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Are you on the hunt for a humidifier or an air purifier for your home? Have you been told that these devices are essential for cleaning the air in your home, getting rid of germs and unhealthy pollutants? While both of these products do play a...
Are you on the hunt for a humidifier or an air purifier for your home? Have you been told that these devices are essential for cleaning the air in your home, getting rid of germs and unhealthy pollutants? While both of these products do play a useful role for your overall sense of wellbeing, it’s essential to understand their differences. When deciding between humidifiers vs air purifiers products, you need to know they each function in different ways. This is because they serve different purposes. Before buying one for your home, read on to find out which device will be...
Diary of a Homemaker’s Week: Come Rain or Come Shine
Late Friday afternoon: John and I took off trash earlier and then went into town to get gasoline for the lawn mower. Driving along the dirt road that leads out of this place was a whole different space than it was a week ago. Then there were some new leaves and a few privet blooms but this week it was all verdantly green, full and lush and ripe. Honeysuckle bloomed where blackberries had been in bloom the week before. I saw some deep red wild roses blooming on the old highway that I'd never before noticed. How lovely it...
China’s e-commerce giant JD.com starts paying some staff in digital yuan
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China’s plan to introduce its digital currency is getting a lot of help from its tech conglomerates. JD.com, a major Chinese online retailer that competes with Alibaba, said Monday that it has started paying some staff in digital yuan (since January), the virtual version of the country’s physical currency. China has been busy experimenting with digital currency over the past few months. In October, Shenzhen, a southern city known for its progressive economic policies, doled out 10 million yuan worth of digital currency to 500,000 residents, who could then use the money to shop at certain online and offline retailers....
Dutch design brand Moooi has partnered with 3D artist Andrés Reisinger to mass-produce his Hortensia chair, which went viral on Instagram as a rendering and become known as "the chair that could not be made".
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Initially designed in 2018 as a purely digital piece of furniture, the armchair with its plump, hyper-tactile exterior has now been made into a physical chair covered in 30,000 fabric petals. It is available from Moooi in the original soft pink colour as well as a light grey. The global release marks what is thought to be the first time that a product designed for the digital world has gone into mass production. The Hortensia armchair is covered in more than 30,000 petals "This is the start of a new dialogue between designers and brands," Moooi CEO Robin Bevers told...
So you’re thinking of switching to an electric car? Here’s everything you need to know
If you're thinking of switching to an electric car, you're not alone. Although combustion engines still make up the majority of the market, electric vehicles have been growing in sales and availability over the past year. There's a lot to consider, but it's perhaps not as much of a challenge as you might think. Electric cars aren't weird Let's start here. Just because an electric car doesn't have an engine, doesn't mean it's weird. In fact, even if you've enjoyed driving in the past, there's no reason why you won't enjoy driving an electric car - they aren't weird in...