Northside Chronicle: Tapping into the inner child is important for every adult, just ask Florence Forrest. For about four years Ms Forrest has been manufacturing soft designer toys through her home business Flying Star Toys. “I make my products for the inner child in everyone, they are not necessarily for children who want to play […]
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The New York Times: In December, Johnny Chung Lee, then a Ph.D. candidate, posted a five-minute video on YouTube that became an Internet sensation. The video showed how, in a few easy steps, the Nintendo Wii remote controller – or “Wiimote” – could transform a normal video screen into a virtual reality display, with graphics
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Lockport Union-Sun & Journal: It all started with a family camping trip. Arnie Wolfe was loading up the SUV when his oldest daughter decided to go with the family. After she added what she was bringing for the trip, there wasn’t enough room for the family of four. They had to take a second vehicle.
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The News Tribune: David Haggerty couldn’t sleep. “This bed is too warm,” he said to himself, flinging aside the flannel sheets from his sweating body. Next to him, his wife slept like a swaddled log. Perpetually chilled at night, she insisted the flannel sheets stay on the bed year-round. The couple had argued about it
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The New York Times: Henk van Ess, a Dutch consultant and speaker who trains media professionals in the use of technology, says he wasn’t looking to start a business when he sent out a note to a few groups on LinkedIn trying to find a way of extending the battery life of his new iPhone.
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CentreDaily.com: Nan Holloway discovered the inspiration for her business during a moment of exasperation. While on vacation in Hawaii with her husband, Chris, Holloway found herself digging constantly through her handbag, trying to locate her cell phone, travel documents or mints. “I’d hear the cell phone ring, and I couldn’t find it,” she says. Frustrated,
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AppScout: Today self-publishing and one-off online printing have made it possible for anyone to come out with a book, on just about any subject. And while your masterpiece might not make The New York Times bestseller list, chances are someone, somewhere might be interested in reading it–and meeting you, too. But between online book sellers
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TheDestinLog.com: Until this year, Debby Pozza didn’t know how competitive marketing a new game could be. “It’s very intimidating,” Pozza, the creator of the card game Foto Feud, told The Log about attending an industry convention in Los Angeles. “There are over a thousand games invented every year … It’s very difficult to break through
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Daily Mail: There is a theory that the spark of genius lurks hidden within all of us. Now scientists are developing a ‘thinking cap’ that could turn that theory into practice and unlock the amazing potential of the human brain. The device uses tiny magnetic pulses to change the way the brain works and has
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Mashable: Sometimes, all it takes is a simple and seemingly stupid idea. Today I was alerted to Web 2.0’s version of the Pet Rock, a site called “Umbrella Today?”. The site takes the simplicity and utility of sites like “Is it down for everyone or just me?” and the question we all really want to
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