Plastic a valuable option for farmers' markets
Farmers' markets wanting to increase purchases by customers should consider accepting more than just cash or checks as payment, according to Washington State University researchers.
Farmers' markets wanting to increase purchases by customers should consider accepting more than just cash or checks as payment, according to Washington State University researchers.
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May 19, 2015
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If we wanted to count the number of people in a crowd, we could make on the fly estimates, very likely to be imprecise, or we could ask each person to pass through a turnstile. The latter resembles the model that EPFL researchers ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 17, 2013
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The U.S. government is moving toward easing restrictions on airline passengers using electronic devices to listen to music, play games, read books, watch movies and work during taxiing, takeoffs and landings.
Telecom
Jun 21, 2013
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US readers are increasingly opting for digital books instead of ink-and-paper editions, according to a Pew Research Center study released on Thursday.
Other
Dec 27, 2012
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In the five years since Amazon.com released its first Kindle, the market for dedicated electronic readers has been transformed.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 29, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Microchip Technology has been working in the "non-contact user interface" space, which is translating into gesture control over your next computing device. The company is using electrical fields to sense hand ...
Electronic books, which have sparked excited chatter for several years in the publishing world, are now gaining momentum among European readers, despite a late start compared to the US, industry insiders say.
Business
Oct 11, 2012
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The new version of Microsoft Office has some cool new features, but it suffers from taking design cues from the upcoming Windows 8.
Software
Jul 25, 2012
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Online retail titan Amazon will open its first real-world shop in just a few months, according to a blog devoted to news about electronic readers such as the popular Kindle.
Business
Feb 7, 2012
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Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school books.
Business
Jan 19, 2012
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