If these walls could talk. A new treatment that smartens up walls might not be about to give your bedroom a voice, but it could give it the ability to track your movements and your use of electronics, thanks to a special electrode-laden coating that turns them into interactive surfaces. The concept was dreamed up by researchers at Carnegie Mellon […]
Conductive Paint Turn Into Interactive Sensors
Isolated Intimacy
These lovely, self-contained “Slow Cabins” in remote Belgium may look like another version of a tiny home, but an entrepreneur is using them for a very different purpose: Isolation and intimacy. In a world that is moving at blinding speed these days, these remote sanctuaries lay waiting in secret locations for guests who won’t even know where they’re going until […]
Rubik Cube Helps You In Setting A Password
You would think that, here in 2018, the threat of bad actors and hackers online would make us work a bit harder at coming up with secure passwords. Yet somehow “123456” and “password” persist as popular choices. (And, no, we’re sadly not kidding about that!) Wouldn’t it be great if there was a desk toy that could somehow generate and […]
Know More About A Smart Plug
What is a smart plug? A smart plug plugs into your regular old wall outlet but usually comes with a corresponding app, so that you can control whatever you plug into it remotely. You plug the smart plug directly into an outlet, then plug any device into the smart plug. You will then be able to control whatever device you […]
Blendle The Netflix Of Journalism
In less than a decade, the way we consume news has drastically changed. We’re not waiting for a nightly news broadcast or a daily paper — you get up-to-the-minute breaking news alerts wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, thanks to smartphones. But while we can easily access a variety of news at our fingertips, many publishers have adapted to the […]
Gym Powered By The People Who Uses It
This gym in California is powered by people! Thanks to SportsArt’s line of innovative ECO-POWR equipment, Sacramento Eco Fitness is powered by its members as they work out. According to the gym, one cycling class produces enough energy to run two of its fridges for 24 hours. The savings were immediately noticeable – the business’ electric bill went from $680 […]
Tracking Your Run With This Insole
A new smart insole is aiming to bring detailed insights, AI coaching and injury prevention to runners. Startup Arion’s eponymous insoles bring continuous gait analysis in real time, allowing runners to break down their technique and receive data regarding cadence, foot-strike, step length, balance, contact time and stability. The pair of pressure-sensitive insoles slip underneath the regular soles of a […]
How a Small Business Can Gain Competitive Advantage over a Large Business
Small businesses have gained the economies of scale when it comes to effective marketing. Thanks to the power of the internet, they can now launch reliable campaigns online even with limited resources. As such, marketing gurus like Shout agency have come out to make it possible for small businesses to thrive. Some of the ways a small business can […]
Restaurants Turns Waste Into Animal Feed
Green Matters has teamed up with WeWork for the month of April to celebrate Earth Day 2018 with a #workgreen challenge and Q&A series spotlighting sustainability-minded WeWork member companies. In this installment, we’re sitting down with Robert Olivier, founder and CEO of GrubTubs. Olivier has spent the last 17 years developing insect-based technologies; and GrubTubs stands to be his pinnacle […]
Omnipork Hits Hong Kong
A new vegan startup, Right Treat, has an important goal. They want to cut back on pork consumption in China. Their first product is “Omnipork,” a new meat that provides the same flavor of traditional pork, but is much more sustainable. It follows other meatless products like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, who are both on the rise It’s estimated […]