Hasta La Ideas

Nearly 60 years to the day after the first ascent up Mount Everest, Russian extreme sport star..(Read…)

This video has been making rounds for a hot minute now, but considering that it’s a fitting follow-up to my post on the mad skills of Ines Brunn (and, of course, the inimitable Danny Macaskill), Tim Knoll’s “Original Bike Tricks” are well worth a look if you haven’t chanced upon it yet:

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My main question: Why is the inside of your apartment so dark?

Yesterday Yves Behar and tech entrepreneur Jason Johnson pulled the sheets off of their August Smart Lock. It’s an intelligent keyless entry system, operated via Bluetooth, that can be retrofitted to an existing door with just two screws.

There are two killer apps for the system: One is that you no longer need to use your key to get in. August detects when your smartphone is in proximity, then open-sesames. Two is that you can program August to let other people in—houseguests, dogwalkers, repairpersons, that ex that talks a good game and swears it will be different this time around—and it will recognize their smartphone, allowing access at a time of your choosing.

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More than delivering the caché of the Art Basel name, the inaugural Hong Kong edition contextualized Asian art in the global community. Showcased aside it, an array of Western artists rounded out the festival with grandeur, color and abstraction. Cuban-American …

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