Kevin Hart struggles to keep his fear in check as Robert Irwin, 14-year-old son of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, brings out some interesting animals to show him and Jimmy, including some kingsnakes, a tarantula and a falcon…(Read…)
The PlayStation Classic will launch in December, loaded with 20 “generation-defining” games in their original format for $100 (€99.99 RRP). It’s 45 percent smaller than the original system and uses a virtual memory card for saves. It will arrive with two PS1-era replica controllers from the time before analog sticks for local multiplayer and connect to modern TVs via HDMI-out. The console will come pre-loaded with 20 classic titles, including fan-favorites such as Final Fantasy VII, Jumping Flash, Ridge Racer Type 4, Tekken 3, and Wild Arms. [ Amazon Link ]..(Read…)
Disney just released a second sneak peek at Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, the upcoming 2018 sequel to 2012’s Wreck-It Ralph. Ralph Breaks the Internet connects to theaters on November 21st, 2018.âRalph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 leaves Litwakâs video arcade behind, venturing into the uncharted, expansive and thrilling world of the internetâwhich may or may not survive Ralphâs wrecking. Video game bad guy Ralph (voice of John C. Reilly) and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz (voice of Sarah Silverman) must risk it all by traveling to the world wide web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellopeâs video game, Sugar Rush. In way over their heads, Ralph and Vanellope rely on the citizens of the internet â the netizens â to help navigate their way, including a website entrepreneur named Yesss (voice of Taraji P. Henson), who is the head algorithm and the heart and soul of trend-making site ‘BuzzzTube.'”..(Read…)
Mercedes-Benz has just revealed its totally redesigned midsize luxury SUV. Features include E-Active Body Control that reduces body roll, Active Stop-and Go assistance for traffic jams up to 37 mpg, and fully variable 4Matic all-wheel-drive. This upcoming 2020 GLE has the base GLE specs under its hood, which includes a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline four-cylinder that produces over 255 horsepower and 273 pound-feet of torque. The new GLE will hit US showrooms in 2019…(Read…)
Members of the Security Group for the French Prime Minister, the Minister of the Interior, and the Minister of the Armed Forces now have an official new timepiece from none other than French watchmaker, Bell & Ross. The company has equipped them with a custom version of the BR 03, which will feature the Security Group’s logo and a subtle hit of blue, white, and, red that crown the 12 o’clock marker…(Read…)
The Echo and Echo Dot have never been truly hi-fi audio devices. Their primary (in fact their only) aim has been to facilitate voice-based interaction and to gather data on users to serve them better using Amazon services. Today, at Amazon’s surprise hardware event, that all changed. The company revealed an add-on Echo Sub unit that could be used alongside the Echo and Echo Dot. Its purpose? To bring the bass!
Colliding head-on with companies like Sonos (or even Apple’s exorbitant Home Pod), the Echo Sub is a 100W down-firing woofer that can pair with existing Echo devices to bring a rich low-end to the music you listen to. The Sub can connect with as many as two Echo devices too, to give you a rather nifty stereo 2.1 setup. The Echo Sub’s up for pre-orders, with shipping beginning as soon as the end of this month!
Designer: Amazon
Jessica Dance, en partenariat avec Daily Harvest, a conçu une installation insolite pour le premier food truck organique de New York. L’artiste a ainsi créé 300 modèles de fruits et légumes entièrement faits main en utilisant de la laine. Des carottes, des avocats, des bananes, des feuilles de laitue, le tout cousu patiemment à la main. L’opération avait pour but de sensibiliser le consommateur à des pratiques alimentaires plus saines tout en préservant le côté ludique du food truck. Le fast food relève ainsi le challenge de l’harmonie et de la santé dans les choix de menus. Un travail remarquable qui ne manque pas d’engagement.
Artist and model maker Jessica Dance, in collaboration with Daily Harvest, conceived a funny and catchy installation for the first ever healthy food truck in New York. She knitted 300 fruits and vegetables by using exclusively wool. Carrots, avocados, bananas, green salad, the all minutiously created by hand following a totally artisanal process. A very smart initiative to promote healthy food and to encourage consumers to choose a playful but yet fair way of eating. Fast food becames therefore a more conscious and harmonious way of seeing food. A remarkable work with a strong intention.
According to Vitra, in 1946 Charles and Ray Eames designed a tabletop radio with a housing made of bent plywood, and this “was rejected by the designated manufacturer, who wanted a ‘normal design’.”
Charles and Ray sent photographs of the prototype to the magazine ‘Interiors’; matchbooks were included in the pictures as a scale reference. Their aim was to increase the acceptance of smaller, more modern devices.
The device never saw manufacture. But Vitra apparently owns the design as they’re now, some 70 years later, rolling it out–albeit with some design modifications:
As you can see it’s got four extra buttons, presumably to manage the Bluetooth features Vitra’s added, and of course there’s an LCD.
A couple of things bug me about this. One, they’ve placed the Eames signature on the face of the radio. Firstly I think Charles and Ray would’ve found this tacky, and secondly, they didn’t actually sign off on this modified design, so the signature is kind of a lie.
Second thing that bugs me: Limited-Edition-ness. They’re only producing an arbitrary-sounding 999 of these, for $999 each. As always I find it ironic that the Eameses set out to produce good design for the masses, yet the modern-day rights holders to their designs seem to keep them frustratingly out of reach.
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