These are the types of apps Twitter thinks developers should be building

Twitter‘s #devnest event in San Francisco is under way, and aside from the incrediblestatsrevealed about the Twitter ecosystem, Twitter also mentions the types of apps developers should focus on, namely, Analytics, Content, Curation, Publishing, and Enterprise. Back in March, Twitter’sRyan Sarvermade an announcementdiscouragingdevelopers from building new Twitter clients. As it turned out, Twitter is just telling developers that the bigger story is building on the other facets of Twitter, rather than just becoming “yet another client”....

3 min · 542 words · Catherine Young

These are the world’s most ‘walkable’ cities

These are the world’s most ‘walkable’ cities Elements of a walkable city Pedestrians Firstincludes rankings for “the most telling” walkability indicators,based on global open-source data. These include: The report finds that US cities tend to rank low on walkability indicators due to urban sprawl. Overall, the researchers conclude that New York City, Boston, San Francisco and Baltimore are the four most walkable major US cities (urban areas with over 500,000 residents)....

2 min · 423 words · Robin Marsh

These BCI headphones use brainwave sensors to measure your focus

Brain-computer interfaces have been alotta hypesince Elon Musk announced his plan to implant microchips are everyone’s brains. We’ll probably be waiting years until Musk’s minions get FDA approval to drill into our skulls. But in the meantime, a growing list of companies are offeringless invasive BCIs. The latest entry to the market comes from Neurable. The Boston-based startup today unveileda pair of headphones— called Enten — that use brainwave sensors to measure focus levels throughout the day....

2 min · 381 words · Robyn Smith

These bone conduction headphones balance top quality audio and safety brilliantly

TLDR:The Zulu Exero Bone Conduction Headphones deliver excellent sound quality via bone conduction technology, so you never stop hearing the world around you. Ever since their explosion into the mainstream in the 1980s, headphones have become an increasingly permanent part of mobile communication, not to mention in consuming your favorite music, podcasts, live streams, and more. But while their size has continued to shrink over the years, there remained a constant headphone issue that few have been able to address....

3 min · 453 words · Erik Miller

These clothes are made from sour milk. Yes, really. [Video]

“On the face of it, this is a normal fashion shoot, with clothes from aMademoiselle Chi Chicollection…but these soft fabrics are made from an unusual substance. Milk.” ‘Couture from cow’s milk’ was the brainchild of Anke Domaske, a 28-year old biologist and fashion designer from Germany, and the main ingredient is a protein derived from sour milk. Domaske and her team developed a special process which required experimenting over many years to arrive at the final fabric....

2 min · 307 words · John Bradley
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