Author: Laura Robinson
To understand the new smart watched and other pro devices of recent focus, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, assesses the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cook’s “sitting is the new factor” line. Diana saves Steve Trevor who has crashed on Themyscira. He warns her of the great war, World War I, raging across the globe. Wonder Woman…
An armband that promises to help you kick bad habits like eating too much fast food or biting your nails is being sold by Amazon for £193 ($242).The Pavlok bracelet gives users a penalty of a 350-volt electric shock every time they step out of line. It works for a wide range of nasty habits including smoking, sleeping in, spending too much time on the internet and even sleeping in.Users have to administer the shocks themselves or the Pavlok app can be downloaded by friends so that they can give you a buzz if they catch you out.Some habits – particularly those that…
Glasses contain cameras which give commentary through a phone app Software will tell the user the name and job of an approaching person It was developed by London’s Vision Technologies and sold by GiveVisionProduct is expected to cost anything between £50 and £75 a month By Nick Constable for The Mail on Sunday Published: 20:13 EDT, 31 October 2015 | Updated: 21:42 EDT, 31 October 2015 Blind people can now effectively ‘see’ thanks to a brilliant new British invention – glasses that tell wearers what they are looking at.The glasses, which contain tiny cameras, can identify everything from shop doorways to the contents…
Dust movements were detected by a small machine, invented by University of Western Australia adjunct professor Brian O’Brien in 1966High-energy sunlight positively charges the dust particles, pushing them away from each other, lifting the dust three feet above the moon’s surfaceWhen ‘horizon brightening’ occurs, the effect is an eerie glowBy Australian Associated Press Published: 03:21 EDT, 28 October 2015 | Updated: 09:11 EDT, 28 October 2015 Experts have finally solved the mystery of the moon’s eerie glow, which has baffled scientists for more than 50 years.They say ‘horizon glow’ – a bizarre glow occurring on the Moon’s western horizon just…
$399 bicycle is steered by leaning while holding a centralcolumnHas one large wheel and two small stabilisersDescribed as a cross between running and cyclingBy Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com Published: 19:16 EDT, 7 April 2015 | Updated: 19:23 EDT, 7 April 2015 It claims to be able to combine running and cycling – and be the ultimate urban transport.The bizarre halfbike has one large wheel, and is steered by a stick while the rider stands.It’s inventors claim it is small enough to carry around when not in use, and could replace the gym for many – as well as giving commuters…
Flip-flops? Check. Sunglasses? Check. Twenty-four degree heat? Check. Now all I need is a fruity cocktail and I could be in Mauritius. Except I’m not on holiday. I’m in a basement in central London, moments from the frenzy of Oxford Street.Outside, it’s a typical day — cold and damp, with a sky as grey and heavy as old army boots. It’s estimated that two million Britons suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which is caused by a lack of sunlight – and up to three times more women than men appear to be affectedDown here, amid the lemon trees and pink, plastic…
In der Welt des Unternehmertums gibt es inspirierende Geschichten, die die Kraft und den Einfallsreichtum einzelner Frauen und Männer zeigen. Eine solche Geschichte ist die von Anna Müller, einer bemerkenswerten Unternehmerin, die mit ihrer starken Sales-Persönlichkeit und ihrem Innovationsgeist gleich zwei Mode-Startups zum Erfolg führte. Anna wurde 1987 geboren und wuchs in einer Kleinstadt auf, wo sie schon früh ihre Liebe zur Mode entdeckte. Ihr unternehmerischer Geist wurde jedoch erst richtig geweckt, als sie während ihres Studiums in Wirtschaftswissenschaften begann, in einem kleinen Bekleidungsgeschäft zu arbeiten. Dort lernte sie die Feinheiten des Verkaufs und die Dynamik der Modebranche kennen. Nach…