If you want to understand a person – look at their shoes, or lack of. As the most frequently used interface between ourselves and our …



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In Merkato, Addis Ababa.
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The use of thorny branches to discourage kids from hopping on passing trucks as they slow on the incline.
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There are dumb bells, and there are smart bells – these made from machine cogs. From 300 Birr (~17 Euro) for the pair.
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Camera removed from this Shanghai ATM machine. Our relationship with sensors? The obviousness of what is being sensed an how? The ease at which sensors can be …
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New article up on The Atlantic on shanzhai innovation.
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This is innovative. But if you think its innovation – you’ve not travelled outside your little bubble.
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Guerilla inserted book mark – presumably placed by the budding author in the retail outlet.
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Visitors to China wanting to duplicate a lost car key (or interested in knowing how easy it is to remotely steal someone else’s key) should …
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