A self-driving car on public sidewalks
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Transport Systems Catapult, a British innovation agency, unveiled an electric self-driving vehicle that will begin transporting people around Milton Keynes, a town 50 miles outside London. The car has a top speed of 15 mph and will drive on sidewalks instead of roads. It’s expected to be used to ferry visitors from the train station
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IndieBound, passion for freedom through books
Wednesday, 04 February 2015
IndieBound is a big US portal dedicated to books and independent bookstores that sell them. Developed in collaboration between the members of the independent libraries of the American Booksellers Association, IndieBound wants to support the power of the local shopping: independent bookstores have always occupied a special place in American communities as places where you
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Someone is drawing funny characters on the streets of Ann Arbor
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
People have been noticing strange creatures on the sidewalks around Ann Arbor, Michigan… they are drawn in the most random places, and there’s one thing tha t binds all the pieces together: they are guaranteed to brighten your day. They show up in the most random places and appear to be drawn with chalk and
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The most beautiful cinemas around the world
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
From Bored Panda website, a fantastic gallery of movie theaters around the world: some of them have interesting stories or have survived the bombing and fire, others were demolished and renovated but they kept their uniqueness, recognized for their cultural significance and for their architectural value. Yet others are modern, exciting and amazing. Have you
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The Piano Guys: Batman!
Monday, 26 January 2015
What do you get when you mix up a marketing genius that does video, a studio engineer that writes music, a pianist that had a successful solo career, and a cellist that does pretty much everything? The Piano Guys: a miraculous meeting of “guys” with the same intrinsic purpose – to make a positive impact
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The most beautiful examples of book sculptures
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Give old books a second life: some artists succeed by transforming dictionaries and encyclopedias in wonderful sculptures. On the site Bored Panda you find examples, in a gallery open to the contributions of everybody.
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Apple challenges mobile operators
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
It might sound obvious, but Apple SIM is Apple’s own SIM standard – and it’s been threatening to instigate it for years. Traditional SIM cards are physical chips that act as network keys for a single account attached to a single network operator, but Apple SIM isn’t tied to any network and is software-based. But
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M. Chat: street art meows
Monday, 19 January 2015
Thoma Vuille, alias Monsieur Chat, introduces us to his site with a mission statement: “The context of my work is the city, its streets, its walls, and the eyes of those who live there. I try to create supports for the narrative of the city by its inhabitants, who participate in the creation and exchange
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Stunning Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures
Monday, 19 January 2015
See these 3-D printed sculptures designed to animate when spun under a strobe light. The placement of the appendages is determined by the same method nature uses in pinecones and sunflowers. The rotation speed is synchronized to the strobe so that one flash occurs every time the sculpture turns 137.5º— the golden angle. If you
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The splendor, the fall and rebirth: Teatro Farnese in Parma
Tuesday, 09 December 2014
When Charles Dickens visited the Teatro Farnese in Parma, found it in a state of disrepair: holes in the roof, rotten wood, rags hanging overblown, mice everywhere. What was the ultimate expression of the ambition of Ranuccio I Farnese lay desolate, shadow of a past that glorified the dynasty and that, for this reason, the
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