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...easier to receive packages at home. IdentiCert has developed a modular, electronic storage box system that can be installed in any apartment or condominium complex. Invented by three recent graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management and funded by private investors, the easyQube kiosk is modeled after low-tech oversized mailboxes secured by key that have long been used in Germany, the Netherlands and other European countries. EasyQubes, on the other hand, open with an electronic swipe card, and recipients are notified via email when their package has arrived...
...card-swipe kiosks were a brainchild of Dr. Marty Baker, pastor of Stevens Creek Community Church in Augusta, Georgia. They were so successful in his own church that he now markets the devices privately and has placed them in 35 congregations across the U.S. "People don't carry cash," he says, noting that total income from contributions has increased 18% since the first kiosk was installed in 2005. Coins and paper money now account for less than 5% of that total...
...kiosk received a thumbs down. "The Cathedral is more of a historical church and the current rector is not too anxious to incorporate ATMs," said a diocese staff member. "We are all aware that it will probably happen in the future, but for now, we are not interested in participating...
...first store, a 1,600-sq.-ft. eco-friendly space in Madison, Wis. The floors and shelves are made of sustainable bamboo, the walls are covered in wood pulp, and the clothes are draped on bamboo hangers. Customers can scan the bar code of any item at an Internet kiosk at the center of the store to read detailed information about the factory in which it was produced. Bass hopes to open four stores a year nationwide starting...
...Joseph I--but the city of 1.2 million is compact enough for visitors to venture to locales off the beaten track, like the communist monument turned skate park in Borisova Gradina and the Ladies' Market, where average-income Sofians do their shopping. The marketplace of storefronts and open-air kiosks sells everything from clementines to wallpaper to negligees to banitsa, a flaky pastry stuffed with the feta-like "white cheese" used in many Bulgarian dishes. One kiosk sells mulled wine from barrels for 1.2 leva, about 80¢, a liter--a price indicative of how very far the dollar goes...