Wont buy Apple products anymore? Then dont stop thereIn the wake of some calls for an Apple boycott, its worth noting that human-intensive mass production has ced problems with abysmal working conditions in just about every major industrial economy.
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A thermal battery for villages in IndiaStartup Promethean Power had to ditch its dream of solar-powered milk chillers in rural India, but hit upon a novel energy storage system thats cheaper and overcomes the unreliable grid.
The stores wall full of sneakers is also a wall full of 45 iPads. The wall-mounting comes courtesy of iPad Enclosures, a company that specializes in kiosks and mounts for business and retail environments.
Jobs e-mail to Schmidt suggests no-poaching deal in playA newly unearthed e-mail exchange between Apples Steve Jobs and Googles Eric Schmidt shows Jobs actively telling Google not to try to hire its employees, resulting in the firing of at least one recruiter.
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Unknwns wall of iPads may mean that we have finally evolved beyond having to actually try on shoes. I, for one, welcome our newtabletoverlords.
clothing boutiques LeBron James stocks store with 45 iPads,The Miami Heat star recently launched Unknwn, a boutique clothing and lifestyle store. As you might expect, the sneaker section is especially well-stocked.
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A self-driving car, but thankfully a BMWBMW has revealed that it, too, has entered the self-driving car arena, inserting self-driving technology in a 5 Series car.
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Social-network update: Facebook up; Twitter slow?Hackers did not take down Facebook today, as they had earlier claimed they would. Meanwhile, the pace of tweets appears to have slowed amid an ongoing Twitter boycott. And Twitters lawyer responds.
Untethered tech: Wireless sensors monitor brain wavesIt used to be that electroencephalography required users to sit still for a computer to track the brains impulses. New advances have made that technology wireless and mobile.
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The idea is to give customers an interactive shopping experience with technical details, clothing suggestions, and pricing for each sneaker at their fingertips. The iPads also run videos showing the shoes in action.
Emotivas astonishing desktop speakerThe Emotiva Pro airmotiv 4 may be the baby in the line, but its the best sounding desktop in its price class.
You dont have to fly to Miami to get a peek of the opening party and the iPads in action:
As if LeBron James wasnt busy enough with the delayed NBA season starting and getting engaged, he also had to go and open his own retail store and stuff it to the gills withiPads.
LeBron James would like to sell you a new pair of shoes with his wall of iPads.
Hydrogen sponge could extend EV driving rangeNovel molecules with as much suce area per volume as a football field could be used to store more hydrogen than compressed gas, extending the range of fuel-cell electric vehicles.
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