Archive for May 25th, 2010
Serendipity struck in the winter of 2006 on a chairlift above the slopes in Snowbird, Utah, when a Red Bull energy drink exploded in Brian Levin’s backpack, soaking his lunch. Levin chowed down on soggy beef jerky that now came with a tangy kick. A new snack was born: caffeine-enhanced dried meat. According to Forbes, [...]
A Bill Of Privacy Rights For Social Networks?
According to dowloadsquad.com, with all the recent privacy issues that keep cropping up in the various social networks, it’s no surprise that people are looking to find a way to protect users in a more proactive, permanent way. This week, the Electronic Freedom Foundation got more deeply involved by posting a proposal for a Social [...]
North County Times: Hebert and his partners didn’t set out to clean up the ocean. A longtime angler, surfer and former tugboat captain, Hebert, 41, spent much of his life on the sea. While working at Pacific Tugboat Services with his friend Griffith, 62, he started tinkering with stretches of boom —- floating plastic tubing [...]
E-Commerce Spending Is Booming
AppScout reports that research company ComScore released its Q1 retail e-commerce sales estimates and found that online retail spending neared $34 billion for the quarter, up 10 percent versus a year ago. That strong acceleration represented the first time growth rates reached double-digits since the second quarter of 2008. The report found that growth was [...]
Inventor Thinks Outside The Square
The Southland Times: A Lochiel man’s ingenuity has helped to work out how to get a round bale to roll over in a square cage, solving the smallholder’s problem of feeding out baleage without a tractor. Fencer Kevin Cairns spent about a year designing a method for one person to load a 750kg bale of [...]
It’s clear that baseball isn’t just fun-and-games — it’s billion-dollar industry, after all — but the line gets mustardy when the job at hand is producing 10-foot tall foam hot dog costumes. At Olympus Flag & Banner, there is no shame in knowing how the sausage gets made, reports AOL Small Business. The Milwaukee-based company [...]
Tech: Another Healthcare Reform
When you think of health care reform you immediately think of government intervention in the healthcare market, right? But there is another “reform” underway that is more of a transformation: decentralized innovation fueled by low cost computers, digital sensors and the web. The NY Times reports: The trend promises to shift a lot of the [...]
Popular Science’s ‘Garage Invention’ Awards 2010: EverTune
‘Garage inventors’ is a term used to describe individuals or groups of inventors that create independently. They are not on a salary or salary/incentive basis, paid by their companies to invent; they work alone, on their own or in small groups, generally in someone’s garage or other part of the home. Popular Science recognizes the [...]
Tao Xiangli a young man from Beijing with an unusual hobby and a keen interest in nautical salvage. has built his own submarine!
A Second Look At Shirts My Way
You might remember our interview with Shirts My Way from 8 months ago. If not then let me refresh your memory. Shirts My Way sells customized dress shirts. Through their website you are able to decide what type of material, cut of the neckline and a few other features that you would like, creating a [...]
Huggies Offers Money To Mompreneurs
AOL Small Business asks who better to help mompreneurs than a diaper company? Kimberly-Clark’s Huggies recently announced the launch of the Huggies MomInspired Grant Program, which will provide mothers with up to $15,000 total in seed capital and business resources to help turn their business ideas into reality. In order to be eligible, companies do [...]
