Starwood hotel chain just launched its new program, called SPG Keyless, that allows guests across 10 Aloft, Element and W brand hotels to skip the reception desk and gain access to their pre-booked hotel rooms using their smartphones. Guests who book a room through Starwood website or phone can use the SPG Bluetooth-connected app for Android and iOS to check-in, receive their… Continue reading Hotels Replacing Room Keys With Smartphones
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Millionaire Garbage Man
Bahraini YouTuber Omar decided to film a short video that documents his experience with a very unique personality that is hard to find these day. The story is about a Korean man living in Bahrain, named Yo with an unusual habit of picking up trash in and along the streets. He gets up at 5:00 in the morning every day to pick up the litter… Continue reading Millionaire Garbage Man
Beautiful Time-Lapse Compares Paris And New York City
Filmmaker Franck Matellini has created a clever time-lapse video that shows the beautiful similarities between Paris and New York City. The video shows the two popular cities in a split screen, side-by-side comparison between cultures, architecture, transportation and more.
Weatherman’s Amazing Halloween Costume
Jude Redfield, a weatherman for WDRB in Louisville, KY, reported the weather as a skeleton on Halloween day. He was wearing a skeleton design attached to a green outfit standing behind the green-screen technology (Chroma Key). It looked as if his head was floating above a skeleton’s body. Watch the funny weather report in the video below.
AeroMobil 3.0: The Flying Car
Aeromobil has unveiled its latest Aeromobil 3.0 model at the Pioneers Festival in Vienna, demonstrating its flight capabilities to the public for the first time. Last year, the company launched the Aeromobil 2.5 as the final prototype before the 3.0, which is supposed to be production ready. The AeroMobil 3.0 comes with a folding insect-like… Continue reading AeroMobil 3.0: The Flying Car
WiFi Orchestra In New York City
A group of nine street musicians formed an Orchestra by using WiFi service at subway stations in New York City. The musicians connected with composer Ljova, located in Bryant Park to lead their remote orchestra. The composer conducted the musicians using 9 different laptops in front of him. He led them in a performance of “Signal… Continue reading WiFi Orchestra In New York City
The Photoshop Diet
One talented Japanese YouTuber has released a time-lapse video of an editing Photoshop session where he shave off several kilos of fat from Matsuko Deluxe, a famous Japanese cross-dressing TV personality.
100 Years of Leica Photography
The German camera company, Leica has developed the first functional model of a small-format 35mm camera in 1914. The fact that it could easily be carried in a coat pocket revolutionized photography. An exhibition in Hamburg “Eyes Wide Open: 100 years of Leica photography” illuminates many aspects of small-format photography showing some 500 works. The exhibition… Continue reading 100 Years of Leica Photography