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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Design

Natural Resources Used to Create Sustainable Cleaning Products and Tools

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

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

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

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

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

Tech

Sony’s Robot Dog Uses Artificial Intelligence to Learn and Develop a Personality

Man's best friend is now in the form of Sony's artificially intelligent robot called aibo.

- Design

Ikea Has Revealed its Autonomous Vehicle Concept

Design

An Airport Terminal in Japan Uses Running Tracks as Walkways

With functionality and economical design in mind, the Narita International Airport Terminal 3 in Japan has opted to use running tracks instead of the conventional moving walkways and illuminated signs.

Space

SpaceX Announces the World’s First Private Passenger to Fly Around the Moon

Elon Musk has announced at a press conference that Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will be the world's first paying private citizen to take a trip around the moon.

Tech

A Rope-Free, Horizontal-Vertical Elevator System Has Been Developed

Called MULTI, the rope-free elevator system uses linear motor technology to move elevator cabins both vertically and horizontally.

Tech

Designers Have Developed a Bioplastic Made from Algae for 3D Printing

Designer Eric Klarenbeek and Maartje Dros have developed a bioplastic derived from algae that is said to be a viable alternative for non-biodegradable plastic.