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If the shopper doesn’t like an item, he tosses it down a chute, which automatically removes the item from the shopper’s online shopping cart. The shopper keeps the items that he or she wants, which are purchased automatically when leaving the store, no checkout involved. |
Nadia Shouraboura, Hointer’s CEO, says once shoppers get used to the process, they’re hooked. |
“They end up buying a lot more, they’re laughing and playing with it,” she says. |
Some stores like British retailer Tesco and drugstore Duane Reade now are testing beacons, Bluetooth-enabled devices that can communicate directly with your cellphone to offer discounts, direct you to a desired product in a store or enable you to pay remotely. |
For example, you can walk into a drugstore where you normally buy face cream. The beacon would recognize your smartphone, connect it with past purchasing history and send you a text or email with a coupon for the cream. |
“The more we know about customers … you can use promotions on not a macro level but a micro level,” says Kasey Lobaugh, chief retail innovation officer at Deloitte Consulting. A store could offer a mother 20 percent off on Mother’s Day, for example, or offer frequent buyers of paper towels a discount on bulk purchases. |
That appeals to Seattle resident Sarah Hamilton, 31, who says discounts definitely draw her into stores. |
“I don’t like the idea of my data grabbed onto by random marketers online, but if it was an actual store I’m interested in, I would be OK with that,” Hamilton says. |
Within 10 years, 3-D printing could make a major disruption in retail, Deloitte’s Lobaugh predicts. Take a simple item like a coffee cup. Instead of producing one in China, transporting it and distributing it to retail stores, you could just download the code for the coffee cup and 3-D print it at a retail outlet or in... |
“That starts a dramatic change in terms of the structure of retail,” Lobaugh said. And while 3-D printing today is primarily plastic, Lobaugh says there are tests at places like MIT Media Lab and elsewhere with other materials, including fabric. |
“The big question is when,” he says. Right now a few stores offer rudimentary 3-D-printing services, but they are very limited. He predicts the shift will come in 10 to 20 years. |
Steve Yankovich, head of innovation for eBay, thinks someday buying household supplies won’t take any effort at all. He says someday a connected home could be able to use previous customer history and real-time data the house records to sense when a light bulb burns out, for example, and order a new one automatically. ... |
Raquel Ribera, 32, in Carpinteria, California, said she cut back on store shopping when she moved to a less urban area, and would appreciate a service like that. |
EBay recently bought PhiSix, a company working on creating life-size 3-D models of clothing that can be used in dressing rooms to instantly try on different colors of clothing or different styles. You can see 30 or 40 items of clothing realistically without physically trying them on. |
EBay’s Yankovich says the technology can be used in a virtual dressing room as well, showing what the clothes look like when you are, say, walking down the street or hitting a golf club. |
Some companies have been testing this already. British digital agency Engage created a Virtual Style Pod that scanned shoppers and created a life-size image onto which luxury clothing from brands like Alexander McQueen and DKNY were projected. The Pod was displayed in shopping centers in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the Unit... |
Entertaining is Easy in this Fabulous Delaware Place home from the formal dining room to the outdoor kitchen, your guests and family will fall in love. This home features beautiful marble and hardwood floors, plantation shutters, pella windows, fireplace in the living room and master bedroom, wonderful sunroom that loo... |
National City Bancshares Inc. said yesterday that it had agreed to acquire Community First Financial Inc., a bank holding company, for more than $56 million in stock. National City, based in Evansville, Ind., is a banking company with assets of $1.5 billion and 44 sites in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. Community Firs... |
KEARNEY, Mo. — A pair of Helias Crusaders claimed individual titles Saturday in the Class 3 District 4 Tournament. |
Aleksey Salaz and Jackson Careaga are among five Crusaders who advanced to this week's Class 3 state tournament with their district performances. |
Salaz won the title at 126 pounds with a win by fall in 2:19 against Ben Locke of Kearney. |
Salaz, seeded first, went 3-0 in the tournament. After a first-round bye, he won by fall in the quarterfinals and by major decision in the semifinals. |
"Aleksey came out and wrestled just like it was any other day," Helias coach Weston Keleher said. |
Salaz will take a record of 34-7 to state. |
Careaga, the No. 1 seed at 152, claimed the crown with a 2-1 victory against second-seded Blake Ackerman of Smithville. |
"That was the second time they've wrestled each other this season and it's tough to do that," Keleher said. "But Jackson stuck with it and got a takedown in the third period when he needed it." |
The title capped a 3-0 tournament for Careaga (43-6). After a bye, he won twice by fall to advance to the title match. |
Careaga was sixth at 152 last season at the state tournament. |
Gavin Adams was second at 106 with a 2-1 district record. After a bye, he won by fall in the quarterfinals and then by a 3-2 decision in the semifinals. |
Adams then lost 9-2 to top-seeded Eli Ashcroft of Kearney in the title match. |
Adams is 44-6 on the season. |
Evan Winder was second at 132 for the Crusaders. He won his first two matches by first-period falls before taking a 5-2 decision in the semifinals. |
Winder then fell 5-3 to top-seeded Devan Lewis of Smithville in the title match. |
It will be Winder's fourth state tournament appearance. The three-time medalist is 27-4 this season. |
"Gavin and Evan both had good tournaments," Keleher said. |
Dustin Luebbert finished third at 160 for Helias, going 3-1 at districts. Luebbert, after a bye, won by a 10-2 decision before falling 6-2 in the semifinals. In the consolation final, he won 10-9 against Drake Tipton of Grain Valley before winning by a second-period fall against Josh Tomich of Warrensburg in the third-... |
Two Crusaders — Nikolai Careaga at 145 and Noah Wieberg at 195 — lost in the consolation semifinals. Careaga was 3-2 in districts, while Wieberg was 2-2. |
Wyatt Forck at 138 and Curtis Rockers at 182 both were eliminated in the third round of the consolation bracket. Forck was 1-2 in the tournament, while Rockers was 0-2. |
Helias finished fifth in the team standings with 118 points. |
Kearney was first with 189, with Platte County (167.5), Smithville (149) and Grain Valley (145) rounding out the top four. |
The three-day Class 3 state tournament begins Thursday at Mizzou Arena. |
Melanie Phillips recently drew attention to the September 25 appearance of a former prince of Hamas with a surprising message at the 36th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The sole purpose of this worse than worthless organization seems to be the disparagement of Israel. Melanie posted the vid... |
Up for discussion was the evergreen subject of human rights in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority (it’s not clear to me whether this includes the marvelous state of human rights protected by Hamas in Gaza). Israel is castigated by one and all. Speakers seen in the video include representa... |
Where are the men of Monty Python to do justice to the farce of the UNHRC? Where is Rod Serling to guide us on our way to the Twilight Zone? |
Musab Hassan Yousef is the so-called “Green Prince.” The son of one of the founders of the Hamas, Yousef turned against that terrorist organisation and became such a supporter of Israel that this Ramallah-born Arab served for some years as an informant for the Israeli Shin Bet security service. |
Thus much is well known: there is a book and even a movie about this man. Nevertheless, when the campaigning group UN Watch brought him to speak to the UN no-one seems to have expected what was coming. |
The reaction was as comical as the underlying situation is unforgiveable. The UN, the crucible of defamatory lies and libels against Israel because of the dominance there of the Arab block and its global allies, rarely hears the brutal truth about the Palestinian leadership – and certainly not by someone with Yousef’s ... |
Los Angeles has long been an object of fascination - not just for filmmakers, novelists and songwriters but also for academics. Outsiders came searching for what they felt was missing back home. Reyner Banham found a blessed autopia where aesthetic freedom ran riot, while Jean Baudrillard enjoyed a shiver in being libe... |
American academics have been equally attentive, whether it is Mike Davis twitching at the inroads of military surveillance within the public realm, or Edward Soja detecting a new form of urbanism that might steer between Modernist dreams of social control and the free-market myths of PostModernism. |
What has been common to these intellectual readings is the sense that Los Angeles somehow represents the pathological urban condition, a symbolic supernova of low-density development that is spreading elsewhere. The city of fallen angels has hardly ever been treated as an ordinary place where mundane economic and socia... |
Now, however, Dana Cuff has produced a book that looks in depth at the everyday low-cost housing that was built in large estates in the cheaper areas of Los Angeles. The book spares no blushes in examining the political and economic forces that produced large-scale projects for poorer citizens. The book signals openly ... |
Cuff focuses on five particular projects drawn from privately and publicly funded examples, and fascinating tales they make too. First comes the emergency housing built for munitions workers during the Second World War, followed closely by post-war estates that adapted the barrel-vaulted prefabricated Quonset huts as t... |
But perhaps the most fascinating of all is the story of the Chavez Ravine estate, a socialist endeavour from the 1940s and 1950s to provide dwellings for poor Hispanic residents. The promoters of the schemes fell foul of MacCarthyite witchhunts, and some were even imprisoned as Communist sympathisers. Then big money mo... |
The new LA Dodgers needed a site for a new stadium, and guess whose homes were cleared to make way for all that car parking. |
Cuff 's outrage at such events is manifest, and she builds to a climax in which she throws herself behind the opposition to the development of the Playa Vista wetlands next to LAX airport. This controversy has embroiled many of the stars of the Los Angeles architectural firmament, including Frank Gehry, and testifies t... |
Love was truly in the air today at the UN Arms Trade Treaty talks, being of course valentines day. Some handed out roses, we handed out campaign stickers. Our message to delegates: “Show some love for the arms trade treaty” and “make love not loopholes”. |
The arms trade crowd here in conference Room Four at the United Nations clearly preferred our stickers to the more traditional floral tributes of affection, as evidenced by the number of delegations proudly displaying them throughout the day. Budding romantics who may also have an interest in the rules of procedure gov... |
Perhaps surprisingly, China was the first delegation to wish everyone a happy valentines day. |
As the saying goes, all is fair in love and war and clear battle grounds were drawn on the floor of the UN day today. Readers of my first blog this week will know how I like a good Rule. Today’s hot Rules were 33, 35 and 57 (clause 2). These three Rules and how they are formulated - even by the modification, deletion o... |
Rule 33 and 35 deal with the relationship between efforts to achieve consensus on the content of the treaty, and allowing a two thirds majority for other decisions. Or not: sceptical states, spearheaded by those representing the Arab group, want to ensure that all decisions of the conference are taken by an absolute co... |
Rule 57 clause 2 deals with NGO access to the conference and its working groups and committees. Whilst there was a lot of love expressed in the room for the valuable role we play, the exact role we will play comes down to one word. Changing one word could essentially mean we are in the room during all substantive discu... |
It was also good to hear several states talking about content. Many states spoke up strongly to remind delegates how important it is to keep small arms and ammunition in the scope of the treaty. |
Very significantly, Netherlands spoke up about including non-lethal internal security equipment like Tear Gas within the treaty’s scope. We like that - as far as I am aware they’re the first government to formally call for this. But the inclusion of this type of equipment is crucial if the Treaty is to help protect Hum... |
Two powerful statements by the DRC and Liberia provided tragic reminders of the overwhelming humanitarian need for an effective treaty. Both countries were literally torn apart by the misuse of a wide variety of conventional arms, and are now struggling to re-build their societies. It's a staggering and sobering fact, ... |
Keeping in the humanitarian theme, it was inspiring to hear Dr Oscar Arias, twice former president of Costa Rica, and Amnesty's Suzan Waltz - both instrumental in starting the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) process back in the mid-1990s - speak at a lunchtime event. The following excerpt of Dr Aria's speech encapsulates perfe... |
Good luck with the negotiations. Let's hope that we do not have another debacle at the UN, as we have just seen in regards to the resolution surrounding Syria. |
We recently had a presentation at our local group from a former MP who gave a very interesting talk surrounding this issue and said "that the devil will be in the detail". |
We are all waiting with bated breath to see what will come out of the corridors of the UN. |
Five-person developer Andromeda Project has officially revealed the stretch goals for its Kickstarter campaign for “Kharon’s Crypt — Even Death May Die.” Included in the list of stretch goals is the studio’s desire of bringing the “Zelda”-inspired game to the Nintendo Switch console. |
Andromeda Project published a new update on its upcoming game’s crowdfunding project this Wednesday. Highlighted in this update are the details on the “Kharon’s Crypt” Nintendo Switch port, which will only be released if the Kickstarter campaign funding reaches €17,500 or less than US$20,600. Aside from announcing the ... |
In addition, Andromeda Project is giving other tiers the option of obtaining a digital copy of “Kharon’s Crypt.” Now backers belonging to the Whispering Raven, Early Access Phantom, Collector Old-School Reaper, Architect of the Crypt and Lord of the Beasts tiers can switch the PC/Mac/Linux digital code they’ll be recei... |
Below is the complete list of all stretch goals for Andromeda Project’s Kickstarter campaign. |
An additional level will be hidden in the depths of the crypt. |
Over 100 collectible pages full of lore, tales & art will be waiting to be found in the depths of the crypt. |
This unlocks a free DLC that comes with 100 stages. A champion boss is waiting at the final stage of this DLC. |
If this stretch goal is reached, the developer will have enough money to finally release ‘Kharon’s Crypt’ on Nintendo Switch. |
Andromeda Project describes “Kharon’s Crypt” as a nonlinear dungeon crawler video game that’s full of puzzles, riddles and various lethal challenges. Aside from being inspired by the old “Zelda” games, “Kharon’s Crypt” is heavily influenced by retro pixel art Game Boy Color aesthetics. |
In this upcoming game, players take on the role of Kharon, who is presumed to be death himself. Kharon’s mission is to escape from the crypt where he was sealed by the Deranged King. Kharon has several abilities including flying, going through physical objects and making opponents feel dizzy. However, there is a catch:... |
Kharon has an etherial form that allows him to pass through concrete objects. This ability is useful when the player wants to escape or run away from a deadly situation. The ethereal state is also known to make Kharon invulnerable for a couple of seconds. |
In his escape mission, Kharon can use weapons he’ll be stumbling upon in the crypt. Unfortunately, most weapons are too heavy to be carried by the spirit form of the protagonist, so players need to possess the bodies of the enemies to carry and use them. The main weapons in this game are swords, spears and axes. |
Andromeda Project is based in España, Spain. “Kharon’s Crypt” is the studio’s second attempt at launching a game with the help of Kickstarter. According to GamingOnLinux, the team’s first crowdfunding project was for a game called “Necrocosmos: There Is No God.” Although the campaign failed, Andromeda Project has maint... |
For the time being, the small developing team is focused on “Kharon’s Crypt.” Thus far, reception for this new game has been very outstanding. Just after 15 hours since the Kickstarter project was launched, its tiny goal of €4,200 was reached. As of writing, it already managed to obtain €9,540 from 447 backers. With 22... |
“Kharon’s Crypt” is slated for release on PC in early 2018. For now, Andromeda Project is offering interested gamers a free demo for Windows and Linux devices. |
The Net Zero house is complete. Kevin and Tom discuss challenges with Jeff. Don gives Kevin a tour of the yard and barn. Dana shows Tom the upstairs. He checks out the main floor with Don. Richard reviews mechanicals. All gather in the transformed kitchen at the end. |
A super-efficient, Scandinavian-inspired, net-zero home with a clean, cozy ambience. |
Installing the foundation for the addition on this 1920s Net-Zero bungalow. |
Explore our 40th-anniversary house project right here. |
TOH heads to a century-old New England cottage in Jamestown, RI. |
Funding for THIS OLD HOUSE is provided by The Home Depot, GMC, State Farm, HomeServe, and Marvin Windows and Doors. |
Paver selection, skylight install, sewer line replacement, and foundation repair. |
In-counter outlets lesson. Visit with visits Nathan Gilbert. Norm frames a skylight. |
Apprentices lay a foundation sill, Richard scopes the sewer, and modern design inside. |
Tommy and Kevin learn about the full scope of work, as Charlie starts the demolition. |
Touring the Net-Zero yard and barn, the upstairs, main floor, mechanicals, and kitchen. |
Induction cooking. Solar panel and unique lattice installs. A lesson in ERV. Landscaping. |
Tommy compares blue board to drywall. Size a solar array. New ceiling. Install generator. |
Kevin reviews an architecture studio’s designs. Plumbing goes in, and a vanity is built. |
Sealed against air leaks. Pre-drywall check. Landscape plan. Fabricated porch. Shingles. |
Roof insulation, The Breakers tour, electrician Congressman, apprentices install windows. |
Crucial net-zero insulation. Apprentices. Efficient decorative lighting. Rafter tails. |
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