The launch of Karma in Sweden has brought about a new way of fighting food waste. Since 2016, more than 1,500 businesses such as restaurants, bakeries, cafes and hotels as well as the three largest supermarket chains in Sweden have joined the battle to reduce the amount of perfectly edible food that is thrown away daily. The mobile app offers […]
Discounted Meals To Combat Food Wastage
Spray On Skin For Serious Burns
AVITA Medical, a Valencia, California firm, won FDA approval for its remarkable RECELL Autologous Cell Harvesting Device for serious burns in adult patients. In preparation for treatment, a small healthy piece of the patient’s skin sample is taken, from which the so-called “Spray-On Skin” preparation is made. The process only takes 30 minutes, so it can be used soon after […]
Coop’s Old Milk Fragrance
Food waste is a major issue all around the world, but one Swedish company is doing something about it. Coop has officially launched an ‘Old Milk’ fragrance — which, yes, smells like spoiled milk — to urge citizens to rely on their sense of taste and smell rather than expiration dates when deciding whether to throw away outdated food. A […]
Time To Own Your Eco-Yatch
If you’ve ever wanted to get creative as a means of getting trash out of our oceans, you’re not alone. After all, the amount of pollution that impacts our planet can feel overwhelming. While grassroots efforts to collect trash from our waters are certainly inspiring, one new approach has a lot of people talking. Known as the “Ocean Saviour,” this […]
Aussies Going With Less Meat Now
No matter where you live, it’s likely you’ve heard terms like “vegan” and “vegetarian” with growing consistency. More people are making an effort to reduce their meat consumption or center meals around vegetables. And it’s not just word of mouth or marketing that suggests this transition, either. As a study released by Roy Morgan, a leading market research company based […]
Head Up Display Helmet
We’ve seen helmets with built-in HUD (head up display) tech before, but what if you already have a perfectly good helmet that you don’t want to get rid of? Well, that’s where the Hudway Sight system may come in handy. The battery-powered setup consists of a mounting bracket that can be attached to an existing motorcycle, bicycle or auto racing […]
Can This Bouncy Backpack Really Help To Lighten The Load?
It seems like bouncy backpacks are on their way to becoming the next big thing, with suspension-packing packs claimed to make big loads easier to carry. Hot on the heels of the HoverGlide, here’s the Moonr, which lets the backpack “float” in four directions. Like the HoverGlide, the Moonr backpack slides up and down your back on rails. Unlike the […]
Self Massage Backpack
Eume’s co-founder Naina Parekh told us that lugging a heavy gadget-filled backpack around the halls at CES prompted her to follow through on an idea that had been running through her mind in the months prior to the tech expo. That idea is the Eume backpack with built-in massager, designed to make your journey a little less of a strain. […]
Different Music Tastes In The Car? No Problem!
Listening to some tunes while driving is great if you’re on your own, but if you have passengers with varied tastes then pleasing everyone can be a problem. We’ve seen the likes of Harman and Hyundai-Kia envelop individuals in their own audio bubbles, but the dynamic focused sound system being tested by car maker Seat at the moment promises to […]
Volvo’s New Car Targets To Take Over Short Haul Flights
Volvo introduced the 360c concept on Wednesday, opening up a new exploration of the autonomous driving future. More than just a vehicle, Volvo is exploring a new travel paradigm, in which fully autonomous vehicles replace short-distance flights, providing a quicker, more relaxing means of jumping from Point A to B. Volvo’s concept helps passengers pass the time with sleep, work, […]