Archive for August 27th, 2010
Unique products to inspire and amuse. Baby’s First Smartphone. What’s next? Baby’s first Prius? Stay Puft Caffeinated Gourmet Marshmallows. I gotta cram for an exam, get me the caffeinated marshmallows, stat. Celebrity Phone Stickers. Uh, excuse me while I take this call from Einstein…. Meatball Bubble Gum. That’s Italian! Photos by thinkgeek/trendhunter.
Would Photography Be Different Had It Been Patented?
Louis Daguerre was a successful commercial artist hoping to increase the realism of his giant diorama paintings, some of them 70 feet long by 45 feet high. When using a camera obscura to sketch the outlines (or cartoons) for his paintings, he thought it would be better to create images directly with the camera. He [...]
Tebow Suits Entrepreneur To A Tee
Aware of just how crazy his town was about Tim Tebow, Seth Finley launched a website dedicated to selling parody t-shirts reports the Denver Post. Although Finley isn’t getting rich yet, he figures the American Dream could come true. “I started a couple of months ago,” said Finley, whose real job is as the vice [...]
Turn Your Faucet Into A Water Fountain. Tapi Tap Squeeze Drink Fountain ($5 USD) is a simple device that turns almost any household faucet into a water fountain with just a squeeze. However, when you want a drink, just give it a squeeze and a stream will shoot upwards, allowing you to reach the water [...]
Denver Mixer For Women In Business
Denver Business Journal: The Denver Business Journal and The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa presents our “Women in Business BizMix ” a networking mixer exclusively for women, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Monday, August 30, 2010, at The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa, 321 17th St., Denver. You also will have the opportunity to meet [...]
Niche Biz: Urban Chicken Consultant
It started as a joke when Jennifer Murtoff of Oak Park, Ill. printed up 150 business cards that identified her as an Urban Chicken Consultant. She had no real intention of turning her lifelong poultry passion into an entrepreneurial pursuit. WalletPop reports that it turns out that beyond the Chicago prairie, urban chicken coops are [...]
Inventor Solves Real-World Problems
Glenn Reid has been an inventor for over 25 years. He helped launch iMovie and iPhoto. He founded Inventor Labs in Redwood City to address such issues; specifically, to convert abstract ideas into tangible products aimed at alleviating real-world problems, reports The Daily Journal. There are typically 30 to 40 ideas under development at any [...]
Baby Gift Room Offers Unique Products For New Moms
A lot has changed since we were babies. While some products that our parents might have used are still around, there are many more options than ever before. Baby Gift Room recognizes these changes and offers only what they feel are the best options for new moms and anyone that needs the perfect gift for [...]
In This Store, Everything Is 100% Off
The New York Times is reporting that for six weeks, a group of people have been engaged in an unusual project in Bedford-Stuyvesant that they are calling the Brooklyn Free Store, where everything is available for the taking and nothing is for sale. The name of the store is painted on a purple banner hanging [...]
