Renewable energy is good for the planet, but it can be great for consumers — depending on your location, you can actually make a profit using solar panels and backup battery storage. Those benefits can be hard for…
Posts By Loknath Das
Typography in virtual reality: the new frontier
These brave new design environments put fresh demands on type designers as well as graphic designers, and raise a thorny yet fascinating tangle of questions about legibility, letterform design, and typeface selection. For a user,…
12 designer collections to watch out for at Lakmé Fashion Week
The biggest fashion event in Mumbai, Lakmé Fashion Week is back for its winter/festive 2017 edition. Designers have been working on fresh collection for the last few months and we’ve got a sneak peek at what’s…
UIS Community Garden is an educational experience
Renowned British horticulturalist and writer Gertrude Jekyll, who created more than 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and America during her career, once said, “A garden is a grand teacher.” I like to think…
Low-Cost Pliable Materials Transform Glove Into Sign-to-Text Machine
Photo: University of California San Diego Researchers have made a low-cost smart glove that can translate the American Sign Language alphabet into text and send the messages via Bluetooth to a smartphone or computer. The…
Solar eclipse accessories, Apple iPad Pro, Google Home, and more great tech deals
You’ve probably already heard that a total solar eclipse will travel across the United States from coast to coast on August 21st, and that it’s going to be perhaps the biggest celestial event of the…
Beautiful Garden at Governor Livingston HS Serves a Practical Purpose
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – Deep red cardinal flowers, purple cone flowers, black-eyed Susans, and bright orange butterfly weed along with native shrubs and grasses create a beautiful pollinator garden at Governor Livingston High School. While the…
Beautiful Garden at Governor Livingston HS Serves a Practical Purpose
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – Deep red cardinal flowers, purple cone flowers, black-eyed Susans, and bright orange butterfly weed along with native shrubs and grasses create a beautiful pollinator garden at Governor Livingston High School. While the…
Hypnos collaborates with designer on bed collection
Luxury bed maker Hypnos, headquartered in Princes Risborough, England, along with British retailer Furniture Village, based in Slough, launched three headboard, divan and mattress sets designed by Amira Hashish, an interior designer and journalist. This bold…
Correction: Fall Homes-Indoor Grow Gardens story
In a story Aug. 8 about gardens that can be grown indoors, The Associated Press misidentified a company that produces vertical gardens for indoors. It is LA Urban Farms, not LA Farms. Its founder is…