http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:30:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/transit-map-circuit-board-posters.html Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:07:44 +0000 John Breznicky's designs re-imagine how we experience cities through their transportation networks. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/game-penalizes-exercisers-for-failing-to-get-to-the-gym-future-of-gaming.html Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:15:17 +0000 Gym-Pact is a start-up that works in collaboration with fitness centers in Boston to provide monetary disincentives for skipping the gym.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/zipcar-spreads-to-36-new-college-campuses-headlines.html Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:00:41 +0000 The car-sharing company's university program expanded rapidly under a partnership with Ford.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/occupy-boston-veterans-clash-with-police-scores-arrested-headlines.html Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:55:43 +0000 One of the largest mass arrests in the city's history after protestors ignored police warnings to vacate the area. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-protests-gain-momentum-across-u-s-headlines.html Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:54:42 +0000 What started as a protest in New York has now spread into numerous other cities across the nation. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/google-invests-28-million-in-low-income-housing-headlines.html Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:30:48 +0000 The search engine giant has reportedly invested to build 240 housing units in the Allston neighborhood of Boston. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/innovative-performances-and-personal-experience-video-2.html Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:20:53 +0000 Colin Nightingale, Senior Producer of Punchdrunk, the company known for its theatrical art installations and performances talks about new projects in Boston and New York City.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/patriots-ochocinco-says-hes-living-with-a-fan-for-a-few-weeks-headlines.html Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:42:26 +0000 Chad Ochocinco who was traded from the Bengals to the Patriots this offseason has plans to stay with a fan for a few weeks but he hasn't picked anyone yet. The only requirements? They must have internet and Xbox.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/vitamin-water-ads-double-as-phone-charging-stations.html Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:27:07 +0000 The energizing drink brand wittily underscores its powering-up characteristics with a campaign that lets you recharge your devices.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/app-automatically-tracks-and-reports-potholes.html Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:51:47 +0000 Street Bump smartphone app will make it easier for locals to report problem areas on their roads.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/new-gym-plan-requires-members-to-pay-more-if-they-dont-work-out.html Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:25:28 +0000 A new concept gym uses behavioral economics to change how and when members pay to workout.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/parking-spots-as-prime-retail-space.html Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:42:19 +0000 Food trucks flourishing on Boston streets raises the potential for mobile eateries in an evolving urban retail-scape.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/boston-globe-introduces-mobile-scvngr-hunt-through-city.html Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:03:56 +0000 Capitalizing on location-sharing and mobile technologies, the newspaper has introduced an interactive scavenger hunt that challenges users on a trek through the city.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/creative-inspiration-from-the-behance-network-xxxiv.html Wed, 19 May 2010 10:26:28 +0000 Behance is a company that organizes the creative world to make ideas happen. Creative thinkers – the people with the most ideas – often struggle the most with organization and productivity. Behance aims to change that.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/mit-releases-online-game-to-inform-smarter-artifical-intelligence.html Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:57:44 +0000 The Personal Robots group at the MIT Media Lab has developed Mars Escape, a downloadable game that collects human behavior that will help build computational behavior models.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/open-data-makes-transportation-better-for-boston.html Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:30:51 +0000 Developer Benjamin Resner used open data and $350 of materials to create an LED sign that displays accurate times of arrival for a local Boston bus route.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/promoting-better-awareness-of-water-resources-through-art.html Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:46:34 +0000 Using visual cards placed on Boston's water fountains, Linda Ciesielski of MIT intends to make people aware of water resources and the need to protect them.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/psfk-talks-with-sam-aquillano-and-derek-cascio-from-design-museum-boston.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:50:40 +0000 Boston's Pop-up Design Museum re-imagines the idea of a museum with the goal of furthering the general public's design literacy.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/ea-sports-opens-pop-up-training-centers-for-a-fitness-video-game.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:31:32 +0000 Take a look at EA Sports new pop-up training centers that encourage better personal fitness.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/virtual-street-corners-connects-socially-isolated-neighborhoods.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:22:24 +0000 Virtual Street Corners brings together two communities who rarely interact with the help of a video connection.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/the-modern-school-library-no-books.html Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:07:23 +0000 For one Boston Prep school, the satisfying turn of the page and row upon row of books have been replaced by the calculated clack of keyboards and endlessness of the internet. As the modern library it seems, contains no actual books. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/brooklyn-skillshare-learning-sharing-doing.html Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:15:47 +0000 In the true spirit of DIY culture, skillshares operate under the notion that access to education is a right rather than a commodity and that everyone has knowledge to share, making every individual both a student and a teacher. Their mission is to bring people together and create a reciprocal community based on learning, sharing and doing. A quick internet search reveals groups already formed in both Boston and Austin, but nothing in the NYC environs, until now. Brooklyn Skillshare‘s inaugural event will take place October 10th at the Gowanus Studio Space, offering classes on topics that range from kombucha brewingRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/boston-debuts-citizen-connect-iphone-app.html Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:36:01 +0000 In an effort to streamline some of its governmental bureaucracy, Boston has released the city’s first official iPhone application, allowing citizens to report complaints ranging from broken street lights and potholes to graffiti and downed power lines directly to City Hall. Called Citizen Connect, the mobile application will enable residents to send both pictures and text with a feature that tags the information with location-based GPS. After filing a complaint, users will receive a tracking number so that they can easily follow-up if the problem persists. Though the application has yet to arrive in Apple’s iTune’s store, once it does,Read more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/wheat-paste-jesus-attracts-religious-pilgrims.html Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:14:34 +0000 Wooster Collective points out a powerful example of street art that has caused quite a commotion in New England. Artist Maki105 put up a wheat-paste poster titled  “Peek-A-Boo Jesus” on the side of a video store in New Bedford Massachusetts, and it’s getting a lot of serious attention by religious pilgrims. The Boston Herald reports: Tears welled up in Angela Sampaio’s eyes as she beheld the Lund’s Corner Jesus through her car windshield Wednesday, reports today’s Standard-Times. “I am really, really, really moved by this,” she said. And she wanted reassurance that the photographs of this Jesus are on theRead more...]]>