ICE (Ideal City Experiments) Labs

ICE is an open source lab for ideas which we are working on in-house, but is also free to the public to join in or take inspiration for their own purposes; the goal of the lab is spark creativity and to add to our job legacy.
From The Rise of the Creative Class: "If industrial aged schools readied our children for the workforce, Creative Age schools must prepare them to manage their careers and build businesses of their own. The goal can no longer just be to get a job but rather to create a job – and to create more jobs for others. A huge percentage of new businesses fail, but we can help increase the odds of their success….Instead of just building incubators for high tech companies, why not for neighbourhood restaurants, mom and pop shops, and hair and nail salons?" (Pg 389)

KickBuilder (12 Nov 2015)

A win-win situation is created whereby KickBuilder gains access to more opportunities and the general public can invest at the same rate as the prime developer. KickBuilder provides a team who has all the requirements to assess and facilitate a development with luxury building experience ranging from $1M to the $1B construction budget levels.

James, Personal Car Assistant (12 Nov 2015)

The Application becomes a knowledge-based, Owner's representative using machine learning to analyse the life-cycle care requirements of the car and make decisions based on the recommendations from the car shop.

DemenChart (12 Nov 2015)

DemenChart will be a highly customizable data collector for Dementia patients, who's data base can provide analytics and more importantly synthesis on problems pertaining to each individual's needs.

Memory Board (12 Nov 2015)

A “Memory Board” of data is compiled using both human input and machine learning to capture maximum information of the lifestyle of a dementia patient to aid the Caregiver in the management of the process.

Voicebox (12 Nov 2015)

Helping empower slum communities: Provide a site for problems and solutions in a "Quora" like online forum, so the biggest problems and best solutions can be read by all.

English Learning Online (20 Sept 2015)

Creating a free online learning experience with ebook publishing as a revenue generator.

YouSchool (14 Nov 2015)

An online high school where the student must include the base curriculum with a self counselling analysis as part of the passing grade system. An attempt to reduce high school drop-out rate by creating a self awareness of what drives the student's apathy and creating a knowledge base for life decision making.

OnlineU (14 Nov 2015)

.An online educational programme that provides one free student course for every 100 paid students in return for helping to refine the course. Once critical mass is made, the student can create their own certified curriculum using filters such as career direction, best financial return, best job market, etc.

Knock-offs (20 Sept 2015)

Take a photo of your favorite piece of clothing or object and find comparable products (in shape or colour) complete with prices.

ClothesBook (13 Nov 2015)

Millenials already use their smartphone and social network to get feedback from their friends on clothing buys. We are taking this idea to the next level by refining the experience to create quicker knowledge -based decision making.

Art Swap (26 Aug 2015)

Sharing website which allows owners to swap art presently hanging on the walls of their home.

VR 360º Art Selector (20 Sept 2015)

Concept: A digital file of a room in your house where you want to place art is produced with 360 VR camera; then art gallery retailers provide you with digital files of their art inventory to place in your digital room file. Seeing comparable art pieces placed in your room allows you to make better aesthetic decisions which will result in more transactions for both parties.

MaterialBuild (13 Nov 2015)

A site that locates unused local building materials and provides design to use those materials to build low cost housing.

House Beacon (12 Nov 2015)

If we could send a signal to their phone as the pass by the house for sale, they would have the information right away which would increase the chances of a sale being made.

Archibox (2015 Oct 2)

Adding high end Architecture Design to the shipping container market.

Equine Wearables (2015 Nov 12)

Wearables with analytics that can monitor a horses vitals through a range of activities including thoroughbred horse racing.

​Facts

Entire U.S. GDP:
$15 Trillion

New wealth created by high growth technology companies such as Apple,Google, Salesforce, Amazon, VM Ware, Facebook, Twitter, Groupon and Zynga:
$1 Trillion

Total world wealth in 1750:
$126 Billion 

Total world wealth in 2015:
$70 Trillion

REPORTS
World Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking by COMPASS

BOOKS
The Lean Startup, Eric Ries, 2011