Category: Hi Tech
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Windows to generate electricity while still allowing people to see outside
UCLA researchers announced the creation of highly transparent solar cells for windows that generate electricity. UCLA researchers have developed a new transparent solar cell that is an advance toward giving windows in homes and other buildings the ability to generate electricity while still allowing people to see outside. “These results open the potential for visibly…
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The new Meridiist: thinner, lighter and more powerful
Tag Heuer upgraded its Meridiist luxury communication instrument. The instrument is now thinner, lighter and more powerful, packed with dual SIM slots for maximum connectivity and an exclusive 24/7 worldwide PERSONAL CONCIERGE SERVICE. “The new MERIDIIST combined the high-end classic design and finishes of a luxury TAG Heuer watch, the finest materials of horology, artisan…
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Twitter, the traveller’s megaphone
The development of social media channels has led to new usages: new ways to travel, new interactions, new uses for smartphones, new expectations, new rhythms. Globe-trotters look to Twitter for travel tips, good deals, get directions or complain to local travel professionals, according to the findings of Allianz Global Assistance’s first #HELPME observatory. 65% of…
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Just another designer collaboration: Kate Moss hard at work on her “fashion tech” range
Kate Moss turning her hand to designing phone cases. Fashion and tech are continuing to converge. Alongside Mulberry and Gucci houses, the major trend with the fashionable collaborations is now involving Kate Moss and Carphone Warehouse. After the latest Versace advertising campaign, The British supermodel is hard at work, perusing design ideas for a…
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Bowers & Wilkins innovation meets Maserati style
Bowers & Wilkins 805 Maserati Edition. British luxury speaker maker and sound specialist Bowers & Wilkins and Iconic Italian car brand Maserati are touring the world in the Seven Notes World Tour, an exhibition of sound, music and design that celebrates the arrival of the new Maserati Quattroporte – the car manufacturer’s first model to…
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Smartphone and computer addiction causing “digital dementia”: study
Intense exposure to digital technology could lead to the rise of ‘Digital dementia’, according to Balance Brain Centre in Seoul, which helps people with cognitive problems related to computers and smartphones. Overusing smartphones and gaming devices hampered brain dvelopment, say the researchers, who have reported a surge in cases of ‘digital dementia’ among young…