Category: SHELTER
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Augmented Reality glasses now available in all digital version
According to ABI Research, wearable computing devices will exceed 485 million annual device shipments by 2018. 75 million of these are projected to be smart glasses. Juniper Research has valued the next-gen wearable devices market including smart glasses to be worth more than $1.5 billion by 2014. Vuzix’ STAR 1200 model line is the world’s…
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Charlotte Brontë poem manuscript sells for £92,000
Minuscule handwritten work from 1829 measures just three inches square
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Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage to call for US ban on animal tests for cosmetics
Peter Dinklage Joins Cruelty Free International to Call for US ban on Animal Tests for Cosmetics Animal tests for cosmetics involve rabbits, guinea pigs, mice and rats who can be injected, gassed, force-fed and killed for cosmetics. Animal tests for new cosmetics are now banned in the European Union and in March, new animal tests…
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Singapore Changi Airport is named the World’s Best
Over 12 million air travellers from 108 nationalities voted Singapore Changi Airport the best in the world at the 2013 World Airport Awards, the global benchmark of airport excellence. The awards were announced at the Passenger Terminal EXPO in Geneva this week. Singapore Changi Airport serves 50 million passengers a year. Last year’s winner, Incheon…
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The most interesting and less touristic islands in Europe
Best secret islands across Europe: most “interesting,” little-known European islands For those seeking destinations with little foot traffic, Europe has nearly a dozen secret but amazing islands. Online reservation site Skyscanner compiled a list of little-known European islands with suggestions that include wild landscapes, cliff-tops and unexplored beaches, volcanic crater lake, “Jurassic Park”-style scenery, and…
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Creativity is GREAT: perfumer Roja Dove – the new ambassador for the GREAT Britain campaign
Last year, the New York Subway, Paris Metro, and 100 taxis across Delhi were draped with the Union flag and a series of GREAT images adverts as part of the Britain’s biggest ever tourism & awareness campaign. The GREAT campaign is moving forward with a new international creative ambassador. Famous British perfumer Roja Dove is…