Tag: Leisure

Lighting and air-conditioning can be controlled using a ring. Now, a design studio in Amsterdam has devised a piece of jewellery that enhances digital security. Still a concept, the ring is used for verifying personal contacts. Initially, an integrated infrared-light scanner captures the blood flow through users’ finger veins. This information is converted into a personal code and stored...

Glasses help minimise epileptic fits or relieve the symptoms of depression with light. For motorcyclists, however, too much light can be a serious hazard. Enter an Italian startup and its new visor which automatically adjusts to light conditions using a layer of liquid crystals. Their arrangement is determined by a small solar panel in the helmet, and changes depending...

Modern-day trailers come from the 3D printer. Now, a German startup’s platform is connecting nature-loving holidays-makers with private hosts who offer legal pitches for trailers and campers away from large campsites. Overnight stays are currently also available in both tiny houses and tents across Europe. Each host can offer a maximum of three accommodation solutions, with length of stay...

An app is inspiring children to read books. But as a non-profit organisation in the US has shown, books are also highly valuable in prisons. The organisation’s founder, a former prison resident himself for nine years, discovered how stories and books could provide perspective during his long stay in solitary confinement. In the meantime, the registered lawyer has been...

Some loudspeakers double as air purifiers. But what about analogue loudspeakers sitting gathering dust? Well, according to a Danish startup, it's time they received a new lease of life. The team's crowdfunded battery-powered box provides access to the digital world with a stereo port for two-wire audio cables. An in-built Bluetooth connection allows the box to be coupled with digital...

Waste from wine production can be put to good use. But wine left in opened bottles is generally discarded after 3 days because of oxidation or loss of quality. That's $1.5 billion dollars of wine wasted each year in America alone. Enter a female founder and her startup's patented new solution. Her innovation comprises a silicon stopper lid and...

Coffee grounds can be made into spectacle frames. Coffee itself, meanwhile, is having a hard time due to climate change. Which is why a Belgian startup has developed a coffee alternative made from chickpeas. These are first fermented in an organic and patented process. The secret lies in the use of multiple microbial strains under different conditions, and in...

Sustainable shops and restaurants can be found online. People on the autism spectrum, with ADHD or learning difficulties have their own specific needs. Now a non-profit organisation from Alabama has created an online map tool for New York to drive inclusion of the neurodivergent community in public life. Users can add their favourite spots to the map assuming they...