Blake Gray will be one of the artists performing at the 2nd Annual Christmas Marketplace Fundraiser hosted by Abrasive Media. This event will be a celebration of Morning After Ministries and all it has done to change the lives of young women. Enjoy an evening of great music, the best cocktails, silent auctions, local arts & crafts, and stories of … Read More
First Bus Running On Biomethane From Human Poop Launches In UK
The A4 bus service from Bristol to Bath in the United Kingdom might as well be called “the number two”. The U.K.’s first “bio-bus” is powered by biomethane gas, which is generated through the treatment of sewage. Each tank of gas takes the waste five people flush down the toilet annually. With a full tank, the bus can travel up … Read More
You don't have to daydream about Back to the Future to ride a hoverboard.
Thanks to a company called Hendo Hover, it looks like we might actually get the hoverboard of our dreams. Hendo teamed with Tony Hawk to demonstrate the current capabilities of the Hendo hoverboard. Considering the board can only hover an inch off the ground, the prototype still impressed the seasoned skateboarder. Hawk even performed his first 10-80 on the spinning … Read More
Joe Diffie Brings Out Big Crowds
A big country star in town tonight making for big crowds in Sasser. Country legend Joe Diffie was performing out at the Sasser Flea Market Saturday night. Diffie had several opening acts and hundreds of people were out having a good time enjoying an evening of country music. Diffie has won multiple awards and had several Billboard hits.
Yardarm Technologies is working on a way to keep police officers safer.
The company’s thumb-size wireless location- and movement-tracking sensor fits snugly in the butt of a Glock handgun. That sensor could shorten emergency response time, defuse deadly situations and create a log for crime analysis and evidence. Many guns come with a hollow space in the pistol grip. In handguns, it’s a narrow area that’s typically the length of the handle … Read More
Matt Stillwell to play at The Standard in St. Augustine, FL
Friday, November 15 with Jordyn Stoddard and 309C. Show starts at 7pm.
Your smartphone is replacing your hotel room key
Starting Wednesday, guests will be able to use their smartphones as room keys at ten Starwood hotels around the world. The technology will be available in all 150 Aloft, Element, and W Hotels by early next year. SPG Members must register their phone once through the SPG App and allow push notifications. After booking a reservation at a keyless hotel … Read More
Get ready for robot farmers.
Mention robotics in agriculture and people think it’s R2D2 and C3PO going into the field. But that isn’t quite what they do. On most lettuce farms, workers weave between rows to cull extra heads of lettuce crowding out the healthiest plants. The practice, called thinning, is labor-intensive and a labor shortage has made it difficult to find workers for the … Read More
Ben Bradford at Dan McGuinness in Southaven, MS Oct 26 &27
Super excited to be going back home to Southaven to play at Dan Mcguiness again this Fri and Sat from 9pm-1am. My 25th birthday was yesterday so I’m celebrating it back home with family and friends and throwing down all night at Dan McGuinness. See y’all there.
The startup world churns out more duds than hits. Part 2
But for every hundred startups that fail, there’s a fledgling company that’s creating an original and useful product or tackling a difficult real-world problem. Planet Labs: working towards the goal of taking a high-resolution picture of the entire planet, every single day? Planet Labs, a San Francisco-based startup that has already launched more than 70 satellites into space can monitor … Read More
