Emirates Airline a Step Closer to Windowless Planes

The newest plane in the Emirates fleet—the Boeing 777-300ER—has plenty of impressive features, but perhaps the most surprising is its virtual windows for the first-class cabin. Instead of peering out of the plane, passengers will see real-time projections filmed from outside of the aircraft with fibre-optic cameras. Emirates president Sir Tim Clark says the quality of footage is impeccable, and the move itself is a …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Antarctica's first-ever Pride celebration, Olafur Eliasson's debut building, underwater data, lawn flamingoes and more

1. Microsoft’s Underwater Data Center One cylinder comprising 864 servers and 27.6 petabytes of storage has been dropped by Microsoft off the coast of Orkney in Scotland. The goal is to see if the tech giant can save energy by cooling in the sea. And the location was chosen as the French-built cylinder will draw power from an undersea cable and the Orkney’s renewable energy …

Customizable and Affordable: UNDONE Watches

A young brand successfully blending traditional watchmaking, modern-day tech and approachable luxury

Sponsored by UNDONE

Combining traditional watchmaking techniques with current-day tech, UNDONE might have been founded just four years ago, but it has highly knowledgable industry veterans at the helm. With experienced craftspeople, designers and programmers working on each piece (all of which are made in-house from premium components), every single watch is made-to-order and of the highest possible quality—yet they are impressively affordable for automatic and mechanical-quartz hybrid …