Ticketmaster will soon be able to admit you to live events and track your movement using nothing more than a discrete digital audio broadcast from your smartphone.The ticketing giant has teamed up with Lisnr, a data-over-audio company that uses an ultrasonic sound technology it calls “smart tones” to transmit information between devices.There are myriad use-cases for Lisnr’s technology — fo...

Today, marketing claims on packaging are no longer the end-all, be-all for reaching health-conscious consumers. While these claims, which are often found on the front of the product packages, provide easy-to-read visual indicators of healthy attributes like 'natural', 'organic' or 'free from' artificial ingredients, consumers are now turning packages over to the nutrition facts panel to check t...

Holo app uses volumetric imaging to add 3D images into pictures, and advertisers will be looking at how to capitalize upon this ability.Good news for Star Wars fans out there—a software company has finally released the first-ever 3D hologram app that enables people to add holograms to photos! The holographic layer on the Holo app uses volumetric imaging that flawlessly integrates the image int...

Makeup Plus is a new app that lets users try on different brand name lipsticks virtually, with just a quick selfie.So often with makeup, you’re never sure if a color or shade is right for you until you try it on, which can be difficult when buying cosmetics online. A new app is hoping to make it easier by providing a virtual makeup mirror that allows you to check out brands available in your h...

Who says solar panel installations can’t be adorable? The Panda Power Plant in Datong, China is shaped like the country’s treasured animal – and the first phase offers 50 megawatts (MW) of clean energy. Panda Green Energy installed the array under an agreement with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to advocate for renewable energy. The first phase of the giant panda solar station...

Ranking the world’s best cities for luxury.Whether it’s a 10,000 sq. ft mansion in Bel Air, or a classy penthouse in Monaco with a harbor view, the buyers of top-end real estate tend to be very particular.In fact, the most robust markets for luxury real estate can be found concentrated in only a few world-class cities like Hong Kong, London, or New York, or in luxury destinations like Cannes...

It hopes to have them in place by the end of 2017.Earlier this year, Dubai announced that it would begin flying passenger taxi drones this summer. Now, it's putting autonomous cars on the road as well; by the end of the year, the Dubai police plan on deploying a fleet of self-driving police cars that will scan people and identify criminals and "undesirables."The driverless car will operate comp...

Despite all the improvements that technological and social advances have brought to our lives over the past few decades, some things were easier back in the day: phones were still just phones, there was only a handful of TV channels to choose from and ordering a beer was as simple as saying: “one beer, please”. These days, when you utter these words in any given bar, don’t be surprised if th...

Caterpillar has invested US$2 million into Fastbrick Robotics, the company behind the bricklaying robot, Hadrian X.The world is another step closer to a bricklaying robot that can build the framework of a house in less than three days. Caterpillar has invested US$2 million in Fastbrick Robotics, the Australian company behind the builder bot.Named Hadrian X, the quick-laying bricklayer is built...