Topic: Sweden

Swedish Floating Hotel Is More Than A Gimmick

In October, Sweden got its first floating hotel, a 46-room, boutique affair called Salt & Sill. The eco-minded proprietors chose the watery location, off a small fishing island near Gothenburg, simply because they didn't want to ...READ»

INTERACT 2009: 12th IFIP Conference on Human Computer Interaction

Many people spend more waking hours with their computers in a given day than they do with their families or friends. Ever wonder exactly how that relationship works? For the folks at INTERACT, that’s the driving question. ...READ»

Asphalt Eyesore Transformed Into a Living Outdoor Palace

A grade school in Sweden had a problem: Their "playground" was really nothing more than a vast flat slab of asphalt--better suited to prison inmates pumping iron than kids lollygagging and playing tag. They wanted a ...READ»

Hyper Island Grooms the Next Generation of Digital Media

Mattias Hansson helps train 1,300 students a year in digital media, interactive art direction, and digital business management in Stockholm and on a former prison island off the coast of Sweden. Graduates are hotly recruited by such firms as Crispin Porter + Bogusky and Ideo.READ»

• Entertainment Academy
• Startup School
• Degrees of Green

A 300-Ton Piece of Advertising: Too Successful?

The carbon benefits of mass transit are hard to deny: A motorcoach can carry over fifty people, and, in a single trip, take 50 cars off the road. So to advertise Sweden's Flygbussarna airport-shuttle service, the ad agency ...READ»

Sweden Aims to Build Europe's Largest Wind Farm-but It's Still a Breeze Compared to Texas

The country that unleashed ABBA, IKEA and H&M on the world is gearing up to impress us once again--this time with Europe's largest wind farm. Swedish company Markbygden Vind AB wants to build 1,101 wind turbines in the northern ...READ»

Are Idea Systems Biased?

One of the interesting pieces of information that we uncovered while doing the research for Ideas Are Free was that some idea schemes show a strong gender bias. This was particularly true with the suggestion systems we saw in Sweden. ...READ»

Let's Do Lunch (or Dinner, or Drinks)

A guide to schmoozing in four cities that are starting to make their dot on the map.READ»

Welcome to the CultureofFuture.com Trend Blog

January 19, 2009:Today is Martin Luther King’s birthday and we have one day to Obama’s inauguration!New World Economy So much is changing and becoming more interesting and meaningful. This is an evolving era of mass insight, ...READ»

The Puzzle Switch and Five Other Low-Tech Designs That Increase Energy Awareness

Our electricity use is invisible, so we consume it without much thought. That's a problem, and two Swedish designers are tackling it with clever, low-tech designs meant to make us a bit more conscious of the energy we use. They're ...READ»

What's in a Name, Baby?

A couple in Sweden are getting grief from the authorities in Stockholm for wanting to name their baby after the popular heavy metal band Metallica. Stories like this make me feel so much better about myself. Here I am, on a ...READ»

The Lady in the Lexus

I was having a bad day on Monday.  Then I had to go to the Post Office – seldom a great experience.  I’m not big on standing in line.  However, I had a book order to ship to Sweden and so off to the post office I ...READ»

"Yo! Turn Me Off!"

Coming Soon: Appliances that nag.READ»

In Today's Papers

Reading and ripping: Hospitality for Everyone "Restaurateur Danny Meyer Says Celebrities Generate Buzz, But Regular Folks Pay the Bills" The House on Autopilot Remote control rooms Survivors of the Worst Of Job Interviewers Commit ...READ»

Apple's World Power in Question

Apple’s dominance in the music world has prompted this week’s heated negotiations with a number of European governments and consumer rights organizations. The negotiations have taken Apple executives to Paris, where government ...READ»

Smoking Guns

In Ian Fleming’s 1953 novel, British secret agent James Bond was a chain-smoking 70-a-day man. But in the new version of Casino Royale I hope to watch this weekend, the only smoke we'll see will come from 007's Walther PPK ...READ»

Working Hard? Hardly Working

The current issue of National Geographic Magazine features an interesting one-page piece entitled "A Work-Weary World." The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development tracked the annual hours worked around the world in ...READ»

Malmö - lots of brilliant initiatives!

Malmö really is a great city, with lots to do. Check out www.malmotown.com - the official tourism site of Malmö, SwedenREAD»

The Transformation of Transportation

 I was in Chicago today at IBTTA's annual conference on the Transformation of Transportation. Robert Atkinson spoke. He is President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a policy think-tank, and author of The ...READ»

Shop and Fly

Fast Company looks at the retail destinations of four major airports.READ»

Take The Unorthodox Path – Valley Forge Fabrics Finds Its Own Way To Success

Few people know Valley Forge Fabrics, but if you’ve ever stayed in a hotel or sat in a hotel lobby, then you have probably experienced the company’s products without even knowing it. This once small, mom-and-pop business now sells ...READ»

So the U.S, is Now Top of Internet Class?

European researchers last month issued a report that portrayed the U.S. Internet infrastructure in a positive light. The study was commissioned by the World Economic Forum, and conducted by Insead, a business school near Paris. It ...READ»

Digital TV Switch Hailed as Success, Big-Bang Detection Included

Well, it's done: After a delay caused by project mismanagement, the U.S. is now a digital television-only nation. According to the FCC, the big switch on Friday went well. And there is a scientific benefit in the short term, as well.READ»

Social networking meets high-tech at trivago

In the travel industry, pricing and availability inventory change constantly. For example, hotel room suppliers often change their prices on a daily basis in accordance with fluctuations in their capacity. trivago's search ...READ»

Are Wireless Road Trains the Cure for Traffic Congestion?

The concept of road trains--up to eight vehicles zooming down the road together--has long been considered a faster, safer, and greener way of traveling long distances by car. And now, thanks to a European Union-financed ...READ»