Gadget of the week
Focals by North review: Excellent AR glasses that fall just short of perfection By Charles Poladian From Mashable Focals $599 (starting) The Good Great style and quality • Weekly software updates • Easy to use The Bad No transit/subway directions…
The unique experience in geotees Tees
Whenever people go on a vacation, many would like to take small mementos home to remind them of their travels, and they can use to look back and reminisce on their experience during their holiday. One of the most common…
This ladybird-bike is a moving children library
From Designer Daily When closed, this bike looks like the random food-selling street carts you can see everywhere in China. However, when the ladybug opens its wings, something magical happens: it’s a tiny library! Made of abandonned bikes and discarded…
Repetitive thoughts chair
A Chair Inspired By Repetitive Thoughts From Core77 Designer: Imaan Satlar Shook is the first in a series of lounge chairs inspired by the repetitive nature of an obsessive mindset. The viewer is invited to recline while contemplating the thoughts…
Gadget of the week
These ‘microbe-grown’ headphones could be the future of sustainable electronics By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch The culture of planned obsolescence in electronics produces a huge amount of toxic waste unlikely to go anywhere but a landfill for the next millennium…
Exploring the toxic world of ‘female privilege’
By Rachel Thompson for The Face from Mashable It was early on Saturday morning when I crossed the threshold into a quarantined community. I was entering r/TheRedPill, a subreddit dedicated to radical misogyny. This breeding ground of anti-women invective and conspiracy…
Sneakers inspired by ‘Game of Thrones’
Adidas is releasing another pair of sneakers inspired by ‘Game of Thrones’ By Mallory Chin From Hypebeast from Business Insider Following the success of its “Game of Thrones”-themed UltraBoost collection, Adidas is releasing another pair of sneakers inspired by the HBO…
Cannes
Reuters: On the front lines – in Cannes By Yann Tessier From Reuters Community You really don’t want this assignment! The 12-day Cannes film festival which kicked off last week is one event that draws global attention. Last week, nearly…
The importance of understanding blood pressure
World Hypertension Day 2019 reminds us to ‘Know Your Numbers’ Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is considered a leading risk factor for disease on a global level. Often called the “silent killer,” many individuals may not be aware that anything is…
URL Shortener: Reduce the Length of Long URLs
URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the address of a particular web page. Or you can say that a URL is what takes you to a specific web page. When you want someone to enter your home or go to a…