• CLOTHING
    Where Are Our Useful Futuristic Clothes Already?

      Future Tense is a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University that examines emerging technologies, public policy, and society. Remember the old days, when you had to pull out your handheld telephonic device and unlock it—using your thumb!—in order to check the location of your incoming human-operated rideshare? How archaic! Or what about when you wasted valuable […]

  • CLOTHING
    What Should French Fashion Do With Its Unsold Clothing?

    PARIS, France — Two years ago, France was the first country to pass a law preventing supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food. Under the country’s circular economy roadmap, lawmakers are planning to do the same for clothing. Spearheaded by prime minister Édouard Philippe, by 2019 new regulations or incentives could prohibit brands from discarding […]

  • ALL DEALS
    China’s ZTE Teeters as US Ban Hits Operations

    Chinese telecom giant ZTE faces a grim future after ceasing major operations due to a US ban on American sales of critical technology to the company, raising the stakes in a trade spat between the world’s two largest economies. The firm’s fate has added a new source of tension to trade talks between the two countries after Chinese officials […]

  • HOME & GARDEN
    The best Mother’s Day gifts under $50

    (PROVIDED) We hope you enjoy the products we recommend. We may receive a commission if you purchase a product mentioned in this article. Finding a gift that tells your mom how much you appreciate her is difficult. When you’re on a budget or have a mother that insists no one spend too much on her, […]

  • HOME & GARDEN
    Turkey Home & Garden Products Market Demand and Growth 2018

    Turkey Home & Garden Products Market Research Report 2018 to 2022 provides strategists, marketers and senior management with the critical information they need to assess the Turkey Home & Garden Products sector. The Turkey Home & Garden Products market is expected to reach USD XX billion by 2022, from an estimated USD XX billion in 2018, […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Embroidering electronics into the next generation of “smart” fabrics

    This article was originally published on The Conversation. Archaeology reveals that humans started wearing clothes some 170,000 years ago, very close to the second-to-last ice age. Even now, though, most modern humans wear clothes that are only barely different from those earliest garments. But that’s about to change as flexible electronics are increasingly woven into what are being […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Electronics Development, Test, and Verification of Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems for Space Applications

    Electronics Development, Test, and Verification of Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems for Space Applications Your mission: The Institute of Space Systems in Bremen designs and analyzes future spacecraft and space missions (launchers, orbital and exploration systems, and satellites), and assesses them with regard to their technical performance and cost. It applies state-of-the-art methods of multi-disciplinary […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Fireside Ventures backs consumer electronics startup boAT

    Consumer-tech lifestyle startup boAt said on Thursday it has received Rs 6 crore ($900,000) in funding from early-stage venture firm Fireside Ventures. The startup, operated by Imagine Marketing Pvt. Ltd, was launched in 2016 by Aman Gupta and Sameer Mehta and is pitching itself as a lifestyle brand. It sells consumer electronics products such as […]