A Big Job with a Small Footprint
Out of Failure, Some
See Opportunity
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s society’s environmental con-
sciousness increases, more prod-
ucts are being developed with an eye B
ack in 2008, two entrepre-
neurs from Denmark ob-
toward conservation. Massachusetts- served that many men didn’t like
based BigBelly® Solar developed and how their standard-sized mass
patented a compacting trash receptacle produced dress shirts fit. After
that is completely self-powered. Instead recognizing the level of dissatisfac-
of requiring a grid connection, BigBelly tion in the marketplace, they drew up plans to
uses solar power for 100% of its en- solve the problem and created an easy to use in-
ergy needs. The unit takes up as much terface for customers to design and purchase their
space as the footprint of an ordinary own personal shirts. Consumers can choose how
receptacle, but its capacity is five times the manufacturer should approach each detail of
greater, which reduces the frequency of their own shirt, from the choosing a fabric for all
collection trips and can cut fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions or part of the shirt to the cut and construction of
by 80%. Companies can also realize additional savings by reducing each other facet of the garment. All of this cost be-
current levels of labor, fuel consumption, and vehicle maintenance. tween $65 and $75, depending on the fabric. Not
It’s even designed to keep out pests, which would prove beneficial very expensive when you consider that the gar-
to all locations.
www.BigBellySolar.com ment will fit you perfectly.
www.ShirtsMyWay.com
A Product for the Ages
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s the U.S. population ages, the number of people needing daily medication has skyrock-
eted. For those taking daily prescriptions, one of the biggest problems is remembering
their dosage schedule and taking medicines at the proper times throughout the day. Now, Mas-
sachusetts-based Vitality has developed pill containers that remind people to take their medi-
cation. Their GlowCap Connect product is programmed through a simple phone call, and first
reminds people by blinking and playing a sound alert. If you still haven’t opened the container
and taken your medicine, it automatically calls your phone as a reminder. It even keeps track of
your medication and reorders your medication when your inventory is low.
www.rxvitality.com
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