Category Archives: New Business ideas

Tesla to reopen New York factory to produce ventilators ‘as soon as possible’ | Mashable

Posted on March 27, 2020 by knjohn | Leave a comment

Tesla will re-open its factory in Buffalo, New York, and repurpose it for producing ventilators needed to treat critical COVID-19 patients, Elon Musk said Wednesday.

Tesla’s Fremont, California and Buffalo, New York factories have been fully or partially shut down due to shelter-in-place orders, given by local authorities amid the coronavirus outbreak.

“Giga New York will reopen for ventilator production as soon as humanly possible. We will do anything in our power to help the citizens of New York,” Musk tweeted.

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Print notes straight from your phone with this sticky note printer | New Atlas

Posted on December 10, 2019 by knjohn | Leave a comment

Frequent note-takers undoubtedly have desks littered with sticky notes. However, if you have a flash of inspiration while away from your desk, why just settle writing your notes on your phone? With this nifty Cubinote printer, you can print out notes straight from your phone for just $145.

The Cubinote Pro Sticky Note Printer lets you jot down your ideas whenever and wherever. When a great idea pops in your head, jot it down on your phone and sync it to the Cubinote Pro via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth once you’re back in the office; the Cubinote will print your notes out on a sticky note. You can print anything that can be displayed on your phone, including text, charts, and even photos.

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This Entrepreneur Wants Us to See and Record the World in a Whole New Way | Entrepreneur

Posted on April 26, 2019 by knjohn | Leave a comment

I am Lawrence Greaves, co-founder and CEO at OPKIX. Created specifically for a social-first generation, our first of its kind OPKIXOne wearable camera boasts a uniquely compact size, and pairs with an integrated app that allows you to edit your footage with the addition of filters, music and AR, and share across your favorite social platforms.

What inspired you to develop it?

My business partner, Shahin Amirpour, came up with the original idea one day while snowboarding when he realized that there was a need to capture video content hands-free. I had a similar “a-ha” moment when my wife came to me and said, “If you could capture video of the kids without looking at them through the screen of your phone, it would be a game changer.” That’s when we knew we were really onto something.

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Future violinists may be trained by AI | NewAtlas

Posted on April 25, 2019 by knjohn | Leave a comment

If you’re training to be a concert violinist, you don’t want your technique to be merely “good enough.” A new computer system may soon be able to help, as it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to identify a user’s bow technique, and could perhaps even tell them how to improve their performance.

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The People Trying to Make Internet Recommendations Less Toxic | WIRED

Posted on March 18, 2019 by knjohn | Leave a comment

THE INTERNET IS an ocean of algorithms trying to tell you what to do. YouTube and Netflix proffer videos they calculate you’ll watch. Facebook and Twitter filter and reorganize posts from your connections, avowedly in your interest—but also in their own.

New York entrepreneur Brian Whitman helped create such a system. He sold a music analytics startup called The Echo Nest to Spotify in 2014, bolstering the streaming music service’s ability to recommend new songs from a person’s past listening. Whitman says he saw clear evidence of algorithms’ value at Spotify. But he founded his current startup, Canopy, after becoming fearful of their downsides.

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L’Oréal’s new electronic wearable tracks UV exposure, without batteries | New Atlas

Posted on November 22, 2018 by knjohn | Leave a comment

While we all appreciate the importance of limiting our exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet rays, actually keeping track of the amount can be difficult. L’Oréal’s new My Skin Track UV is designed to help. It’s described as “the first battery-free wearable electronic to measure UV exposure.”

Developed by L’Oréal’s skincare brand La Roche-Posay (in collaboration with Northwest University materials scientist Prof. John Rogers), the waterproof device measures 12 by 6 mm, and is affixed to the user’s clothing via an integrated wire clip. A prototype version of the product was unveiled at this year’s CES show, under the name UV Sense.

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GO2SLEEP: AI-Powered Device for Restful Sleep | Medgadget

Posted on October 26, 2018 by knjohn | Leave a comment

The Go2Sleep Home Sleep Test is a revolutionary device on monitoring and improving your sleep quality. It elevates comfort while maintaining almost the same detecting accuracy of a pulse oximeter, but with a lot more key information. The precise data gathered would then help generate a comprehensive sleep report, just for you.

Based on the data, the smart App would come up with personal tips and recommendations for you on how to improve your sleep quality. By synchronizing with our smart App, you can conveniently keep an eye of the sleep quality of yourself and your family.

The device is magnetically charged in its cradle, and it needs only two hours to fuel up to be able to work for three full consecutive nights. There is enough storage onboard the device to hold up to seven nights worth of sleep data.

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How Two Millennials Spun Celebrities’ Instagram Comments Into a Full-Time Job and 800,000 Followers | Entrepreneur

Posted on October 8, 2018 by knjohn | Leave a comment

Back in 7th grade, Emma Diamond sat spellbound in front of the TV during the Oscars, notebook in hand, writing down her votes for best dressed. This year, she spent the evening combing social media comments for the best celebrity witticisms — and popularizing them via her fast-growing Instagram account.

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Sport Management Careers: Not Just About Stereotyping | Getentrepreneurial.com

Posted on August 22, 2018 by knjohn | Leave a comment

When one starts to mention careers in sports management, the idea of an NFL coach quickly springs to a lot of minds.

Of course, this was the basis of the field a couple of decades ago. Now, things have changed.

A lot of universities are starting to offer graduates a path into sports management careers, and suffice to say, it doesn’t involve being the coach of an NFL team.

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No-Spill Bottle | CoolBusinessIdeas.com

Posted on August 21, 2018 by knjohn | Leave a comment

Opening the “sipping port” on a reusable bottle can be tricky, if you’re drinking from it one-handed. If you just leave it open, though, the bottle’s contents can slosh out as you drive, jog, etc. The Lyd bottle offers a solution, in the form of a lid that only opens when your lips are touching it.