In my last post I talked about how an app has been created using the iPad and iPhone technology to assist communication ability between those with certain types of disabilities. Today, I'm talking about Apple and disabilities again - and it's not just because I tend...
Sometimes innovations in technology or other parts of life can seem like its innovation for innovation's sake with no real purpose, yet sometimes innovations that we label in this way are taken by others and fabulous things are created with them. So I'll admit, I...
Most of us will have heard that canaries used to be used in coal mines as an early warning system to alert miners that the level of toxic fumes and carbon monoxide was dangerous. The toxins would kill the canaries, who would usually sing in the mine, thus alerting the...
What would happen if we were responsible for the reuse of the waste we create? What would we do differently? How would we live and go about creating our products differently? In a previous post, I wrote about the Cradle to Cradle movement, which is mostly around...
A company based in Cambridge, called Eight19, has announced it is launching a pay-as-you-go solar power. According to their website, 1.6 billion people lack access to electricity. Their system is called IndiGo, which is a personal pay-as-you-go electricity system for...
First it was IQ, then EQ, Eco-Q, DQ, and now FQ. If that sentence was greek to you, well IQ is to measure your intellectual ability, (it should be noted its only one form of intelligence with a massive bias to maths and sciences, for more see here), EQ is thanks to...
Recently I found myself reading the Financial Times, which had a section on homes. No, I have not won the lottery, I just find houses of any size fascinating, especially the use of space and colours. Anyways, the article was about the new developments in home security...
Coffee and a book in a cosy, warm place - sounds like heaven, or at least a thin place, to me! As mentioned in a previous post, Starbucks, Costa, Caffe Nero, etc. are the new community centres of urban places. They are where we go to meet up, to talk, to interact and...
Growing up in a dutch community, I often heard the joke asking "how is copper wire made?" and the answer "by two Dutchmen finding over a penny!" In my travels, I've heard the same joke said about various communities who are perceived to be cheap/frugal and it is...