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Service finances, builds and operates rooftop farms for grocers
It’s not difficult to understand the appeal of urban gardening for locavores around the world, but the benefits for retailers are at least as compelling. We’ve already seen several such efforts by stores including Fortnum’s and Thornton’s Budgens, so it’s no great surprise to see the launch of a service enabling other shops to do much the same thing. Enter BrightFarms, a New York company that designs, finances, builds and operates hydroponic supermarket greenhouse farms. READ MORE…
7 Ways To Use The iPad To Help Students Excel At School | MakeUseOf
We are approaching the era where students don’t have to carry stacks of thick heavy books to school anymore. Everything will be digitized and available at the tip of students’ fingers, inside the iPad (or whatever other tablet can stand alongside the iPad in the future). Not wanting to waste any more time, some schools have already adopted the iPad as their learning tool, while students and educators are slowly figuring out the best way to utilize the iPad for education.
Even though everybody has their own preferences of using the iPad in their studies, allow me to share 7 iPad usages to help students excel at school.
Travel Tech: new wireless hard drive for iPads now available
This nifty piece of tech has gone on sale in Australia, for $219 inc GST — practically the same price as the US$199 price, which excludes sales tax. Australian Business Traveller had a brief hands-on with the hard-drive this morning and it works as described, streaming video, music and photos to iPhones, iPads and Android devices.
Full Story: Australian Business Traveller
In a pilot project that started in January, the county used RFID-equipped recycling containers for 5,000 homes, and officials tracked which households had not put out recycling receptacles for three months. Those residents then received postcards urging them to join the program and recycle.
Full Story: Computer World
Remember Diana Eng’s “fortune cookie” change purses? Well here’s another innovative use of discarded leather; this time making bags rather than purses.
Cylinder Belt Bag - Rodarte via Cool Hunting
Piolo. The little stand for iPhone 4.
One of the most compact stands I’ve seen for iPhone yet. Clever design. I think I might pick one up.
via Smoking Apples
