Tim Harrington sits aboard the express bus from Mason, Ohio, to Cincinnati, his computer propped in his lap. He logs on, picks through his e-mail and begins his workday during the 30-to-40-minute rush-hour trip.
His commuter bus and buses in more than 20 other cities now offer wireless Internet, according to an informal survey by the […]

 
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A program at UNC Greensboro is giving students hands-on and bike-on experience, and seniors too.
Twice a week, students in the Health and Human Performance program visit residents at the WhiteStone: A Masonic and Eastern Star Community. They team up with the home’s activity department to implement a Duet biking program.
Students and activity […]

 
The latest product from a Lexington-based industry has company owner Francisco Guerra walking around with his head in the clouds.
The product is called Flogos, which combines the words flying and “logos,” and that’s a good description of the product.
A combination of a little helium and a lot of air produces a substance that looks and […]

 
An inventor in northeastern Connecticut is selling an item he claims can help a car get 100 miles per gallon.
Michael Dabrowski has an E-Wheel under his car and an electro-converter in the front seat. Dabrowski said that when the wheel turns once, the motor turns four times, giving him 150 miles per gallon of gas.
He […]

 
On a recent Wednesday afternoon, photographer Izaz Rony waited across the street from an office building on Chambers Street in Manhattan. As he sat on a bench eating a late breakfast, a visibly pregnant young woman wearing a black-and-white striped dress walked out the door, exactly on schedule.
Rony jumped up and ran down the block, […]

 
Alex Tew’s Million Dollar Homepage, then UKpreneur featured a young entrepreneur Pat Hankinson with his Social Millionaire website which is underway and today stands at $3362.15 and now I have noticed The Big Word Project.
Meet Paddy Donnelly and Lee Munroe. They’re selling words at a buck per letter. Donnelly, 22, and Munroe, 23 — graduate […]

 
I am seeing a number of online ventures popping up to take advantage of precious goods once held close to ones heart! I profiled a website last year for engagement and wedding rings where the weddings didn’t happen! Here is another:
Launched in February, ExBoyfriendJewelry.com facilitates the buying and selling of “ex” jewelry, as well as providing […]

 
When it comes to restaurant chains, diners usually know what to expect from the hamburgers or coffee in places like McDonalds or Costa.
But with Indian food, would one want the masala or korma to taste the same everywhere?
One group is hoping so, as it aims to be the first chain of Indian restaurants with franchises […]

 
Richard Brooks had his epiphany atop a mountain in Chang Mai, Thailand, while convalescing after a serious car accident and the recent death of a close friend.
“I realised how precious my own memories were and thought, wouldn’t it be fantastic to give people the ability to store their memories online, year after year,” he says.
That […]

 
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