projection mapping and a show lasting around 4 minutes showcasing...
