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Recycle this: Bolivian turns waste into high fashion

Crafted from old newspapers, plastic bags, discarded CDs and soda bottle caps, Bolivian designer Marion Macedo's quirky fashion creations have added an eclectic dimension to the catwalks of Europe, South ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Ads with plus-size models unlikely to work

(PhysOrg.com) -- Advertisements and catalogs featuring plus-size models are unlikely to work on their intended customers, according to a new study by an ASU researcher and her colleagues.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0




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Milan lags behind in fashion's Internet revolution

With social network sites and smartphone apps making rapid inroads into the fashion world, observers say Italy risks falling behind even as its luxury brands feel the pain from the economic crisis.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers develop "streamlined" approach to shipboard inspection process

Based on funds from the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) under the Paint Center of Excellence Program, researchers in the Chemistry Division at the Naval Research Laboratory have developed a novel process ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Review: New MacBook Air still skinny on power

(AP) -- The first MacBook Air laptop hit the catwalk in 2008 as an elegant but somewhat impractical statement about how far Apple would go to make the thinnest laptop ever. It wasn't very powerful, had a ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (9) | comments 2

'Mars antenna' gets repairs

Frequented more by packs of stray burros than by cars, the road is a lonely one. Thirty-five miles north of Barstow, Calif., 30 minutes from the nearest highway, it ambles through parched desert before dropping into a low ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan takes another step in replacing humans with robots

The replacement of humans by machines in the workplace took another step on Wednesday, as Japanese researchers unveiled a model they hope could lead to humanoid menial workers.

Electronics / Robotics

created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 22

From chemical engineering to the catwalk

Seamless fabric that can be sprayed on to skin and other surfaces to make clothes, medical bandages and even upholstery will be demonstrated this Thursday, in advance of the Science in Style spray-on fashion show next week ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Body beauty: what do we really want?

(PhysOrg.com) -- With skinny catwalk models and digitally altered photographs in women's magazines being blamed for creating problems with negative body images, Australian researchers are questioning traditional ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Physicists take first step towards super-fast search algorithms for quantum computers

When you toss a coin, you either get heads or tails. By contrast, things are not so definite at the microcosmic level. An atomic 'coin' can display a superposition of heads and tails when it has been thrown. However, this ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 8

Software may speed journey from catwalk to consumer

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest fashions could find their way from catwalk to consumers faster in the future, thanks to the work of a student at The University of Manchester.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan child robot mimicks infant learning

The creators of the Child-robot with Biomimetic Body, or CB2, say it's slowly developing social skills by interacting with humans and watching their facial expressions, mimicking a mother-baby relationship.

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (48) | comments 17


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