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Urban Outfitters’ Faux-Local NYC Storefront Isn’t Ironic It’s Pathetic

Un-ironic NYC, photo: David Trawin via flickr This all just leaves me shaking my head before it falls into my hands: Urban Outfitters is opening three new stores in New York City this year (as if they need another branch, to join the Flintstone’s background of Chase Bank, Duane Reade and Starbucks…) and the one at Broadway and 100th Street on the Upper West Side will get a faux-local treatment–the facade of the outlet being divided up to look like a hat shop, a hardwar… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Best of Ecouterre: 7 Ways Wearable Technology Can Improve Quality of Life

+ Talk about hitting the big leagues. Engineering students from Northwestern University have developed a data-logging compression shirt that helps baseball pitchers avoid torn ligaments from fatigue or poor technique. + If the peripheral distortion on your bulky bifocals makes your head swim, take heart. By year’s end, the world’s first pair of electronic spectacles will hit the market, with “surround-v… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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