Crowd-sourced equity funding to open up for DIY funds
DIY super funds and other investors will soon be able to invest in start-ups and small companies through "crowd-sourced" equity funding platforms. These are the minnow unlisted companies of which some, at least, if only they had access to capital, could go on to great Read More...
Google buys startup that turns smartphones into health diagnostic tools
Google has bought Senosis Health, a startup that turns smartphones into medical devices and collects various health stats. The Senosis apps can monitor lung health and hemoglobin counts, among other things, using functions on a smartphone including its accelerometer, microphone, flash and camera. Read More...
Here are the health benefits of pepper
Peppercorn is native to the tropical evergreen rain forest of the Malabar region (State of Kerala in South India) from where it spread to rest of the world through Indian and Arab traders. A judicious pinch of pepper is sufficient to make a world of difference to many soups, stews, marinades and Read More...
Litterati wants to make picking up litter fun
The idea is simple and it may just work. Whenever you see a piece of litter, take a picture with your phone, identify and geotag it before you dispose of it. While building a huge trash data bank, picking up litter becomes fun. So far, Litterati has cataloged over 750,000 pieces of litter from 114 Read More...
EU certifies Natural Cycles app to help women with birth control
There are many apps that help women with tracking their monthly cycles. However, Natural Cycles is the first app certified as a form of contraception by the European Union. Natural Cycles uses a specially developed algorithm and other factors, including temperature, to determine which days a woman Read More...
Sick tweets: Twitter can help track public health
The big data of social media can be insightful in many ways—as advertisers know. In this case, researchers sought to understand patterns of how people behave differently on social media when they are sick. They found that monitoring Twitter trends can help doctors quickly identify a rise of Read More...
While saving the ozone layer we have been curtailing climate change as well
In 1989, many nations signed a treaty aimed at halting the expansion of a massive hole in Earth’s ozone layer. Nearly thirty years later, the Montreal Protocol has done just that. But, according to a new study, it has also done something its architects never intended. It has become one of Read More...
How to avoid overthinking and reclaim your sleep
Most of us have this experience: You wake up in the middle of the night and your mind starts racing. The analysis of past events and thoughts about future challenges begin an “overthinking” competition with your sleep as the guaranteed loser. But, there are ways to control overthinking. Read More...
People in Denmark are earning up to $1,530 just by parking their EVs
What if you could get cash for parking your electric car? Vehicle owners in Denmark have been able to do just that, bringing in around 1,300 Euros, or around $1,530, a year by feeding excess power back into the grid. Nissan Motor Company conducted trials in the country with Italy’s utility Read More...
U.S. retail sales post biggest gain in seven months
U.S. retail sales recorded their biggest increase in seven months in July as consumers boosted purchases of motor vehicles as well as discretionary spending, suggesting the economy continued to gain momentum early in the third quarter. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday that retail sales Read More...