Young women who spend a lot of time on Facebook tend to be more likely to be concerned about their body image and could be at increased risk for eating disorders, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at how much time 960 female ...
Tags: eating disorders, online social media site, societal messages
New brand aims to 'help satisfy preschoolers' demands to have their own technology'. KD UK is launching Tech Too, a new brand to 'help satisfy preschoolers' demands to have their own technology'. Tech Too has already proved to be ...
Tags: Toys
The High Plains Dairy Conference held recently in Lubbock served as a one-stop update for many things important to the dairy industry, including the value of maintaining good employees, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Dairy Products
On International Women's Day, March 8th, Gap introduced "One Stitch Closer," a new program that extends Gap's long-standing commitment of supporting women. At the center of the program is Gap Inc.'s P.A.C.E. (Personal Advancement & Career ...
Tags: Gap, Apparel, Womens Training Program
GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) joins Smithers Pira, in association with Packaging Digest, in announcing a new partnership to create a joint event offering the most up-to-date information and strategic intelligence ...
Tags: Sustainable Packaging, Packaging
Firm expands product line-up in response to 'consumer demand for moveable toys designed to develop children's physical skills.' Little Tikes is celebrating its largest collection of trikes and ride-ons to date and has promised 'even more ...
Tags: Little Tikes, Toys, children's physical ski
The data breach at Target Corp. that exposed millions of credit card numbers has focused attention on the patchwork of state consumer notification laws in the U.S. and renewed a push for a single national standard. Most U.S. states have ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics
In past years, the television was less fondly called the idiot box. Today the TV is more fondly being promoted as a potential informationalized box, signified by technology offered by a new device appearing on Kickstarter called InAiR. This ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, TV
Dick's Sporting Goods and The Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation announced a $25 million multi-year commitment to support youth athletic programs including donations to local sports teams and the launch of the Dick's Foundation's "Sports ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
A team of researchers working at the university of Notre Dame has discovered a whole new group of quasicrystals. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the team describes how they accidently created a new kind of quasicrystal as ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
The San Francisco-based hardware startup Aether Things has started offering a reservations list for its debut product, a music player that will apply machine learning to figure out what you want to hear. The speaker works with Apple iOS and ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Fully autonomous robots could transform the way we live, but so far such machines remain beyond the reach of our most advanced technologies. Existing robots are generally limited to performing simple, well-structured tasks in controlled ...
Tags: Robots, Walk, Fully autonomous robots
A University of Maine professor helped develop an observation protocol that can document college instruction and student learning of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Michelle Smith, assistant professor in UMaine's ...
Tags: Observation protocol documents, college instruction, STEM learning
The Tire Rack has issued an official statement regarding the death of Chairman Emeritus and Founder Peter “Pete” Veldman, 87. “Pete embodied the American dream with his bold trailblazing accomplishments within the tire ...
Tags: Tire Rack, Auto Parts
Smart Glass - technology globally popular enough. Such glasses have a number of advantages over conventional windows. "Smart" glass does not transmit infrared radiation, it will delay the heat in the room in winter and not let the hot ...