Tag: Leisure

Decommissioned materials still have lots of potential. Take these plastic bottles, for example, which are being used to build schools. In Scotland, a company is developing creative new uses for wind turbines that have been replaced by newer, more efficient models. Since older incarnations are only 75% recyclable, it is important that items such as rotor blades, which are...

Inspire and be inspired from the comfort of your couch. A range of artworks is only a click away. And it's all possible thanks to a startup launched by an English artist. After collecting money through a fundraising platform his team programmed the first virtual museum. Using the latest in virtual reality technology and 3D simulations, people from all...

Robert De Niro is famous for playing strong, silent types. And perhaps that's why he's interested in this particular project. After manufacturing several electric boats, a Canadian company exchange has now brought out a new 180 horsepower electric outboard motor. The outboard enables boats between 5.7m and 8.7m to travel quietly, almost without vibration. The electricity from the 60...

According to statistics women make up roughly 50% of the global population. A Swedish startup is examining the gender balance in film and TV with the help of artificial intelligence. The company founder and her team discovered two years ago that in the hit series Game of Thrones, female speaking time amounted to a mere 25%. Now they are...

A piece of fabric or a mirror to our society? Clothing ceased to be purely functional long ago. On the contrary, fashion reflects the preoccupations of our age. And right now that means moving away from stereotypes and gender norms. This year’s fashion buzzword is gender-neutral, a trend which sees the industry eschewing preconceived ideas and creating fashion for...

It doesn’t matter whether we’re at home or on the road. Once we’ve made ourselves comfortable, we don’t like to move. But what if we could move from boat to beach without dipping a toe in the sand? Now that is luxury… Well, that’s what the design firm responsible for the first solar-powered amphibious superyacht thought too. With space...

We’ve all been there, right? Not Mars but planet Brainfreeze. We pass someone on the street who seems to know us, but we can’t place them. Are they from work? Or one of Michele’s friends? A new study shows that our brain is to blame. Memories are retained like a snapshot, tying people to a particular context. If we...