If you’ve had an idea on how to stop rising water from invading coastal communities and you have yet to act on it, now may be the perfect time to do so. The Idea Village and Greater New Orleans Foundation are working together to give one lucky entrepreneur $50,000 to help him or her turn […]
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Our next interview in the Get on the Shelf series features Mike Sewell and his product, the StepNpull. What product did you submit to Wal-Mart’s Get on the Shelf contest? We submitted StepNpull which is a hands free door opener designed for commercial latch less doors. It gives the user the option of pulling the
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A herd of dairy farmers were having dinner one evening when someone wondered aloud if there wasn’t something that they could do with all of the bovine excrement. In jest, someone else asked, “Can’t you guys make a flowerpot or something with the stuff?” Those were fateful words for brothers Ben and Matthew Freund, second-generation
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Scranton Times-Tribune: Among the members of Chinchilla United Methodist Church, Jackie Walsh is renowned for her expertise with blueberry-based baked goods. Every year at the church’s summer craft fair, she’s in charge of the “blueberry tent,” featuring a trove of delectable treats, from muffins and breads to pies and cakes. This year, she’s adding a
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The IKEA Köln-Am Butzweilerhof branch has introduced dog parking bays at the outlet, which enable dogs to be safely left outside while their owners shop. Springwise.com: Animal lovers have already benefitted from pet-friendly businesses – such as the Hotel Monaco in Oregon, for example – which mean their four-legged friends do not have to be
Fastcoexist.com: Whatever you think of graffiti–street art or public nuisance–one thing remains largely true: Its practitioners are doing something illegal, and if they’re caught, it can land them in jail. Jonathan Mooney (“a white dude in Harry Potter glasses”) saw the creativity inherent in L.A.’s street art scene, but also knew that the kids making
CNBC: The first time the brakes went out in her trailer/store, Joey Wolffer ran a stoplight and worried what would happen to her high-end accessories inside. Two years later, she has a close relationship with a mechanic, knows the best spot to park in New York’s Meatpacking district and has a devoted summer following in
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DesignTaxi.com: For those of you who find it too troublesome to paint your own bicycles, Pure Fix Cycles has designed a bicycle which glows in the dark to ensure your safety during night rides. Called ‘The Kilo’, Pure Fix Cycles claims that it is the very first glow-in-the-dark bicycle—with highly reflective, glow-in-the-dark-paint that requires just
On this day in 1892 Thomas Edison received a patent for a two-way telegraph. A great biography of Thomas Edison is The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World. In this entertaining biography, Stross (eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work) approaches the life of Edison from
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DesignTaxi: UK-based company Snoozebox has come up with an ingenious concept to solve the housing issue for on-site staff at major events, such as the Olympics. They provide portable contemporary hotel rooms in shipping containers, which can be loaded, stacked and transported by land, air or sea to any event or location around the world.
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