Archive for December 16th, 2009
Inventor Makes World’s Greenest Toy
Entrepreneur Danny Bamping has launched what he claims is “the greenest toy in the world”, reports The Herald. The Carbon Cube, is claimed to be the toy with the lowest carbon footprint. It is made “yards away” from the Crazee Thingz Company HQ in Plymouth, and will only be available on websites. In 2010, the [...]
Finale Desserterie & Bakery in downtown Boston has always had a ZIP code. Now, thanks to the Internet search titan Google Inc., the dessert restaurant also has a bar code according to a story in The Boston Globe. The black-and-white square, with its pattern of irregular shapes, is pasted to Finale’s front door. It’s part [...]
Create And Sell Your Own Computer Games
UK-based YoYo Games lets you create computer games to earn a little extra cash, even if you don’t already have programming experience, reports trendspotter Springwise. Users of YoYo’s site begin by downloading its Game Maker software for free. That lets them create professional-looking games without having to write a single line of code. Rather, using [...]
Remember the old days when only movies and restaurants were rated on the Internet? Following the wave of Web sites aimed at rating real people’s job performance, such as ratemyprofessor.com and ratemydoctor.com, a California public relations guru has created ratemycop.com, reports The St. Petersburg Times. The idea: Public servants should be able to take a [...]
Christmas Trees That Don’t Shed
The scientist some call “Mr. Christmas Tree” has already conquered conifer diseases, developed guidelines to keep cut trees fresh and helped introduce new species to the American market, reports The Seattle Times. Now Gary Chastagner is using old-fashioned genetics to create a super-race of conifers immune to consumers’ No. 1 complaint about Christmas trees: needles [...]
Biz Gift Idea: Roll Up Drum Kit
For the drum hero in us all. Capable of being rolled up and stored in your desk drawer, this is the drum kit with six sensor pads that plugs into your PC to provide 70 percussion patterns, samples, loops, and effects while you play with your favorite music. The kit plugs into a USB port [...]
Everybody has a great idea that could change the way we work, the way we live or the way we play. Everyday Edisons, a TV program on PBS, documents the development process of 12 inventions and the parallel stories of the people who invented them. Selected from thousands at casting calls held across the country, [...]
Family Business Is Dedicated To Moms
The Orange County Register: In 1990 Mark Arimura lost his mother to ovarian cancer. In 1994, Mia Arimura lost her mother to colon cancer. Today in San Clemente, the Arimuras and their four daughters have just opened Possibilities Boutique, dedicated to the two moms and to a charity called Moms with Cancer. In their store, [...]
