dinsdag 13 mei 2014

Coolhunt | Honda's smart house

What?

It's a house that produces more energy than it consumes. through solar panels it generates energy which is used charge an electric vehicle and run the whole house! This all done by the extremely intelligent energy management inside this house.
Also instead of using cement they used a sustainable substance to build this house named pozzalan. It is just volcanic ashes actually.


Coolhunt | sustainable carport

What?It's simply said a garage who supplies power for your electrical car. At the moment it's only for the premium 13 all-electrical and 18 plug-in hybrid vehicles. Using renewable solar energy you can recharge you car at home without worrying about the electricity bill. This garage is made of sustainable bamboo and light carbon fiber.



maandag 17 maart 2014

Coolhunt | Unicef's Tap Project


What is it?
It'a a new app from UNICEF that will challenge people to not touch their phones for at least 10 minutes. If they do so, Giorgio Armani, who sponsors this program, will donate money to UNICEF to help them provide clean water in third world countries. Only ten minutes without your phone can supply a day worth of fresh and clean water for people who see this as a luxury. You just sign in and press the start button. This way they can track you and check if you really do not use your phone.


maandag 10 maart 2014

Coolhunt | Giving through glass


What is it?

It's a new program from Google. They give 5 non-profit organisations the chance to promote their transparency and offer people a quick few of the daily routine in their everyday work. The World wildlife fund, Samasource, Givedirectly, Do something! and Charity water are the first five charities who contribute to this program. They can share photos or videos. Or even have a volunteer record their daily work to show to the people who donate their money to these charities. Or you can let a member wear it to a board meeting so you can see what they are discussing about.


zondag 9 maart 2014

Coolhunt | The clothing chip.


What is it? 
RFID-chip is short for for ‘radio-frequency identification chip’  It's simply just a chip stores put in their clothes so they can monitor the behavior of people when they are shopping. This way they can see which products are the most popular, what people buy and what they put in their shoppingbags. Also this way they don't have to count their products by hand!