iMirror, iMirror on the wall…if you invest
The iMirror looks like a normal full-length mirror, but behind the reflective panel is a touchscreen computer with voice commands and even facial recognition technology. Its makers, Posh View, claim that the average adult spends over 168 hours a year in front of the mirror and that much of that time could be much more […]
A Lamborghini handset for USD 4000
The Italian luxury product brand takes its first exclusive steps into the handset market with the Antares. The phone, which will launch in Russia and China in December before making its way to US and European shores in early 2014, is a strictly limited edition affair, and as such each device will carry a rear-mounted […]
Warhol, Monet, Rockwell…on Amazon
Amazon has launched Amazon Art, a marketplace that includes more than 40,000 works of art from over 150 galleries and dealers. Among the first batch of artworks on sale are Andy Warhol’s “Sachiko”, Claude Monet’s “L’Enfant à la tasse”, Norman Rockwell’s “Willie Gillis: Package from Home”, and a selection of Clifford Ross photography from $200 […]
BMW to smart park itself
A new partnership will allow BMW drivers to find, reserve and pay for parking spaces before they set off on their journey. The company has teamed up with NOW! Innovations a company that provides mobile payment and billing solutions across a number of countries and that has developed a flexible and easy-to-use billing and payment […]
TURN YOUR BMW INTO A WIFI HOTSPOT
BMW has launched a 4G LTE hotspot for its cars, giving users high-speed mobile internet on the road. The device, which works like a router, is designed to give passengers internet access whether using a smartphone, tablet or notebook and can support up to eight devices simultaneously. It also has a built-in battery pack, meaning […]
CREATE ELBULLI MENU AT HOME
Spanish chef Ferran Adrià has launched an app, Adrià en casa, based on his cookery book written for the home chef and inspired by staff meals served at his restaurant El Bulli. Adria has released a tablet app that contains all 31 three-course meals, with step-by-step instructions, shopping lists, an organizational guide, cooking tips and […]
SEE HOW BERÖRA WORKS
With the release of the lastest iPad and the necessity of touchscreen technology in freezing temps — IKEA with the support of agency SMFB developed a new product BERÖRA (Swedish for “touch”). The BERÖRA is a “sewing kit with a special conductive thread to sew into a glove or mitten, along with a needle and […]
YOUR WIRELESS ANTENNA IS JUST A SPRITZ AWAY
In the near future, nanocapacitors spewed from a spray can on to a wall, tree, clothing and even underwater may replace ugly cell towers. During the Solve for X event, Google’s answer to TED, a Utah based start-up ChamTech Operations Enterprises, Inc. unveiled their spray-on wireless antenna technology. Wacth it. It holds the promise of […]
CASHING IN ON FACEBOOK
A bevy of newly minted billionaires and millionaires are expected to emerge since Facebook’s IPO filing. It is a given that the 1,000 workers at FB are all to become instant millionaires and those that were instrumental in the creation of FB are already billionaires (Zuckerberg, Moskovitz, Parker, Saverin…). However Bono of U2 via his […]
GREENER BMWS ARE THE FUTURE
BMW will launch a mid-range MPV aimed at larger families in 2015, to complete its ‘Project i’ series of upcoming electric vehicles. Although the first ‘i’ model — the i3 — hasn’t even hit the roads yet, BMW executives are already planning to augment the range. Essentially, the proposed i5 is designed to compete with […]