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The Asus EcoBook is the greenest laptop ever. It's covered in bamboo and the inside is all plastic and recyclable.
All the parts are labeled and lined with cardboard, and there are no "paints, sprays, or even electroplating," which means it's even more eco-friendly. Add to that the ability—like the Asus C90—to be user-upgradeable, you've got yourself minimal waste and maximum recycling.
The Tueuco Evolution E2 shower is a luxurious way to get clean and you don't have to lie down to do it.
The Tueco Evolution E2 drenches your body in glorious spraying torrents from every which way, and at the same time soothing your senses with chromatherapy, steam, and stereo sound.
There are electronic controls for everything, including its Scottish Shower which alternates between hot and cold water for showering pleasure. It's also able to batter you with a barrage of vertical massage.
New evidence suggests that when medical centers work like well-run hotels, it helps patients, staff and the bottom line.
Walking down a hospital corridor is wrought with its own set of anxieties but the drab paint and crowded rooms that have typified hospitals for more than a century are seen by many as depressing.
Get ready for a radical shift. The extensive use of natural light has led to shorter patient stays and a happier staff at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich.
By embracing a new school of thought called evidence-based design, a few pioneering hospitals have shown that more creatively planned facilities can lead to satisfied patients, a happier staff, and a healthier bottom line.
In December, 2006, the mayor of Sao Paolo, Brazil banned all outdoor billboard advertising, citing advertisers' unwillingness to comply with the city's rules on what sort of billboards can be placed where.
The outsized billboards and screens that dominate the skyline, promoting everything from automobiles, jeans and cellphones to banks and sex shops, will have to come down. All other forms of publicity in public spaces, like distribution of fliers, will also stop.
City planners, architects and environmental advocates have argued that the prohibition, through a new "clean city" law, brings São Paulo a welcome step closer to an imagined urban ideal.
The law is "a rare victory of the public interest over private, of order over disorder, aesthetics over ugliness, of cleanliness over trash," Roberto Pompeu de Toledo, a columnist and author of a history of São Paulo, wrote in the weekly newsmagazine Veja.
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Read about it in the International Herald Tribune
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Prada mobile phones dictates to retailers how their phones should be represented in an 11 eleven page document. Extreme. You decide.
LG Electronics and PRADA, one of the world’s leading brands in the luxury goods industry, unveiled the first completely touch screen mobile phone.
The PRADA Phone by LG (KE850) is considered a real breakthrough in the industry, due to its perceived sophistication and elegance. Perhaps even their eleven page document could be considered a breakthrough!
Read the 17 guidelines retailers must adhere to.
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LG Press Release
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Fish tank air seal lets you pet your fish.
This innovative fish tank uses a vacuum system to control the water pressure, enabling open air holes that you can use to pet your fish! You can stick your hands into the holes without causing the water to flow out of the tank. The innovation enables you to feed your fish directly from your hand.
The new sok overflowing bath by Kohler, is the best and most innovative way to soak. There are seating areas specially designed for two people.
Kohler has increased the size of the bath to accommodate added water overflow generated by two bathers simultaneously entering the bath.
Neilsen has compiled a list of the top 10 shows with the most product placement advertising as well as the top 10 advertisers.
Quite unsurprisingly, FOX's American Idol comes in at the top spot with 4,086 occurrences of product placement.
Dunkin' Donuts had a facelift. If the Sarasota shop is any indication, Dunkin' Donuts will no longer be the destination for 'common coffee.' Now you'll find bags of beans and oversize coffee mugs near the door and a waiting area for lattes and cappuccinos. Some say Dunkin' Donuts has Starbucks envy.
This is the Dunkin' Donuts of the future, a chic space with soaring ceilings and earth-toned walls that will be the prototype for every new store the 57-year-old chain opens. "We're not a sleepy little New England company anymore," says Dunkin' Brands CEO Jon Luther, 63. They've even signed on Rachel Ray as their brand representative and will appear in their multi-platform marketing campaign.
Read about Rachel Ray as brand representative
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