Politician and environmentalist Hon. Nida Cabrera set up a challenge for Belgian product designer Sep Verboom to create a new product out of waste found in Cebu, Philippines. Verboom packed his bags and headed to the city and discovered that waste was a massive issue, causing both health and flooding problems. With Cebu being well-known for its weaving industry, it […]
Fan-tastic Recycling
Period Subscription
The Period Store offers monthly goodie bags to women by subscription, delivering essentials and comforts according to their individual cycle. Customers first register their details, including their usual menstrual cycle, before selecting the items they’d like to receive in their package. Recipients can choose from items such as tampons, menstrual cups, sea sponges and stain removers that help them deal with […]
Dog Washing Machine
The ‘Woof to Wash’ enables specially trained dogs to unlock the machine with a bespoke footpad and start it with a simple woof. A doggy footpad and a microphone system have been added which recognise a dog’s bark. This means that dogs are able to unlock the machine by pressing the pad with their paw and pull a rope with their mouths […]
Brussels Sprout-powered Christmas Tree
You’ve probably seen a light powered by a lemon or a clock hooked up to a potato before, but a group in London recently built a similar device using a much smaller, less popular piece of produce. To promote The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair, a team of designers built the world’s first Brussels sprout-powered battery and […]
Will The BYOD Trend Force Business Cloud Adoption?
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is an irrefutable success, exploding thanks to cheaper and more powerful smartphones, the widespread adoption of tablets and the general increase in technological capability (or at least the perceived capability!) of employees. Analyst firm IDC predicts that, by 2016, smartphone shipments will reach 480 million – a whopping 65% of these will used by employees […]
Church Bell Clock
USMA is a clock which resorts only to the sound of church bells, bringing home the rural, and, distressful relation with time. So, we could actually ignore all visual time setting devices and let the countryside feeling rule our lives.
Plantable Christmas Wrapper
Eden’s Paper is 100% plantable wrapping paper. Currently there are five wrapping papers to choose from, these have the seeds of Carrots, Tomato, Broccoli, Chilli and Onion all embedded into them. Eden’s Paper helps reduce landfill paper waste by encouraging people to plant their wrapping paper to grow vegetables, instead of throwing away wrapping paper in the bin. 100% Plantable […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 177
Top stories in the latest BIZNESS! Newsletter:
– Bed Desk
– Pegs Lamp
– Toymail
– App Controlled Paper Airplane
– Magnetic Bike Lights
– Mobile Solar Truck
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Electrostatic Slickynotes
Slickynotes adhere to any smooth, dry surface without the use of adhesives. Their stable, electrostatic charge lasts for weeks. This means you can stick, re-stick and slide these notes pretty much anywhere indoors. Imagine the possibilities.
Dog Controlled Washing Machine
JTM Service, a U.K. based laundry appliance company, created the new “Wash to Woof” washing machine. The purpose of this machine is to add another task for support dogs to perform when living with the disabled. As part of their training, support dogs are taught a variety of tasks to perform in which one of them is loading washer and […]