Tag Archives: Life

We are a culture of impatience so it is really no wonder that a same day delivery start up like the Palo Alto firm Deliv, has managed to raise $6.85 million. Deliv joins the ranks of many other same day delivery start up companies including Zipments and PostMates designed to increase the speed with which deliveries are made.

If you are a serious audiophile then the chances are that you already know who Ray Dolby is. If not, you probably do recognize his surname and you would be correct in making that connection. Today we tip our hats to the recently passed Ray Dolby, father of the Dolby noise reduction system.

Yes, we know, lucky for some, not for others but if you ask us there are more than a few reasons why this Friday the 13th is pretty awesome. Take a look at 2 really awesome things trending this Friday 13th.

When it comes to technological advances, medical advances are by far our favorite breaking news headlines. Today we're taking a look at color changing ink technology that marks syringes as being used to prevent re-use.

Are you a laptop junkie? Chances are that you are since a good majority of us ditched our desktop years ago, but did you know that your laptop posture could be killing your back and severely impacting your life?

Have you ever wondered just whether you could fit your life in to 100 square feet? No? Few people actually have, but when faced with very little space in his studio apartment, Swiss designer Till Könneker did just that.

Remember a while ago when we were talking about hospitals disguising chemotherapy as superhero power packs? Well check this out, the superheros are taking over even more of the hospital's supplies!

There was news earlier today that iTunes was having a fire sale on movie bundles that put the entire Harry Potter movie collection at just $10. As it turns out, this sale price was a mistake, but that isn't to say that there aren't some great movie bundle prices going on right now!

Down at their headquarters in the UK, PayPal employees have decided that they need an easier way to pay for their purchases. Of course, being PayPal employees they want a method that utilizes PayPal. In an effort to promote easier purchasing, PayPal UK are pushing local Rochmond Upon Thames retailers to act as guinea pigs for their new PayPal based photo authentication system. The system works in participating businesses only and works utilizing photo identification.

Designers Kanupriya Goel and Gautam Goel have put together a medication packaging that indicates to the user when the drug is no longer valid to take. The packaging utilizes a layer of ink that slowly seeps through the packaging material over time until it indicates when the medication can no longer be taken safely.