Strategic Sharing: Zipcar Leads $13.7M Investment In Campus Car-Sharing Startup Wheelz
February 22, 2012 – 8:25 am | No Comment

Well, you have to hand it to the strategy team over at Zipcar . Arguably the largest on-demand car-sharing network, Zipcar went public last year and not long after saw its market cap cross $1 billion . It’s since fallen back, and with collaborative consumption and the market for car-sharing heating up, the big players have to make moves. Zipcar has since forged a partnership with Ford, making it the largest provider of cars for Zipcar’s University program , and, in December, the company took a controlling stake in Spain’s largest car-sharing network, Avancar . Today finds Zipcar making another strategic move to get its mitts in fellow car-sharing companies, again with a focus on universities, whose students are among the most eager adopters of car-sharing models. What do I mean? The company today announced that it is a lead investor in the $13.7 million series A financing of Wheelz , a junior, university-focused version of itself. The Detroit-based Fontinalis…

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Glow in the dark tub puts bathing in a cool light

Submitted by admin on February 11, 2010 – 5:28 pmNo Comment

01aa57284a33694.jpg Glow in the dark tub puts bathing in a cool light

Spreading candles around the tub is one popular way to give your bathing a romantic twist, but I think this approach is much cooler. Using the same technology as those glow in the dark remote buttons, the Mosaic tub is covered with thousands of photoluminescent tiles that absorb light all day when it’s bright out, then re-radiate it when it’s dark. The result is this beautiful blue glow that makes the tub look great, even it I’m not so sure human skin will look good under its blue cast.

The tiles are available from an Italian company called Lucedentro, although it looks like the tub itself is a one off.

Lucedentro, via Trendir

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