Great for travel. Surprisingly convenient at home.
Apple, Motorola, Samsung, Sony and other big tech companies have been working hard to create all-in-one gadgets with multiple functionality. But a funny thing happened as they designed gadgets that do more—consumers bought more gadgets. Between smart phones, portable gaming devices, tablet computers, digital cameras, Bluetooth headsets, GPS ...
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Welcome to the Chrome Zone
Welcome to the Chrome Zone.
That's not the title of a science fiction movie (that we know of). It's what you'll hear when you walk into Google's first retail store1. It's located not in the vacinity of Google's California headquarters, as one might expect, but across the pond in ...
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Brooklyn’s Bennett Field to become the world’s largest urban campground
Can you (legally) go camping in New York City?
It might be a stupid question to ask about a heavily populated urban area that, save for Central Park, is notoriously devoid of large green spaces. Yet, in honor of Ask a Stupid Question Day (September 28th), we thought ...
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Typography on display in Wisconsin, Germany and Las Vegas
One day you're in. The next day you're out.
Heidi Klum's golden rule of Project Runway fashion is also the reality for the characters that comprise signs. One day you are an L or an R proudly pointing the way towards an attraction along with your fellow letters. The ...
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Glorified tents for mosquito-free stargazing
"The world is a bubble" declared Saint Augustine. Seventeen centuries later, the patron saint of brewers and printers would surely be a huge fan of the portable plastic offerings from Bubble Tree.
The french design and manufacturing company sells bubble products that they describe as "Unusual huts for ...
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The world’s most reclusive country opens its first cruise line
Looking for an unusual cruise destination? Are the fjords of Scandinavia, the beaches of the Caribbean and the ports of Greece too beautiful or colorful for you? Then consider a cruise to a reclusive communist state instead.
North Korea's state tourism bureau recently inaugurated its first ever regularly scheduled ...
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