Tuilagi to miss World Cup
England centre Manu Tuilagi will miss the World Cup after pleading guilty to assaulting a police officer.
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Douglas Elliman melds with client lifestyles through new magazine issue
Elliman cover with Naomi Campbell Real estate brokerage firm Douglas Elliman has released its spring/summer 2015 issue of Elliman magazine to enhance its lifestyle offerings. The magazine focuses on both the lifestyle of a Douglas Elliman client and real estate listings around the world. A publication presented similar to a fashion magazine allows Douglas Elliman to blend more effortlessly into the lifestyle of its clients. Flipping pages The issue features model Naomi Campbell
Four Seasons Maui looks to September with couples contest
Four Seasons Maui couples season contest Many hotel brands are focusing on the summer months, but Four Seasons Resort Maui, HI is already focused on the fall for its prime couples season. Targeting couples for the early fall months is common for many warm locations as the temperatures are still high and the hotels are often less crowded and quieter. Four Seasons Maui has launched a Facebook contest that will
Dior modernizes brand image with Rihanna-fronted campaign
Dior Secret Garden campaign image featuring Rihanna French fashion house Christian Dior is leveraging pop star Rihanna’s celebrity and modernity in the latest installment of its Secret Garden advertising campaign. The singer was the first to release any of the campaign images, posting them to Instagram May 13 ahead of Dior’s May 14 publication, creating a media frenzy and the attention of her millions of social media fans. Building interest before
America?s Most Stunning Waterfalls
Mighty and majestic, waterfalls are one of nature’s most incredible and dramatic features. Though they can easily be found in many locations across the country, the most awe-inspiring waterfalls have become destinations in their own right. From a surging water wall to an indoor torrent 30 million years in the making, these waterfalls capture the power and beauty of nature in one stunning sight. By Zachary Laks
This coffee-filled robotic tentacle will perform surgery on you
A flexible robot arm, aimed at improving surgical operations and filled with coffee granules, has been constructed by scientists in Italy. The 14-centimetre-long tentacle has no rigid inner skeleton. Instead, it has a central tube with chambers that can be pumped full of air to varying degrees to lengthen or bend the arm in different directions. In the middle of the tube is an additional chamber filled with coarse-ground coffee.
We're getting better at making boatloads of graphene
The US department of energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has joined the group of organisations claiming they can fabricate graphene on a large scale. Graphene is something of a wonder material – it’s stronger, lighter and more conductive than almost anything else we know. But while it’s easy to make in small batches, it’s a pain to make in bulk. For years, various groups have claimed that they’ve cracked a
Intel's eASIC partnership boosts custom Xeon chips for big data workloads
Intel has agreed a deal with eASIC to develop a new breed of customised Xeon chip designed for specific workloads like security and big data that can cut the time-to-market for chips in half. The collaboration is part of Intel’s plan to get reprogrammable technology inside its Xeon processors and bring a greater level of performance and power at a more competitive price level. In order to bring that new
Updated: How to turn your Windows 7 or 8.1 laptop into a wireless hotspot
Introduction It’s become second nature to most smartphone or tablet users to have a personal hotspot option as standard in order to share their super-fast 4G wireless internet connection with other devices at any time. Things get a bit harder, however, if you try to achieve the same thing with a Windows 7 or 8.1 PC. Many people may ask why, in this age of affordable home internet connections and
Samsung set to deliver free HDR movies very soon.
Without any HDR content to play with you might be feeling a little glum about your sexy new Samsung SUHD TV right now. But worry ye not, potentially as early as next month the Korean tech giant is going to be putting together a new UHD Video Pack to compliment its new televisions. Samsung’s latest range of 4K TVs – the Samsung UE65JS9500 and UE65JS9000 in particular – have been