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Ikea launches personalised 3D bedrooms on YouTube
Facebook powered 8 September 2011 15:42 GMT TweetIkea has taken Facebook connectivity to a whole new level with a specially designed YouTube video that allows you to create 3D bedrooms based on your Facebook profile.
The video reminds us slightly of Intel's Museum of Me, but that's no bad...
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IKEA kitchen of the future is alive!
Swedish furniture barn predicts artificially intelligent smoothie makers 17 August 2010 15:26 GMT TweetIKEA, or to use its snappier title, Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd, has designed a kitchen of the future based on the results of an independently commissioned study.
It revealed that, by 2040, the kitchen will be alive, reading our moods,...
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IKEA robotics in da house
Automated furniture makes room styling easy 25 May 2010 10:43 GMT TweetToo tired to pull up a chair? One day, that chair may come to you.
"IKEA Robotics", developed by NYU ITP student Adam Lassy, is a conceptual study on changing environments using IKEA furniture. For the ITP spring show, Lassy modified a table...
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VIDEO: IKEA launches basic iPhone app
With plans to refine it through crowd-sourced ideas 3 December 2009 11:36 GMT TweetIKEA has announced the launch of its first iPhone app, available to download for free now in the UK.
The app is boringly basic ("a clean and straightforward application that allows users to view the 2010 UK catalogue page by page") with... -
IKEA launches Space Maker website
Online room designer tool 19 August 2009 16:57 GMT TweetIKEA has launched a website that it hopes will let students plan the layouts of their rooms before they hit University, rather than cramming everything in messily.
The Space Maker site contains plenty of furniture from the Swedish company,... -
Daily Tech Deal: Buy one give one free on SUNNAN solar lamps
Money saving deals, offers and innovations 1 June 2009 13:00 GMT TweetFor today's tech deal we have a great idea from IKEA and UNICEF which may well help a little towards improving the quality of life of children in developing countries.
For every SUNNAN solar powered lamp sold in IKEA stores worldwide, one... -
Ikea to offer mobile service
Flat-packed phones? 4 August 2008 11:49 GMT TweetIkea has become the latest retailer to offer a mobile phone service.
The Swedish company, famous for its flat-pack furniture, has launched the Ikea-branded package to 1.4 million loyalty scheme members - and 9500 staff.
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