Tag Archives : Oasis

Two things struck me when I read about the Park Gate in Dubai. Firstly it looked absolutely gorgeous, and secondly, it uses solar power! Yes, designer Adrain Smith and Gordon Gill believed that a building need not be hot just because it is situated in a desert. And how they managed to keep this building cool in the sweltering heat? They used solar panels. [...]

We have seen smart television, refrigerators and other house hold appliances, but now, Ziola, a graduate student at the University of Washington has designed and developed an all new smart kitchen top called, Oasis, in collaboration with the researchers from Intel Labs Seattle led by senior scientist Beverly Harrison. This all new smart kitchen top [...]

Dubai, born of the dream to create a Middle Eastern Shangri-la, was ‘built from nothing in just a few wild decades on credit and ecocide, suppression and slavery.’ Today, there are half-finished buildings and new establishments that look plush and posh but with ceilings that leak rainwater and tiles falling off. Some of the infrastructure pieces [...]

Best and popular music is usually launched in elite circles in clubs or trendy music stores and ends up being played out in the streets and its true success lies in making people sing and dance. But Oasis decided to re-invent the music launch itself. The songs of the album “Dig Out Your Soul” were first played on the streets on New York by street [...]