Medical tech company [Becton Dickinson is launching a line of 30 generic, pre-filled syringes](Becton Dickinson): Pre-filled syringes in commonly-used dosages can help prevent medication errors since each syringe has its own barcode and label, says Sebree. “Because these products are pre-filled and pre-labeled, and because the vast majority of these drugs are actually administered at […]
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Often the most lucrative way to use common skills is to put them to use making uncommon products. Even curses won’t stop this carpenter turned coffin maker in Kenya: The 34-year-old man only identified as Mash, a carpenter by profession, had been making simple furniture like table, chairs, beds and cupboards until he recently took
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You’ve heard the term “snake oil salesman” to refer to someone who sells something that claims to have miraculous, usually healing, powers. Their sales process is almost entirely hype. The phrase originated in the 19th century when people sold snake oil ointments to rub on your joints to cure arthritis and soreness. Eventually, the term
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Is the trucking industry about to get a lot more fuel efficient? Peterbilt and Cummins have successfully demonstrated a tractor-trailer that gets just under 10 mpg under real-world conditions. A single-digit fuel economy rating doesn’t sound like much to brag about, but in the world of tractor-trailers, it’s a massive improvement over the status quo.
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Springwise: Shaving knowledge and technique is not instinctive, all men need to learn the art and unfortunately many learn it badly”. A passionate statement from London-based grooming shop Geo F. Trumper, which now offers classes on how to shave properly. Customer demand led to the introduction of the one-to-one sessions, in which a barber shows
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1860 – On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice. 1957 – The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping. 1961 – The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations. 1965 – Astrodome
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Lionel Messi, the best soccer player in the world, vs. a robotic goalie? Who’ll win? Man or machine? In this match, it was Messi, but in the long run, it’ll be the robots. Look at the upside: the robot’s prowess will free us up from the drudgery of sport to pursue other, more, chair bound
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Chris Guillebeau, author of the $100 Startup knows a thing or two about traveling the world. His secret: free mile bonuses from various credit cards. Once, he rented a shopping cart from a homeless man to help push $2,000 worth of Sacagewea dollar coins to the bank. The US Mint sold the coins at face
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Having a website is an indispensable business tool – not having a website today is like not having a phone. But just because your company has a website doesn’t mean you know how to use your website to get sales leads. Too many business websites underperform in generating sales leads – either the website has
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The Open Education Database Project recently published their list of the 50 best blogs for young entrepreneurs. My site made the list. So did 49 others.
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