Added 21 June, 2013
Dunkin' Donuts will begin selling gluten-free doughnuts and muffins across the US this year, becoming the first nationwide chain to offer gluten-free pastries. While competing chains, including Starbucks and McDonald’s, have yet to add gluten-free pastries to their menus, Dunkin’ Donuts is hardly alone: it has jumped on a fad that has taken off in...
Added 14 June, 2013
Hot on the heels of the Osaka canal swimming pool in Japan comes NYC-based + POOL, a Kickstarter project that started with a simple goal: instead of trying to clean the entire river, what if you started by just cleaning a small piece of it? And what if you could change how New Yorkers see their rivers, just by giving them a chance to swim in it...
Added 12 June, 2013
Edible "energy gels" are slurpable flavored foods made with fruit juice supplements that are meant to, well, give you energy. OTE Caffeine Gel, a new entry in the category, is said to contains 50mg of caffeine as well. Would you ingest this?
Added 11 June, 2013
Google offers many automatic answers. Ask it to add or multiply and it will. Ask for a current exchange rate and it will tell you. Put in any flight number and it will automatically show you if it is on time. Now, in line with the world's increasing interest in health, the search engine is automatically showing users nutritional and calorie...
Added 10 June, 2013
The growing trend in New Zealand to remove fluoride from local water supplies is causing alarm among health officials. Most recently, Hamilton, the country's fourth-largest city, voted 7-1 to remove it from their drinking water. The second-largest, Christchurch, has already done so. Other areas to have voted to reduce or eliminate fluoridation...
Added 4 June, 2013
Minimalism, an aesthetic in which less is more, has pervaded every part of our lives, from home decor to phone design. Now it is on our feet in the form of PowerSox, a combination of thick (but not too thick) and thin (very thin) wicking material that's meant to offer support (in the toe box and heel) as well as a feeling of naked freedom (arch...
Added 28 May, 2013
About 20 clowns have been accepted into New Zealand's first academic program to become fully qualified medical comedians. A medical clown is an entertainer who has been trained to specifically work in a medical environment. The clowns entertain sick children and their families, to help lift their spirits, reduce stress and fear, and encourage...
Added 28 May, 2013
Aqua-cycling on stationary bicycles has been popular in Europe for some time, and now it is crossing the pond in a big way with programs popping up in cities across America. Cornerstone in West Hartford, Connecticut is one of the largest, offering a challenging workout that hydro-cools you as you go. What's next, underwater treadmills? Well, they...
Added 16 May, 2013
Bed bugs are on the rise throughout North America especially and they are the bane of most hoteliers. Guests, quite frankly, don't want to even think about it. GoodKnight is creating a bed bug-free bed that uses heat to eliminate bed bug infestations. Will this technology represent the future for hotels?
Added 9 May, 2013
Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking is a six-volume, 2,400-page set that has ignited the cooking world by using tools such as water baths, homogenizers, centrifuges, and ingredients such as hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, and enzymes. Now the book's scientist-inventors are looking to reinvent the home kitchen with highly engineered tools...