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Smart Driver Seat That Responds to Gestures
[Tech]
2015/08/06 10:26
A multitude of professional drivers suffer from back problems. One cause: driver seats that are inadequately adjusted to each driver‘s ergonomic needs. Fraunhofer‘s researchers, in joint collaboration with Isringhausen GmbH & Co. KG, engineered a driver‘s seat whose shape and position can be adjusted by using simple hand gestures. Ease into the correct seat position: with the new seat mo...
Designers Reimagine the Lighthouse - Concordia Landscape
[Design]
2015/08/06 10:26
Concordia Landscape snagged first place honors with an abstract, deconstructed take on the lighthouse.Host of architectural competitions matterbetter recently put a call out for designers and architects to reimagine the lighthouse, with a concept structure that would also serve as a monument to the Costa Concordia disaster. From a total of 282 entries, three winners were chosen, each offering i...
(Patent) Apple Issued Patent for 3D Scanning Stylus
[Tech]
2015/08/05 10:46
A patent, issued this week, and filed at the beginning of 2014, may hint at some of Apple’s ambitions within this space.Most of you are probably familiar with what a stylus is. If you haven’t used one before, you likely are aware of their rather cumbersome characteristics. Most styli are used for drawing on an electronic screen, or pad, and oftentimes their ease-of-use isn’t anything like th...
Instagram Just Made a Major Move That is Going to Turn it Into a Huge Advertising Business
[Business]
2015/08/05 10:45
Instagram has switched on its advertising API (application programming interface.) It’s a major move for the Facebook owned photo sharing app, which is going to almost immediately help transform it into a major mobile advertising business to rival Google and Twitter.By opening up an API to partners, marketers can now — for the first time — start buying Instagram ads and planning their Instag...
The Smartphone is The New Sun
[Business]
2015/08/05 10:45
Today, there are well over 2bn smartphones in use, and there are between 3.5 and 4.5bn people with a mobile phone of some kind, out of only a little over 5bn adults on earth. Over the next few years almost all of the people who don't yet have a phone will get one, and almost all of the phones on earth will become smartphones. A decade ago some of that was subject to debate - today it isn't. Wha...
Clothes Tell You If You’re Dehydrated
[Tech]
2015/08/05 10:45
Paulien Routs has developed a sweat-sensitive textile coating that can provide a visual cue of hydration levels.Design researcher Paulien Routs has developed SOAK, a sweat-sensitive textile coating that provides a warning of dehydration. It can be applied to sportswear and changes color while the wearer is working out. The different colors provide a visual cue, showing the composition of their...
(Video) At Stockholm Arlanda Airport the Weather Abroad Comes to You
[Design]
2015/08/05 10:45
The Climate Portal houses three separate rooms, each of which hosts the conditions of a different location around the world.Have you ever wished you could change the weather to be more like somewhere else in the world? Well, travelers at Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Sweden can now experience just that. The airport's new Climate Portal simulates the weather from other locations in real time.The...
Flows - An Interactive Way to Monitor the Air Quality in your Home
[Design]
2015/08/05 10:45
The ecosystem is composed of Flowies which scan and alert, a base to control the system and additional air cleaners.Thanks to airflow, a very light design, the flowies can move in the environment and integrate a small cO2 ship to detect pollution levels. They can move closer to windows thanks to a light sensor which will guide them in the right direction.When the night comes, the top of each fl...
(Video) Knocki taps into the Internet of Things
[Product]
2015/08/05 10:45
Knocki can be set to alert you via text if someone knocks on your door when you're away.Can you knock on your kitchen countertop to dim the lights, turn on your favorite music or send your partner a text message? You can if you have a "Knocki" stuck to it. Developed by Texas-based Swan Solutions, Knocki is a disc-shaped device that turns solid surfaces, such as walls, doors or tables, into remo...
