The Future Of Wellness In Meetings & Events

Wellness has been a buzzword in the travel world for years now. But it’s taken the hospitality industry a while to realize that wellness is not just about providing access to fitness centers, organic food items, and spa treatments. In a world in which work has become more fast-paced and smartphones are glued to hands, people are looking for ways […]

Carbon Nanotube Ultra-Capacitors

Charging almost instantly and offering massive power density, Nawa’s innovative ultracapacitors are ready to make a mark across industries from automotive to power tools and aviation. And after raising more than US$10 million, this French company is going into mass production. Nawa’s ultracapacitors offer an interesting alternative (or augmentation) to lithium battery systems. When it comes to fast charging or […]

Full Sized Electric Jet

Lilium first emerged in 2016 as an aviation startup with some very lofty ambitions, revealing plans to develop a five-seat electric aircraft that can take off vertically, switch to horizontal flight in mid-air and cover some sizable distances on each charge. The company has now taken a significant step toward achieving this goal, completing a flight of a full-scale prototype […]

Staglamite Structure

Daniel Libeskind‘s New York architecture firm has revealed plans to build a museum in Kenya‘s Rift Valley, comprising tapered and pointed structures that resemble stalagmites. Studio Libeskind was enlisted to design Ngaren: The Museum of Humankind by Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist and politician Richard Leakey. It will be built on a cliff edge in Rift Valley, where Leakey found the most complete skeleton […]

Vertical Gaming Mouse

The keyboard and mouse combo is the long-standing weapon of choice for players of first-person shooter games, but that’s not the most true-to-life setup. A Chinese company called Ragnok is now trying to ramp up the realism a bit with the Mousegun, a controller that’s designed to look and feel like the handle of a pistol. The Mousegun is modeled […]

Ethical Diamonds

A sparkler on your ring finger might be pretty, but it’s fairly possible that it was acquired by slave labor, underpaid workers, and in unsafe, life-threatening conditions. If your diamond wasn’t sustainably sourced, then chances are it is doing more harm than good. The truth about diamond engagement rings is that there is no tradition behind the popularized concept. In […]

Google Travel

  If you’ve been waiting for the proverbial next shoe to drop when it comes to Google Travel putting all the pieces together, it just did. Google on Tuesday launched a Google Travel desktop website that puts flights, hotels and vacation packages, as well as a variety of trip-planning tools and recommendations, all on one page. The features are also […]