Its creators had forbidden the car from slamming on the brakes in an emergency maneuver, even if it detected “a squishy thing” — Uber’s term for a human or an animal, sources told Business Insider. And the NSTB report said… Read More ›
Misc
Love is a gift
You will cry.
Miniatur Wunderland
That is amazing!
The Veterans Watchmaker Initiative
Serving those who serve: Bulova is proud to support the Veterans Watchmaking Initiative, a vocational school in Delaware that trains disabled veterans—at no cost—to professionally repair and restore timepieces and restore their own dignity of purpose. Such a good idea.
How to be right
In the bestselling How To Be Right, James provides a hilarious and invigorating guide to talking to people with faulty opinions. With chapters on every lightning-rod issue, James shows how people have been fooled into thinking the way they do,… Read More ›
The office of the future?
An extension of the same thinking that gave the Pacific chair a more welcoming look and feel, Soft Work puts the same premium on a casual aesthetic to suggest a lifestyle in which work and relaxation aren’t at polar odds,… Read More ›
The Humble Cappuccino
Firstly, it isn’t about the caffeine. This is simply my favourite drink to greet the day, of which I’ll consume one each weekday morning and the occasional cappuccino riot on a weekend may be a few more than that, because…… Read More ›
70 years of the Citroen 2CV
70 years is quite an achievement for a car that has divided opinion since the start. Most of us love the design and the notion of driving something so simplistic while at the same time being scared witless at being… Read More ›
Grit – Resistance Training Shoes
With a 3D printed sole that has my heart, the Grit offers resistance training by mimicking the feeling of standing/running on sand. The soles come with an interwoven pattern that collapses gently under pressure, just like how your foot sinks… Read More ›
Why we love bees and hate wasps
It is a truth universally acknowledged that people like bees and dislike wasps. This imbalance in emotion does not accurately reflect the importance of both taxa in the environment. We value bees as pollinators and enjoy a long history of co-habitation… Read More ›
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