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Plant it, forget it

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No. It isn’t sorcery. The Verdure is most definitely an automatic herb planter. Just place the seeds in the appropriate place and fill the water reservoir, and it’ll grow on its own, water itself, even give itself sunlight!

The auto-planter makes use of capillary action to water itself. This allows the soil to suck in water from a reservoir whenever it goes dry. The Halogen lamp is strong enough to enable photosynthesis, and the reflector in front of it multiplies the light.

Another awesome feature is the collector basin and scissors that enable you to cut and pick the herbs/leaves whenever you need them for cooking. Fresh from the source!

Designer: Seoyeonjin Choi

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Fascinated With The TESORO Watch!

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Haute horology is synonymous with timeless design and a watch-making legacy that is at least half a century old. Which is why when new watchmakers step into the arena, finding firm grounds is sometimes a challenge. For sure, I’m glad that Waves Design Studio has risen up to this and designed the perfect tribute with the TESORO Automatic Mechanical Watch.

We asked the team at Wave Design Studio to give us some insights as to what got them to design such a masterpiece, and this is what they had to say….

“We are a young company founded on principles of providing exceptional value to our customers and we don’t have a lot of overhead as most of the big companies do. Similar quality watches are being sold over $1000 a piece whereas we were looking to bring the retail price to almost half of that. We have a lot of experience with watches that helped us design a piece that looks as amazing today as it will in a hundred years. We believe uniqueness and exclusivity does not have to come at a price that’s not affordable by most.”

So, what is The TESORO all about?

Here is an ultra modern, cool looking & affordable mechanical watch and it is a part of the first collection of automatic timepieces. To keep it as detailed and conventional as possible, the team has used a 3D multi layered, multi-textured dial with and an open heart. Through the sapphire crystal case back we get a glorious glimpse of the movement, while on the dial is a star shaped rotating seconds hand. Both sides are well designed and crafted.

As this is an automatic watch, it requires no charging – ever. You wearing it on a daily basis is more than enough for it. The case measures a good 44 mm and houses an Automatic Miyota 82S7 movement with a 40+ hours of power reserve. Pour over the details below and you’ll understand why this is a unique watch and at the pricing that it comes at – a fantastic deal!

Specifications:

  • Case: 44 mm
  • Case thickness: 12 mm
  • Lug width: 24 mm
  • Crystal: Sapphire
  • Case Material: Stainless steel 316L
  • Caseback: Sapphire Glass Exhibition Window
  • Strap: Leather Band 24mm – 22mm wide (case to buckle)
  • Water Resistance: 5 ATM (50 m)
  • Movement: 21 Jewels Automatic Miyota 82S7 with 40+ hours of power reserve

Designer: Waves Design Studio [ Buy it Here ]

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Automatic Link review: an expensive way to learn better driving habits

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Automatic Link review: an expensive way to learn better driving habits

We love when we find new ways to bring our toys together. The Automatic Link does just that: it connects your iPhone to your car's computer, using Bluetooth Low Energy as a bridge to the On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) interface that's been standard in most cars since 1996. Coupled with a free app, you can log various stats from your road trips, including how aggressively you drove and how much gasoline your car consumed. Basically, it's sort of like a quantified-self tracker, but for your vehicle. So, does this $100 driver's assistant deliver? Let's see.%Gallery-slideshow121856%

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Automatic delays connected car platform until August as it seeks to perfect iPhone app

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Automatic delays connected car platform until August as it seeks to perfect iPhone app

It's an age-old problem: do we clamor for a company to ship a product that's not ready, or do we swallow delays with grace as it aims to deliver when things are good and ready? Such a choice has to be made when it comes to Automatic, the California-based startup which had originally hoped to start shipping its automotive dongle + app platform at the end of this month. Those (including yours truly) who pre-ordered on day one received an email last night delivering the news that things were running a bit behind schedule. The hardware itself is actually already being manufactured, but stellar components are only a piece of the total puzzle. The software -- an iPhone app, in this instance -- still needs more time in the proverbial oven, and now we're being told that packages won't ship until "the end of August."

A three-month hiccup is nothing to scoff at, and Automatic seemingly knows it. In order to sate those who were hoping to use the $70 product during their upcoming summer road trips, the company is giving early pre-orderers the option to beta test the app as it stands today. For those who agree, they'll receive their hardware in mid-June, but they'll be forced to use it with a version of the app that "lacks a few features like Crash Alert and support for multiple cars and users." We'll be keeping a close eye as the situation develops, and will definitely endeavor to pass along a review just as soon as we're able. If you're curious, we've embedded the email in full just after the break.

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Automatic Link connects phone and car for better driving, we go hands-on (video)

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Scanners that can read data from your car's OBD-II port (which is in every car built since 1996) aren't exactly new; they're on-hand at every mechanic's workshop and curious car enthusiasts can buy them from most hardware stores. But few port readers are consumer-friendly enough for the everyday driver to grok.

Enter the newly announced Automatic Link, which uses Bluetooth 4.0 and a paired smartphone to deliver diagnostic info with a decidedly novel twist. Instead of just hard facts, it offers an innovative array of features that range from monitoring driving habits, dialing 911 in case of an accident and even letting you clear a check engine light if you can fix the problem yourself. Join us after the break where we give the Link a bit of a test drive, speak to Automatic's lead product guy and find out a bit more about the potential of this tiny plastic nub.

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Automatic Link converts your iPhone into a personal driving assistant (video)

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That OBD II port that has been installed on just about every US-bound automobile since 1996? It's potential has just been tapped. For years, ambiguous dashboard lights have clued motorists in on internal issues, but driving to a body shop just to borrow a data port reader is so last decade. Enter the Automatic Link -- a simplistic nub that plugs into said port and utilizes Bluetooth 4.0 to connect to your iPhone 4S or 5 (prior iPhones use older versions of the BT stack). Once linked, it'll monitor your driving habits and routes, sending gentle reminders to not brake so suddenly or accelerate so quickly in a bid to save fuel. Moreover, it'll dial 911 and alert your relatives should you get in an accident, and perhaps most intriguingly, it'll send full diagnostic reports to your iPhone whenever a warning indicator lights up. Heck, it'll let you clear the code through your phone once you've remedied whatever has gone wrong.

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Rolls-Royce Wraith picks gears using GPS, keeps your Spirit of Ecstasy soaring (video)

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RollsRoyce Wraith picks gears based on GPS position, would rather you avoid the Broads

Many Rolls-Royce drivers are used to effortless speed between the big engines and smooth suspensions. The automaker's new Wraith coupe could iron out what few of those wrinkles are left through a clever use of GPS for the transmission. Its eight-speed ZF automatic gearbox relies on positioning to pick gears in advance, gauging the situation down to the exact stretch of road: it can see the need for a shorter gear at the upcoming corner, for example. Other tech upgrades aren't quite as fresh, although we're sure that less traditionalist Rolls drivers won't mind a heads-up display, voice command support and the infotainment system's multi-touch trackpad. The Wraith's €245,000 ($318,745) price and late 2013 availability will likely be too much to endure if all you're looking for is seamless shifting -- they may, however, provide some consolation for missing out on that LaFerrari.

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Rolls-Royce Wraith picks gears using GPS, keeps your Spirit of Ecstasy soaring (video)

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RollsRoyce Wraith picks gears based on GPS position, would rather you avoid the Broads

Many Rolls-Royce drivers are used to effortless speed between the big engines and smooth suspensions. The automaker's new Wraith coupe could iron out what few of those wrinkles are left through a clever use of GPS for the transmission. Its eight-speed ZF automatic gearbox relies on positioning to pick gears in advance, gauging the situation down to the exact stretch of road: it can see the need for a shorter gear at the upcoming corner, for example. Other tech upgrades aren't quite as fresh, although we're sure that less traditionalist Rolls drivers won't mind a heads-up display, voice command support and the infotainment system's multi-touch trackpad. The Wraith's €245,000 ($318,745) price and late 2013 availability will likely be too much to endure if all you're looking for is seamless shifting -- they may, however, provide some consolation for missing out on that LaFerrari.

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AT&T offers personalized ‘video bills’ to explain and soothe in equal measure

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AT&T offers personalized 'video bills' to explain and soothe in equal measure

We don't know if this has customers' interests at heart, or if AT&T's call center staff were just sick to the eyeballs of having to explain people's bills to them, but the end result is the same either way. Folks who join AT&T or switch to a new plan are now increasingly being offered "video bills" that provide a "line-by-line visual and audio tour" of individual items on their statement. Judging from the sample video after the break, it seems that only the numbers inside the video are personally tailored, while the voice track is predetermined and makes the difficult assumption that all AT&T subscribers are called Brian.

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