1. Google’s Quantum AI Lab In May, Google launched its collaborative computing project with NASA and D-Wave, which is aimed at pushing the limits of understanding in everything from medicine to space travel. Now we are getting a );…
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1. The Ultimate Swiss Army Knife Cumbersome? Yes. Ornate? Certainly. Over the top? Absolutely. The Wenger 16999 Swiss Army Knife from around 1880 has roughly 100 functions—some necessary and some superfluous. From a built-in saw to…
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1. Rick Owens Step Team In a drastic departure from what you would expect during Paris Fashion Week, designer Rick Owens replaced traditional runway models with a team of “plus-size” step dancers. From challenging the norms…
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1. Lightning Strikes in the Grand Canyon The majesty of the Grand Canyon is one of the greatest natural wonders in the US—and the world. Even the most pedestrian photographers can capture beautiful images of the two-billion-year-old geological work in progress. But when…
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Sponsored content: 1. American Fashion is Commercial At the Lincoln Center tents, one cannot help but feel a strong trade show vibe as sponsors flit about, offering gifts from cosmetics to alcohol. Although there are complaints about the …
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1. Selfie Jackpot While we laugh, cry and shake our heads in the midst of the selfie craze, a famed Instagram account featuring loads of ridiculous self-portraits is keeping the mania alive. Chinese artist Ai Weiwei—who is also active in the world of…
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1. Mind Control Laptops, mobile phones, tablets, cameras and more can all be hooked up to the internet, and now researchers at the University of Washington have connected their own brains to the network. The experiment, titled “); return…
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1. Iconic Music Logos, Explained Back in March, Red Bull Music Academy compiled an impressive list of iconic music logos from bands, record labels and even clubs, with the story behind each emblem’s inception. DFA Records rediscovered this gem: ,…
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1. Dog TV With 24 hours of advertising-free programming, the first television network for dogs recently launched through DirectTV. As ridiculous as it sounds, the network founders claim the color-enhanced programming can help dogs—whose owners are…
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1. Gary Card’s Abandoned Amusement Park Renowned set designer Gary Card has created larger-than-life, fantastical works for everyone from Lady Gaga and the New York Times’ T Magazine, to the London concept store LN-CC. In his first solo exhibition, “Abandoned Amusement Park Attraction,”…
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