Clean energy got a big boost this week as Ivanpah, the world’s largest concentrating solar power plant, officially started generating energy for California’s electric grid. Located just southwest of Las Vegas, the massive solar facility can produce a whopping 392 megawatts of solar energy to power 140,000 California homes with clean energy–the equivalent of removing 400,000 metric tons of carbon […]
World’s Largest Concentrating Solar Power Plant
Coffee Maker for Mason Jars
Pour Mason is a pour-over coffee maker attachment made specifically for Mason Jars. Made from 1100 Aluminum alloy in Williamsburg Brooklyn and finished with electroless Nickel. The aluminium funnel, lined with disposable paper filers, fits into the lid and filters coffee when it is poured through, allowing users to make coffee in the jar.
Recovery Beer
Lean Machine is developed as a sport recovery, low calorie, fit beer, or ‘Recovery Ale’. The concept is pretty straight forward. It will be produced in Calgary and should be available (funding permitting) Late this summer. In Lean Machine ingredients, there aren’t a lot of useless sugars and stimulants in it. Each ingredient serves a specific purpose for a faster […]
Clamp Lamp
This witty idea belongs to Swedish designer Ola Giertz. The simplistic Clamp lamp, produced by lighting brand Oriva, can be attached to many different types of furniture easily. Inspired by a classic clothespin, the piece bears a familiar form and offers an equally familiar function. Just clamp it to any shelf or edge and let there be light. Clamp Lamp […]
Agree to Lend to Friends
A new app has been launched which aims to encourage borrowing between friends and family on Facebook, pushed as an alternative to payday loans. ‘Agree It’ – which is free to download and use – enables Facebook friends to request loans from each other, for personal or business use, at mutually agreeable rates. The borrower gets “a cheaper loan closer […]
Fitness Beer
Fitness drinks and ale are usually regarded as separate categories. Lean Machine Ale, a low-calorie, low-alcohol ‘fit beer’ brings the two together in a single glass. Described by brewer Vampt Brands as an ultra-premium beer, Lean Machine ticks every box in the fitness drink book. Gluten-free and vitamin-enriched, the light ale has an alcohol volume of 5% and contains only […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 182
Top stories in the latest BIZNESS! Newsletter:
– Cacao Nibs
– Lego Building Electrical Appliances
– Touchbase Tap And Go Business Cards
– Travelwedge Inflatable Inclined Bed Wedge
– Baby Monitoring Wearable Gadget
– Shoretrax Mountain Bike Track Trails
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iOptik
Innovega will change how we look at our world – “both” our real-world and our digital world that today provides us with so much of our entertainment and valuable information. By enhancing our normal vision using special contact lenses we make it possible to view virtual and augmented reality images in the same way we view our real world. It […]
Rainmaker Cap
Who needs a fancy watering can when you can take an old plastic soda bottle (1, 1.5, or 2 liter) and attach the adorable Rainmaker to it to get the job done? Fill the bottle with water, screw on the cloud like you would a cap, turn it over, squeeze and make it rain! Rainmaker: A Plant Watering Cloud [Design […]
Indestructible Drone
Game of Drones is proud to announce a Kickstarter to launch a new prosumer drone airframe into the market. It’s called the Action-Sports quad airframe, and it’s truly something unique – the toughest drone airframe ever produced. It can withstand water landings, fire, crashes, high-falls, curb-stomping, water-cannons, and even some direct gunfire – and still remain airworthy. It can even […]