Niche Invention: Bite Counter The Bite Counter is a watch-like device that counts how many bites of food you take. Working like a pedometer that counts your steps, it counts the number of times you bring your fork up to your mouth. The Bite Counter tracks wrist motion. In order to pick something up, the […]
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In Frauenwald, there’s a museum inside an old military bunker leftover from GDR times. Rather than simply perusing the Soviet-era tchotchkes, why not slip on an old military uniform, line up with fellow pretend comrades in front of your pretend commander and salute a portrait of old General Secretary Honecker? For $150, you can. Source:
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NicheGeek: 1. Million Dollar Homepage 1000000 pixels, charge a dollar per pixel — that’s perhaps the dumbest idea for online business anyone could have possible come up with. Still, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire. 2. SantaMail Ok, how’s that for a brilliant idea. Get a postal
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Small Business Trends: I have a challenge for you, if you’re up to it. Are you ready? I want you to ignore every pre-conceived notion you have about franchising for a few minutes. Pretend that it’s your first time learning about the franchise model. Be at one with the newness of it. Deal? Let’s say
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Business Week: These days, a radio show about the end of the world airs on weekend nights from a bunker in Dallas. But instead of pretending aliens are invading, its host, Scott Bales, 42, tells his audience what to do if this or other catastrophes—such as a large meteor hitting the planet, nuclear war, or
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Mystery shopping is an aspect of market research where you are hired to pretend to be a “real customer” to evaluate products and services you receive. Companies use this information to gauge competition, train new hires, and reward employees. The result is that you get to make extra income just by shopping and giving your
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People are going green, and so are the toys their kids play with. The Green Playroom has found their place within this trend, according to Small Business Opportunities. TheGreenPlayroom.com will feature a beautiful selection of sustainable, non-toxic, eco-friendly furniture and room décor including: bookcases, storage table and chair sets, toy boxes, wall shelving and peg
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What movie inventions do you wish were real? Here are two recently shared by Flavorwire. Time-traveling DeLorean Everyone’s favorite inventor, Doc Brown, didn’t hurt his reputation by inventing a solution to everyone’s most maddening frustration: time. Back to the Future’s plutonium-powered DeLorean travels through the space-time continuum in style — and even more so after
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‎CNN: I am a Kansas City Barbeque Society certified barbeque judge. Got an official pin and everything. Granted, anyone with a few bucks in their pocket and a free afternoon can qualify for this distinction, but I like to mention this as frequently as possible. I also like to pretend that this makes me particularly
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Candyman is a documentary movie about the rise and fall of Jelly Belly inventor David Klein. In 1976 all jellybeans pretty much tasted the same and sold for less than $1 per pound. A small candy distributor named David Klein had an idea that would change the face of jellybeans forever: he invented a premium,
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