these bulky things can lead you to products you’re looking for, and tell you about things you place in its RFID bay – is this the future of shopping? i hope it looks much much better http://ubiks.net/local/blog/jmt/archives3/004938.html
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RFID rouge
future retail: applying makeup virtually by means of tagged bottles and a touch screen with an alter ego you can slather or flatter with makeup http://www.computerpartner.nl/article.php?news=int&id=2485
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yummm… sweaty t-shirt
another hint that smell is the sense of the future: a study showing that men and women are attracted to partners with an opposing/complementary MHC (Major Histocompatibility Complex) which is an immuno-defense that makes us reject foreign organs, for example. it also works for smell: in a study where women were asked to rank sweaty […]
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strange smells
in this study, an fMRI was used to observe the physiological reactions to two suspected pheromones – human smells – one from women, the other from men. heterosexual men and women reacted completely differently to the two smells: the smell of women activated the hypothalamus in men, but the smell of men activated only the […]
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squeeze machine
temple grandin, famous for developing humane slaughter, is an autistic who has developed her own ‘hug box‘ to relieve anxiety by applying deep soothing pressure all over the body.
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bamboo inspiration
dave from the bamboo fencer has a couple of mit degrees and became interested in bamboo after a tour with the coast guard in panama, which convinced him that growing bamboo in latin america could sustainably enrich locals while preserving the landscape. he’s also a brilliant guy, who will help brainstorm applications and find novel […]
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max air
designing the evolution of walking on air – having finally filling the whole sole with air, nike is getting nostalgic. every air max from the past 20 years is reviewed, and also available as a desktop background (pictured)
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things that think
the fables of leonardo da vinci have always been dear to me, because often their protagonists are inanimate, and the stories are short. leonardo’s fables in english> in italian>
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