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What Are The Symptoms Of Exercise Intolerance?

Exercise intolerance is a condition that can cause difficulty with physical activities such as walking, running, and even climbing stairs. It affects many people, yet few understand its symptoms or how to treat it. In this blog post, we will explore what exercise intolerance is and what symptoms to look out for. We will also …

Get Smart: Modernize Your Home with Smart Devices

Smart devices can be found in almost every room of a modern house. Living rooms can play host to speakers, televisions, and hubs such as the Amazon Echo. Bedrooms may have smart smoke detectors, indoor smartbulbs, and window shades. The kitchen is a hotspot for smart devices such as refrigerators, dishwashers, and ovens. Even bathrooms …

Food, Rent, and Textbooks: How College Students are Struggling with Basic Needs Insecurity

A national student financial wellness survey in 2020 uncovered a crisis among college students. Nearly 3 in 5 students surveyed struggled to afford food, shelter, tech devices, and other living essentials. More than half of respondents showed signs of food insecurity while over 10% reported experiencing homelessness. This collection of problems is called basic needs …

The SpaceView: A Work of Inner Beauty

In any normal line of thinking, the subject of watches and shoes would connect like apples and oranges. However, at this moment in history, we learn how the meaningful gift of the Accutron wrist watch, rooted in disruptive technology, led to the creation of a culturally iconic sneaker. It started on October 25, 1960, when …

A Look at Focus Drinks

It seems no matter who you meet when you ask what gives them energy throughout the day, the answer would likely be something with caffeine in it. Whether it would be coffee, tea, energy drinks, or even caffeine pills. In any form, it’s the worldwide staple of the “get up and go.” However, what if …

Microlearning: Innovation in Motion

How do we prepare employees for new tasks and demanding jobs?  Traditional workplace training, if it is offered at all, often involves a day of in-person training, where new employees are inundated with information.  Unfortunately, this type of training is ineffective and costly, leaving employees no better off than beforehand.  In fact, 74% of workers …

POI Data: How does it Benefit Businesses

Before responding to the question of how beneficial POI data is, let’s take a step back and provide a quick overview about POI data. A point of interest (POI) is a particular location that a person would find interesting or useful. The phrase “of interest” should not be understood literally; rather, it refers to a …

The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Catalyst for the Supplement Industry

In 2020, we faced one of the biggest health scares of our lifetime: The Covid-19 pandemic. With the lives of their friends and families at risk, consumers worldwide turned to the supplement market. During the pandemic, all demographics increased vitamin use by 74 to 75%, with household purchases rising to 90% overall. To put that …

The Medical Subway: Pneumatic Tube System

To prepare for the future ahead, medical facilities need operational technology more than ever. To elaborate, the technology needed for hospitals to be more efficient is using the pneumatic tube system paired with today’s advanced technology which may be the solution to a long-standing problem of material waste. In a study by SwissLog, they reported …

Remote Work Is The Future Of Work

Workers are changing jobs twice as often as older generations as they become less satisfied with their current jobs. Over 60% would switch jobs for the opportunity to work from home and over 90% are happier with the option to work remotely and flexible hours. Knowledge workers, such as software developers and writers, are leaving …