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White lines …

Posted on: Friday, May 16th, 2008 in: Innovation, Environmental

 
People have used dark-lined writing paper since medieval times and over the years, a lot of bleach has been used to provide a contrasting white background. Swedish Whitelines, on the other hand, makes carbon-neutral writing paper that uses white lines against a light grey background.
Traditional dark-lined paper not only depends on the use of bleach […]

The man that reinvented the wheel!

Posted on: Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 in: Entrepreneur, Innovation

 
Duncan Fitzsimons is a tinkerer. When he was 5 he put together Lego spaceships in seconds. When he was 15 he made a wooden rocking chair. At 26 Fitzsimons has decided to reinvent the wheel.
Standing in his London workshop, Fitzsimons picks up the bicycle wheel he designed and pushes on the sides. In one smooth […]

Fury over council’s £50k voting system

Posted on: Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 in: News, Innovation

 
A HIGH-TECH voting system has prompted outrage after town hall bosses revealed it was being installed in a bid to speed up long council meetings.
Blackburn with Darwen Council is spending £50,000 on the electronic key-pad system, similar to those used on television game shows such as ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’, and improvements to […]

MarketClusters

Posted on: Friday, April 4th, 2008 in: Innovation, One to watch

 
MarketClusters founder and CEO Nick Gregg has got his eye on India as a market to sell into and recruit from.
MarketClusters’ flagship product is a digital media intelligence offering called StrategyEye. It provides real-time information on the changes ocurring across the sector.
Gregg says: “India is one country we want to go into. We can remotely […]

Videoconferencing on the rise

Posted on: Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 in: Advice, Innovation

 
Videoconferencing specialist ICU Global is cashing in on the public’s ever-growing awareness of environmental issues as well as the desire of many business people to spend less time in airports.
Founder and CEO Stephen McKenzie says even though videoconferencing has been around for years, there’s huge potential in this business technology area.
“You save money on travel, […]

Google Map Petrol Pumps! A little late …

Posted on: Saturday, November 10th, 2007 in: Innovation, What The F!

 
I have just heard that Google and gas pump maker Gilbarco Veeder-Root have announced a partnership that will bring Google Maps down to earth and provide driving directions, local search, and coupons to 3,500 Internet-enabled gas pumps across the US.
A great idea but isn’t this a little too late? With the modern day sat nav […]

Do Good with your Debt

Posted on: Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 in: Entrepreneur, Innovation, Charity

 
Britain’s personal debt is increasing by £1 million every 4 minutes. Graduates who leave University have an average debt of £12,363. Are you in debt? Could you work with the homeless, sick and elderly? Then you could become debt free simply by doing some charity work.
It is a new and exciting scheme called Do Good […]

Crazy Planet Saving Ideas!

Posted on: Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 in: Innovation, What The F!, Environmental

 
Chances are that Louis Michaud is one of very few people who spend their days trying to make tornadoes. A year ago, the retired petrochemical engineer put together what looked a bit like a high-tech kiddie swimming pool. Only rather than splashes, this pool tends to generate twisters about as high as the garage.
Michaud is […]

Two Chicks - Egg White Entrepreneurs

Posted on: Friday, September 21st, 2007 in: Entrepreneur, Innovation

 
Entrepreneurs Alla Ouvarova and Ann Richey have launched their innovative and simple business Two Chicks selling a brand of free-range liquid egg white.
Fitness fanatic Anna said the idea came from frustration, from separating the egg white whenever she wanted to make an egg white omelette and was shocked when she found this product was not […]

Telemedicine 2.0 has arrived!

Posted on: Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 in: Innovation

 
The concepts of 2.0 are really evolving now and i am surprised to see what concepts are sprouting up next!
Quebec-based Myca already has a hit with a service called MyFoodPhone, which lets users snap photos of their daily meals and send them to the company’s nutritional analysts.
Myca is a pioneer in what you might call […]