business + design + social + environment
Most people don’t know that much of the developing world is still relying on kerosene lamps for light. Kerosene is very expensive and emits toxic fumes, causing millions of deaths every year 1.6 million women and children die every year of resulting respiratory diseases, according to one source. Now one company, a small spinout from [...]
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A German hospital's amazing solution to a baffling problem. One of the most pernicious symptoms of Altzheimer's is that patients, in a fit of confusion, feel suddenly disoriented from their surroundings and wracked with a need to just get home. As a result, Altzheimer's patients in nursing homes often escape–wandering at large, with no memory [...]
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elch | Feb 1, 2010 Guido Vitti I’ll Get It Paul English and his engineers rush to answer the customer service phone. In part because the ringer is so irritating. At a time when many Web companies go out of their way to make it difficult to contact them, Paul English is a customer service fanatic. [...]
Read More...The product is a wheelchair seat that has the potential to relieve many problems related to sitting for long periods of time and save millions of dollars in health care costs. It consists of a seat back and a seat base that fits into a wheelchair frame. The device is adjustable in width, height and [...]
Read More...“Everything counts in large amounts.” These Depeche Mode lyrics popped into my head when I read the news from Apple that “more than two billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionary App Store [and] there are now more than 85,000 apps available to the more than 50 million iPhone and iPod touch customers worldwide [...]
Read More...Last summer, FIGMENT worked with the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation and Black Rock Arts Foundation to create a fully functional 9-hole mini golf course on Governors Island. The course combined recreational functionality with a unique participatory art project designed and built by local artists. The course was a huge success, in constant use [...]
Read More...Toxic chemicals in the home impact our health, causing ailments that range from respiratory ailments to cancer. A US EPA study on indoor air quality found that the use of common cleaning products result in levels of several Volatile Organics Compounds (VOCs) that are on average two to five times higher indoors than outdoors. During [...]
Read More...Verdiem provides enterprise software solutions to reduce energy consumption of PC networks. Its SURVEYOR software increases business profitability and sustainability by monitoring, measuring and managing IT energy use and related greenhouse gas emissions. The company’s relationships with technology and energy efficiency leaders help it to deliver best-in-class solutions to global businesses and individuals. Founded in [...]
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