Footwear designs
Footwear Designs that Pushed Boundaries in 2016 BY EMILY ENGLE From Core77 This year, 3D printed, sustainable and technology infused footwear designs reigned supreme over the rest, further proving that footwear design is a booming creative industry. The most popular…
Let’s toast the inventor of the Solo cup, who died last December
By Laura Northrup From Consumerist The red plastic Solo cup has become an American icon of… well, people mostly associate the product with drinking booze at parties. The inventor of the product claimed that he originally intended the product for…
4 places to celebrate Carnival in the Caribbean [and there is a 5th]
By Andrea Guthmann From Chicago Tribune Carnival is about over-the-top, shed-your-inhibitions fun. Like Mardi Gras, it’s traditionally a last chance for excess before the solemn season of Lent for Catholics. The annual bash is practically synonymous with Rio de Janeiro….
If cord-cutters all cut cable, where do the networks go?
By Kate Cox From Consumerist The so-called “golden age of TV” may only be just now dawning for viewers, completely inundated with high-quality shows on every screen we own, but it’s more of a turbulent era for the companies that…
Digital fabrication
2016 Best of Digital Fabrication By RAIN NOE From Core77 2016 was a great year for digital fabrication, with machines becoming smaller, cheaper and easier to use; technologies many of us could never dream of affording are starting to come…
Cayman Islands: Expiry of the right to receive bonus
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, Jan. 3, 2017 /CNW/ – Firebird Global Master Fund Holdings, Ltd. (“FGMF“) reports that on December 31, 2016, the right of FGMF and of its joint actor, Firebird Global Master Fund II Holdings, Ltd. (“FGMF II“),…
Lamborghini confirms Urus SUV will be its only plug-in hybrid
From engadget The brand’s only hybrid powertrain will be offered along with a twin-turbo V8. According to Autocar, we’ll be seeing the first production hybridLamborghini soon. The publication reports that Lamborghini’s research and development chief, Maurizio Reggiani, confirmed that the…
Dr Manabi Bandopadhyay, India’s first transgender college principal, resigns
By MANISH SINGH From Mashable Struggling to find acceptance from some, India’s first transgender college principal has quit from her job. Dr. Manabi Bandopadhyay, who served as the principal (headmistress) of Krishnagar Women’s College, has submitted her resignation, District Magistrate…
There are reasons to be positive for future Caribbean connectivity
From Routesonline Intra-Caribbean air traffic is faced with a burdensome tax environment, yet despite the tough operating conditions the situation is looking brighter. A region resplendent with beaches, sunshine and worldclass hospitality does not sound as if it would need to do too much…
Nokia returns with a dumb phone from its new owner
By Devindra Hardawar From engadget No, it’s not running Android. It looks like we won’t have to mourn the demise of the Nokia brand for much longer. HMD Global, the new owners of the Nokia name, unveiled their first device…
