Deal of the Week: Innovative Solutions to Food Waste
The growing scarcity of non-renewable resources has always been a matter of concern for the general public. However, the opposite—the over-abundance of renewable resources—is rarely an issue worthy of grievance. As production technology has rapidly evolved to minimize the scarcity
Deal of the Week: The Push Towards Sustainable Fashion
When one thinks about the driving forces behind climate change, the consumption of fossil fuels immediately comes to mind. However, one driver of climate change that often goes unnoticed is the fashion industry, which accounts for 10% of all global
Deal of the Week: Sustainable Cargo Shipping Solutions
There are many conveniences in everyday life that we often take for granted—one of which is a local, immediate access to whatever product we desire. Irregardless of where the product is manufactured, it always seems to magically find its way
Deal of the Week: The Uphill Battle for Better Air Quality
Air quality is not a problem that only pertains to specific areas of the world, but rather it affects us all—and most of us don't even know it. Recently, Mexico City, one of the largest cities in the Western hemisphere, had
Deal of the Week: Mira Therapeutics, A Tech Solution for PTSD
In late March, many were devastated by the news that yet another student from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School had taken their own life—a full year after the Valentine’s Day tragedy that changed thousands of lives forever. The student had
The Quest for Clean Water: Startups and Their Solutions
Few people realize that there are parts of the world in which access to clean drinking water is not a given. Even fewer are aware that many people’s lives revolve entirely around collecting and obtaining clean drinking water. People who have
Oohos: Eliminating Plastic Bottles Once and for All
Technology evolves at an exponential rate--often at a pace too fast for us to comprehend until we are able to look back at it and reflect on it in the context of history. However, there is some technology that does
AmpUp – The App Helping to Charge your Electric Vehicle
The promise of electric vehicles has long occupied the focus of the tech community. For years there have been claims that the adoption of EVs by the general public is right around the corner. Yet, in 2018, sales of EVs
Vestive: Introducing Ethical and Financial Investing
The term ‘sustainable investing’ seems like an oxymoron upon first observation. How can someone expend money with the hope of receiving a return on their investment while constraining their strategies to ethical principles? Indeed, this task is quite challenging —
Dash Labs: Your Car Is a Lot Smarter Than You Think
For the last few years, the subject of autonomous vehicles has dominated headlines and has been the principal focus of the tech community. Significant progress has been made in the field over a short period of time. Major car-makers are
Call9: Reinventing the 911 Call for Nursing Homes and Saving Millions in Healthcare Costs
Today, there are many hotly-debated issues that polarize politics in America and the world alike. Healthcare should not be one of those issues. It is not difficult to see that the current American healthcare system is critically flawed when one’s
Smart Vision Labs: Harnessing Telemedicine to Provide Affordable and Accessible Eye Care for All
When was your last eye exam? For most Americans, the answer is: too long ago. According to a survey conducted by the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2016, 64 percent of adults suffer from vision and eye problems. However, only