DIYbio Hub Ever wanted to play with your own genome? When you read about the latest genetic engineering tools do your fingers itch with anticipation? Do you look around the library, the pub, or the community center searching for your fellow biohackers? Look no further, intrepid gene-explorer, the Do-It-Yourself Biology movement has found a home at DIYbio.org….. Continued in BIZNESS! […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 84
Artsy Flu Masks
JoshSpear: What would you do if you were an out of work art director with some free time and you wanted to help fight the Swine Flu epidemic plaguing Mexico (and looking pretty grim all over the place)? Irina Blok decided to get creative with some fashionista surgical masks. Fashion Surgical Masks [JoshSpears]
Organic Sunscreen
Babygadget: Vivesana is a new organic sun care company that is the first 70% organic baby sunscreen product on the market. They also use exclusively US-grown organic ingredients and domestic, sustainable, BPA-free packaging and the tube is convenient for toting around. The best part? It doesn’t go on greasy or smell like pina coladas. With ingredients like Ginkgo Biloba Leaf […]
Inspire Taking Coach Bus
Inhabitat: Swedish advertising company, Acne, put together a rather eye-catching advertising campaign for Flygbussarna, an airport coach bus service, to inspire individual car drivers to take the coach bus instead. An installation made up of 50 wrecked cars resembling a Flygbussarna coach bus was placed next to the highway leading to the Swedish airport. Acne used 50 cars to emphasize […]
DIYbio
Singularity Hub: Ever wanted to play with your own genome? When you read about the latest genetic engineering tools do your fingers itch with anticipation? Do you look around the library, the pub, or the community center searching for your fellow biohackers? Look no further, intrepid gene-explorer, the Do-It-Yourself Biology movement has found a home at DIYbio.org. From the humble […]
Mind-Reading Headsets
NewScientist: Engineer, Adam Wilson, made global headlines by updating Twitter using his brainwaves. “USING EEG TO SEND TWEET” he explained. Wilson’s achievement was actually pretty trivial. He used a system called BCI2000, found in hundreds of laboratories across the globe, that can do the job of a keyboard for any software program. But it was significant precisely because it was […]
Packaging
Packaging Digest: Clever spin on packages such as bottles with diffusion closures, multi-dimensional shapes, feel-good visuals. Winners of the 46th Annual Package Awards competition of the National Association of Container Distributors (NACD, www.nacdnet), evaluated in February in seven categories, demonstrate clever shapes, functionality and decorating options. Honored during the association’s 2009 annual convention in Las Vegas, in April, the winners […]
Digital Photo Gallery
Gadget Reviews: It is quite compact – not bigger than a paperback – the dimensions of the portable digital photo viewer are the following: 19.5cm x 11.3cm x 1.4 cm, so you can bear it in your pocket. It features a 7-inch screen display with 800 x 480 resolution and is compatible with USB devices. 4 GB of internal memory […]
Bid For Your Groceries
Iconoculture: From frozen meats to breakfast cereal, cost-conscious shoppers are bidding on heavily discounted items at grocery auctions, with average savings of between 50-90%. Sprouting up at auction halls across the country, the gatherings put leftover and slightly damaged groceries on the auction block. Arriving from supermarkets, distribution centers and restaurant suppliers, the goods might otherwise have found their way […]
Mo:ben Lunchbox
Shiny Shiny: OK, I know you don’t tend to take a microwave with you wherever you go, but there’s no denying an office that’s lacking that mean machine is like an office with no computers- simply unworkable. Sure, you can work off laptops, or go to Pret for lunch, but those options aren’t ever going to be your first choice. […]