technology-in-fashion
Sex Gadgets of the Rich and Shameless
Sex sells. A lot. Put aside all the exciting teledildonics hype for a second and remember that the old-fashioned sex toy industry is valued at $15 billion and growing. And if you believe sexuality counselor Ian Kerner, sex toys have now gone mainstream...
Brides Are Now Eating Through Their Noses: 'Diet' is Just 'Die' With a T
Months of winter _forcing_ you to chow down on 'comfort food' making you feel like Violet Beauregarde? You're in luck: now you can just eat through your nose.
The Giant, Fallen: Sony Is Betting Its Life on Cell Phone Watches
On "January 13, 1946":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy#Evolution_of_the_strip, Chester Gould gave Dick Tracy a two-way wrist radio and adolescent boys across the country became transfixed with the idea of miniature portable communication devices...
Because Online Shopping is Really Hard, Online Shop TrunkClub Eliminates Shopping
The Internet is nothing if not a powerful enabler of the very best and the very worst in ourselves. Its anonymity allows trolls that would otherwise be spending their time under bridges to spew hateful garbage in Tommy-Gun patterns without fear of...
The Future Repeats Itself: What Science Fiction Has to Say About Google's Fancy Glasses
When science fiction foretells science fact, it helps prepare us for the future’s arrival, if it comes at all. Thanks to George Orwell, society is on guard against "Big Brother." Thanks to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and _Harrison Bergeron_, we have a general...
How to Create a Santa Who Can Actually Fit in Chimneys
How skinny would Santa Claus have to be to fit down America’s smallest fireplace chimneys?
Bamboozled: How Eco-Friendly is Eco-Fashion?
As consumers brave the cold and the seething, pepper spray-happy crowds for holiday shopping this year, they’ll have more options than ever for clothing that claims to be “eco-friendly,” both in boutiques and in major chains.
Adventures at Dragon Con, the Weirdest Con
Travel with Nick Gazin to Atlanta for Dragon Con, a two-day bacchanalian orgy of sci-fi and comic book fans going bananas in the city's hotel rooms. We dive deep into the chaos with hundreds of cos-play and sci-fi fans, and then almost get arrested for...
The Uncanny Valley of the Silicon Valley Celebrity
Of course celebrities besides MC Hammer have started making moves in the startup scene, endowing hopefuls with not only money, but star power. Because if there's one thing celebrities are good at, it's spending their money on incorrectly spelled, made...
Shades Of Evil
After months of fighting in Libya following the Arab Spring uprisings, Muammar Gaddafi is dead. What his legacy is in the annals of history has yet to be determined. We can say that history books aren't likely to go too deep on his obsession with fancy ey
MBTV: Janet Hansen: Fashion Engineer for Daft Punk, MIA and Kanye
Some of the world's biggest superstars have realized that, these days, simply performing under the bright lights isn't enough. Instead, artists like "Daft Punk":http://enlighted.com/pages/daftpunk2007.shtml, "M.I.A":http://enlighted.com/pages/mia0...
Falling in Love With An Ad: Rediscovering the 1972 Polaroid SX-70 Promo Film
To Edwin Land, the scientist who invented Polaroid, the "SX-70 color camera":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_SX-70 was the height of his achievement. The first instant SLR, it could develop photos automatically in broad daylight. And it was a...