RFID Technology Keeps Fruits Fresh

Rfid-Ready.com: Dutch active RFID provider Ambient Systems and Information Highway Group (IHG), the Spanish RFID system integrator, have conducted a successful project with Bionest, the largest Spanish organic strawberry producer, and with one of Germany’s largest retailers. The use of Ambient’s third generation active RFID allowed Bionest to monitor the condition of strawberry transport from start to finish. The pilot […]

Zero Energy Cool Chambers

The Times of India: Considering the need for a substitute to a refrigerator in rural areas, especially when the power supply in the villages is erratic, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) of CSA University has demonstrated that the chambers – a temporary storage structure – can keep vegetables and milk products fresh for longer periods, without using any electricity. These zero […]

Find a Playspace

TrendWatching.com: The KaBOOM! Playspace Finder is a user-generated online directory that lets anyone enter, search for and rate play spaces. Users can add photos and comments for each play space, as well as detailed descriptions including available playground equipment or amenities. Some 16,000 play areas across the USA and Canada are now listed on the Google Maps-based site. Transparency Triumph […]

Green Mattress

SanLuisObispo.com: Although Get-A-Mattress offers plenty of mainstream inner-spring and memory foam mattresses, it specializes in organic and natural mattresses, which comprise around 30 percent of its inventory. “Everyone talks green these days,” Brezeale explained. “We felt that people were finally understanding how important it is to have a clean, safe environment somewhere where we spend eight hours a day.” Natural, […]

GoGirl – female urination device

Go-Girl.com: GoGirl is the way to stand up to crowded, disgusting, distant or non-existent bathrooms. It’s a female urination device (sometimes called a FUD) that allows you to urinate while standing up. It’s neat. It’s discreet. It’s hygienic. While the concept may be new to you, European women have used female urination devices for years. GoGirl’s not the first device […]

Trade Books with Bookins

Sue Wargo, a school librarian from N. Grosvenordale, CT saves more than $500 a year on book purchases. How? “I regularly swap books online to supplement my personal and school libraries. I also get books on CD for travel. I listen to them and then return them,” says Sue. “It helps feed my book addiction at a fraction of what […]

Sportswear to keep you Cool

Fibre2Fashion.com: CooltechMarketplace.com launched three new Cooling Sportswear garments unique to the active wear industry – the Cooling Tee (T-Shirt for men and women), Cooling Sports Bra, and Cooling Cami (Camisole). Cooltech Marketing, Inc. believes its versatile sportswear containing lightweight, controlled temperature cool packs will appeal to diverse consumer groups – amateur and professional athletes who participate in everything from extreme […]

New Website about Parks and Golf Courses

cjonline.com: People now can access information about parks and golf courses in Topeka and Shawnee County at one place – unwind.topeka.net. The new website allows browsers to discover parks and other green spaces they may not have known about, said Barbara Hollingsworth, manager of product portfolio development for Topeka.net. “Sometimes you don’t realize what is in your own backyard,” Hollingsworth […]

Built on CD Cases

Inhabitat: Preparations for the Shanghai World Expo 2010 are heating up and many countries are getting in on the action by designing structures for the space. We couldn’t help but be dazzled by the Shanghai Corporate Pavilion by Atelier Feichang Jianzhu, but we were even more impressed to learn that the fascinating building is composed of thousands of plastic tubes […]

Stop dreaming! Start flying!

Iconoculture: Far-fetched flying fantasies will soon become boutique thrill realities thanks to JetLev, a personal jet pack company whose motto says it all: “Stop dreaming! Start flying!” Soaring-obsessed consumers with serious scratch can get their hands on a JetLev starting in September 2009 for approximately $129,000. No one ever said flying was cheap. It’s hard to conceive of a more […]