How do you make pickling, canning, and composting workshops fun? If you’re the Ecology Center, you take them on the road with a brightly colored double decker bus housing a prep kitchen and garden inside. The Ecology Center calls this bus “Road Trip,” and it’s been making appearances all over California. The “mobile ecological experience” hit the streets earlier this […]
Double Decker Mobile Garden
Mercedes Here With Futuristic Camper Van Concepts
While Volkswagen is keeping things focused on all things California (and Grand California) at this year’s Düsseldorf Caravan Salon, the other big name in German vans will be showcasing a bit of everything. Mercedes-Benz will bring some of the latest trends in automotive technology over to the camper van side, highlighting fuel cell power and connected convenience in a trio […]
Bacteria Builds Stronger Biosynthetic Spider Silk
Strong as steel and tougher than Kevlar, spider silk is one of nature’s most impressive materials, but try as we might, we just haven’t been able to harness it for our own use on a practical scale. Most synthetic versionsaren’t completely up to scratch, but researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have now engineered bacteria to produce biosynthetic spider […]
How Sustainable Is Your Seafood?
As savvy customers take an interest in the sustainability of their seafood, sourcing environmentally-friendly fish is sometimes easier said than done. Sure, fishmongers and conscientious chefs can and will tell you where your fish is from and opt to offer replenishable species over overfished varieties, but what about the place where most Americans shop for their food: the supermarket? Environmental […]
Can You Really Burn As Much Calories With An E-Bike As A Normal Bike?
Two years ago, we heard about a study which indicated that even though e-bikes require less rider effort to travel at a given speed, they’re still a decent source of exercise. Now, a new study suggests that they’re just as good as regular bikes at improving fitness – at least when it comes to overweight riders. Conducted by scientists at […]
New Speech Analytics For Analyzing Mental Health & Wellness
According to the World Health Organization, more than 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression. Beyond the suffering that depression causes to individuals, this illness results significant lost work productivity and huge hospitalization costs. In fact, a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry states that the economic burden of depression is estimated at $210.5 billion per year. Approximately […]
French Toast McGriddles Comes To Minnesota
Unlike some of its big-name fast food competitors such as Burger King or Taco Bell, McDonald’s has been generally avoiding launching wild new menu items that seem to be mostly about generating buzz—things like the Whopperito or the Naked Egg Taco. It may help explain why McDonald’s McGriddles were such a big deal when they first hit the market in […]
Can Humans Ever Breathe Underwater?
Headlines about climate change make most of us want to avoid thinking about what life will be like as temperatures and sea levels continue to rise, but that’s exactly what inspired Japanese designer in his future-focused artistic work. Jun Kamei has created a 3D printed garment that would help humans breathe underwater. Called Amphibio, it’s “a gill garment for our […]
Engagement Ring Cookies Just A Fad Or Here To Stay?
The Royal Wedding is long over, but wedding season is still in full swing, and that goes for engagement season, too. (You mean it doesn’t feel like everyone around you is popping the question?) Instagram-driven trends to inspire this year’s brides- and grooms-to-be come with the territory, of course. Step aside, doughnut walls and naked cakes. Blinged-out cookies decorated to look like […]
Doctor Service Through App
This month Southeast Asian ride-hailing app Grab announced its partnership with Ping An Good Doctor – China’s leading online healthcare firm. Set to launch in Q1 2019, the partnership will see Grab users being able to book physicians and buy medicines through Grab’s third party services function GrabPlatform, using GrabPay to complete transactions. Grab will own 30% of the venture, […]