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Carolina Herrera gets playful with color for Spring 2018

NEW YORK CITY, USA (Reuters) — Fashion designer Carolina Herrera, known for her timeless designs, debuted an electric, multi-color Spring 2018 collection at the Museum of Modern Art’s Sculpture Garden for New York Fashion Week on Monday (September 11). Herrera, who has dressed five first ladies, stayed true to her glamorous and feminine silhouettes, bright hues of red, iris and yellow added a playful twist to the veteran designer’s latest collection who called it a […]

The submarine of the future?

PORTSMOUTH, England (Reuters) — Britain’s Royal Navy has released a series of futuristic submarine concepts which mimic real marine life forms and radically change the way underwater warfare could look in 50 years. The concepts, called Nautilus 100, include a mothership shaped like a manta ray, unmanned eel-like vessels equipped with sensor pods which dissolve on demand to avoid enemy detection, and fish-shaped torpedoes sent to swarm against enemy targets. The project, celebrating the centenary […]

Take a Look: Spectacular northern lights illuminate Lapland sky

LAPLAND, Finland (Reuters) — Green, purple, pink and yellow lights danced across the sky in striking aurora displays over northern Finland early on Friday (September 8), the result of collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth’s atmosphere. According to the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Centre there was a strong geomagnetic storm on September 6 and 7 connected to a coronal mass ejection observed on Monday (September 4). Travel magazine “All […]

Mythical, magic, unique: Ferrari turns 70 in style

by Céline CORNU Agence France-Presse   MILAN, Italy (AFP) — It’s the black prancing horse’s 70th birthday and gleaming Ferraris are out in force in Italy this weekend to celebrate. Some 500 sleek, purring sports cars are gathering in Milan on Friday before the festivities move to Modena, where founder Enzo Ferrari was born, and end with an exclusive party in Maranello, where Ferraris have been made since World War II. “Ferrari is a mythical brand: it has […]

Look: Capturing a volcano in Hawaii

KILAUEA, Hawaii (Reuters) — Liquid lava flowed at the Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island on Thursday (September 7). The Kilauea volcano has erupted from its Pu’u O’o vent since 1983. Late this week, Kilauea, the world’s most active volcano sent streams of lava rolling down a thirty foot cone. The outbreak came from a break at the top of a huge tumulus just above the cliffs about four miles below the active Pu’u ‘O’o […]

Passengers enjoy Japan’s first cat cafe on a moving train.

GIFU PREFECTURE, Japan (Reuters) — Passengers on a local train in Gifu prefecture were pleasantly welcomed by meowing companions on Sunday (September 10) at an event hosted by a local train operator and an NGO hoping to bring awareness to the culling of stray cats. About thirty cats roamed freely on a moving train, where some passengers mingled with the felines while others enjoyed lunch boxes and tea. Mikiko Hayashi, a passenger from Hyogo prefecture […]

Canada, EU, China to co-host September climate meeting

MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Environmental ministers representing Canada, China and the European Union will co-host a meeting in Montreal later this month to move forward with the implementation of the Paris climate change agreement. The ministerial meeting will include representatives from some 30 countries, according to Canada’s minister of environment and climate change, Catherine McKenna. “This meeting brings together major economies and key climate actors to advance the implementation of the Paris Agreement and demonstrate […]

Finger-worn swimming tech makes waves

Reuters — Fitness trackers remained big business at this year’s IFA consumer technology fair in Berlin, with major players like Fitbit and Garmin announcing new devices. However, waterproof fitness trackers for swimmers are often limited to data gathering, such as stroke rate per minute or distance swam. Hong Kong-based start-up Platysens is hoping to make a bigger splash with its ring-style swim analyser. Instead of a typical wrist-worn device, their ‘Seal’ prototype comprises two ‘rings’ […]

EBC Films releases trailer of first full length film, “GUERRERO”

(Eagle News) — EBC Films, the film production arm of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation, will release and premiere its first full length film entitled Guerrero on October 31, 2017. The film Guerrero is directed by Carlo Jay Cuevas, the director of the award winning film Walang Take 2. For a sneak peak of this EBC film debut, watch this trailer:

E-skin smart shirt monitors fitness and health

BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) — A spin-off company from the University of Tokyo has developed a motion and health tracking wearable technology with stretchable wires and sensors embedded onto traditional textiles. Dubbed “e-skin”, the makers say it can withstand high strain rates when subjected to the wearer’s repeated and extreme movements, making it ideal as ‘smart’ sportswear. So-called ‘smart clothing’ has been developed by a number of companies, most notably luxury brand Ralph Lauren with its […]

Waterproof and air-cleaning drones fly high at IFA

BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) — The third generation of Swellpro’s waterproof drone has gone on display at the IFA consumer technology fair in Berlin. Swellpro says it was the first company to develop waterproof drone technology. The idea came about when founder Eric Hu saw a drone crashing into the sea while on holiday in the Caribbean islands. Swellpro’s technical manager for China, Anthony Kuhn, told Reuters: “It’s a stomach turning feeling when you’ve got your […]

Smart garden makes urban farming easy

LONDON, England (Reuters) — The lack of space in towns and cities means growing your own vegetables and herbs is often limited to what can fit on your windowsill. But so-called ‘smart gardens’ are bringing the window box in to the 21st century. ‘Click and Grow,’ based in Estonia, is at the forefront of smart garden technology designed to make urban farming easy. At the IFA consumer technology fair in Berlin, the company previewed its […]