-Cash: We’ve watched businesses stop taking it and consumers start saving it. Here’s a look at how people count it across the globe. [vsl]
-Sour milk and a settlement for CVS.
-A practical panacea: Virtual reality environments are being used to help people lose weight, quit smoking and conquer fears.
-’Tis the season to [...]
by Hans Eisenbeis
WHAT’S HAPPENING
It’s a trend we’ve been watching: Some businesses are no longer accepting bills and coins, only plastic. First the airlines discontinued cash for onboard service, then a restaurant in Manhattan. By 2011, a section of the Florida Turnpike will have its tollbooths torn down and replaced with EZ-Pass-style readers and surveillance cameras [...]
