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You’ve most certainly heard of Wi-Fi, but have you heard of Li-Fi? Li-Fi is high-speed wireless internet transmitted through light. That light can come from something as simple as a desktop lamp. While Wi-Fi works fine, it currently relies on radio waves to work, something that we’re running Read More...
Timberland’s latest man-boots have an interesting backstory. Their canvas-like uppers are recycled from plastic bottles picked up from the beaches of Read More...
Many CEOs in the U.S. make a 1,000 times more money than the average employee in their companies. Unfortunately, that’s not a new phenomenon. But it is new that there is a federal regulation that requires publicly traded U.S. corporations to disclose how much their chief executives are making Read More...
Last year, Chinese consumers got a chance to verify the goodness of the steaks coming to them from a local producer. Now they’ll be able to track their meat all way back to farms in Australia, one of the country’s major beef suppliers, thanks to the help of technology that makes it hard to Read More...
The human brain is capable of incredible things, but it’s also extremely flawed at times. Science has shown that we tend to make all sorts of mental mistakes, called “cognitive biases”, that can affect both our thinking and actions. These biases can lead us to extrapolating information from Read More...
Uber has announced the launch of a new digital tool meant to book rides for patients who need assistance getting to and from their appointments. The digital tool is flexible as it allows health care providers to book a ride for patients and caregivers immediately, within a few hours, or with 30 Read More...
In November, Dick’s Sporting Goods sold a gun to Nikolas Cruz, the person who committed the Parkland Shooting. The gun Dick’s sold to him wasn’t the one used in the attack, but the thought that it could have been was enough for the sports retailer to announce it will stop selling Read More...
Lego has been searching for a sustainable alternative to plastic since 2015, and it has found a solution in sugarcane fields. Yesterday, the company said it has started production on a new line of Lego elements made from plant-based plastic sourced from sustainably grown sugarcane. The toys Read More...
At a massive new Heineken brewery in Northern Mexico–the place where your six-pack of Tecate might come from, if you buy it in the U.S.–each detail of the factory has been designed to aim for a “circular economy” model, using resources in closed loops when Read More...
After years in the doldrums, the fortunes of Midwest cities like Columbus, Indianapolis, and Kansas City are on the rise. That’s because startups are starting to cluster in these old industrial strongholds. But unlike their coastal cousins, the startups of the Midwest are focusing on jobs that Read More...