In her first few days working at Airbnb, Jennifer Hom saw that she had her work cut out for her. Hom had been hired as the company’s first full-time illustrator, tasked with updating the bubbly cartoon figures spattered throughout the website and app. When she […]
Day: October 19, 2018
Making magic with the Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit
That’s why I was intrigued by the Harry Potter coding kit developed by Kano. The app forces you to construct each spell with logic-based pieces before waving a plastic wand in the air. It’s not the same, of course, as the classes depicted in J.K. […]
Manovra, spread oltre 330 punti. Borsa, future ora in rosso
Mercato secondario subito rovente per i titoli di Stato italiani all'indomani della lettera dell'Unione europea che ha fortemente criticato il documento programmatico di bilancio italiano "una manovra con una deviazione grave senza precedenti". Un … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews
Virtual reality makes food taste better
In another example of VR bleeding into real life, Cornell University food scientists found that cheese eaten in pleasant VR surroundings tasted better than the same cheese eaten in a drab sensory booth. About 50 panelists who used virtual reality headsets as they ate were […]
Travel Tip: Classical Music in France Le Concert Spirituel
FRANCE PARIS • Philharmonie de Paris • 6 November 2018. Vivaldi. Le Concert Spirituel, choeur et orchestre. Hervé Niquet, director. Philharmonie … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
BT’s best fibre broadband deal now comes with a free Fitbit Charge 3
BT forever seems to be conjuring up new and inventive ways to try and get your internet business. There’s usually a pre-paid credit card thrown in, you’ll frequently see free set-up and BT Sport subscriptions and sometimes, like now, there’ll be a cheeky little freebie […]
Pensioni, Quota 100 “non fa per loro”: gli esodati sperano nella manovra
Hanno perso il posto di lavoro a causa di accordi di ristrutturazione aziendale o crisi aziendali, ma non hanno ancora diritto alla pensione per via di un … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Drive.ai Brings Its Self-Driving Cars to Dallas Cowboy Fans
Nearly halfway into the NFL season, the Dallas Cowboys are 3–3 and sit 20th out of 32 on ESPN’s power ranking index, which gives them a less than 50–50 shot at making the playoffs. So fans of America’s Team don’t have a whole lot to […]
Steam VR update lets low-end PCs run games more smoothly
When Steam VR determines that an experience is lagging or dropping frames, Motion Smoothing automatically kicks in. It drops an app’s framerate from 90FPS to 45FPS and generates a synthetic frame for every real one to mimic real 90FPS. If things get especially bad, it […]
Researchers create virtual smells by electrocuting your nose
The IEEE has showcased one of the coolest research projects I’ve seen this month: virtual smells. By stimulating your olfactory nerve with a system that looks like one of those old-fashioned kids electronics kits, they’ve been able to simulate smells. The project is pretty gross. […]