Archive for August 10th, 2009
Originally Invented For Space Travel
radaronline.com: Smoke Detector Originally installed on the Skylab space station in early 1970s to alert crew members of unexpected fumes, smoke detectors are now required by law in every U.S. residence to prevent house fires. Cordless Tools Recruited by NASA in 1971, Black & Decker constructed cordless, battery-powered instruments that allowed Apollo astronauts to collect [...]
Inventor Launches High-Tech Pillow
Leader-Telegram: Dr. Scott Augustine wants to breathe fresh air into allergy treatment. More specifically, a bubble of fresh air. Augustine, a medical device inventor, is raising $5 million to back PureZone Technologies. The Eden Prairie, Minn., start-up is developing a pillow-based air filtration system that creates a bubble of fresh air around allergy patients while [...]
Developer Selling iPhone App Code on eBay
iPhone Central: Ever wanted to have your very own iPhone app without having to go through the trouble of actually creating one? If you’ve got more than $386 lying around, you could be the proud owner of an already-created iPhone application without having to write a single line of code. Developer Rod Cambridge had been [...]
Teen Entrepreneur: Popsy Cakes
AOL Small Business: Having your cake and eating it, too, used to be the hallmark of success, but as Jessica Cervantes has learned, it’s even better if you just sell it instead. Cervantes, 19, didn’t plan on becoming an entrepreneur; she wanted to be a doctor. But she was enrolled in a business academy at [...]
More People Choosing To Become Own Bosses
The Modesto Bee: Stanislaus County workers increasingly are going it alone. They’re creating one-person companies and depending on their own wits to earn a living. About 7 percent of the county’s adults — 25,236 residents — reported income from go-it-alone businesses in 2007, according to tax records accessed by the U.S. Census Bureau. This doesn’t [...]
The New York Times: Is your Gmail inbox sprinkled with old electronic newsletters and mailing-list messages from companies you don’t really care about anymore? Google recently introduced a new Gmail feature that lets you automatically unsubscribe from unwanted mailings with one click. It doesn’t work with every sender yet, but Google is slowly adding more [...]
Mom's Business Makes Sure You Will Stay On Task This School Year
Examiner.com: The back-to-school rush is imminent and that means saying farewell to lazy days and hello to organized structure. Enter, Mom Agenda–a company with great products that help you get back on the (school) bus with relative ease and a sense of calm. The Mom Agenda itself is a terrific planner that enables moms to [...]
