An urban, car-free furniture store with a hostel in the upper floors and a public roof terrace.at the briefing stage the client already formulated the aim: “we want to be a good neighbour”. querkraft’s response to this objective is shown by a building that also represents an added value for its surroundings. the roof terrace that is open to the public, the wealth of greenery on all facade ar...

Architect Daniel Libeskind has created an angular bottle for the Richard Hennessy cognac, which is named after the founder of drinks brand Hennessy.The Baccarat crystal bottle has an angular external shape surrounding a curved internal form reminiscent of a traditional cognac bottle. The design was created to evoke a sense of history and the future."I am inspired by the interplay of history and...

Battery costs now account for around 30% of total EV cost, and a reduction in these costs will be essential if EV businesses are to become viable. Currently, however, prices for battery materials are rising as a result of so-called greenflation. In this report, the seventh installment of our Electric Vehicles: What’s Next series, we outline our new forecast for a slower pace of decline for aut...

Using the mouth haptics system, Vivian Shen feels the sensation of liquid on her lips as she takes a virtual drink.Along with providing users with sights and sounds, some VR systems also deliver tactile sensation to the hands. A new ultrasound-based setup, however, lets users feel the virtual world on and in their mouths – without making physical contact.The inexpensive system is being develop...

Artsy's 2022 Gallery Insights report found only 11 percent of surveyed galleries sold NFTs in the past year.Key FindingsOnline sales keep growing, even as in-person events return. Of the galleries we surveyed, 64% reported that their volume of online sales increased in 2021 compared to 2020, quelling doubts that online sales models would be temporary measures.Few galleries are selling NFTs or a...

Beam Impact, a company that enables consumers to turn their spending into a way to support social causes, has raised $13.3 million in Series A funding led by Index Ventures. The company’s B2B2C model connects consumers with brands that are supporting social causes and allows them to donate a portion of their purchases to a nonprofit of their choice, at no cost to them. Beam is partnered with 1...

Helping Native Communistes In Peru To Harvest The Aguaje Fruit Every year in the Peruvian Amazon, more than 1 million trees are felled to harvest the aguaje fruit. The fruit, which is known to have a high content of vitamin A, grows on palm trees that measure up to 35 meters high, making it difficult to reach, therefore easier to cutting them down. As the illegal logging keeps getting the Amazo...

As the world celebrates World Intellectual Property Day on April 26 to “highlight the role that IP rights (patents, trademarks, industrial designs and copyrights) play in encouraging innovation and creativity,” we’re taking a look at the other side of intellectual property, namely the illegitimate trade in counterfeit goods. Global trade with fake products amounts to hundreds of billions of...

A Swiss startup has developed a circular model that provides reusable containers to takeaway restaurants.Plastic fast-food packaging is a scourge. In the UK alone, it is estimated that consumers generate 11 billion items of food packaging waste per year – and that’s just from takeaway lunches. And most of that is non-recyclable. Swiss startup reCircle wants to eliminate this mountain of takea...