Daniel Humm, Mario Batali, Grant Achatz, and many others have been privileged to be honored with a James Beard Award for excellence in the culinary arts. JFB (James Beard Foundation) is a non-profit organization celebrates, nurtures, and honors America’s diverse culinary heritage through programs that educate and inspire. The organization that stands behind the statement […]
Mismatched socks to prevent blindness
Sometimes the laundry monster gets them, sometimes they look like finger gloves, other times their simple and classy, socks are wild and socks are simple but they always are there to keep your toes warm like a good friend ready to hug you hello. Maybe that’s a bit overstated, but there was a resurgence of […]
The Pros and Cons of Tablet Credit Card Systems
As a small business owner, you may have been operating your business from home. Your customers are very happy with your website and most of your products are sold through the website. With good word-of-mouth publicity, you have established a solid reputation for your goods and you now sell your items through a mobile truck. […]
3D printed sunglasses with a fashion focus
3D printing is still alive and relevant; although the number of stories and startups we’ve come aware of through submissions has been dropping, the industry is still thriving. There might be a little lull right now, but the trend we think will be back on the upswing as crafters begin to find new niche industries […]
Organize and discover the web on Channelkit
There’s a handful of platforms to organize web pages that you want to remember for later. They all help you manage your personal database of inspiration, DIY’s, designs, travel locations and every other category your heart and mind will want to utilize later. Some also allow you to collaborate and share with others, but few […]
Oivo uses four AA batteries but is still the smallest iPhone charger ever
Living with a drained battery half way through the day is sadly still a norm for many of our smartphone device choices. Technology advancements lead to screens big as tablets, faster processors, and oodles of storage, but battery life still remains an unsolved mystery. There have been countless battery solutions that entail accessories, backup packs, […]
Rubber bands are turned into flexible sensors with graphene
Apps and wearable technology for health, fitness and wellness were popping up all over the place this past summer. And the trend isn’t expected to stop. The entire health industry is going through a tech-revolution and with more startups and makers focusing efforts to build stronger intelligent products consumerism in healthcare will follow the upward […]
Emails in 350 characters or less
What if emails were limited to the same character count as a Twitter post? Think about it, couldn’t people manage a way to share everything they need majority of the time in a short phrase or two? We think so and so does Toastio. claiming itself to be the next generation of email the startup […]
Buddytruk is like Uber, but for moving.
You’ve lived in your place for over year, held the raging party that everyone still reminisces about, made dinner for the blonde neighbor and ate it on the kitchen table you bought together, that same date also was the one you broke up with on sectional couch you had to have, and it’s the place […]
One Volley led to meeting Darrell Hammond, another led to a career as head of marketing. What would you Volley?
A Volley member was looking for advice about breaking into stand up comedy. He posted his request on the startups platform, the result was amazingly shocking: One of his contacts volleyed his request, which resulted in him meeting Darrell Hammond from Saturday Night Live. That’s just one story about the incredible impact Toronto startup Volley […]