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Free-standing Smart Home: Portable and Eco-friendly
Estonia – Design company Kodasema’s square KODA home is assembled in seven hours and includes LED lights, solar panels and smart...Read More
Shipping Containers Repurposed as Floating Student Accommodation
Denmark – Urban Rigger, designed by Bjarke Ingels’ firm for Copenhagen harbor, the accommodation can be configured in lots of...Read More
Bigelow Mobile Tea Bar Hits the Road
USA – To drive trial of new flavors and build brand awareness by promoting its family-owned story, Bigelow Tea has launched a mobile tour...Read More
Tide Takes a Spin
USA – Earlier this year, P&G owned Tide detergent launched Tide Spin in beta in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago. Recognizing young...Read More
ServiceMaster Launches Mobile Experience Showcasing “Fix It” Services
USA – With seven brands under its corporate roof, Memphis-based ServiceMaster is literally taking its show on the road to make everyone...Read More
TFI Envision “Sizzles”
USA – TFI Envision, Inc. has a comprehensive understanding of multiple categories, but we also have a very specific expertise in the...Read More
All wrapped up
USA – For more than 50 years, Graphic Design USA has sponsored competitions that spotlight areas of excellence and opportunity for creative...Read More
Three Automotive awards from American Graphic Design Show
USA – From almost 10,000 entries, the judges of the American Graphic Design Awards Showannounced the winners, which included 10 projects...Read More
Tech Startup Creates Indoor Flying Robots
USA – IFM (Intelligent Flying Machines)is using autonomous drones to automate data capture inside warehouses, streamlining the process of...Read More
No Waste, Edible Emergency Drone Carries More Food
Britain – The Pouncer is an eco-friendly humanitarian food aid drone adaptable to local dietary requirements. Pouncer creator Nigel Gifford...Read More
Aqua Drone Gulps Harbor Trash, Prevents Ocean Pollution
Netherlands – RanMarine Technology’s latest waste-management solution is the WasteShark, a solar-powered, autonomous drone that collects...Read More
On-demand App for Leftover Food Donation
USA – ikened to an Uber for food rescue, Transfernation’s app links available volunteers with corporate events wanting to donated...Read More
Localized Sharing Economy for Neighbors
Amsterdam – Based on the knowledge that 80% of items are used less than once a month, Peerby is an app that helps people engage with the...Read More
Hungry Users Order Unsold Restaurant Meals
UK – Studies show that roughly half of all our food goes to waste. Too Good To Go is an app that allows users to order food from local...Read More
Taxis With Salvaged Parts Promote Organ Donation
Argentina – In Argentina, there are 7,949 people on the organ waiting list, and so far this year, only 108 have donated. Many citizens are...Read More
Robo Taxi Launches in Singapore
USA – Driverless cars have left the science-fiction and arrived on our roads. Startup, nuTomony, has launched the first fleet of driverless...Read More
Safer Taxis via Female-only Uber
USA – Uber may have revolutionized the taxi industry, but women often feel unsafe using the service. Michael Pelletz, a former Uber driver,...Read More
New Ink Lets Printed Photos Produce Energy
Finland – Finnish researchers printed photovoltaic ink onto a solar cell to create energy-producing photographs. Using new designs to make...Read More
Real-time, 3D Oil Painting Simulator
USA – Project Wetbrush is a new 3D oil painting tool from Nvidia and Adobe Research, which simulates the motion and interaction of each...Read More
Ink Made From Car Exhaust Emissions
India – Bangalore-based startup captures air pollution and recycles the soot into ink. Soot in the environment is widely recognized to be...Read More
Commitment Rings Prevent Netflix Cheating
London – These days, people spend more time watching Netflix than they do socializing, reading and exercising combined. Clearly, ignoring...Read More
Electric Shocks to Curb Overspending
United Kingdom – With online banking, it is now easier than ever for people to stay on top of their finances – but that doesn’t...Read More
Bikers Avoid Fines Thanks to Vibrating Bracelet
Italy – Anticipation about the potential of wearable tech has often outgrown the reality of demand. Recent research predicts that the the...Read More
Driverless Car Insurance Protects Against Hacking
UK – Adrian Flux is offering insurance for all aspects of driverless cars, such as automated parking and the hacking of connected systems....Read More
Self-driving, 3D Printed Bus Can Be hailed with an App
USA – Local Motor’s latest creation Olli, the first 3D printed, driverless, electric bus, can be summoned by an app for flexibility in...Read More
A Self-Driving Car is Being Taught Human Manners
Germany – German car manufacturer, Audi, is launching a pilot driverless car that adapts driving behaviors from human drivers. The Audi A7...Read More
AI for Marketers to Leverage Cognitive Advertising
USA – Watson Ads enable marketers to interact with customers in natural language, as they gather data about consumer behavior. In an...Read More
Shopping App Finds Products from TV and Online Video
USA – “Ever” enables users to purchase products they see on video or television using a smartphone app that finds the product for...Read More
Chatbot Chef Plans Meals Via Emoji
USA – The food industry is constantly the subject of innovation – For shoppers that tend to get overwhelmed in the...Read More
Snacks in 30 Minutes From All Night Delivery Service
USA – Unfortunately the most likely time to be craving a tub of Ben and Jerry’s or a bag of kettle chips is often the hardest time to...Read More
Robots Might Be The Next Food Delivery Method In London
London – Starship Technologies is partnering up with London food delivery startups to begin delivering meals with self-driving robots. The...Read More
IFTTT for Groceries Orders Ice Cream When it’s Hot
USA – Tesco has partnered with IFTTT (If This Then That) so customers can auto-adapt their grocery delivery according to the weather, price...Read More
Driverless Smart Trucks Could Improve Road Safety
USA – Startup Otto has created a kit consisting of sensors, cameras, hardware and custom-coded software, that retrofits 18-wheelers to enable...Read More
Good Drivers Could Use Their Data to Get Reduced Rates
London – Better drivers already benefit from lower insurance premiums, but Ford wants to take these savings even further through its Smart...Read More
Fabric Sensors Make Car Seats Smarter and Safer
USA – The problem with most car seats today is that the sensing devices in them can’t distinguish the difference between an inanimate...Read More
Placemat That Doubles as a Recording Studio
Netherlands – Knowing that music inspires creativity in young people, McDonald’s restaurants in the Netherlands debuted McTrax, a...Read More
Wind Powered Amusement Park Teaches Visitors about Sustainability
Netherlands – Despite currently lagging behind many of their neighboring EU countries, the Netherlands aims to generate 6,000 megawatts of...Read More
Power Plant Doubles as an Observation Tower
Germany – Even clean energy power plants can be detrimental to the local area because they are so often visually imposing. But recently...Read More
The Fairmont’s Canine Ambassadors
USA – Cats have ruled the Internet for quite some time, but recent initiatives show that consumers’ interest may be going to the dogs....Read More
Hotel Chain Promotes 2200 Properties with VR Videos
USA – Virtual reality is being thoroughly embraced by the hospitality industry. Now Best Western is the latest. The hotel chain has...Read More
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- The Utah Senator says he wants John Bolton to testify and it's likely other GOP lawmakers will join him January 27, 2020
- Analysis: Bolton bombshell undercuts Trump's defense January 27, 2020Democrats demanding new witnesses in Donald Trump's impeachment trial are seizing on a report that the President ordered former national security adviser John Bolton to keep military aid to Ukraine frozen in a bid to coerce political favors.
- Reporter: Fox News inoculating viewers from Democrats' case January 26, 2020CNN's Brian Stelter says pro-Trump media coverage of the President's impeachment trial is trying to filter what viewers see.
Design News
- China’s ban on single-use plastics won’t work January 27, 2020China has jumped aboard the “ban” wagon—big time. The country announced last week that it will start phasing out single-use plastics (SUPs) this year, beginning with the elimination of expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam takeout boxes, plastic swabs and products such as cosmetics containing microbeads. Caterers will be prohibited from using plastic straws; in certain major […]
- Ferrari Exhibits Its Side Of The 'Ford Vs Ferrari' Le Mans Drama January 27, 2020The popularity of the film Ford v Ferrari, which documented the 1960s battles between the two marques for Le Mans supremacy, may spark interest in seeing some of the cars Ferrari has used to amass nine overall victories and an amazing 27 class wins over a span of 70 years. The inaugural victory came in […]
- Fighter Plane Engineering Contributes To 61 Years Of Bentley V8 Longevity January 27, 20202020 Bentley Mulsanne 6.75 Edition by Mulliner Image source: Bentley Motors Bentley applied what it termed Aero Design Standards (ADS) to the development of its V8 engine in the 1950s, an approach that contributed to the amazing longevity of the company’s 6.75-liter V8 engine, which debuted in 1959. “Both the construction and design of block was […]