Weekly Rewind: March 1, 2019
This week's selection of stories from the world wide web that piqued our interest and stole some of our time.
Buy it, use it, break it, fix it...
Daft Punk are launching a groundbreaking electronic exhibition at the Paris Philharmonic in the French capital. As reported by Parisian publication Tsugi, the exhibition revolves around the legendary duo’s 2005 hit song Technologic and the immersive showcase will display an array of retro-futuristic costumes, helmets, guitars, animatronics, digital screens, and wooden decor inspired by the track from their 2005 album Human After All.
Kellogg’s packs a rebranding punch
Kellogg’s have rolled out a new wave of packaging for their cereals in Europe, the first major overhaul of its kind in 133 years. As itsnicethat reported this week, the design responds to insight from Kellogg that customers want food packaging to be clearer to read and easier to find. In an era where transparency and provenance are high priorities for shoppers, the packs aim to communicate the origin of ingredients as well as standing out among a sea of competitors.
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AI cameras take the ball and run with it
In artificial intelligence's onward march to put us out of a job aid its human creators, a recent video report on the BBC website shows how a new system, developed by a company called Playsight, uses a combination of AI and high-resolution fixed cameras to potentially change the way sports like basketball are covered. That's all well and good, but if it's perfected, then we might miss out on entertaining situations like this.
Phoning it in
So, do you want a fat one, a stretched one, a folding one, or maybe one with a multitude of cameras? That the question being asked on this Verge article which rounds up the newly launched and highly publicised phones from the 2019 Mobile World Congress. The site gives the once-over to new models from Nokia, Xiaomi, Huawei, Punkt, choosing their favourite folding phone, the best for 5G, the prettiest phone, and more.
