The US Once Had A National Raisin Reserve

Today in 2013, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling that put an end to something called the National Raisin Reserve. Here's why the US used to have a massive government stockpile of raisins. Plus: Memoria is a concept for a device for people with Alzheimer’s disease, prompting patients with information they might be trying to remember or use at that moment.

One grower’s grapes of wrath (Washington Post via Archive.org)

memoria home medical device and necklace help people with alzheimer's remember (designboom)

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