BMH UK: There are few if any black or Asian people who have not at some point been forced to use plasters and bandages that contrast conspicuously with their natural brown skin tones. The site of a friend’s child being bullied for wearing a conspicuous white plaster across his forehead after sustaining an injury in the playground, was the catalyst […]
Ynot Plast – Plasters for Melanin-Rich Skins
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BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 85
SmartSwipe Safe Online Shopping Now you can swipe your credit card at your home or office computer just like you would in a store! SmartSwipe is the new, smarter, more secure way to shop online. Plug it into your computer’s USB port, go shopping to your favourite online stores, and swipe your credit card – it’s that simple…… Continued in […]
Go Greener with New Recycled Utensils
thedailygreen.com: Many foodies and chefs get snobby about their cooking utensils. The rest of us pick up our mashers, paring knives, spatulas and basters at yard sales, or big box discounters. There are reasons why this might not be such a smart long-term investment, however. Cheap utensils are often made with plastics, which are petroleum-derived, scratch and break down, and […]
The Boobox
The Boobox is a prototype for a stand-alone machine that distributes product samples. Consumers interested in getting one simply send a free SMS, in exchange for which they are given an activation code. That, in turn, gives them access to the sample. Unlike most vending machines, the Boobox is completely adjustable to samples with different sizes, weights and forms; it […]
Limited Edition Star Trek Airwalks
Action Figure Insider: Now Trekkers can boldly walk in footwear like no one has ever seen before. CBS Consumer Products, a unit of CBS Entertainment, announced today that acclaimed street style designer jeffstaple, whose fashions have been sported by the likes of Mos Def, Questlove, Lupe Fiasco and John Mayer, has unveiled an exclusive Star Trek inspired high-top sneaker dubbed […]
Be an Everyday Model
Want to get paid for living your life? Check out EverydayModels.net. A pioneer in providing innovative ways for ‘everyday people’ to earn money while living their everyday lives, the company manages the entire process for both clients and models, all over the world. As an ‘Everyday Model’ you can make money by selling space on your Social Networking profiles, including […]
Green Any Site
Too Lazy To Do It: New green business ideas abound these days, but I have yet to come across many as simple and effective as Any Green Site. The site allows you to “green” your online shopping, on any site, just by the click of a button. You only have to install the Green Any Site bookmarklet on your computer […]
An Idea to Eradicate Desertfication
Inhabitat: Designed by Hwang Jin Wook, Jeon You Ho, Han Kuk II and Kim Ji Myung, Seedbombs are a way to dispense direct aid to areas of impending desertification. Each carrier shell fans out in flight to disperse multiple clear plant capsules containing both soil and seeds. Once the capsules land, the soil provides enough nutrients and moisture to allow […]
Volcano Boarding
Racing down with a board on an active volcano, turns out to be a fashionable activity. Thousands of travelers are heading to the foothills of Nicaragua’s Cerro Negro mountain to take part in the new sporting craze, started by Phillip Southan, owner and manager of Bigfoot Hostel and Green Pathways Tours. Cerro Negro is considered one of Central America’s youngest […]