Archive for October 29th, 2009
The Daily Mail reports that Japanese designers Yuri Suzuki and Masa Kimura built a real-life breakfast machine. The impressive device can prepare everything from omelettes to freshly-squeezed orange juice, and can even spread butter and jam onto toast. It will also grind coffee beans before brewing them. Photo by Platform 21.
Discovering Secrets Of ‘Pocket’ Communities
Patrick Matthews has an interesting look at work-at-home dads. Working out of a home office can feel pretty solitary. With the kids at school and the wife out teaching, it’s just me, my computer and the dogs. So I take every opportunity I can to get out of the office. I’m not complaining. On the [...]
Inventor Sells Five Million Luminous Balloons
news:lite tv is reporting that James Halliburton originally pitched his water-buoy idea – an auto-inflating, strengthened and illuminated balloon that would be attached to items which could be accidentally dropped in water. But he found success after he saw children playing with his invention and adapted the idea into the ‘Illoom balloon’ essentially a ballon [...]
So much of life has to do with making connections. A meeting in the summer of 2008 between Westport’s Kevin Carroll, his daughter, Claire, and Norwalk game inventor Mary Ellroy has resulted in a fast-paced game called “Pickles to Penguins,” where participants shout similarities between objects as dissimilar as a sea conch and a cupcake [...]
Turn Design-on-Demand Into Profits
Three years ago, twenty-somethings Peter Crawfurd and Michael Yang were would-be web entrepreneurs in search of a business idea writes Entrepreneur. Their top criteria: something they could start with limited funds, and something with big potential to scale. Avid consumers of tailored dress shirts, they decided to capitalize on their knowledge of custom-made clothing and [...]
US Small Bizs Lack Cybersecurity Awareness
Reuters reports that according to the 2009 National Small Business Cybersecurity Study, small business owners’ cybersecurity policies and actions are not adequate enough to ensure the safety of their employees, intellectual property and customer data. The study, co-sponsored by the National Cyber Security Alliance and Symantec, as part of this year’s National Cyber Security Awareness [...]
Is Telecommuting Here to Stay?
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that more Americans are ditching office camaraderie and regular work hours for the chance to work from home in pajamas or while sipping lattes at their favorite coffee shops. The American Time Use Survey, which measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities like work, childcare and [...]
Shore News Today: In January, with her youngest child approaching a year old, Jennifer Auer figured it was time to get back to work. She found the perfect opportunity through a friend of a friend – a Cape May County woman looking to sell her business, which uses costumed characters to bring alive make believe [...]
Mail That Caters To Kids With A Side Of Education
Sher-Lee’s kids were intrigued by the idea of receiving mail but, unfortunately, they almost never received any. Inspired by their interest, Sherri-Lee formulated a business that would deliver postcards to those kids who loved to receive mail.
