Wooing Elite Travelers As the luxury travel takes on to woo the elite travelers, British Airways has also introduced their new first class cabin being installed on a B777. The new cabin features a personal wardrobe, a 60% wider bed at the shoulders, leather-bound writing table, a 15-inch in-flight entertainment screen….. Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 98 >>> – Other […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 98
Travel Tours for Toys
Too Lazy to Do It: The idea of taking pictures of stuffed animals and toys in front of famous monuments has been around for a while, and was especially popularized by the kidnapped gnome in the film Amélie. But now someone has had the inspired idea to make a business out of it. Toy Traveling is a new business based […]
Sleep Well
TrendCentral: Possibly the most gentle alarm clock on the market, this bio alarm clock app uses your iPhone’s accelerometer to monitor your sleep patterns. By simply placing your iPhone under your bottom sheet, the Sleep Cycle alarm clock monitors when you’re in your lightest sleep phase, thus making waking up less like a clonk on the head and more like […]
The Neater Feeder
Dog Reflections: The Neater Feeder is a feeding station made of recyclable polypropylene plastic. It has high walls that keeps food and water inside the station and keeps your floors and home clean when your pet eats. Each feeder includes 2 metal bowls. The Neater Feeder has totally changed our daily battle with drool! We can walk around in the […]
The Coke Phone
TrendBlog: Chinese designer Daizi Zheng recently created a concept mobile phone that runs off of Coca-Cola. The Chinese ex-pat, who new resides in London, designed the phone as a proof of concept for Nokia. It uses the soda’s sugar to create a “bio battery” that powers the phone for potentially three to four times longer than a traditional lithium battery. […]
Worldbike for the World
Worldbike designs and distributes low-cost bicycles for programs that increase economic opportunity, improve health outcomes and boost enrollment and gender equity in secondary school among the rural poor. Our bikes withstand large loads, rough terrain and inclement weather and are configured to be not only affordable, but also maintained and repaired locally. Through partnership with international and local agencies, private […]
Barter for Classes
Iconoculture: OurGoods, a New York community bartering network, has established a night school that offers adult continuing education to students in exchange for barter items the teacher might want. One example: A writing instructor would like more locally grown organic produce. Students wishing to take her class can sign up to bring a nice basket of in-season vegetables. Grand Opening […]
Waterward’s Sun Sure Water
The Waterward solar water purifier is an economic, chemical-free way to guarantee that you have ultra pure, potable drinking water. It uses no filters, has no electrical or moving parts and each panel can produce clean water on a moderately warm day and much more in tropical climates or when the unpure supply water is pre-heated. By using both infrared […]
Kiran Solar Lantern
Meet the world’s most affordable high-quality solar lantern. The Kiran is the perfect replacement for kerosene lanterns in the home, workplace, or on the go. It provides up to 8 hours of light on a full battery and uses highly efficient LEDs. It is four times brighter than a kerosene lantern and provides 360-degree illumination. The lamp gives an even […]
What’s Fresh?
Iconoculture: When a cook has a need for a specific ingredient, how does she know if trudging to the farmers’ market will be a waste of time? Enter WhatIsFresh.com, an online guide to the greenmarkets in the boroughs of NYC. Consumers can use the site to search by market location, day of the week, vendor or ingredient. The latter category […]