April 16, 2014

Niche Products: Migraine Glasses

Digital Journal: But now Kerrie, Sue, and others are “seeing” some much-needed relief through a specialized pair of migraine glasses called TheraSpecs. Studies have shown that these precision-tinted glasses can protect wearers from light. “Watching my wife suffer every day has been agonizing,” says Kerrie’s husband, Hart Shafer. “We were excited to learn that a

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Underwear In Vending Machines

Springwise: We’ve seen vending machines stocked with unusual products before, from fresh seafood to books, and we’ve seen an underwear subscription service courtesy of Panty by Post. Now combining those ideas is MeUndies, offering briefs and thongs in vending machines alongside an online subscription service. Customers using the site are invited to fill out a

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Paramedic Back-Saver

‎Park Record: Park City local Robert Heck had an idea. With a simple concept and years of tinkering away at it as a hobby, he turned that idea into a prototype, gained a business partner and is putting that product into consumers’ hands. EZ Lift, the new-to-market back brace for emergency responders, helps transport patients

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Great Urban Footrace

Joe Reynolds is a former cross-country athlete and house painter who’s love for marathon running but dread of miles and miles of endless pavement drove him to create the Great Urban Race in 2007. Great Urban Race is a wild urban adventure. Teams of racers travel somewhere between four to eight miles, solve twelve clues

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Haircuts, Beer and Burgers

Three things men love will be woven together when a new business opens in Howell later this summer — burgers, beers and shears. Pinckney resident Lance Lumpiesz soon will open the doors of Moe’s BarBar Shop, 106 W. Grand River Ave., a place where a man “can cut his locks and have a scotch on

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A Calculator That Requires You to Estimate Before It Gives You The Answer

This calculator might have a future in our underperforming schools: From the moment pupils start using calculators they stop using their heads – for all quantitative work. The detrimental effect on maths education is well known. Calculators, however, cannot be removed from classrooms anymore- they are indispensible because many results can only be received from

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