Digital Chosunilbo: Idea Shop’s (www.1300k.com) super-small massager (W3,500) has drawn the admiration of workers struggling through the day and students who want to loosen up during long hours of test preparation. Hot Gadgets to Help you Stay Cool This Summer [Digital Chosunilbo]
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Car Broke Down?
Cool Tools: Mechanics here in Boston call this a “jump kit.” It’s a briefcase-sized, 20lb, 12V battery with built-in 12v/120v charger, and with built-in jumper cables attached. The Jump-N-Carry is a much easier way to jump a car; no jockeying the live car to kiss bumpers, no stretching jumper cables between cars. I tend to keep mine in my car, […]
Mobile Dentist
IHT: Samantha Taube stepped out of the MGM Grand hotel and casino into the bright sun to walk to the parking lot. After a short distance, she approached a trailer, entered, sat in a dentist’s chair and had her teeth cleaned. “If you know Las Vegas traffic these days, you know what a benefit this is,” said Taube, who trains […]
Delivering Baggage
StartupJournal: This week, thousands of kids will be returning home from summer camp — without suitcases, duffel bags, tennis rackets, or even their dirty clothes. Much of the baggage will be delivered back to their homes by small firms that have made a business of transporting campers’ bags to and from the camps. Typical is Camp Trucking, based in Denver. […]
Windsave Saves You Money
TRENDWATCHING.COM: Continuing concerns about climate change and skyrocketing energy prices are fuelling interest in alternative sources of energy. One of consumers’ major complaints though is the lack of making a real impact: separating bottles and papers only goes so far. Sensing a real opportunity, British/Scottish Windsave launched the Windsave 1000 system, a three-bladed fan (1.75 m in diameter) that connects […]
Mobile Office
Springwise: A novel twist added by Habitaz is the pre-paid office card. While most of Habitaz’ lease plans are per month, their pre-paid GreenCard allows customers to rent space and facilities by the hour, minute or megabyte. A card costs ZAR 1,000 (USD 145 / EUR 115), and gives holders access to all of the facilities at Habitaz, each of […]
Food Text Services
Iconoculture: Think of Mobo as curbside takeout for urban dwellers. The service – short for “mobile order” – enables Manhattanites to order and pay for food ahead of time. Here’s how it works: Hungry citizens use their cellphones (or a computer) to text an order to a restaurant from a selected list and pay with a linked credit card. The […]
Outdoor Fridge
BornRich: Keep your beer cool in this Weber Chill Refrigerator that can be rolled indoors or outdoors according to your needs. The ultimate big-party cooler features a huge 1.6 cubic feet capacity, and can store 72 ice-cold cans of your drink or 48 beer bottles or 36 wine bottles as cold as you want. The roll-bar party-refrigerator is constructed of […]
e- Real Estates
Entrepreneur.com: Steve Weber always wanted to be part of something big, but he repeatedly saw opportunities, like the fax and PC markets, pass him by. “I told myself, ‘I’m going to get on the front end of one of these market waves,’” says Weber, 42. “When the internet came, I knew that was it. I didn’t want to miss out […]
Webcast My Wedding
Springwise: Springwise loves forward-looking ventures that manage to stick around until their time has truly come. Like webcastmywedding.net, which broadcasts weddings to a couple’s friends and family unable to come over from (or to) far flung places. Customers need a video camera, laptop, and high speed online access. The company then charges USD 395 for setting up a live stream […]