Procter & Gamble's new Air Freshener looks like a realistic planter and activates using motion-sensing - Yanko Design
It isn't particularly common for a large legacy brand like P&G to take to crowdfunding, but the global giant is pushing the boundaries with its new and inventive range of motion-controlled air fresheners that look like actual planters.Project Bloom is the result of a collaboration between scientists, engineers, designers, and innovators right within P&G who are looking to disrupt the fragrance industry with something that looks as good as it smells.
Philips debuts the Screeneo U5, an affordable short-throw 4K projector for under $1800 - Yanko Design
Kept at a distance of just 16 inches from any surface, the Philips Screeneo U5 turns your wall into a whopping 150-inch 4K theater that's also 3D-capable!Setting up a cinema in your compact home was never this easy, and at a price of $1790, never this economical either...The Philips Screeneo U5 comes on the heels of its previous generation, the Screeneo U4, which debuted earlier this year and garnered over $6.5 million in funding on Indiegogo.
Proposal revealed for public Queen Elizabeth II memorial in Buckingham Palace Garden
Writer Stefan Simanowitz and architect Antonio Pisanò are proposing a memorial garden for Queen Elizabeth II that would see part of the Buckingham Palace Garden converted into a "natural sanctuary" for the public.The duo proposes that a piece of land alongside the busy Grosvenor Place road in central London is converted from the Buckingham Palace Garden into the Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Gardens.The Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Gardens is currently just a proposal and does not yet have funding, but if it is given consent to go ahead by the palace, Simanowitz is confident that funds could be found either from the government or via crowdfunding.
Bitcoin's Role In The Rise Of Crowdsourced Health Insurance
Bitcoin is transforming the world of health insurance.Case in point: the use of bitcoin to crowdsource healthcare coverage.There is a strong correlation between bitcoin and crowdsourced health insurance.A clear understanding of this relationship is key for those who want to use bitcoin and want to pursue all of the healthcare options at their disposal.
Crowd-funded legal bid launched to block Tower Hamlets mayor ripping out traffic-calming measures
Campaigners have launched a crowd-funded legal bid to block a London borough mayor from removing cycle lanes and other traffic-calming measures.
The Save Our Safer Streets campaign has asked the High Court to hold a judicial review into Mayor Lutfur Rahman's decision to axe three low-traffic neighbourhood schemes. [ more ]
Bid to create wild swimming ponds at former waterworks site close to target
Volunteers for the East London Waterworks Park (Image: Jonathan Perugia Gaia Visual) An old Thames Water depot could become a series of natural inner-city ponds where people can swim if a charity can achieve its target.East London Waterworks Park is crowdfunding to buy the 5.68-hectare site on Lea Bridge Road which borders Hackney and Waltham Forest.
A new smol-scale miniatures wargame from Mantic is coming for those Space Marine's tiny throats
Mantic Games is launching a new crowdfunding campaign for its science fiction miniatures game, Warpath, which aims to compete with Games Workshop's Legions Imperialis.
Warpath features tiny robots and tanks that can fit on the face of a quarter, with battles fought over four-foot-by-six-foot battlefields. [ more ]
Altered, the new TCG from the creator of Dixit, has delighted us four different ways
Altered, a new trading card game, launched a Kickstarter campaign and fully funded within 120 seconds.
The game features unique features such as QR codes on each card that lock it to your online account, eliminating the need to worry about duplicate cards. [ more ]
Why today's tech themes are poor predictors of tomorrow's hot startups
One of the questions a VC gets most often is "what are you interested in?"Many investors have developed "themes" that become a shorthand used to discuss the types of deals they like.Sometimes, themes are predictive and useful.Union Square Ventures turned the phrase "Large networks of connected users" into a portfolio featuring six billion dollar in exits (and counting).
Three London Gems Stake It All on the Belief of Their Diners
Three of London's most acclaimed independent restaurants find themselves at very different stages of the same agonisingly complicated process: Asking their diners to finance their continued existence, at a time when spiralling costs are affecting business and customer alike.Sonora, the London Fields taqueria; Ombra, the Cambridge Heath Italian restaurant; and Sarap, the Mayfair Filipino neo-bistro, are all bidding to evolve.
The RoC issued an order this week imposing a penalty of 2 lakh on a small Delhi-based company and ₹1 lakh each on two of its directors for allegedly violating a provision in Companies Act by raising capital through a technology platform run by a Mumbai-based company, according to the website of the ministry of corporate affairs.
4 Smart Crowdfunding Solutions for Your Green Startup
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.From energy-saving cookware and smart bikes to home energy storage systems and efficient composting, many green startups are increasingly looking for capital to launch their business.But with the forecast for global venture funding continuing to look bleak for early to mid-2023, green entrepreneurs may need to turn to alternative sources to score the cash they need to go to market.
Mary Lou Retton tries to explain why she couldn't afford health insurance
Mary Lou Retton, the 1984 Olympics champion, revealed that she couldn't afford health insurance before being hospitalized with a rare form of pneumonia.
Retton's family had to start a crowdfunding campaign to help cover her hospital bill, which raised a total of $459,000. [ more ]
A hacker group with ties to the Russian military has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on a Ukrainian internet and mobile service provider.
Kytch, a small company that aimed to fix McDonald's ice cream machines, has discovered an email that they claim reveals an alleged plan by McDonald's to undermine their business. [ more ]
Boris Johnson is told legal advice funding would stop if he hinders Covid inquiry
Boris Johnson has been warned that he could lose public funding for legal advice if he tries to frustrate or undermine the government's position on the Covid-19 inquiry.Cabinet Office lawyers told the former prime minister that money would cease to be available if he breaks conditions such as releasing evidence without permission, the Sunday Times reported.
Homies on Donkeys, London E11: Astonishingly good' restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
There is no cutlery at Homies on Donkeys, a taqueria in Leytonstone, east London, that is run by Sandra Bello and chef Erik Smokey Bautista.No cutlery, no exceptions, we got napkins, get messy, it says on the single-sheet menu, alongside descriptions of their abundantly stacked tacos filled with reverse-braised bavette or confit pork with dripping, wobbling amounts of jalapeno relish.
Berlin vote could turbocharge German capital's climate plans
Voters in Berlin go to the polls this weekend to decide on a proposal that would force the city government to drastically ramp up the German capital's climate goals.Sunday's referendum, which has attracted considerable financial support from U.S.-based philanthropists, calls for Berlin to become climate neutral by 2030, meaning that within less than eight years the city would not be allowed to contribute further to global warming.
Battered by the Elements, San Francisco's Bay Bridge Lights Go Dark
At night, they glimmered across the water: Twenty-five thousand tiny LEDs, stretching 1.8 miles across part of the Bay Bridge, which connects San Francisco and Oakland.But this week, after a decade aglow on the city's horizon, the lights battered by the Bay Area's harsh elements were switched off, at least for now.
590m raised for good causes last year through JustGiving platform
Around 590 million was raised for 23,000 charities and good causes last year through the JustGiving platform, it has been announced.More than 850,000 new crowdfunding and fundraising pages were set up throughout the course of the year.Pages created to support the people of Ukraine garnered the most donations, with more than 21,000 pages set up and 52 million raised.
Pet owners turn to crowdfunding to pay vets' bills in inflation crisis
Pet owners are turning to crowdfunding to pay vets' bills as spiralling inflation leaves them facing impossible choices between the basics of living and care for their cats and dogs.On crowdfunding platform GoFundMe, the number of people citing the cost of living as they fundraise for animal care is 50 times greater this year than last, rising from two to 100.
How an Italian Soho Institution's Closure Tells the Story of a Restaurant Crisis
I Camisa and Son, the stalwart Italian deli that started life in Soho in 1929, is set to close after Christmas without the salvation of a buyer, according to Code.It is best known for its simple, stocky Italian sandwiches and Italian provisions which have been sold out of the Old Compton Street location since the 1950s.
Startup founders typically face a fundamental tradeoff: They can grow the company, increasing its value and the value of their shares, but to do so they must give up some control.Or, they can keep control, at the expense of growth.That tradeoff exists for good reason: Investors who supply the capital necessary to grow want to make sure their money will be well spent.
6 Wine Companies That Got Their Start on Shark Tank
The wine world is constantly evolving.As trends change, new leaders emerge with innovations that keep the industry fresh, a little funky and wildly interesting.
Hyper's 140 W charger is a smaller brick for the biggest MacBooks
Fast-charging the 2021 16-inch MacBook Pro at 140 W isn't something most people need to do that often, but it stands out as a kind of horsepower test among charging accessory brands.