The global market for bottled water is forecast to reach $86,421.2 million by next year. Around 200 billion bottles of water are consumed in a year creating flow of garbage with no end in sight.
To suppress the flow of garbage and the additional use of energy for purification, New York City is promoting its [...]
Filed under: Community, Environment, News on July 23rd, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: Community, consumer, Environment, government
Once upon a time, using a coupon meant literally cutting a piece out of your newspaper and presenting it to the cashier at your local grocery. Today’s technology has found a world of ways to improve on the concept of coupon-based shopping.
A recent survey by Harris Interactive showed that online coupon use has increased dramatically [...]
As the old adage has it “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”
The Ford Explorer was once one of the biggest of them all, rolling off the car lots by the hundreds of thousands per year around the world since March of 1990. But a decade later, with the recent dramatic increases in gas [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on June 30th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: consumer, energy, Environment, industry, strategy
Porsche revealed an ultra-efficient, low-emission, mid-engine super sports car that features hybrid and electronic drive technology at this month’s Geneva Motor Show.
The 918 Spyder combines high-tech racing features with electric-mobility to offer a wide range of innovative new qualities. For example, it comes with a fuel consumption rate of nearly 78 mpg, which is [...]
Filed under: News on March 8th, 2010 @ 10:56 am
Tagged with: clean energy, consumer, innovation, innovative, Technology
The Society for Information Display (SID) announced this week its lineup of keynote presenters slated for Display Week 2010, May 23-28, 2010, at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. The 48th annual SID International Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition returns to the Pacific Northwest this year amid growing commercialization and the first stirrings of an [...]
Much has been written about crowd and group behavior in the investment industry, but one aspect that has received little attention is what has been called ‘emotional contagion.’ As the term suggests, people can infect each other behaviorally, and in the investment sector, that can cost everyone a lot of money.
The term ‘contagion’ is accurate [...]
Filed under: News on February 11th, 2010 @ 11:18 am
Tagged with: Business, consumer, economy, entrepreneur, insights, investing, marketing, strategies
Confluence Solar, which makes monocrystalline silicon ingots for solar PV products, recently invested $200 million in Tennessee’s statewide Solar Initiative technology development program. The money will fund a manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution facility in Clinton, Tenn., near Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
According to Governor Phil Bredesen, the investment is the latest in a series of infusions [...]
Filed under: News on January 28th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: Business, clean energy, Community, consumer, economy, efficiency, energy, growth, innovation, sustainability, Technology
The IDF is looking into the possibility of purchasing electric cars from the Israeli company Better Place as part of an effort to cut fuel expenses for the military. Better Place plans to begin marketing electric-powered cars in Israel sometime in 2011.
Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi founded Better Place in 2007, and within a year Israel [...]
Filed under: News on January 15th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: Business, clean energy, Community, consumer, economy, efficiency, entrepreneur, innovation, markets, sustainability
On Monday Volkswagen introduced a hybrid concept car the company said will get 45 miles per gallon by combining a four-cylinder gasoline engine from Volkswagen’s TSI with a 1.1 kWh lithium-ion battery.
When the New Compact Coupe’s gasoline engine isn’t needed, it shuts off and is disengaged from the transmission to cut down on drag, including [...]
Filed under: News on January 13th, 2010 @ 8:00 am
Tagged with: brands, consumer, economy, efficiency, innovation
The TechCrunch conference recently took place and its worthwhile event that I try to follow every year. It seems the big trend to emerge this year is around sites that provide consumer ratings and services. In essence, these sites are looking to merge phone book style listings with greater utility.
To that end, start-up Redbeacon.com took the top [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on September 18th, 2009 @ 5:41 pm
Tagged with: consumer, entrepreneurship, innovation, internet, local, online, Redbeacon.com, San Fransisco, search, service, tech crunch, Technology
Chemotherapy has been proven an effective treatment for cancer.
A new species of microbe is flourishing in the depths of the Gulf of Mexico.