Neah Power Systems, developer of innovative power solutions for a range of applications, is one of the companies trusted by today’s high-tech military to provide energy where it’s needed, no matter how demanding the situation. Technology has transformed the military, with the world’s most advanced computational and communications equipment, but all that technology is of no value in the field without reliable power to keep it running, and Neah Power has differentiated itself with patented and award-winning designs that do exactly that. It can be said that energy, portable and dependable, is as critical in today’s military as horses were to 19th century cavalry.

The conditions under which military equipment, and associated power systems, are expected to operate are a world apart from normal consumer oriented environments, a market that Neah Power also effectively serves. The company’s patented silicon-based fuel cell is unique in its ability to provide two to three times the energy capacity offered by the standard BA-5590 battery, while maintaining a highly compact form. In addition, fuel cell technology means virtually instant recharging, since a soldier can quickly insert a new lightweight fuel cell cartridge into the fuel cell. Soldiers only need to carry one fuel cell, versus multiple bulky and heavy batteries. Neah Power technology means major weight and volume reductions over traditional widely-used portable military power sources, representing a huge market.

The vast world military market is just one of Neah Power’s growing targets. The company also develops disruptive energy technologies for global opportunities supporting first responders, logistics, as well as consumer electronics and mobile markets. Emergency responders are served by Neah’s PowerChip and BuzzCell technologies. Cordless hand-held devices are important for efficient logistics, and Neah’s products serve companies of every size. The unrelenting demand for improved battery life for mobile computing is served by Neah’s BuzzBar and associated family of products.

In a world hungry for energy that is long-lasting, compact, reliable, and lightweight, Neah is the better mousetrap.

For more information on Neah Power Systems, visit www.neahpower.com

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ContentChecked is the developer of MigraineChecked, SugarChecked and ContentChecked, an innovative family of health apps designed for individuals with dietary restrictions and/or food intolerances or preferences. As consumer awareness of its apps continues to rise, the company is also finding itself in other invaluable spotlights. ContentChecked’s SugarChecked app was recently featured in Reviewed.com, a division of USA Today.

Reviewed.com is a consumer-oriented site that delivers comprehensive reviews conducted by a panel of product experts. Read the full article here: Cutting Back on Sugar? There’s an App for That.

The article notes the high sugar intake of the average American, despite mounting research that links high sugar consumption with obesity, cardiovascular disease, dementia, macular degeneration, tooth decay and Type 2 diabetes.

“A big part of the problem is that sugar is hidden in many of today’s processed foods. That’s where a new app called SugarChecked may come in handy. SugarChecked lets shoppers scan product barcodes at the grocery store to reveal detailed sugar content information. The app identifies four main types of sugars that consumers can avoid … As well as unmasking often-deceptive food labels, SugarChecked provides shoppers with recommendations for healthier alternatives in real time,” reads the article.

After further describing the technology and its features, the article concludes with sugar intake recommendations from the American Heart Association and lists several foods with “hidden” sugars – validating the value of ContentChecked’s full suite of apps.

For more information, visit www.contentchecked.com

Hemp, Inc. this morning issued an update regarding the ongoing push for legalization of industrial hemp in North Carolina, along with rising interest and awareness of the Hemp, Inc. brand, subsidiary and decortication facility.

In the news release, Hemp, Inc. cites an article in The News and Observer written by Colin Campbell, which reports that industrial hemp could be legal in North Carolina tonight. As previously reported, the Industrial Hemp Bill in North Carolina (Senate Bill 313) passed the state’s House and Senate last month and now awaits Governor Pat McCrory’s signature. According to The News and Observer article, unless the governor vetoes it before midnight, it will become law without his signature at midnight Friday.

Campbell also references Hemp, Inc.’s multipurpose industrial hemp processing facility in Spring Hope, North Carolina, writing that North Carolina is “home to one of the country’s only decortication plants, a facility that processes hemp to sell to textile manufacturers and other users. The multimillion-dollar plant is set to start production within months at a cavernous warehouse outside the small Nash County town of Spring Hope.”

Once legalized, North Carolina will be home to the only industrial hemp commercial decortication facility in the United States – and Hemp, Inc. will be at the forefront of this important breakthrough. While many other had abandoned the belief that North Carolina would legalize hemp, Hemp, Inc. CEO Bruce Perlowin stayed firm to his belief otherwise and kept his plant in the state.

“We were being wooed to move the plant to South Carolina, Kentucky, Colorado, and even Canada,” he says. “However, I knew the legalization of industrial hemp in North Carolina could not be that far off. We would happily process the millions of pounds of kenaf, inherited with the purchase of the decortication equipment, while we waited for hemp to be legalized. And now, it seems that day starts at midnight for the state of North Carolina.”

David Schmitt, COO of Hemp, Inc.’s subsidiary, Industrial Hemp Manufacturing, LLC was also featured in a video explaining the manufacturing process of the decortication facility and what the company expects to accomplish once the clock strikes 12.

The company has also rebuilt one of its two mills, to be used in the manufacture of Drillwall LCMs. The first of the portable decortication plants have also arrived at Hemp, Inc.’s facility, which will allow Hemp, Inc. to help farmers decorticate their crops in states too far away to utilize Hemp, Inc.’s processing facilities.

Hemp, Inc. also said it will build a testing lab to house new product development testing and testing raw hemp materials, fibers and hemp-based products. This will position the company’s decortication facility as the nation’s only commercial testing lab for industrial hemp.

Bob Hughes, VP of Hemp, Inc.’s Sales and Marketing, said, “I don’t know of any other industrial hemp testing labs in North America except in Manitoba and other places in Canada… none here in the United States. We will be the first. Additionally, as the plant approaches the final phase of completion, we are reaching out to our contacts, which are some of the largest petroleum, oil and gas companies in the world. We will truly be the leaders of the industrial hemp industry.”

The testing lab and equipment will enable the production of bio-based polymers, and a powdery kenaf or hemp substance, a key component in products that will be produced in the facility. All of the raw materials will also be a natural, organic alternative to chemical-based compounds.

“What we will be manufacturing is what you would consider ‘food grade’… natural, bio-organic and non-toxic. We do everything green and will be testing for the quality of products we produce. Quality assurance is our primary goal for our customer base,” said Hughes.

Striving to update the public on hemp, its many uses, and the company’s operations, Industrial Hemp Manufacturing, LLC on November 4, 2015, will host the Weed 4 Warriors at its facility in Spring Hope. Weed 4 Warriors will be given a plant tour, and Q&A time after educating them on the vast number of products that can be manufactured from Industrial Hemp.

For more information visit www.hempinc.com

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Regardless of how well-mannered little Johnny and Suzy are, there’s something about a trip to the mall that has a way of changing their demeanor in the blink of an eye. This behavioral phenomenon transforms what should be a relaxing shopping experience for the entire family into a physical and emotional tug-of-war for everyone who gets into and pops out of the minivan in row R34. The net of the story is that if you want to take little Johnny and Suzy out someplace for an exclusive, youthful event, the market offers a limited number of options.

As for food, a menu made up of high-quality organic food amid an environment with a casual dining area for adults, and a huge play area for the little ones, is the model Giggles N’ Hugs has been executing on rather successfully in Los Angeles for over two years. Parents can now relax while their children get healthy exercise while enjoying the themed Gymboree-like play area. Giggles N’ Hugs is experiencing rousing applause from patrons and mall owners at its three locations in upscale shopping centers around LA. It comes as no surprise that many Hollywood celebrities have taken their kids to eat and play at these GIGL locales.

Parents welcome GIGL’s high-end organic dishes versus the traditional mall fare – carbohydrate and sugar laden fast-food. Phrases like ‘unlimited potential’ mark the description of what is truly a unique and practical restaurant concept. What’s more is that shareholders point to the recent Q2 filings for promising financial data which shows increasing sales volume and intrigue with the company’s themed birthday parties. Further, private party rentals were noted trending upward in Q2, with year-over-year gains of 3.4 percent.

Giggles N’ Hugs, Inc. owns and operates a restaurant in the Westfield Mall in Century City, a restaurant in the Westfield Topanga shopping center in Woodland Hills, and a restaurant in the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, California. Giggles N’ Hugs was founded in 2010 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

For more information on the company visit www.gigglesnhugs.com

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Power outages can be a costly issue for small businesses and homeowners. According to a report by Climate Central, an estimated 147 million utility customers lost power for at least an hour due to weather-related outages over the last decade, an average of nearly 15 million customers each year. For small businesses, these outages often result in a loss of productivity and, as a result, lost revenue. For homeowners, they can mean hundreds of dollars in lost groceries and considerable inconvenience.

Traditionally, the best approach to limiting the effects of power outages has been gasoline or diesel powered generators. However, generators present a host of critical drawbacks to users – including substantial noise, an unpleasant odor and general unreliability. In September, Oakridge Global Energy Solutions, Inc. unveiled an alternative to this problematic back-up power solution through the introduction of its innovative Freedom IV stationary power system.

“Our Freedom IV stationary power system will allow homeowners to move away from the noisy, smelly, sometimes unreliable generators and rely on clean lithium batteries for their back up power,” Steve Barber, executive chairman and chief executive officer of Oakridge, stated in a news release. “This revolutionary product will provide many hours of clean power and years of peace of mind.”

Oakridge will begin shipping the Freedom IV product line in December. In order to address the specific power requirements of customers, the company plans to offer a variety of sizes ranging from 6.5 kilowatt hours (kWh) to more than 35 kWh. During installation, homeowners will have the option to interface the Freedom IV system with existing solar or wind power infrastructure for off-grid applications or connect it to the grid in order to save money during peak hours by storing energy during off-peak times.

In addition to providing high quality stored energy solutions to a rapidly expanding market, Oakridge is ensuring that it has a positive impact on its community by manufacturing its lithium battery systems domestically in its recently-completed U.S. manufacturing facilities. These efforts, which Oakridge management refer to as part of the ongoing ‘on-shoring movement’, allow the company to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. while simultaneously addressing a growing market demand for dependable, high quality products and driving maximized shareholder value.

For more information, visit www.oakg.net

Cherubim Interests has progressed from researching opportunities in the controlled environment agriculture sector to engaging in promising ventures. The company found its way into this space this past summer when it acquired an exclusive license to deploy a self-contained cultivation unit designed to enable perennial plant cultivation in any locale with water and electricity.

Cherubim Interests will work in unison with its wholly-owned subsidiary, BudCube Cultivation Systems (BCS), to build, install and lease facilities employing this proprietary plant cultivation technology for commercial applications in states where growing medical and recreational cannabis is lawful.

Cherubim Interests has been tracking the progression of the cannabis industry for some time. When a growing number of states in the U.S. began legalizing the recreational and medical use of cannabis, the company decided to strike while the iron was hot and exploit the rising demand for grow space for cannabis and other plant species. In addition to addressing unmet needs, the company wants to develop the standard operating procedures for the plant cultivation technology and industrial facilities it is focus on constructing, deploying and leasing.

Cherubim Interests is standing at a crossroads at this moment in time. Although newly evolving, the recreational and medical marijuana industry is changing at a fast pace. The company has an opportunity to leave its imprint on this industry but it needs to move quickly. To ensure it operates flexibly and with scalability in mind, Cherubim Interests has adopted a hybrid business model and creative marketing strategy that, while uncommon in the real estate and agriculture industries, is effectual for the company.

Cherubim Interests’ licensed solution will offer cannabis plant growers the opportunity to lease a portable and scalable turn-key cultivation option. With this solution, the company sees itself filling a gap for two types of growers: first-time growers who want to enter the industry, and experienced planters lacking the funds to purchase land of their own, construct facilities of their own or improve existing buildings in order to create a model environment for growing and harvesting high-grade cannabis plants.

Owing to their focus on cultivation solutions for commercial applications, BCS and Cherubim Interests are concentrating on offering cultivators quick entry into this fast-growing market. They mean to do so at a price point that is very attractive when compared to typical construction and cultivation solutions. In so doing, they stand to benefit significantly as more participants seek to gain entry into this sector.

For more information, visit www.cherubiminterests.com

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Hemp, Inc. reported that Senate Bill 50, which would allow research programs at colleges and universities to cultivate and process industrial hemp, earlier this week received its “first stamp of approval” in Pennsylvania.

With the support of Senator Judith L. Schwank, who serves Berks County along with her role as Democratic chairwoman of the Senate’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, Senate Bill 50 moved out of the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee by a vote of 11-0. From here, Senate Bill 50 moves to the full Senate for consideration.

Senator Schwank was quoted in an article saying, “We hope that, once we get this started, the commonwealth of Pennsylvania can become a powerhouse in the growth of hemp for all kinds of uses. There are so many opportunities for this, and we’re losing out by not being able to grow it. Industrial hemp is not marijuana, and it’s not medical marijuana. It’s an age-old plant that has benefitted farmers and consumers for thousands of years, and it holds the promise of helping Pennsylvania farmers in significant ways, once again.”

Hemp, Inc. executives agree, noting that it is increasingly evident that states are beginning to realize the enormous environmental and economic benefits of industrial hemp.

“It’s all unfolding before our very eyes. States, such as Pennsylvania and more, want to reap the economic rewards of industrial hemp. Hemp can be used to manufacture a myriad of products from paper to building materials. It makes no sense that our American farmers can’t grow it, but luckily that is rapidly beginning to change,” Bruce Perlowin, CEO of Hemp, Inc., stated in the company’s news release yesterday.

The company also notes that Pennsylvania is not the only state moving forward with the industrial hemp movement. North Dakota’s Department of Agriculture, for example, is beginning its industrial hemp pilot program under the 2014 Farm Bill and is seeking applicants to participate in agricultural or academic research.

In Pueblo, Colorado, a hemp oil plant received an $8 million incentive package to help CBD Biosciences get its hemp-oil processing plant” up and running. According to an article in the DenverPost, “The Pueblo Development Foundation will spend $3 million to rehab a Boeing rocket assembly plant at Pueblo Airport Industrial Park that has been vacant since 2004. CBD Biosciences, a partnership of Denver-based O.penVape and Thar Process Inc., receive $4.89 million to help purchase equipment.”

For more information, visit www.hempinc.com

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The costs associated with building a nationwide wireless network are immense. Despite this fact, new voice and data service operators enter the market on a regular basis, often providing consumers with considerable cost savings for mobile phone and data service. These smaller carriers are known as mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs). Instead of attempting to create a wireless network of their own, these companies lease wireless telephone and data service from established mobile network operators (MNOs) in their target markets at wholesale rates. In the U.S., these MNOs include AT&T (NYSE: T), Sprint (NYSE: S), T-Mobile (NYST: TMUS) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ).

In some cases, MVNOs use their own customer service, billing support systems, marketing and sales personnel, however, establishing these resources typically requires a substantial amount of upfront capital. Alternatively, MVNOs can enlist the services of a mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE), a business-to-business operation specializing in the planning, implementation and management of mobile services – including SIM provisioning and configuration, customer billing, customer relationship management and value-added service platforms. In this way, startup MVNOs can effectively outsource management of business and technical operations while benefitting from the previous experience of the MVNE as a negotiating channel with MNOs.

Elephant Talk Communications Corp. (NYSE MKT: ETAK) addresses the demand for MVNEs through its proprietary platform. Using market standard interfaces, the company offers global telecommunication companies and other service providers a full suite of products and services that enable them to fully provide mobile telecom services as part of their overall business offerings.

Earlier this month, Elephant Talk announced an agreement with the wholesale division of a Tier 1 U.S. mobile operator through which the operator may procure the company’s innovative MVNO platform services on a non-exclusive basis. Following this agreement, Elephant Talk is in a formidable position to provide launch support for a number of MVNO brands moving forward. The company has already completed the primary integration of its solution platform with the mobile operator’s systems, and it expects to begin supporting new MVNO customers in the coming weeks.

“Our selection by a Tier 1 U.S. mobile operator is a major achievement for Elephant Talk, validating the strength of our technology and the capabilities of our software platforms designed for the unique needs of MNOs and MVNOs,” Tim Payne, president of Elephant Talk North America, stated in a news release. “We have worked closely with this mobile operator to complete the simultaneous integration of our platform with their systems and are pleased to report that we are now ready to support a growing number of new MVNO brands as they are launched on the operator’s network.”

Leaning on the marketability of its technology, Elephant Talk has established itself as an emerging leader in the mobile space. With many of the world’s top MNOs and technology firms already amongst its customers and partners – including Vodafone (NASDAQ: VOD), T-Mobile, Zain, HP (NYSE: HPQ) and Affirmed Networks – the company is primed to promote sustainable financial growth for the foreseeable future.

For more information, visit http://www.elephanttalk.com

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Alternet Systems is one of a handful of rapidly emerging payment processing industry firebrands that are poised to shake up the transaction space, as we rocket headlong towards a world of increasingly digital payments. Within the next five years alone, according to BNY Mellon’s (NYSE: BK) Global Payments 2020 publication, accelerating transformation of the world of payments will see the sector redefined by the entry of non-traditional providers, the evolution of new fintech solutions, and the formation of strategic alliances that cut across traditional sectoral boundaries. Additionally, the BNY Mellon report cited convergence as the other major theme moving forward, with technology platforms that are able to revolutionize clearing capabilities becoming increasingly global in both nature and reach, as well as massive consolidation around key products and solutions. This same consolidative pressure is seen as changing the regulatory landscape too, remolding it in favor of rule sets which provide for a less fragmented space, as well as the on-ramping of growth in digital currencies.

Alternet Systems, essentially structured as an enterprise accelerator, has learned the most important lesson to come out of the world of digital currencies since the inception of Bitcon: that payment processing is where the real money is at. The company’s vision to execute a roll-up strategy of digital currency exchanges is way ahead of its time and ALYI is currently pushing hard for a NY state BitLicense, even as the Winklevoss twins are setting up the field after their successful launch of the Gemini exchange. If we look at comments from strategic planning and finance director for the company which manages the Dominican Republic’s biggest mobile banking platform, tPago, regarding how the big push in the industry currently is to get people to use their accounts for more than just receiving payments, it becomes clear how ALYI’s approach to transforming the landscape makes sense for everyone.

Creating the tools that will allow for greater flexibility in terms of how people use their accounts will grant financial service providers high-value, unprecedented access to consumers, and those same tools will allow consumers to get more bang for their buck when it comes to being banked. This underlying dynamic makes a great value proposition for unbanked consumers in markets where access to financial services are limited, but where mobile access is not. Being able to step in here and provide access to millions of unbanked or underbanked people, using the mobile platform as a conduit, in order to tap a consumer market that could go from 30 million devices to over 60 million devices being used to make transactions within the next handful of years, is a big opportunity for ALYI. The company is prepping for milestone growth over the next several years, as smartphone market penetration in the western hemisphere continues to boom throughout Latin America and South America, while it continues to flatten out in more mature North America markets. Mobile and mcommerce are primed for explosive growth and a company which can facilitate this transformation, such as Alternet Systems, is potentially one of tomorrow’s very hot properties, available today at a price which is accessible to any investor.

ALYI is currently focused primarily on two distinct areas: providing omnichannel solutions for the payment processing industry which will modernize the legacy point-of-sale infrastructure, and providing comprehensive suites of tools for payment processors and the like, which can enable said processors to expand beyond traditional debit and credit card processing, into bill payments and the selling of additional services. Modernizing legacy point-of-sale architecture and creating toolkits for the payments layer also opens the door to ALYI’s third, and potentially most exciting operational area, big data-driven payment analytics. The ability to map and understand the purchasing habits of consumers is something which is of inestimable value to anyone trying to make or market a product, and the kind of robust data that can be mined along the way towards implementing a payment industry-wide architectural upgrade, will help make analytics companies like ALYI into some of the biggest names on the lips of retailers.

With a sweeping suite of solutions for the analytics space already in the hopper and its sights set squarely on markets that are ripe for penetration, ALYI, which expects to have offices in Brazil and Mexico by the end of 2016, is intent on providing the financial services/banking sector with the tools needed to serve massive populations of underbanked and unbanked throughout Latin America. According to recent World Bank data, roughly 34 percent of the entire population of Latin America, around 200 million adults, remain unbanked. ALYI’s visionary fusion of capabilities, spanning analytics, digital commerce and payments, collectively make the company a very exciting property when it comes to the seemingly inevitable consolidation of technology and transactional forces now aligning themselves across both U.S. and Latin American markets.

The rise of mcommerce, which will supercharge the mobile services market, pushing it from $300 billion last year, to around $850 billion by 2018 (Digi-Capital), has the capacity to lift boats like ALYI to levels not yet imagined. The kinds of revolutionary payment technology, fintech and analytics solutions the company provides could become tomorrow’s go-to solutions, as the need for convenience and process optimization continues to shape the world of transactions.

Take a closer look by visiting www.alternetsystems.com

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On the Move Systems this morning updated shareholders on progress of the company’s preliminary design work on its revolutionary shared economy trucking app, and says it continues to aggressively seek partners and logistics firms to join its growing network.

“We’ve been working quite closely with our design firm and the progress so far has been amazing,” said OMVS CEO Robert Wilson. “In addition, the logistics and shipping firms we’ve talked to understand and like our concept and have shown great interest in becoming a part of our system once we go online. A lot of work remains to be done, but we’ve accomplished a great deal in a very short amount of time.”

Amid ongoing preliminary design work, OMVS is encouraged by market information revealing that trucking companies are spending millions of dollars on technologies, such as the upcoming shared economy app, that streamline and increase operations efficiency. OMVS reports that in 2014 alone, logistics firms invested nearly $100 million in new technologies to improve their businesses.

OMVS says demand for trucking services, along with an ongoing driver shortage and “a looming related capacity crunch” demonstrate the need for a service such as the one OMVS is now developing, which could help companies “profitably navigate increasingly bumpier business roads.”

For more information, visit www.onthemovesystems.com

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