If you've ever heard a bird sing and wondered what it was, this app is for you. The Songbird app bills itself as the "Shazam for bird calls," using artificially intelligent audio recognition to analyze any bird's call and identify it correctly. Created for serious birders and amateurs alike.
At this point, you can safely assume that self-driving cars are coming. Not only are tech companies like Google and Tesla hard at work developing autonomous technology, so are established automakers like GM and Ford. But when self-driving cars eventually do go on sale, it may be a long time before you can put one in your garage.
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Awakening defines itself as ¨a transformational travel experience that combines high-end comfort, profound relaxation, and exhilarating adventure that is a lot of fun.¨
The company states that ¨this is an opportunity to improve the lives of others, reconnect with nature and take a step beyond just a vacation, taking home great memories,...
MUJI’s new marketplace offers consumers basic foods such as fruits and vegetables alongside other groceries. Produce comes directly from farms that use either a minimal amount of pesticides and fertilizers, or none whatsoever. The store will sell a seasonal selection of items, and is even planning to sell some of tokyo’s more unusual vegetables...
As European rivers become overcrowded, luxury travelers are looking to escape the masses. They are finding the isolation they seek in Peru's Amazon region. The Amazon region covers about 60 percent of Peru. The area is home to dense rain forest, wildlife gone amok and riverside villages. Much of the area is inaccessible, except via river...
The Uffizi is one of the world’s oldest museums, housing such treasures as Botticelli’s 'Primavera.' Leonardo’s 'Adoration of the Magi,' and many ancient Greek and Roman statuary. It also faces an overtourism problem. Some people visit for visiting's sake. So the gallery is taking a swipe at so-called “hit-and-run tourism,” announcing price...
From desperation comes change. The struggles of California table grape growers 15-20 years ago led the Avinelis family to consider blueberries.
“As table grapes were struggling we looked into diversifying our farms,” says Gunnar Avinelis, chief executive officer of AgriCare, a full-service farm management company based in Porterville,...
Uniqlo's airport vending machine will help correct your packing errors Ever arrive at the airport and only then realise you forgot to pack your coat? Or wished you’d packed a warmer shirt? Japanese retailer Uniqlo’s new vending machines might offer the ideal solution for such dilemmas.
The Uniqlo To Go machine, the first of which was...
Coming off the back of Xiaomi’s reentry into the world’s top five smartphone sellers, a new Strategy Analytics report found that it leapfrogged Apple and Fitbit to become the top seller of wearables in Q2 2017 with 3.7 million units shipped. Fitbit logged 3.4 million shipments during the quarter with Apple coming in at 2.8 million — the U.S....
We've been hearing for years now about 3D printing and how it's going to revolutionize manufacturing. As yet, though, it's still on the periphery. Plenty of design studios and even home users run desktop printers, but the only affordable printing materials are cheap ABS plastics. And at the other end of the market, while organizations like NASA...