I saw this incredible story at Fast Company: Do you remember what you were doing when you were 15? Lillian Pravda is 15, and she is the CEO of a non-profit that has brought free vision care to over 24,000 children in need.
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Inner-city or urban farming is becoming more inexpensive and efficient. Those who sell farm goods directly to consumers earn greater profits, but the exciting news is what it means for the produce buyers. One such urban farm called the FARM:shop in London is offering goods farmed on site, and now The Farmery is showing consumers in…
Not too long ago I blogged about the YEZ electric car that is changing the way manufacturers think about energy efficiency and media connectivity. In a few weeks you’re going to hear a lot about Nissan’s zero-emission ESFLOW electric sports car, which will be featured at the International Motorshow in Geneva. Talk about green innovation!…
I just saw this new Nano Cure Tech clothing line, and it’s pretty interesting. The Imperial Motion company is hoping to disrupt the textile industry with a jacket that actually repairs itself. The wearer simply rubs the fabric together for a few seconds, and the hole completely disappears. You can read more about it over…
LEGO® has found a way to bring consumers, manufacturers and anyone else with an innovative toy idea to try out crowdsourcing. LEGO CUUSOO (meaning “imagination” in Japanese) is a new international web-based open innovation and crowd sourcing platform. You simply create a LEGO project, share your idea and see what other people think. Once the…
Whether for financial or environmental reasons, the trend of “off-grid” living doesn’t seem to be diminishing. There have been an explosion of blogs and reality TV shows these past several years dedicated to living off the electrical grid. Three years ago a survey showed that 1.7 billion people in the world live off the grid….
This innovative gadget will be sure to find uses for anyone who draws their ideas on napkins. 3Doodler is the “world’s first 3D printing pen, and lets you draw three-dimensional structures in midair. WobbleWorks Toy and robotics company invented the pen, and it is actually affordable. While most 3D printers can cost thousands of dollars,…
