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February 12, 2014
Strapless Panties, Miraculously Skimpier Than G-Strings, Hit Fashion Week
A designer eliminates the fashion faux pas of visible panty lines with these strapless underwear.
Committing the mortal sin of visible panty lines on the runway of New York Fashion Week could have dire consequences. But then, in the age of wardrobe malfunctions, it's also scary to imagine what could happen to a model going commando.
We're Having A Fertilizer Emergency, So We're Going To Need Everyone's Pee
As the world runs out of easily mined phosphorous and potassium resources, the solution to "peak fertilizer" could be ... inside of all of us.
By some estimates, we could hit "peak fertilizer" within 20 years, after which supplies of mass-produced nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium may begin running low. That's scary for two reasons. One, we need these minerals for growing food and sustaining life. And two, resource shortages tend to lead to high prices, and market domination by a select few. If you don't like Saudi Arabia controlling the oil supply, you may not like Morocco--which has 85% of the world's phosphorus--with a stranglehold on what you eat.
February 11, 2014
Twitter Reportedly Testing New Homepage That Resembles Facebook
Looks familiar.
Hope you like Facebook, because Twitter appears to be testing a major new redesign for its homepage that, if it actually ever rolls out, should look familiar. Mashable reports that the new Twitter homepage rolled out this afternoon for assistant features editor Matt Petronzio, although it's unclear if this new photo-heavy spread will eventually debut for everyone.
Klout Is Reportedly Being Acquired For At Least $100 Million
Re/code reports the offer from Lithium Technologies is "in the low nine figures."
Lithium Technologies is close to acquiring social scoring company Klout for at least $100 million, according to Re/code.
Virgin Atlantic Gives Employees Google Glass To Make Plane Travel Better
The airline will be testing wearable tech's utility to see if it can help better serve customers.
It's becoming increasingly clear that even if Google Glass fails to win over more stylish customers, the technology could one day find itself indispensable in a number of industries. We've already explored Glass's utility to surgeons in the emergency room, especially as a communication tool for transmitting real-time footage to other specialists, but its presence in other fields has been somewhat more sparse.
How Google's Robots Can Learn Like Humans
Fresh from being named our Most Innovative Company of 2014, and with AI firm DeepMind now in its stable, Google sees a future where technology learns from its mistakes.
Is this how Google becomes more machine than man?
Square Inks Major Payment Deal With Whole Foods
The grocer's prepared foods and specialty beverage sections will begin using Square-equipped iPads.
Square, the digital payment system and one of Fast Company's 10 Most Innovative Companies in Finance, just scored a major coup if it hopes to one day supplant traditional cash registers. The mobile payment startup is partnering with Whole Foods around the country to bring Square-equipped iPad registers into its stores.
This Is What London Will Look Like In 20 Years After A Skyscraper Boom
A glut of planned tall buildings is set to change the skyline of the British capital.
Until the early 1960s, St. Paul's Cathedral was the tallest building in London. For a while, it was illegal to build anything higher than 80 feet, after a 12-story building blocked Queen Victoria's views from Buckingham Palace. But things are quickly changing: There are now 200 skyscrapers over 20 stories high under construction in the city. A new exhibition aims to help Londoners see what the city skyline might look like in 20 years.
How GoPro Took Over The Internet
Next stop: the world!
GoPro's line of action cams have resulted in some of the most explosively viral first-person videos of the past couple years. Yesterday, the video camera maker confidentially filed with the SEC for an initial public offering, signaling that GoPro is thinking about base jumping right into Wall Street.
From Ex-Google Engineers, A Device That Syncs Music Throughout Your Whole House
Beep makes any speaker into a high-quality wireless music receiver. And it doesn't compromise design for great sound.
If you've ever tried to stream music wirelessly to multiple speakers in your home at the same time through Bluetooth or even something like Apple's wireless audio and video streaming technology AirPlay, you might have noticed that the tunes coming out don't actually sound very good. Because of the unpredictability of wireless streaming, multiple speakers will play the same section of a song at different times, creating sound that is jarring at best and cacophonous at worst.
Beep could be mistaken for a metal sculpture.
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