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Innovative new startup Jelly Drops launches to help those living with Dementia
by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th October 2020
We take a look at Jelly Drops, a new product developed by 26-year old inventor Lewis Hornby to boost the water intake of the elderly and those living with dementia
After 18 months of development and several months of beta testing during Covid-19, an innovative new startup, Jelly Drops, has just launched in the UK aimed at boosting the water intake of the elderly and 850,000 Britons living with ...
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effie - the automated ironing system
by: Startacus Admin ~ 2nd December 2019Innovation in household chores thanks to effie - the domestic appliance that dries and irons your clothes for you!
Ironing clothes isn’t exactly a difficult task, but it is one that consumes time that could be used for other things. There is something to be said for not spending all of our lives rushing and stressing over what we could be doing instead of the thing that we’re doing, b...
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IoT maker board The Dot One makes electronics and engineering easy
by: Startacus Admin ~ 3rd April 2019The Dot One is an Internet of Things Maker-Board which lets anyone discover the world of electronics and engineering, created by Internet of Things startup, Wia.
Wia, an Internet of Things startup that helps developers and companies build electronics, announced their move into the consumer hardware space with their first product. We've followed their journey for the last few years, from bei...
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Ding - smart doorbell innovation
by: Startacus Admin ~ 21st August 2017Ding is a doorbell. It’s smarter than a normal doorbell, but not as smart as a smart doorbell. The Ding team considers these to be overly complicated, over-engineered, and generally overly high-tech things that most people don’t want in their homes. Ding is simpler and more refined. On the outside, a slim unit with grey or brass button, on the inside a fabric-covered speaker designed t...
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Students Create New Gadget which Extinguishes Fire with Sound
by: Startacus Admin ~ 30th March 2015Two entrepreneurial students from Mason University in the US have invented a gadget which extinguishes fires using sound waves...(see the video below...)
A fire can ignite so quickly, that a lot of the time it is beyond our control. It can be destructive, unstoppable and really, something that must be avoided at all costs.
It is all the more impressive then that two university students from...
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MurMurs - Playful furniture for office environments
by: Startacus Admin ~ 14th October 2013Now for something umm... well... bizarre quite frankly.
As you know, here at Startacus we are mad about inventive startups, social media and anything which makes running a business a happier and more productive endeavour...(check out TwitterTape as another mad cap invention for the office)On our quest to find some fun and quirky stories, we came across MurMurs, the new office seats/furry cre...
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Sent into Space - The DIY Space Mission
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th September 2013For eons mankind has gazed heavenward in utter awe at the endless expanse of space but for most this is where our direct link to the great abyss ends. Although the super rich Virgin Galactic promises a fleeting glimpse of near-earth space, for the average Joe or Johanna such experiences remain frustratingly out of reach. That is why we were very excited to come across a pair of intrepid stud...
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4 Star Trek ideas that are now real life reality
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th September 2013One of the realities of working in a co-working space where the majority of the other workers or startups are tech or comic or sci-fi fanatics is that it does rekindle your interest and passion for the whimsical - the adolescent passions, and the geek-esque interests of yesteryear. But apart from debating whether Quantum Leap is one of the best Sci-Fi shows of the 1990’s (Danny @UproarC...
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Twittertape - Startacus chats to the inventor
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th September 2013What’s not to love about Twittertape! Mixing old school and new technologies - Adam Vaughan, inventor of said Twittertape recently got some rather mainstream press when his rather gadget-esque invention was featured on the BBC by Technology reporter Zoe Kleinman.
Twittertape is basically a ticker-tape machine that prints out Tweets. (There, managed to summarise that in 72 characters!)
We&r...
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Developing an idea into a Product - an interview with an Inventor
by: Startacus Admin ~ 18th July 2013Ever had that Eureka moment when you are lying on the beach and you have that ‘great idea’? It might be the ‘next blockbuster film’ or a ‘career change’ you really decide you want to make. Or...it might just be an invention you reckon could be the next big thing...
In this case Jonathan Meare had an idea for a solution to that pain in the back moment when your ...
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