Creativity is often portrayed as a romantic process, this short film explores the realities, the ups and downs of making something original.
At Wagner Custom Skis in Telluride, Co., the size, skill, and ambition of a skier are taken into account while handcrafting a one-of-a-kind pair. But it’s on the mountain where Wagner style really shows.
On a remote island miles off the coast of Scotland, Mati Ventrillon makes hotly sought-after Fair Isle sweaters according to traditions that are centuries old.
Savannah Yarborough is obsessed with creating the perfect leather jacket. She doesn't create many jackets - only about four a month - but her goal isn't quantity. It's to make a bespoke piece "one human is really going to love.” In this episode of MADE we see the creation of a one-of-kind leather jacket at Yarborough's Nashville, TN studio, Atelier Savas.
Handcrafting fishing lures that look like real-life insects, birds, and small animals is hard, painstaking work. But Pat Cohen has made a career of taking deer hair and peacock feathers and turning them into fishing magic.
The Swiss watch brand Arnold & Son builds all its own movements and tools in-house and from scratch. Each timepiece is a painstaking work of art that takes hours to come to life.
Nick Fouquet designs and builds custom headgear from raw materials. He has celebrities and fashion icons among his clientele, but all he really wants is to convince the world that no matter what everyone thinks, all of us are hat people.
*Winner of Best Editing in Film & Video - 2018 Webby Awards*
Oswalds Mill Audio makes $300,000 speakers from wood like ash, cherry, and walnut—plus slate and special cast iron. The sound quality is as good as the materials.
Bill Cardwell grew up playing the drums. And when he became an adult he started making his own drum sets that mimicked the tone and feeling of traditional drums that no one was making anymore. Eventually making drums became more than a hobby. Today 12 people craft about 100 drums a week in Cardwell's C&C drum factory outside Kansas City, MO. Over the years he's supplied custom instrument to some of the greats, including The Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr.
How does the NYU Tisch Online High School Filmmakers Workshop work? Watch Chris Chan Roberson, distinguished teacher at Tisch, and Annie Stanton, executive director in Tisch Special Programs, take you through this collaborative course.
For more information, visit http://bit.ly/onlinehsfw.
These single-axle rolling campers are comforting, birch-wood wombs inspired by Danish design and made with all-American parts. The three Purser brothers who build them by hand want them to be used to help adventurers find solitude, sanctuary, and simplicity.
Fighting hunger is a challenge when multiple stakeholders, beneficiaries, providers, and volunteers are involved. In Argentina, the Food Bank of Jujuy has approached this challenge head-on, despite lacking dedicated vehicles, a reliable supply chain, and adequate outside support. In the spring of 2017, the Food Bank partnered with IBM to serve a dual purpose: to increase awareness of the Food Bank's services and to design a dedicated application to limit inefficiencies in the organization’s processes. This is enabling them to meet their goal of tripling the number of people they serve each month.
Combating the spread of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes is a complicated and labor-intensive process in Panama. Approximately 500 Vector Technicians tirelessly go door-to-door to help protect the nearly 4 million vulnerable citizens from infectious diseases by identifying breeding sites for mosquitoes. Vector Technicians - about 1 technician for every 8000 people - use manual data gathering methods that slow their efforts. Local officials and researchers partnered with IBM employees to collaborate on a social impact project to digitize the vector technicians’ process so they could expedite their efforts and more effectively serve the public.
Identifying and implementing new treatments for childhood cancer requires testing millions of chemical compounds, which can take countless years - even decades - in a lab. Simulation tools can help predict the outcome of the lab experiments, allowing scientists to test those predicted to be most effective - which can save the valuable asset of time. With the help of IBM's World Community Grid, anyone with a computer or Android device can contribute their unused computing power to run these simulations, getting the work done in a fraction of the time. Find out how researchers and people like YOU are partnering to Smash Childhood Cancer.
Stephen Curry has an important message about the drinking water in our schools.
Rod Emory takes old 356 Porsches in his California studio and turns them into rolling works of art.
Lisa Aronzon has been blowing glass for more than 25 years. In her Virginia studio she creates vibrant and multi-colored vases, ornaments, and sculptures. The art of Aronzon’s glass blowing is both beautiful in its simplicity and yet terrifyingly complex. It is a process fascinating to watch.
As drones become more commonplace, the risk of physical harm from an unskilled pilot or out-of-control copter increase. Researchers at Virginia Tech are finding out how to make these machines safer, with help from a bunch of dummies, of course.
Bloomberg followed photographer Benjamin Lowy around the streets of New York City to test out the new iPhone 7 Plus camera and see how it fairs as a professional image-making tool.
This episode of "Hello World" offers a window into just how good New Zealand technology has become. Ashlee Vance covers the country's North Island, stretching from Auckland to the southern port and capital of Wellington - the home of Peter Jackson's movie making empire and an incredible hotbed of effects artistry.
Unit 8200 is an elite branch of the Israel Defense Forces, or IDF, that specializes in computer security and murkier, more controversial stuff, such as espionage and cyber attacks. The Unit resembles the National Security Agency (NSA) in the U.S. So it’s not that surprising that Unit 8200 and the IDF would give rise to clever, interesting tech startups. What’s remarkable is how Israel has turned its soldiers into entrepreneurs. Today, Israel has about 5,500 startups, and it added 1,400 new ones just last year. It has become a world leader not just in security but in chip, printing, biotech, and corporate software, as well. In this episode of Hello World Bloomberg Businessweek’s Ashlee Vance goes to Israel to discover how the IDF became such an efficient technology engine.
On this episode of Hello World, we dive into Iceland’s tech scene, with a special focus on how the country’s land and history have shaped its innovations. We take a look at IceWind's new low-cost, super-durable wind turbines, rip across snowy volcanoes on steroidal vehicles built by Arctic Trucks, and go inside the universe of Eve Online. And that's just the start...
On this episode of Hello World, Ashlee Vance visits his ancestral homeland of Australia, where polyamorous biohackers, Internet playboys, underwater drones and giant robotic dinosaurs are reigniting a long-dormant tech industry.
In this episode of Hello World, Bloomberg’s Ashlee Vance heads to England to find out how the country is fighting to inject new life into its technology industry. The trip starts out in Bletchley Park. From there, it’s off to Cambridge, the heart of England’s technology scene. Vance hangs out with learned cows and artificial intelligence whizzes, bikes past Newton’s famed apple tree (at least a reasonable replica of it), and goes punting with the inventor of the Raspberry Pi computer. From Cambridge, it’s off to the Cotswolds and the headquarters of Dyson to see its latest creations. And then on to London to check out some startups and whine about Brexit while drinking the world’s most exotic cocktails at the Langham Hotel.
Mic and Visa present The Local, a video series providing the essential quick trip guide to navigating four cities — New York, Seattle, Austin and New Orleans — courtesy of a proud and passionate local.
Mic and Visa present The Local, a video series providing the essential quick trip guide to navigating four cities — New York, Seattle, Austin and New Orleans — courtesy of a proud and passionate local.
Mic and Visa present The Local, a video series providing the essential quick trip guide to navigating four cities — New York, Seattle, Austin and New Orleans — courtesy of a proud and passionate local.
Porsche, Jaguar and Mercedes have three of the top sports cars on the market right now. But which one is right for you? Bloomberg Pursuits' Hannah Elliott has the answer.
The company made famous for their F1 racing team - McLaren - has unveiled the most drivable of its consumer cars to date. McLaren is hoping the 570S will boost sales and introduce the company to a new market. Bloomberg's Hannah Elliott has a first look at the new supercar.
It's been a blast everyone, thanks for watching!
This summer we're traveling around the United States to see how science and technology are driving the next generation of American innovation, looking beyond just apps and gadgets. We'll be bringing you stories from Pittsburgh, Detroit, Kansas City, and New Orleans that explore how communities and companies are changing in our own backyards. This is the road less traveled. This is Verge Detours.
The Verge is two-years old. We've covered countless stories, spoken with the industry's hackers, makers, and technologists, and you know what? We've had a blast the entire way.
It takes more than a leap of faith to leave your nine to five and build an empire. You need capital, infrastructure, and the unrelenting courage to chase your ambition from inception to reality. But these aren't your typical Silicon Valley success stories. These are the stories of men and women whose pursuit of their vision turned into real products and real jobs. These are the startups of New York City, and this is Small Empires.
In this feature we go behind the scenes at Nuance Communications, a company that develops voice technology for Apple, Dragon, and many others. Technology companies have been trying to make computers speak "naturally" since before the PC was first introduced. Now, with more advanced software and an elaborately crafted process, companies are getting closer to making computer-human interaction seamless.
Bob Diamond was a 20-year-old engineer when he discovered the Atlantic Avenue subway tunnel. After 30 years, he's no longer allowed to go inside.
The No. 2 overall pick — now playing for Orlando Magic — borrowed our pair of Google Glass to give a first-hand experience of the NBA draft.
Robots! Space! Mars! TC Sottek visits NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab to see how some of the most brilliant engineers use both the most advanced technology and the craziest off-the-shelf innovations to push us closer to the stars.
What makes human-looking robots so compelling? We took a look at some of CES's more popular booth robots to find out.
One of the founders of Android, Rich Miner, is now a general partner at Google Ventures, the massive company's investment arm. We caught up with him at Mobile World Congress to see what's new and what matters in the world of mobile.
Aaron Souppouris tries an experiential art experiment that uses an Oculus Rift to put you inside the body of another person.
In the 1980s, Roland owned the dance music scene with its iconic hardware line - most notably the TR-808 Rhythm Composer. Now, the 808 is back as the beating heart inside the TR-8, part of the company's new AIRA series.
Just days before the Super Bowl, the NFL has set up a miniature football Disneyland in the heart of Manhattan.
Ben Popper takes the Ryno one-wheeled motorcycle for a spin on the mean streets of Brooklyn.
A studio in Austin has outfitted its hexacopter with an 80,000 volt stun gun at SXSW. Is this the security guard of the future?
Hendry County, a remote area in south-central Florida, has become the epicenter of the American monkey farming industry. For years, the county's private monkey farms had been quietly importing and breeding monkeys for sale to medical and scientific institutions for research. However, a proposal to build an additional monkey farm in the same region has recently caught on as a hot issue among animal rights activists, who hope to put an end to the entire operation.
The Apple Watch is a huge new release for the company. Bloomberg's Josh Topolsky spent a week with the new watch and can tell you if it's worth your money.
Russell Brandom takes a stroll through a New Museum-led incubator at the center of the Bowery in New York City.
The sale of a $7.85 million mansion in Las Vegas could be the largest transaction done in the virtual currency Bitcoin ever.
Meet the science nerds in Georgia who re-forge abandoned scrap metal into blades with a multi-year waiting list.
Creative Edit for a short Pfizer rebrand film.
In the early days of COVID 19 vaccine development and public rollout, Pfizer came to 3D artists and creative partner Estudi-Image with a request to create a short 3D brand film. The goal was to communicate the long and storied history of Pfizer through the ages of medical revolutions to reaffirm confidence in their efforts to battle the coronavirus within the confines of just over 1min in length. I worked with Estudi-Image on the video’s dense creative edit in partnership with sound design specialist Contour. The brand film headlined at the top of Pfizer’s website and stands as the launch of a new logo reveal, design language, communication priorities and represents a forward-thinking Pfizer in 2021.
