DEBUGGING. Typically, engineers want to get bugs out of their creations. Not so for the U.K. engineering firm (not the famed carmaker) Rolls-Royce — it’s looking for a way to get bugs into the aircraft engines it builds.These “bugs” aren’t software glitches or even actual insects. They’re tiny robots modeled after the cockroach. On Tuesday, Rolls-Royce shared the latest developments in it...

In the early days of e-commerce, people mostly bought products online that were easily packable and shipped.Amazon for example started off selling books, then added CDs and DVDs before eventually starting to sell pretty much everything. No one would have thought of buying furniture online because it would have been outrageously expensive to ship it. These days, buying furniture online is a fair...

The beauty business is going green. From toners to facial masks, hand creams to lip balms to perfumes, new beauty products containing cannabis-derived ingredients are hitting the shelves at an ever-rapid pace. After all, the legalized medical cannabis market is changing the world over – and cosmetic brands aren’t about to skip this trend.“All retailers are looking to bring cannabis cosmetics...

Nendo has created a glass bottle covered with ripples to express the liveliness of fresh spring water. the studio designed the bottle for i-lohas — a coca-cola owned mineral water brand in japan, which utilises high quality water sources found in the country.Nendo‘s design combines practicality, featuring an anti-slip surface, with a minimalist aesthetic which expresses the purity of the wate...

Our sixth-annual survey takes a closer look at parent planned spending during back-to-college shopping. Could online spend take an unexpected turn, putting in-store sales in the lead?This year, $25.5 billion will likely be spent on back-to-college (B2C) shopping. But will parents be making all of the decisions alone? In order to capitalize on this lucrative shopping season, retailers will likel...

Soccer star Neymar’s fall at the 2018 World Cup was a drama, spectacle, and meme rolled into one—and now, you can also call it a font. Luciano Jacob, a Brazil-based Art Director at agency Mutato, has created 26 more reasons to celebrate the epic moment through ‘Ney Type’, a typeface he developed using the entire choreography of Neymar’s roll. There were so many poses in the historic fall,...

These Mind-Blowing Images of The Human Body Were Made By A New Kind of Scanner.THE FAMILY BUSINESS. Phil and Anthony Butler aren’t just father and son. The physics professor and bioengineering professor (respectively) are also business partners. And this week, their company, MARS Bioimaging, unveiled a first-of-its-kind x-ray scanner 10 years in the making.First, a quick recap of how x-ray ima...

Israeli startup is starting its first deployments in Europe. The technology puts a very modern spin on the old-fashioned flywheel.After years of sputters and stalls, including the billion-dollar failure of Israel’s Better Place, nearly every car manufacturer is actively working up an electric vehicle (EV) roadmap. General Motors, which plans to launch 20 EV models by 2023, has some 1,700 devel...

There is a lot of buzz about electric cars. All the big carmakers have either begun to sell electric cars, or are planning to. Some manufacturers, like Tesla, only make electric cars; other players, like Volvo, are repositioning themselves to sell only electrics or hybrids as soon as 2019.Last year set a new record for electric-car sales, although they still made up only about 1% of all cars so...