Kinetic façades have been trending for some time and are ever popular among architects, as our very own collection of impossibly dynamic façades attests. Often, mechanisms are integrated into the building envelope to aid ventilation, solar shading, lighting or unadulterated visual thrills — but what if a mobile elevation could provide real usable space with the flick of a switch?Designed by...

The monthly membership model, in which people pay a fixed rate to receive access to a particular product or service, has seen significant growth as of late. This system has been applied successfully to a wide range of categories, from fitness to coffee to travel. Most recently, it’s become especially popular in the beauty space, with numerous companies offering clients unlimited access to salo...

The people who work at Facebook are ridiculously happy about it, new data shows. Ninety-six percent of employees at the social media giant report high job satisfaction, according to a survey of workers at 18 major tech companies from the jobs site Payscale. In the survey, Facebook scored the highest satisfaction rating compared with its peers, a list that includes Google, Apple, Amazon and Tesl...

The Turbo, like yesterday’s Nest chimney is a futuristic kitchen attachment that takes care of the fumes that arise out of cooking. The important thing here is perceiving the difference between the two. While the Nest looks futuristic and draws the eye to it, the Turbo looks much more compact and contemporary. It also looks like an absolute beast.Taking inspiration from the propulsion jets use...

There are nearly 700 million internet users in China, and they don’t let their connections go to waste. The country is a downloading, WeChatting, ecommercing powerhouse, and it has the statistics to prove it. We sorted through the numbers put out by some of China’s biggest internet companies, and brought them down to scale. This is an internet minute in China. The country does in 60 seconds w...

The Goodyear Eagle-360 automatically adjusts itself to driving conditions.As autonomous cars move closer to the showroom, it's clear that they'll be more than just conventional vehicles minus the driver. It means rethinking every major system down to the tires. At the 86th Geneva International Motor show, Goodyear has taken the wraps off two concept tires designed for the autonomous cars of tom...

Online labor platforms make it easier to find—and harder to retain—talented people. They give companies a real opportunity to transform the way they recruit, develop, and engage their employees.It’s safe to say that when one out of every two working-age adults in the United States has registered for a certain website—LinkedIn, for example, boasts more than 122 million US members—it has ach...

Snapchat's users base has grown to 100 million monthly users. But the company raised $175 million in its latest round of funding at a flat valuation of $16 billion. Snapchat Inc. has raised $175 million in fresh funding from Fidelity Investments, valuing the messaging company at the same $16 billion valuation from one year ago, a person familiar with the matter said.Fidelity bought shares at $3...

First, some background. Since we launched Android Pay, we've averaged 1.5 million new registrations each month in the US alone and there are now over 2 million locations that accept tap and pay. But we’re not stopping there—we're busy working to bring the convenience of Android Pay to more countries and a growing list of stores and apps.At the same time, we also wanted to explore what the fut...