Daily Archives: October 30, 2012

PredictGaze pauses screens when consumers look away

October 30, 2012 – 11:07 am

by Janelle Gergen WHAT’S HAPPENING Who needs a remote to pause a show or movie? Camera-lens-driven media service PredictGaze can be used to pause TV programs automatically when the viewer walks away (GizMag.com, 12 October 2012). PredictGaze uses a standard webcam to detect faces and can tell when no one is watching. It resumes the […]

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Shipping-container boutiques and hotels in Brazil are hip and green

October 30, 2012 – 11:05 am

by Patricia Bittencourt Rudge WHAT’S HAPPENING Shipping container are appearing in cool locations around city centers in Brazil, but these aren’t just any metal boxes. In 2008, entrepreneur André Krai decided to adapt shipping containers as boutiques selling top brands like Hollister, Abercrombie & Fitch and Tommy. The Container Ecology Store flourished, and today has […]

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TOGETHER APART

October 30, 2012 – 10:56 am

by Hans Eisenbeis Many thoughtful people have argued that the Internet has not brought us together, it has separated us. Separated us into passionate, backslapping cliques where we only read articles that agree with our opinions, only interact with people who share our beliefs, and only watch media that comports with our worldview. This, they […]

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