Data, data, data. It’s said to be the new currency. What is it telling you? How are you tracking it? Does it matter?
Bacteria may light up the future. Glowee, a start-up company based in Paris, France, is developing bioluminescent lights to illuminate shop fronts and street signs.
The most wonderful time of the year is just about here, whether we’re ready or not — but what the Earth is definitely not ready for is the impact the holiday season has on it.
“Safety is the biggest barrier for people who don't cycle,” British entrepreneur Emily Brooke tells Forbes. “You could be lit up like a Christmas tree, but if you’re caught in a vehicle's blind spot you can't be seen.”
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Siren Raises $11.8m For Its Limb-saving Smart Socks
Can a pair of socks help those with diabetes avoid foot amputations? That’s one of the ideas behind Siren, a company that’s building smart, washable fabric wearables — the first of which is a pair of socks meant to help those with diabetes monitor their foot health and detect dangerous injuries early. They’ve just raised an $11.8 million Series B to help get it done.
At 25, Chaymeriyia Moncrief Has Launched The First Black Woman-owned Smartphone Brand
Chaymeriyia Moncrief, a tech entrepreneur from Alabama and founder and CEO of the prepaid wireless carrier, Tesix Wireless™ Network, has launched the “first black woman-owned smartphone brand.”
«Synlig, Usynlig?» – Manglende Mangfold I Barnelitteraturen
– Fremstillinger av mangfold i norsk barne- og ungdomslitteratur har økt de siste 40 årene, men hvordan oppleves mangfold i barnelitteraturen i dag?, spør Michelle A. Tisdel.
Journey’s End? Car Rental Companies Fight For Survival
Every May, as the mercury rises and thousands of tourists descend on Barcelona, car-sharing app SocialCar is typically bombarded with a flood of requests.
Patricia Scanlon’s Soapbox Labs Tech Speaks Louder Than Words
Patricia Scanlon clearly wouldn’t put herself in the cohort of tech entrepreneurs who lose sleep about raising investment from grasping venture capitalists. SoapBox Labs, the speech recognition technology company she founded in 2013, has just landed $6.5m (€6m) in series A funding, but she shrugs off the achievement.
Mi Padrino Serves Up A Secret Sauce For Planning Traditional Hispanic Celebrations
Kim Gamez knew she had a winning concept for a startup within the first six months of launching Mi Padrino, an online event-planning platform for Hispanic traditional celebrations, such as quinceaneras (girls’ 15th year birthday parties), weddings, baptisms and more.
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Rebel Girls Turns the Page
A rebel’s approach to the rules of book publishing seems to be working for Elena Favilli, founder and chief executive of Rebel Girls, a Santa Monica-based independent publishing house that has built a brand through empowering girls and women to follow their dreams.
How Flex’s Lauren Schulte Pitched Menstrual Discs To Boardrooms Full Of Men – And Raised $1M
Lauren Schulte never intended to start a medical device company. She was more than a decade into a marketing career, working alongside entrepreneurs and change-makers in Silicon Valley.
This Website Only Stocks Things Guaranteed To Last A Lifetime
Which is delicious and all but, in the long run, I’d probably appreciate something more useful.
While Discussing Hate, The Internet Falls In Love With A Little Doll Named Zoe
Yelitsa Jean-Charles fired off the fateful tweet this past weekend from an unsuspecting place: an air mattress on the floor of her recently acquired—and not yet completely furnished—Detroit apartment.
Everything They Wanted To Know About Sex
“There were women who had not had much of an intimate relationship with their husbands for years”
Interview with Jenifer Clausell-Tormos
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