Entrepreneur: Beasley is the creator of table golf, a new game that combines golf and billiards into one. Beasley dreamed up the game in 1999 while serving a sentence. As he watched a golf tournament get rained out on TV, he wondered what golfers did on rainy days. Armed with his idea and some crude blueprints he had drawn, Beasley […]
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Ethical Beauty
News & Star: For those dismayed by Anita Roddick’s “sell-out” to L’Oreal and who have sworn never to darken the Body Shop’s doorstep again, the hunt is on for alternatives. There was a time when “ethical beauty” was a bit of an oxymoron. To be ethical, it seemed, a product had to be worthy, unglamorous and look and smell as […]
Read Without Flipping
AVING: If you drop by a show house for an apartment in Korea, you will see that you can read a book without turning pages using RFID technology. If you have a book, desk, and a display equipped with RFID chips, now you can read the whole contents through a large display just by putting the book on the desk […]
New Cigar Flavours
Born Rich: Dutch cigar producer, Royal Agio Cigars is adding two of their new products, Panter Coffee and Panter Coffee Wooden Tip to their royal range of cigars. The new products will be launched at the TFWA Asia Pacific show in Singapore in May this year. According to the company, both products combine the pleasant flavour of cigars with the […]
High Above
INDYSTAR.com: Like a growing number of homeowners paying extra attention to the space over their heads, Cronin likes to incorporate the ceilings into his room design. “It’s the biggest space you have to work with,” says Cronin, who designs sound studios. Cronin’s not the only one with an overhead fixation. “Ceilings are huge,” says decorative painter Kathy Wear, whose work […]
Tag it and Share!
Trendwatching.com: Codes for consumers, not producers, is one thing, but in an open source, CUSTOMER MADE world, what about codes by consumers? Check out Singapore based Tagit, who have developed a universal decoding engine which runs on an open platform, meaning that all types of digitized codes, from the QR Code and the humble 2D DataMatrix to Tagit’s own proprietary […]
Jiffy-tite Quick-Connect Fluid Fittings
Truckblog: Those of you who actually take your truck down to the tracks on the weekend will certainly appreciate Jiffy-tite® Quick-Connect fluid fittings. Their lightweight, high flow valve technology in the plug and socket assembly automatically interrupts the flow of fluid when disconnected to protect against hazardous gas leaks or potential hot oil spills. Designed by racers for racers, each […]
Safe TV
Iconoculture: TiVo is going even more consumer-happy by offering TiVo KidZone, a “safe” place where kiddies can connect only with programming that meets parental approval. TiVo’s offering isn’t just a no-brainer blocking service. KidZone automatically filters TV content based on families’ personal values. Soft on cartoon violence in general, but touchy about lewd language? Or just can’t stand the Wiggles? […]
Mobile Commerce from PayPal
BizReport.com: The move by PayPal, a unit of online auctioneer eBay Inc., marks a big step in further bridging the worlds of electronic commerce and brick-and-mortar stores, by giving consumers a pay option via telephone. PayPal Mobile lets consumers instantly buy goods and services, such as compact discs, DVDs and apparel, by sending product codes via text message. PayPal signed […]
Self Made Tent
Yanko Design: Who has never dreamt of a tent that could erect itself without any help? – Just throw 2Seconds into the air and it will open up on its own before even reaching the ground. It is the spring hoops that enable this. The idea was to pre-assemble the different elements (room, double roof, hoops) to simplify the hiker’s […]