Armbands that track how much you move have become popular ways to motivate people to get fit. But how fit are your teeth? Are you lazy about brushing them? Never fear: An inventor is on the case. An electric toothbrush senses how long and ...
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The chair of Manitoba Pork Council says trade advocacy efforts in the U.S. have gone a long way toward improving relations between Canadian and U.S. pork producers. A range of topics will discussed when members of Manitoba Pork Council ...
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For the first time in nearly 10 years, the nation's beef herd may be poised for growth, which could mean relief from rising meat prices. But with the fewest cattle in the beef supply since the 1960s, slow growth won't cut prices anytime ...
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Idaho alfalfa hay prices will rise or fall in 2014 based largely on how much irrigation water will be available during the growing season, says Glenn Shewmaker, forage specialist with University of Idaho Extension. "Right now, a lot of ...
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Milwaukee announces a new line of writing tools called the Inkzall. We first saw these at the Milwaukee event and have to say, they are pretty neat. So what makes these markers a staple in your life? First, the markers are designed with ...
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The early stages of the 2014 International CES have been dominated ?by the well-known TV brands jostling to get their bigger and better Ultra HD displays out in front of show visitors and onto the websites of tech blogs worldwide. One ...
For electronics buyers, inventory control tends to be one of the most challenging aspects of procurement and supply chain management. Making the hurdle especially cumbersome is that fact that purchasing agents are often responsible for ...
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Twoey Toys & Active Designs, a family run business based in Cumbria, has launched a new outdoor range designed to help teachers bring their classes outside. Twoey Toys' production process has been designed to ensure component parts for ...
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Sony on Tuesday announced a hotly-anticipated streaming game service along with the news that it sold more than 4.2 million PlayStation 4 consoles by the start of this year. PlayStation Now, set to begin a test phase this month and launch ...
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While weight loss surgery offers one of the best opportunities to improve health and reduce obesity related illnesses, the nearly 100,000 Americans who undergo bariatric surgery each year represent only a small fraction of people who are ...
More choice-and confusion-is coming to the next generation of TVs. At least three new software systems were announced Monday for Internet-connected television sets, which let viewers watch Internet video and interact with friends online on ...
Led by hybrid models, innerspring bedding will have a strong year in 2014, according to a number of bedding producers. Hybrid beds, which combine innersprings and specialty foams, are generating a strong buzz in the industry and are ...
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The big trends this year were an increased focus on cooperation and hand-offs between networks, an increased focus on privacy and security, and questions about how to make money from it all. Download Podcast Subscribe to Podcast ...
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This image shows a collection of vaccinating nanoparticles, which at their largest are about 1,000 times smaller than a human hair. The inset graphic is a representation of how the engineered proteins decorate a nanoparticle's surface. ...
A group at Harvard University has created an aqueous flow battery that uses a quinone, a type of organic molecule that happens to have favorable electrochemical properties. The particular quinone they used is nearly identical to one found ...
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