Giesswein’s Wool Cross X, which the company claims are the world’s first Merino wool-lined sport shoes, are designed to be lightweight, grippy, cool in summer and warm in winter. Plus they’re claimed to absorb five times more sweat than a regular shoe, and they won’t pong, even if you wear them without socks. The comfort factor of Merino wool has […]
Merino Wool Sports Shoes Promises No-Stink Comfort
Solar Powered Wallet
The sinking stomach that accompanies a lost wallet will be all too familiar for some, but thankfully there are plenty of options emerging to help keep tabs on such things. The Ekster 3.0 is the latest trackable wallet to hit the scene, and with voice control and clever card-dispensing mechanism, has more than a few handy tricks up its sleeve. […]
BandLab Makes Music Production Free & Easy
When we first caught up with BandLab – a cloud-based music creation and collaboration platform – the project was in its infancy. A lot has happened since early 2013, so a catchup is long overdue. One notable change during the last 5 years has been the closure of JamHub, which originally developed BandLab with Singaporean agribusiness heir Kuok Meng Ru. […]
Vending – Washing Machines
Time-pressed Londoners now have an easy way to get their dry-cleaning done thanks to a new vending-machine service launching there this week. The brainchild of local startup VClean Life, the first “VDrop” machines are being installed at subway stations across the capital where your deposited dirties will be cleaned, folded, and ready for pickup within 24 hours. To use the […]
DNA Infused Tattoo
Given how permanent they are, it’s no surprise that tattoos are pretty darn personal things. Whether it’s the date of your child’s birthday or some other marking which commemorates a significant moment or aspect of your life, tattoos provide a means to carry around a visual reminder about something important to us. They could be about to get a whole […]
Domio Apart-Hotels
The traditional hotel industry worldwide has been suspicious at best and fearful at worst of the impact that Airbnb has had on its share of the market but the tide seems to be turning not only in terms of what consumers want in a rented space but also in what developers are willing to move toward. From Airbnb’s own Niido […]
Google Slides Can Now Auto Transcribe
A recent internal hackathon at Google has resulted in a new captioning feature for its G Suite presentation app, Slides. The creation of Google software engineers Laura D’Aquila and Abigail Klein, the feature uses a computer’s built-in microphone to transcribe the words of a speaker in real-time, displaying them for everyone to see. While especially useful for the deaf or […]
Pin-pointing Space Debris
Dutch artist and designer Daan Roosegaarde has a knack for raising environmental awareness through spectacular and symbolic pieces of art, and his freshly launched Space Waste Lab might be his most impressive installation yet. The project uses real-time data and LEDs to call attention to the mounting problem of space debris, but his plans aren’t limited to simply shining a […]
Sharing Renewable Energy With Your Neighbours
In Bangladesh, switching to clean energy is unattainable for the large portion of the 65 million people who don’t have access to the grid and must rely on costly alternatives like diesel generators and kerosene lamps. Of the 17 million homes in Bangladesh that are cut off from the electric power system, 3 million rely on energy from domestic solar […]
Here’s For The Cheese Fans
You’ve never seen a brie or ricotta quite like this. A new Kickstarter project from the solar power company YOLK promises a cheese board that’s totally inedible — but completely electric. SunMade Cheese is a collection of cheese-shaped accessories all powered by a single solar panel. This panel looks a bit like a plate, and when fully charged, it generates […]