Popgadget: Shodensya, a Japanese provider of energy-saving services to corporate clients, will launch in November devices that reduce energy consumption in the home. Power Monitor can instantly measure the power consumption and voltage used by household appliances. The gauge itself does not have an energy-saving function, but it is helpful in making people more aware of the need to switch […]
Eco Gadget
Compass Boots
we make money not art: The prototype consists of three parts: the shoes with a series of sensors and mechanics, an interface and a computer running a software to analyse the data from the sensors. The Interface provides the communication between the shoes and the Mac. In the future both the interface and the computer could be embedded in the […]
Party Business
Entrepreneur: When Christopher Hughes heard his clients singing ?La Bamba? in anticipation of their Cinco de Mayo party, he knew he was onto something. Hughes, 34, had recently co-founded Day Perks with business partner and friend Leanne Mumm Pardo, 40. As co-workers at a branding and design firm, Hughes and Mumm Pardo saw a need for a service to take […]
Looking on the Bright Side
BizReport.com: The news menu was stuffed with the dreadful and appalling yesterday. A massive hurricane bearing down on Texas. A bus fire killing 24 elderly people near Dallas. Floods ravaging New Orleans — again. And that was before you even considered what’s happening to the economy, or in Iraq or Afghanistan, or anywhere else in this sad, wicked world. You […]
Gen Wine
TrendCentral: While young drinkers (21 and up, of course) aren’t dropping cheap beer anytime soon, the trend for more “refined” beverages seems to be going more mass lately, with affordable wines being marketed heavily to older Gen Ys and young Gen Xers. Qualitatively, we’ve already seen the beginning of the “hip” wine market with Sofia Coppola’s mini champagne cans, and […]
Cool Sleep Wear
fibre2fashion.com: The Spa at the St Julien has thrilled many with their sleeper hit, Cool Sets – night wear apparel that is casually elegant, affordable and incredibly comfortable. The new sleepwear line created in Boulder, Colorado made its debut at the Spa at the St Julien in July 2005. Cool Sets, is specially formulated to control body temperature fluctuations caused […]
Cowboy Cool
calgarysun.com: Someone let out Calgary’s little secret — that Stampede garb can look urban and sexy. Two important fashion shows in Milan this past week featured cowboy hats, wide Western belts, glistening silver and jade accents and acres of denim. Later, twins Dean and Dan Caten rounded up their Dsquared2 spring/summer 2006 collection. With a set straight out of Gunsmoke, […]
RoboDoc
BBC News: An intelligent computer system which can imitate doctors’ decisions about treatment for intensive care patients is being developed by scientists. It will monitor patients’ vital signs and then evaluate and administer drugs – a job now done by specialist medics. Decisions will be made in seconds – freeing up valuable time for doctors. The system is being designed […]
Chariot Racing
Iconoculture: What it lacks in Russell Crowe, it makes up for in authenticity. Visitors to Jerash, Jordan, can watch the Roman Army and Chariot Experience (RACE) – an authentic reenactment of Roman chariot races staged in a restored ancient Roman hippodrome. OK, there are no lions and no thumbs-down executions. But otherwise, it’s authentic. Reenactors are former Jordanian police officers […]
What’s That Song?
DailyCandy: You’re standing in a crowded record store attempting to hum (over blaring emo-core) the melody of an unidentified song you heard on the radio to a bemohawked salesperson who has a look on his face that, translated into English, means “kill me now.” Wow. You’d pay money not to go through that again. So do. For just 99 cents, […]