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2018-08-30 · yankodesign.com

The Looking Glass makes sci-fi movie-style holograms a reality

The disclaimer at the very beginning of the video should be indication enough that the things you are about to see will blow your minds away. After decades of watching 3D holographic projections in movies like the Star Wars franchise, a Kickstarter project is bringing the…

2018-08-28 · texasmonthly.com

The Man Who Walked Backward

When the Great Depression put Plennie Wingo’s bustling Abilene cafe out of business, he tried to find fame, fortune, and a sense of meaning the only way he knew how: by embarking on an audacious trip around the world on foot. In reverse.

2018-08-24 · yankodesign.com

Home Audio Like You’ve Never Heard (Or Seen) It

Designer Chanmi Lee rethinks home entertainment in an all-new, never-before-seen format known as the Wind Sound Bar. Don't be confused by the name, however... this is anything but the sound bar you're probably imagining. The design adopts a shape similar to that of a trumpet or…

2018-08-21 · a16z.com

Service as a SKU | Andreessen Horowitz

Editor’s note: This article by now-a16z general partner Alex Rampell was originally published in 2012 in TechCrunch. The biggest ecommerce opportunity today involves taking offline services and offering them for sale online (O2O commerce). The first generation of O2O commerce…

2018-08-20 · narrative.ly

Narratively | Substack

Discover extraordinary true stories celebrating the diversity of humanity. Click to read Narratively, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

2018-08-20 · longform.org

The Super Bowl of Beekeeping

Almond growing in California is a $7.6 billion industry that wouldn’t be possible without the 30 billion bees (and hundreds of human beekeepers) who keep the trees pollinated — and whose very existence is in peril.

2018-08-18 · longform.org

Snowbound

Pinned down in deep snow and running out of food, veteran thru-hiker Stephen “Otter” Olshansky scraped his way to a campground latrine, holed up inside, and prayed for help to arrive.

2018-08-15 · longform.org

The Spy Who Drove Me

Last week, as America’s top national security experts convened in Aspen, a strangely inquisitive Uber driver showed up, too.

2018-08-14 · atlasobscura.com

Colcannon

Colcannon is often served on Halloween with hidden symbols inside.