It’s no secret that most coffee shops fail. Some people mistakenly believe a coffee shop is an easy source of income. It can be when you’re passionate about the coffee industry. Unfortunately, without passion, you’re doomed to fail from the start. Passion is vital, but it’s not enough. You need to be meticulous with the way you run your business. […]
Rescue A Failing Coffee Business With These 5 Tips
Concept Guitar
Merging synthesized sounds with rocking riffs on a guitar might involve installing a MIDI pickup, or plugging into a stomp box or blending the two in post production. Now the UK’s Lucem Custom Instruments has collaborated with Seattle’s Tracktion Corporation for an interesting concept guitar that has a BioTek 2 synthesizer built in. The Spirit Animal has a BioTek 2 […]
Facebook Events Can Now Be Shared Via Stories
Facebook Events are coming to Stories. On Monday, January 14, Facebook launched a test for a new share button allowing users to share an Event inside Stories. Facebook says the feature allows users to share in order to find friends interested in joining them at the event. The feature is currently being tested in the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. On […]
Renewable Energy In Spain’s Paradores
Many of Spain’s Paradores — a chain of state-owned, luxury hotels — are ancient castles and monasteries that have been around for, well, forever. But the country is embracing the future by introducing renewable energy at all 97 locations. The country announced that, beginning on the first of January, the Paradores will only get their electricity from renewable sources as […]
Apple Brings ECG To Its Watches
The Apple Watch Series 4 has been heralded for being the first direct-to-consumer wearable that allows the average person to measure an electrocardiogram (ECG). Cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), this function can help detect atrial fibrillation (AFib) and notify wearers of irregular heart rhythms, potentially saving lives. But the $400 price tag, along with the need […]
Face Scanning A.I In Healthcare
Facial recognition can help unlock your phone. Could it also be able to play a far more valuable role in people’s lives by identifying whether or not a person has a rare genetic disorder, based exclusively on their facial features? DeepGestalt, an artificial intelligence built by the Boston-based tech company FDNA, suggests that the answer is a resounding “yes.” The […]
Cool Chronograph Smart Watch
It’s always a special moment when wandering around the massive, sprawling halls of CES 2019, you come across something you hadn’t heard of, and didn’t expect to see. That’s how we stumbled on the Oskron smartwatch. Produced by the same company responsible for the Lunar solar smartwatch, it has a party trick to end them all — a screen you […]
Epic Battery Life For Your Headphones
Even as we dig comfortably into the 21st century, recharging wireless headphones — be it finding the cable, finding the time, or simply remembering to do it in the first place — is a struggle for all but the most diligent planners among us. That’s why, after a week logging tens of thousands of paces around Las Vegas at this […]
A.I Predicts How Your Meal Will Look Like
Recipe books contain photos. You know why? Because most of us aren’t capable of reading through a list of ingredients and associated instructions and picturing exactly what is supposed to come out of the oven or other cooking appliance at the end of the process. Artificial intelligence, it seems, doesn’t have quite the same problem — at least, not according […]
Paws On Plastic Campaign
If you own a dog, you know how often you’re outside on walks. And chances are, you’ve probably encountered plenty of litter while out with your pup — regardless of if you live in the city or the suburbs. And now, a new initiative in Scotland is hoping you can multitask while taking out your pet — by picking up […]