The Saga Foundation announces today its mission to create Saga (SGA), the first non-anonymous blockchain-based digital currency. The currency is designed with a tamed volatility mechanism. These characteristics can set the ground for the currency to become a store of value and a medium of exchange. Saga is designed to address legitimate concerns expressed by policy makers, regulators and market participants […]
Saga Non-Anonymous, Reserve-Backed Digital Currency
Aura-Band Turns Your Fitness Hard Work Into Rewards
Finding the motivation to continue wearing a fitness band is equally as challenging as going to the gym, out for a jog, or organizing that tennis game. Unless it’s worthwhile, and does something useful when it’s on your wrist, it’s in danger of becoming forgotten. The Aura Band, a fitness wearable currently on Kickstarter, aims to avoid being discarded by […]
Self-Sustaining Australian Home
Building a self-sustaining home can involve a higher upfront investment, but it usually pays off in the long run thanks to increased efficiency and lower energy bills. Sydney residents Geoff Carroll and Julie Young did just that by hiring CplusC Architectural Workshop to renovate their 1980s terrace house into an environmentally friendly home that allows them to grow their own produce and track […]
Turning Plastic Bags For Making Roads?
Only two percent of plastic trash in Ghana is recycled, according to a video from the World Economic Forum (WEF) – but one local company is hoping to change that statistic. Nelplast Ghana Limited, which focuses on industrial processing, is turning plastic bags into pavement blocks that can be used to build roads. And it’s not just plastic bags than […]
Mobile Water Park
This is the waterborne jungle gym that maneuvers into place with an integrated 25-hp outboard motor. Two Olympic-grade trampolines—7? x 10? and 8? x 8’—launch jumpers safely into the water with polypropylene bouncing surfaces supported by sturdy 8? galvanized steel springs. An enclosed 24?-diam. spiralling slide deposits riders 2? above the water and a rope swing descends from a retractable […]
Volterman – World’s Most Powerful Smart Wallet
Volterman Smart Wallet has captured the attention of crowdfunders across the globe. With a built-in Power Bank, Distance Alarm System, Global GPS tracking system, Worldwide WiFi hotspot and even a thief detection camera, it’s a huge innovative leap on from anything currently available on the market. No more dead batteries, the Built-in Powerbank fully charges your smartphone on the go. Works both wirelessly and […]
One Third Of Parisian New Green Spaces For Urban Farming
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, was elected in 2014 with the intention to improve the city’s green spaces as a part of her platform. CNN reports that Hidalgo has made good on her initiatives, and both private and public enterprises have risen to the challenge of making Paris rich in biodiversity as well as cultural capital. In 2016, her […]
Communicating With The Computers
Advances in voice recognition technology have seen it become a more viable form of computer interface, but it’s not necessarily a quieter one. To prevent the click-clacking of keyboards being replaced by noisy man-machine conversations, MIT researchers are developing a new system called AlterEgo that allows people to talk to computers without speaking and listen to them without using their […]
Making Honey Easier To Collect
In 2015, a magnificently clever invention by two Australian beekeepers turned into a record-breaking crowdfunding campaign, raising over US$2 million dollars in just its first 24 hours. The genius idea was to design a beehive with a tap system that can siphon honey without opening the lid and disturbing the bees. The duo has now launched the Flow Hive 2, […]
Karmabot Builds High-performing Culture in Remote Teams
How often do you feel like giving someone likes or points for being helpful or maybe appreciate them when they did something very impressive? Karmabot founders, David and Stas, have been running a digital agency in Auckland for almost 10 years. Together with their team of tech-savvy specialists they’ve built an internal tool that streamlines in-chat communications. In short, Karmabot […]