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Chinese shopping mall topped by world’s largest indoor ski center

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Huafa Snow World is located in Qianhai Bay, in northwest Shenzhen

The studio behind those stunning skyscrapers in Saudi Arabia, 10 Design, has designed a huge new mixed-use shopping mall in China. The building will allow visitors to hit the slopes once they’re done sampling the sales, using what the firm calls the world’s largest indoor ski center.

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Ski Season Sees Apple’s Crash Detection System Fire Deluge of False Positives

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Smartphone features used to come thick and fast. Cameras proliferated, navigation got added, and then Apple changed the game by finally making touch computing just work. Since then, truly new features …read more Continue reading Ski Season Sees Apple’s Crash Detection System Fire Deluge of False Positives→

Radical 1.5-lb Dyneema tent carries lighter than the clouds below it

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Last year, Samaya impressed mountaineers, ski tourers and backpackers the world over with the ultralight Assaut 2 tent, grabbing itself an ISPO Gold Award. Not two full years later, it’s back in the award show seats for the new Radical 1, an even light… Continue reading Radical 1.5-lb Dyneema tent carries lighter than the clouds below it→

Zoa PL1 lets skiers bring their own rope tow to the backcountry

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Rope tows certainly make life easier if you’re skiing at a groomed, established hill, but what if you’re more into backcountry skiing? Well, that’s where the Zoa PL1 comes in, as it’s a portable rope tow that you set up yourself.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Zoa PL1 lets skiers bring their own rope tow to the backcountry→

Sno-Go carving snow bike brings on the carbon to shed 12 pounds

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It was back in 2015 that we first heard about the Sno-Go Bike, a three-skied seatless snow “bike” that let its rider carve into turns. Well, it’s now in its fourth incarnation, which is claimed to be much lighter, nimbler and more secure than the origi… Continue reading Sno-Go carving snow bike brings on the carbon to shed 12 pounds→

Smith’s newest ski goggles are 3D-printed to fit individual wearers

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As is the case with pretty much all athletic wear, it’s important that ski goggles fit their user quite well. Outdoor gear manufacturer Smith is taking that concept to an extreme, with goggles that are custom 3D-printed to fit the face of each client.C… Continue reading Smith’s newest ski goggles are 3D-printed to fit individual wearers→

Whipr combines three types of resistance training in a portable system

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Although there already are exercise machines that simulate nordic skiing, rowing and other activities, they’re usually separate devices that are all fairly large. Whipr takes a different approach, consisting of a small base unit that works with multipl… Continue reading Whipr combines three types of resistance training in a portable system→

Smashing Security #118: The ‘s’ in IoT stands for security

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Twerking robot assistants, an app from Saudi Arabia that lets men track women, and a gnarly skiing security snarl-up!
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security vetera… Continue reading Smashing Security #118: The ‘s’ in IoT stands for security→