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Digital Prints Now Imitate Block Work as India Reweighs Handmade Value

Digital Prints Now Imitate Block Work as India Reweighs Handmade Value

India's craft sector employs millions of women in home-based work, often paid by the piece and rarely counted in corporate accountability. As machine-made imitations spread, the question of fair pay grows sharper. Katherine Neuman, who runs House of Wandering Silk in Delhi, examines how replication, pricing and storytelling together decide the fortunes of traditional makers.

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Connected wardrobe

Researchers at Birmingham City University (BCU) in the United Kingdom (UK) are working on a connected wardrobe that addresses the problem of unworn clothes by reminding you to wear them—or just to give them away to charity. The idea is to create an 'Internet of Clothes' that wherein garments will be tagged using washable contactless technology, known as radio-frequency identification (RFID). The project has been made possible by Maker Monday, an open innovation project from BCU that brings...

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Review: Water Watch

Review of Water Watch

Till taught by pain, man knows not water's worth.- Byron If you say "water" to an engineer, he thinks drainage, pipes, money, energy - but not life. - Hermann KnoflacherIn modern societies, water is taken for granted because it comes out when one turns on the tap and is drained away after use.. It is only when a water crisis hits one that people become aware of the maxim that "water is life." Human beings are becoming thirstier by the day, consuming five times the amount of water today than 40...

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