Looking good, Italy: How the home of fashion is making wearables beautiful

Wearable tech is gaining popularity in Italy, with the country's device makers focusing as much on good design as good technology.



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RomoCart turns your living room into a video game

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Opera Mini will be available on Samsung Gear S

The Opera browser will let you surf the web from the smartwatch and has finger-friendly features that should work well on smaller screens.

















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16Lab concept smart ring could bring gesture control to all your devices (pictures)

In Tokyo at CEATEC 2014, 16Lab is demonstrating a Bluetooth-enabled ring that could make easy gestures a reality.

















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I love this post-apocalyptical space shuttle by Yuri Shwedoff

I love the perfect surfaces and old school style of Russian artist Yuri Shwedoff's illustrations. I wish I could buy the original of the one above, titled White Castle. Or any of the images below. His alternate fan movie posters for Rambo (yes, Rambo), Guardians of the Galaxy or Fight Club are so good.

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The history of all religions explained in one fascinating graphic

I spent some of my college years studying with the Jesuits, which inevitably led to theology classes and the fascinating history of religion. That class is summarized in this new version of a great graphic by Simon E. Davies, a complex tree of myths and traditions continuously evolving into remakes.

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Ludlam calls for Labor to be an opposition on data retention

The Australian Greens party is aiming to smoke the Labor senators out on mandatory data retention and secure enough votes to ensure that the planned legislation cannot pass the Senate.



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Data-saving Opera Mini browser to land on Samsung Gear S watch

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Former Service Stream tech exec appointed UXC IT chief

Australian-listed information technology consulting firm UXC has taken on former Service Stream IT executive Craig Wishart as its new group CIO and CTO.



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These Clever Mud Hut Designs Rethink Cheap Rural Living

Mud huts are normally associated with the most basic level of just-scraping-by living: utilitarian, cheap, but hardly the height of design (or even comfort). The Nka Foundation wondered what would happen if the mud hut was modernised: same basic materials, same low cost, but 21st century techniques.

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Chainsaw artist transforms a log into Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy

This is fun. Griffon Ramsey, an artist who works with wood and chainsaw, carved and sculpted a real life Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy from an Eastern Red Cedar tree log. She creates a pretty lifelike version of everyone's favorite tree person but I kind of wish she made a 20-feet tall version too.

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