Ministry of Design has recently completed the design of The Club Hotel Singapore, a modernized rehab of a classic property. The monochromatic design of The Club lets you provide the color, a black-and-white backdrop to your Singapore leisure experience. Beyond the rooms themselves are several amenities which include a lounge, a rooftop patio bar and a tapas restaurant. Each is designed with great attention to detail, with character elements spanning the hotel from bedroom to bar....

Operating the Hexo+ drone is incredibly simple, too. All you need to do is pull out your smartphone and active the ‘bot through the companion app. Once you’ve set the parameters regarding how you want it to film, it’ll fly into position, and move around in order to readjust as necessary. Even better, everything the drone’s camera sees is streamed straight to your Smartphone via an interactive feed. Assuming you aren’t in the middle of some insane stunt jump while filming’s taking place (I feel like that’s what somewhere around 90% of people are going to use this gadget for), you can modify the camera’s point of view with three simple touch gestures: slide laterally for panning, vertically for height, and pinch for distance....

A Belgian design team has turned one of Brussels’ skyscrapers into a giant weather forecast display. The Weather Tower by Lab-au is the transformation of the Dexia Tower into more than just a work of architecture, but a functional tool for the people of Brussels. The tower has been fit with 72,000 LED lights across 6,000 windows, controlled by a system that changes their color and pattern to describe the weather of the coming day....

The Titan Arm Exoskeleton uses a rear-worn power system that braces over the shoulder to add additional power for lifting. A joint at the elbow is reinforced by Titan Arm’s student-designed mechanics to augment up to 18kg of weight for the wearer. While stroke and injury victims recover, a system like Titan Arm can help with their mobility while they rebuild muscle and normal function in the injured arm or section of the body....

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Today, everyone has email, usually a dozen accounts or so, and would greatly prefer to make it a lot harder for people to get a hold of us. Though most of us don’t think too long or hard about which company’s name comes after the “@” symbol, new privacy concerns should have you considering it. Email providers can often access your accounts, reading whatever they see fit, tracking who you know, who they know, what you talk about, and any other tidbits that can be used to influence your buying activity and lure you deeper into their fold....

SCADpad is a Tiny House Takeover of an Underused Parking Garage Designed and developed by a group of students, alumni, professors and staff from the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD), SCADPad is a pop-up housing facility built in an underused parking garage in Atlanta. Each SCADpad provides 135 square feet of living space and a panoramic view into downtown Atlanta. The project is a response to the challenge of designing suitable and efficient housing given the growing population in cities around the globe....

Not everyone has an immediate connection with effortless communication. Therefore, initiating the conversation with a question is a great way to bring you closer to the girl you’re talking to. Communication relies heavily on the connections we have. Some of us thrive with a friend or partner that is the antithesis of our own personality and style, others need someone with tastes similar to their own. So, dig a little deeper and ask her about herself....

Those among us who hope for the best and prepare for the worst are going to be the ones who ultimately survive, when our corner of the world collapses. While you may be fortunate enough to never experience the need to flee from your home to seek shelter elsewhere, through bands of roving marauders or the walking dead; if you do, you’d better be ready. Deuce and a Half Simple Solution: You don’t need to spend millions on an aftermarket tank just to get a decent vehicle for when the SHTF, the zombie apocalypse stops being funny, or the commies come for your daughter....

Taking a look at various clinical and scientifically executed studies performed under controlled conditions starts to reveal a few things about marijuana use that could be helpful to know for anyone thinking about taking up this habit/hobby/vice/recreational activity. The same way only an informed drinker can enjoy the nuance of a refined bourbon, so too should those thinking of taking a walk down the emerald highway know precisely where they’re headed....

For both broadening your horizons and getting some cheap laughs along the way, here’s 16 comics on the mystical internets that will give you a good guffaw. Manly Guys Doing Manly Things It begins with a group of the most macho men from pop culture and video games brought together, but gradually evolves into a lark about what it means to be a modern man, and a strangely accepting point of view....

Mostly, it then got used for pornography and a way to hurt the feelings of individuals an entire world away. Though the dream of the internet hasn’t quite been realized in the way we’d hoped, it’s still an immense tool that can save you time, money, and even keep you alive when things get dire. You just need to know where to look. That’s why we found 18 websites that are helpful, important, interesting, and worthy of being part of the greatest wonder of the digital world....

After sorting through 12,000 entries submitted by 6,615+ hopeful photographers from 152 countries, just 11 winning images were chosen for the 2012 National Geographic Traveler’s Photo Contest. Among the categories of the competition were Travel Portraits, Outdoors Scenes, Sense of Place and Spontaneous Moments. The first place image captured by Cedric Houin displays unexpected harmony between modern technology and ancestral practices of nomads in the Kyrgyz lands of Wakhan. Several of the images have an overwhelming display of cultural diversity....

So that you don’t make the mistakes we have in the past, we’ve drummed up 21 gadgets for your kitchen that cost less than a Tubman ($20), yet work like they cost, you know, way more. Water Stop Rubber Gloves A set of cleaning gloves to allow you to grip wet, soapy dishes is easy to find, but most of them are built wrong. They allow water to sneak in over the cuff and create a weird, clammy, greasy wetness in the fingers of your hand’s dry sanctuary....

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What Makes a Good Digital Watch In analog watches, you only need professional movement, a quality crystal, solid body, and good looks. Digital watches, being far more complex machines need to reach far more exacting standards. Battery Since a dead watch of any kind is useless, digital watches with high-quality batteries are good, with those that have internal recharging capabilities are best. Solar capacity and extensive battery life – along with batteries that are easily replaced – are ideal....

There is no denying that charcoal grills are big on flavor, but lighting them can be a real headache. Of course, you can use lighter fluid, but that can distort the taste of your food and even endanger your health. Fortunately, you don’t need to ruin your grilling experience by using the wrong charcoal starter. The market is awash with safe and easy-to-use BBQ lighters that will get the job done faster....

Facial hair is big business. The days of the clean-shaven man have long gone. Instead, we are living in the age of hipsters, lumberjacks, and wizard-esque levels of facial hair. Yet, as time moves on, more and more men are coming to realized it is not enough just to leave their facial hair to run wild over their skulls. In 2021, great facial hair comes with great responsibility. When you think about styling your facial hair, the mustache is often the element that gets the most care and attention....

There’s the notion that merely because both go on roads, that somehow motorcycles and cars are the same thing. They aren’t, at all. A car is mostly a car across the board, while motorcycles are built with a lot of speciality in mind. The problem here is the differences can be subtle, since a sport bike doesn’t look as dissimilar from a dirt bike as a truck does from a coupe, but the actual skillset of each machine is immensely different....

The area of the compact Karst House has been logged for timber for structural projects in Venice. As Venice continues its descent into the sea, Slovenian timber is helping to slow that process. This has cleared areas in rural Slovenia that are now fit for construction, including the plot where this cabin now rests. The removal of Slovenian oak has exposed plenty of limestone around this home. This was used in part to construct the home, including the patchwork stone fascia that comprises the home’s exterior....