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  • The Gerstner 25X

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    Built by esteemed American case makers Gerstner & Sons, the original 1915 plans of the Gerstner 25 were lost in a flood. Reengineered exclusively for Best Made Co., the Gerstner 25X carries a legacy of orderly workmanship. With an indexing… Read More ›

  • Early Macintosh Emulation: Play with an old Mac today

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    A collection of emulated software for the early Macintosh computer, created by Apple as the successor to the Apple II series. Simple, powerful and a new path in computing, the Macintosh’s graphics-based operating system changed the face of computing. More… Read More ›

  • My Dad’s Chair

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    My parents bought this chair and a matching couch not long after they were married in 1951. This was my dad’s chair. If you were sitting in it when he walked into the room he gave you the friendly thumb… Read More ›

  • Mr. Ryusuke Moriai

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    The first watch Mr. Moriai designed is actually still produced today. He was responsible for the Casio F-91W, which was supposed to be small, easy to read, and very durable for the money. It also happened to be very cheap… Read More ›

  • ‘Poor’ Indians bring Snapchat to its knees

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    Just a month ago, Evan Spiegel was the toast of the town. The 26-year-old billionaire who founded Snapchat took his company public. The following week, he walked home with a bonus of some $800 million. Everyone, including his fiance, supermodel… Read More ›

  • The MIZU desk

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    FRATELLI REIFER CUSTOM proudly presents MIZU, a prestigious organic design table. Suitable for outstanding, exclusive settings, this refined piece of furniture – 4,0 x 2,1 meters in size – is bent three-dimensionally from 10 single layers of wood pressed together…. Read More ›

  • AI can predict heart attacks

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    Out of the 83,000 patient set of test records, this system could have saved 355 extra lives. Interestingly, the AI systems identified a number of risk factors and predictors not covered in the existing guidelines, like severe mental illness and… Read More ›

  • The curious story of Magic Girl

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    You’ve never seen a game like Magic Girl before—and unless you’re a serious pinball fanatic with cash to burn, you probably never will. The machine costs $16,000, and most are in private hands. The artwork is all custom, created and… Read More ›

  • How Much Time Do People Spend On Social Media?

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    What surprises me about the infographic below is just how small Twitter is. Twitter is at the top for me and I’m not convinced that YouTube is ‘social media’ as such, but it’s good to see these numbers anyway. Too… Read More ›

  • Princeton’s Ad-Blocking Superweapon

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    An ad blocker that uses computer vision appears to be the most powerful ever devised and can evade all known anti ad blockers. A team of Princeton and Stanford University researchers has fundamentally reinvented how ad-blocking works, in an attempt… Read More ›