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Alpine Capsule Is Probably Aliens’ Favourite Refuge on Earth
12:45AM Jesus Diaz | Something weird must be going on in the Alps, because alien structures keep popping up like circles in the English crops and people insist on doing jacuzzi parties at 15,700 feet. Take this shiny Alpine Capsule, a beautiful–if not eerie–26-feet in diameter mountain shelter designed by Studio Lovegrove that seems to be made of mercury. More »
Gadgets
Alps Trackpad Senses Your Hovering Fingers, Weird Gestures
7:05PM John Herrman | Alps Electronics has decided to take the occasionally annoying sensitivity of some capacitive trackpads to a new extreme, demoing a technology that can accurately sense fingers without coming in direct contact with them. The system is able to sense movements at an admittedly modest range of 3cm, from which distance users can control applications with a range of gestures. More »
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