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Corona Beer Trials Interlocking Cans To Replace Plastic Six-Pack Rings
Beer maker Grupo Modelo is trailing an environmentally-friendly, interlocking beer can design that could eliminate the need for plastic pack rings.Each can has a thread on the top and bottom so that the top of one be screwed into the bottom of another. Corona believes that this design is strong enough to hold up to 10 cans in a single column. Plastic pack rings, referred to in the industry as hi-cones or yokes, are circular plastic rings that hold together multi-packs of canned drinks, like a six-packs of beers for example.This new innovation is called a “fit pack” and it's a collaboration between the maker of Corona and Chicago-based advertising company...
Dolce & Gabbana's Rome store features a digital fresco
A digitalised fresco depicting soaring cherubs and angered Greek gods is the focal point of luxury fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana's latest store in Rome, which has been created by architecture studio Carbondale. Set within a 16th-century palazzo in renowned Roman square Piazza di Spagna, the Dolce & Gabbana store has been decadently designed by Paris and Brazil-based studio Carbondale to reflect "a city synonymous with magnificence and uniqueness". Read more Natasha Levy June 2019 dezeen #lighting #design #interiordesign #light #photography #lightingdesign #art #led #architecture #homedecor #interior #lights #decor #home #love #d #photooftheday #photo #furniture #interiors
China Plans To Build The World's First Solar Power Station In Space
China is planning to build the world's first solar power station in space to provide "inexhaustible clean energy" according to a story in Science and Technology Daily, the official newspaper of China's Ministry of Science and Technology.Pang Zhihao, from the China Academy of Space Technology said that a space solar power system orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers could tap the energy of the sun's rays without disruption from atmospheric conditions or loss of sunlight at night.They claim to be already testing the technology and intend to build the station by 2050.Xie Gengxin, deputy head of the Chongqing Collaborative Innovation Research Institute for Civil-Military Integration in Southwestern...
Smart clothes harvest power from human body heat
The fabric can harvest body heat to power small wearable electronic devices Scientists say they have developed a fabric that can harvest body heat to power small wearable electronic devices such as activity trackers.Many wearable biosensors, data transmitters and similar tech advances for personalised health monitoring have been "creatively miniaturised," said Trisha Andrew from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the US.However, they require a lot of energy, and power sources can be bulky and heavy, said Andrew.The research, published in the journal Advanced Materials Technologies, describes that in theory, body heat can produce power by taking advantage of the...
Amsterdam Light Festival 2019/2020
UxU Studio Gali May Lucas Koros Design Amsterdam Light Festival The Amsterdam Light Festival is set to return in November 2019 running until January 2020, (literally) putting Amsterdam's beautiful city centre and its canals in the limelight.Amsterdam Light Festival is a highlight of the holiday season and 2019/2020 marks its seventh edition. As in previous years, a whole host of Dutch and international artists will contribute to the festival, creating spectacular light sculptures around Amsterdam's historic Canal Ring, the River Amstel and other special locations. The installations can be viewed from a boat, on foot or by bike. You can...