The Newest Ideas, Products & ServicesFor Trendsetting Insight and Inspiration
Hundreds of thousands of hearing aid wearers are participating in rock-and-roll history when legendary rock band Styx broadcasts the final show of its U.S. summer tour directly to their hearing aids. This world's first live broadcast involves audio engineers capturing the live concert feed directly from Styx's soundboard and delivering it via a...
Amazon Instant Pickup is a new service offering a curated selection of daily essentials available for pickup in two minutes or less at five of Amazon’s fully staffed pickup locations in the United States. Items available with Instant Pickup include snacks, drinks and electronics, as well as some of Amazon’s most popular devices. With Instant...
Mandatory vacations may yield higher productivity and greater employee satisfaction than traditional vacation policies or unlimited vacations, according to a new study from Harvard Business Review. Under traditional vacation policies, many employees feel pressure to maximize enjoyment from their two- or three-week breaks,, though the looming...
Nobody can deny the value of oxygen, but breathing isn't the only way to get it into our bodies. Drinking oxygenated water supposedly offers an easy-to-use way to get a lot of oxygen into your system quickly. A process called sublingual absorption allows the oxygen to be pulled into the capillaries in the mouth. Further oxygen is absorbed by...
Imagine a place to kick back with a glass of mushroom lemonade, chat with other people who know their reishi from their cordyceps, and maybe even share recipes and favorite workout spots. Your fungi-fueled dreams are starting to come true. (Don’t have any such dreams? Here’s why you still might want to sip!). The Shroom Room, the brainchild of...
Coop, Switzerland’s second-largest supermarket chain will begin selling insect burgers for human consumption after the country’s food safety laws were revised. Coop said insect-based produce such as the flour burgers and balls of protein-rich mealworm will go on sale next week. Switzerland is the first European country to authorize the sale of...
Forget about curb appeal. The newest trend in real estate is “kid appeal.” Real estate agents and home designers like are appealing to the smallest members of a home buying family, who often have the loudest voices. Kids are very vocal about what they like and what they don’t like, and parents are listening to them. “Buying a new house is like...
The medical device manufacturer Cochlear Limited, has teamed up with Apple to make an implant sound processor, the Nucleus 7, that directly stimulates the cochlea, providing a sense of sound to a person who has severe or profound hearing loss. The advantage of an implant over a hearing aid is that a hearing aid simply amplifies the sound while...
In Saudi Arabia, tourists already visit Mada’in Saleh, a relic of an ancient civilization. But the country wants more visitors and recently announced plans to develop a large piece of coastline. Saudi Arabia has seen its Middle East neighbors diversify away from oil. That makes sense, but it's not clear the country's leaders will be able to...
South Korea has introduced what is being called the world's first tax on robots amid fears that machines will replace human workers, leading to mass unemployment.
The country will limit tax incentives for investments in automated machines as part of a newly proposed revision of its tax laws.
It is hoped the policy will make up for...
- Page 1
- ››