Press Clippings: Ferrari has followed it’s very successful California model–the Company’s first front-engine, V8, retractable hard top, convertible–with a new model, the Ferrari California T which features the same, proven architecture but with new technology on everything from the suspension to the infotainment system. The car was revealed on 12 February 2014 and was being …
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Nike Fuel Band ClickPak
Paying Attention: The recent announcement by Nike that it was dismantling it’s “Fuel Band” group took a lot of people and companies by surprise. From the outside, the Nike Fuel Band, which is a “tracker” for kinetic activity, seemed to be a hit. It was great looking, featured the Nike design aesthetic, and had the power …
Prince on Time
“Give me back the time; you can keep the memories..”
Nike Runs Out of Fuel
Paying Attention: This is totally unexpected: Nike has dismissed the majority of the team that worked on/developed the Nike Fuel Band Activity monitor. It’s one of the best of these types of health/wearables/software training devices around (Fitbit is one of the other big names in the space). There appears to be some static about exactly …
Here’s Looking At You, Kid
Paying Attention: Google Glass hit the headlines yet again this week when Google had a one day sale offering the visually polarizing product to the general public.There are those who believe that Google Glass is the forerunner of a whole new generation of “wearable” computers. Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe it’s the most intrusive product ever …
Here's Looking At You, Kid
Paying Attention: Google Glass hit the headlines yet again this week when Google had a one day sale offering the visually polarizing product to the general public.There are those who believe that Google Glass is the forerunner of a whole new generation of “wearable” computers. Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe it’s the most intrusive product ever …
F1 In 1 Second
Cruising through some infographics on the net, I ran across a rather amazing project produced by QUANTUM BLACK, a London-based design consultancy. The project involved the graphic depiction of one second of action in a Formula 1 race; the baseline was the performance of former world GP Champion Driver Lewis Hamilton. It’s a rather brilliant depiction of what …
Sartre on Loneliness
“If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company…”
Malaysia Airlines Flt. 370: ClickPak
Press Clippings: Updates from the world’s press on Malaysia Airlines Flt. 370. Another Sound in the Ocean (Source: CBS News) Robots Search for Missing Airliner (Source: The Guardian) Malaysia Airlines Lost Black Box Data Once Before (Source: NBC News) How Far Down Can It Be ? (Source: CNN) Malaysia Airlines Zeroing In After Latest Pings …
Carson
Press Clippings: David Letterman’s announcement last week that he would retire in 2015 brings an end to era of late night television. Leno went first, in the early part of 2014, and now Letterman will leave CBS–a network which had no late night presence until Dave joined it–in 2015. The old guard will be …