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January 24, 2014
Computational Fashion Design And How Will It Make Us All Look Awesome
Walking into the "New Skins" workshop was a bit like fast-forwarding into the future of clothing. Here's what we saw there.
Francis Bitoni, the mind behind Dita Von Teese's curve-hugging 3-D-printed dress, recently teamed up with Lagoa and MakerBot to host a 10-day workshop on the emerging field of 3-D garment design. Designers from every industry gathered at the Metropolitan Exchange to collaborate with Francis on his next creation.
Microsoft's Slightly Better Surface Problem
In its latest earnings report, Microsoft reported $893 million in revenue on the Surface--more than double the previous quarter.
It appears Microsoft's big, risky gamble on the Surface is finally paying off. Or! The so-so tablets are still putting an obvious strain on the company's bottom line. It depends on who you ask.
The Masterful, Eye-Popping Posters Of Tom Eckersley
A new exhibition honors one of the godfathers of modern graphic design. Here's a look at some of Eckersley's best work.
Tom Eckersley, one of the godfathers of modern graphic design, would have turned 100 this year. Tom Eckersley: Master of the Poster, an exhibition at the London College of Communication, celebrates the centenary of his birth, showcasing 40 of his most striking posters from the 1940s to the 1980s. He was, perhaps, one of the few designers who could take a subject like the dangers of long hair and turn it into an artful and bold work of art.
January 23, 2014
The Beats Music App Is Generating Some Awesomely Strange Sentences
The app thinks we're at band camp and we feel like getting it on with zombies to hardcore hip-hop.
Beats appears to be ironing out the wrinkles from its sparkly new music app, which--at least when it works--offers some nifty features that should provoke some serious side-eye from the likes of Spotify and Rdio.
Two Startup Veterans To Launch A Cat Café In San Francisco
KitTea plans to bring Silicon Valley the cuddly retreat space it so desperately needs.
When Courtney Hatt came across an article about Japan's cat cafes, she did not, like many of its readers, chuckle about it in a tweet. Because rather than just an amusing piece of trivia about another country, she had found a calling. "I thought, wow, that sounds like a lot of fun," she remembers. "I really want to do that."
Kickstarter Loves This Children's Book That Gets Kids Excited About Coding
Linda Liukas's project, Hello Ruby, smashed its Kickstarter funding goal in under four hours.
We know that the goal of teaching future generations to code will make big strides within the next year. There are already some pretty ambitious ideas out there, like video games and adorable yet highly sophisticated robots. But Code Academy alum Linda Liukas has another idea that she hopes will help tickle the collective imaginations of our youngsters and get them to daydream about the world of computers...
Apple Wants To Measure Your Mood, Then Send You Targeted Ads
A patent filing shows the company is exploring the possibility of deriving mood from body sensors, user habits, and consumed data to better deliver targeted ads.
To better serve ads, Apple wants to know more about its users--specifically how they are feeling. A patent application published Thursday by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office shows the Cupertino, Calif.-based company is looking at the possibility of measuring users' mood to better target content.
Fitmob Rethinks The Neighborhood Workout
It was only a matter of time before the sharing economy hit the gym.
Plenty of people have traded hotels in favor of an Airbnb room, or have forgone licensed taxi drivers to hitch rides with Lyft. And soon, they'll also trade in their gym membership in favor of a neighborhood workout. At least that's the hope of Raj Kapoor, who launched an app on Thursday called Fitmob that allows trainers to host classes in parks, community centers, or anywhere they find space. "The best way to motivate people is other people, social, community," he says. "So we said, let's focus the new gym around people rather than expensive real estate or fancy equipment."
How "Guest Blog" Scammers Abuse Your Content Site With SEO Scams
Thanks to the boom in content marketing, moneymaking linkback schemes are all the rage.
Ever gotten an email offering a guest post on your blog? One of Google's top search engine officials, head of Webspam Matt Cutts, announced this week that many of these campaigns are scam artists in writer's clothing.
If The Immunity Project Crowdfunds This Synthetic AIDS Vaccine, They'll Offer It Free To Everyone
The Y Combinator-backed project discovered how to mimic natural immunity to HIV. Now it's trying to raise $482,000 in 20 days to prove it works.
What happens when you combine Microsoft e-Science machine learning, Harvard thinking, and a new medical device to tackle HIV-AIDS? The Immunity Project, a not-for-profit company developing the first ever synthetic HIV vaccine.
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