Problems with focus or anxiety are part of the human experience. As antidotes, we’ve developed time-tested solutions like a fresh cup of coffee, a cold bottle of beer, soothing music, or pumping low levels of electricity into the brain to directly control what brain cells are doing. Wait – that last one? Electric brainwave control is actually...
As we've pointed out many times, numerous retailers the world over are looking to turn themselves into lifestyle brands that escape product typecasting to supply their customers with all manner of goods and services that fit into consumers', well, lifestyle. Problem is, most brands just do the one thing they do well. The answer to this...
While on the one hand alcoholic beverages continue to get wackier, incorporating new gimmicks from energy supplements to neon coloring, the trend towards traditional, high-end, small batch booze continues unabated. In a clear sign that Scotch Whiskey is in demand, the first single malt distillery is opening in Scotland in over 100 years. The...
It didn’t take long for drones to graduate from an unnerving military weapon to a big new social trend. From real estate agents using them to photograph estates, to Amazon (and others using them for package deliveries, there are a huge range of possible uses for civilian drones and people keep coming up with innovative new ideas. The drone, it...
Unless you are a thoroughly modern woman who has recently given birth, you may not be aware of the challenges that come with the need to breastfeed. Jetsetting mothers are about to get some relief with the installation of “lactation suites” in American airports. Mamava, a Vermont-based company, is rolling out the first of these suites – small,...
It's been few years since sport shoe giants Nike and Adidas have been offering customers the ability to customize their own sneakers by choosing the colors of various parts. The success of this offering is partly due Millennials’ desire for uniqueness, a result of being told ad infinitum as children that each is a “special snowflake.” Whether...
Almost everybody with a smartphone has probably taken a selfie. The practical needs of taking loads of close-ups of your own face are dubious, and many have pointed to it being rather narcissistic, but perhaps it is leading to something even more serious: a rise in plastic surgery procedures. Sure, we’ve always had mirrors, but they provide us...
The fact that humans are forgetful creatures has led to a slew of high-tech tracking devices that just keep getting techier. If you have a smartphone, you probably know that you can track its location on a computer, should it get lost or stolen. But what about everything else? The California-based tech start-up Pixie has developed a small and...
The jury has not yet spoken as to whether the smart watches will be a trend or a fad, but the makers of these devices know at least one new way in which almost every wearer will want to use the camera on their wrists: to take selfies. The selfie has been around almost as long as there have been cameras, but the phenomenon has taken on a new...
We have already spotlighted in-store computer screens, and even vending machines, that are capable of analysing your face and clothes, and then offering style and make-up suggestions. Now an app called Beautiful Me does something similar, right from your own home. Connect to Facebook and it looks at up to 500 of your online photos, analyzes...