Fuffr’s Smartphone Case

This infrared invention tears down social barriers for multi-player gaming

Two days after the intimate gathering to show its forthcoming Kickstarter film, the Fuffr studio in Stockholm is still full of empty beer cases and helium balloons slowly slinking down the windows. Yet, while many might be fretting at the thought of the launch that might make or break this new startup, Fuffr’s founder Stefan Östergårde and co-partner Oscar Ritzén Praglowski seem relaxed and composed …

Bowers & Wilkins T7 Bluetooth Speaker

The brand's most portable offering (and first ever Bluetooth speaker) charms the eyes as well as the ears

For their consumer-level products, English audio equipment experts Bowers & Wilkins have always managed to merge their top quality engineering with sensible, pleasing design without making too many sacrifices in either area—as we’ve seen with their foldable P3 headphones and Z2 Airplay speaker dock. Bowers & Wilkins have now unveiled their most portable offering yet: the T7, which is the brand’s first Bluetooth (and non-Airplay) …

Leave Earth Behind: “The Universe is a Small Hat”

César Alvarez brings his fully participatory electronic musical to NYC's Babycastles to examine the eternal problem of designing an ideal society

It’s not extraordinarily uncommon to dream of packing your belongings, jumping on a spaceship and leaving Earth far, far behind. Motives may differ, from a hope to escape a planet polluted by unpleasantries, to an insatiable desire for adventure, but they all have one thing in common: whatever this planet has is just not enough. So what if the option were actually available? What if, …