Innovation
Anti-Theft Lunch Bags Fend Off Food Nabbers
by Kim Patterson
Ah, the lunchroom thief. Amazingly, every office seems to have at least one. The Anti-Theft Lunch Bag is made to protect your food from all of the lunch stealers of the world.
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Add new comment QR Codes To The Rescue In The Gulf To Address The BP Oil Spill
by Ron Callari
While Quick Response (QR) Codes still have a long way to go in gaining
traction in the US, the BP Oil Spill may be the right catalyst to
introduce this technology to more and more folks who own smartphones.
1 comment The $49 Kindle Was The Only Question Not Asked By Charlie Rose
by Ron Callari
Today, there are virtually hundreds of blogs that have surfaced since last night's interview of Jeff Bezos by Charlie Rose.
It was the first news of Amazon's recent launch of their new WiFi and
Kindle 3G iterations, and an interesting choice of a TV show to make the
announcement. However while Rose's intelligent and pointed Q & A
was targeted, it did omit one burning question: What about a $49 Kindle?
Portable Watermelon Cooler Keeps Your Cantaloupes Perfectly Chilled
by Steve Levenstein
Got melon, will travel? Now you can keep your watermelon chilled to just the right temperature while you're out & about!
What Happens When You're On The Same Wavelength - And When You're Not
by T Goodman
You seem to feel it instinctively when you and another person are on the 'same wavelength,' and equally so when the two of you are on completely different wavelengths. Now, with new advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), scientists at Princeton University have tested some of the theories that others have suggested for just what happens in the brain when people are on the same wavelength.
Electrolux Design Lab Finalists: 8 Brilliant Designs For The Space Age
by Toby
For the last few years, the Electrolux Design Lab has called for student design submissions that prepare for the 'space age.' This isn't the outer space age, it's the interior space age, ones that millions of people are predicted to inhabit by the year 2050.
Fatty French Fries Fuel Futuristic Form Of Forging Forward
by Doug Bonderud
In the quest to find an efficient Hydrogen generation system, researchers at the University of Leeds have found a way to turn leftover french fry fat into fuel.
Social Media To Allow Ask.com Users To Ask More Soul-Searching Questions
by Ron Callari
Asking a search engine a question doesn't always surface exactly what a
online searcher is looking for. Just ask Ask.com. They have been trying
to answer that question for almost 15 years. Overshadowed by today's
search giant Google, even the mightiest in land has not been able to
devise an algorithm that actually answers a question with the most
accurate search results.
Batter Blaster Creates a Healthy, Hot Breakfast In Minutes
by Kim Patterson
Don’t you hate it that convenience food is usually great for your timeline, but horrible for your body? It is nice to discover a rare convenience item that takes people’s health into consideration too. Batter Blaster appears to be one such product.
Automatic Chef Rotating Campfire
by Chris Weiss
It's hard for something that calls itself the "automatic chef" to miss the mark, but somehow, this does.
Smart Cup Tells You When It's Safe To Drink Your Joe
by Toby
McDonald's has been sued for it. Tongues have burned from it. Private
parts have disappeared from it. And, of course, clothes have been
spoiled because of it. Hot coffee! Oh, yeah, tea too.
Quirky Community Develops The Ultimate Dog Leash: Kōsoku
by Lady Bee
Quirky, the first successful online 'social product development'
company has just released its 60th product in six months. The product,
which Quirky named the Kōsoku, "a dog leash so fly it gets a fancy schmancy Japanese name," is pretty cool, and it does seem to fit its billing of 'A new leash on life.'
Social Media Goes GTL With Jersey Shore Facebook Game & iPhone App
by Ron Callari
Love them or hate them, MTV is utilizing social media to promote the second season of its reality hit TV show, Jersey Shore.
This week, the network is hyping the much anticipated return of the
guidos and guidettes with a Facebook game and an iPhone app.
Zaha Hadid's Design For The Hague's Cutural Center Is A Finalist
by Toby
Yes, I know it looks like a pile of
ventilated soft paper dinner napkins in this photo, but in the images
of the city, The Hague, Zaha Hadid's vision of The Hague's Dance and Music Center, looks like a huge
pile of napkins with space and light between the layers. And you have
to love it. Because it will symbolize a period in the illustrious, prolific
life-work of perhaps the most famous architect in the world right now.
Google's Android Phones In China Could Become Google-less
by Ron Callari
As ironic as it sounds, Baidu - China's number one search engine is
negotiating with smartphone manufacturers to pull the ultimate coup -
replace Google Search with Baidu Search on all Google Android phones
in the country.
Dogs Go To Pubs... Why Not Serve Them?
by Lady Bee
In Britain and Europe, people go to restaurants, bars, and pubs with their dogs. In most places, dogs are allowed inside the establishments as well as outside on the patios. Man's best friend is allowed to enter, but is not served by the restaurateurs. Until now...
World's Most Expensive Sushi For Those Who Chews Gold
by Steve Levenstein
Want to impress someone special with a dinner as good as gold? Angelito Araneta, Jr., the so-called "Karat Chef", serves up shiny sushi fit for royalty - and with a price to match.
Social Media Reveal For 2011 Ford Explorer Does Not Connect The Dots
by Ron Callari
At 7:40AM EDT on July 26, the Ford Motor company introduced a major
departure in unveiling a new car with the launch of the 2011 Ford
Explorer on Facebook.
Departing from the "Mad Men" Days of traditional advertising and
revealing a new car on the floor of an Auto Show, Ford chose Social Media
to motivate buyers.
Tabnabbing, A Hacker's Latest Phishing Expedition
by Ron Callari
How many of us leave a half-dozen or so tabs open in our browser
throughout the course of the day? Apparently this is the new breeding
ground for hackers to lie in wait. The latest malware to hit the digital
airways is called 'tabnabbing' and it seizes on an opportunity to steal
passwords when users log-in to email or banking accounts, and leave the tabs open for a period of time.
Rock-Paper-Scissors... All In a Glove
by John P. Barker
Here's that excuse you've been looking for to play with yourself in public...
