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Mercedes-Benz’s Autonomous Vehicle Concept Converts from a Car to Van

October 30, 2018

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled an autonomous, electric vehicle concept called Vision URBANETIC. Designed with interchangeable bodies, the vehicle will be able to convert from a car to a van in a matter of minutes.

Portrait Generated by Machine Learning Algorithm Sold for $432,000

October 28, 2018

A portrait generated by a Machine Learning Algorithm has been sold at the Christie’s auction house for $432,000.

Tech

Focals by North Combines High-Tech Functionality with Modern Design

October 27, 2018

Focals are a new line of stylish smart glasses equipped with a holographic lens that display full colour notifications of text messages, navigations, appointment reminders, weather updates, and more.

COS and Studio Swine have Exhibited the New Spring Installation in Shanghai

October 26, 2018

Contemporary fashion brand COS has collaborated with art collective Studio Swine to exhibit the New Spring installation in Shanghai alongside the launch of COS’s Chinese website.

Fashion

Everlane Has Launched a New Collection of Outerwear Made from Recycled Plastic Bottles

October 25, 2018

The clothing retailer company has also vowed to eliminate all virgin plastics from its supply chain by 2021.

Food

Japanese Green Tea Is Being Served Hand Drip Style in a Tokyo Tea House

October 23, 2018

The minimalist green tea house called Tokyo Saryo is considered the first of its kind for serving hand dripped green tea.

Public Space Under Highway Turned into Mesmerizing Light Installation

October 19, 2018

Described as "the dream landscape about the power and poetry of water", an art installation titled WATERLICHT has premiered in Toronto, Canada.

Design

Memory Retention Font Developed Using Cognitive Psychology

October 18, 2018

The Sans Forgetica typeface is specifically designed to improve the memory retention of readers. Developed by a multidisciplinary team at RMIT University in Melbourne, Sans Forgetica is based on a concept called desirable difficulty.

Tech

Samsung’s QLED TV Seamlessly Blends in with the Background

October 16, 2018

Using Samsung’s SmartThings app to take a picture of the QLED TV and its background, an AI algorithm generates a pattern to make the TV appear transparent to the eye.

Tech

Nissan Has Embedded Their Autonomous Parking Technology in Slippers

October 15, 2018

As part of a marketing campaign to promote Nissan's ProPILOT Park technology, Nissan has embedded their autonomous parking technology in slippers, floor cushions, tables and even a TV remote control.

Design

Natural Resources Used to Create Sustainable Cleaning Products and Tools

October 14, 2018

Soley Thrainsdottir has turned otherwise wasted natural materials such as horse hair and pine ash into sustainable cleaning products and tools.

Tech

Light Phone 2 Is the Minimalist Alternative of a Smartphone

October 10, 2018

A tech company called Light is currently developing a phone equipped with just bare essentials such as calling, texting, and adding contacts.

Food

Tech Company Iron Ox Has Developed an Autonomous Hydroponic Farm

October 7, 2018

Tech company Iron Ox has launched an autonomous hydroponic farm in an 8,000-square-foot facility in San Carlos, California.

Mirrored Figures and Dwellings Created to Reflect on the History of Morecambe Bay

October 5, 2018

Commissioned by the Morecambe Bay Partnership, the art installation was created to reflect on the heritage and “the influence of people of the past on Morecambe Bay.”

Walt Disney Concert Hall Lit up by Visuals Generated Using Machine Intelligence

October 2, 2018

Media artist Refik Anadol has transformed the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles into an audio/visual public installation.