每月速报

每月速报

Long-Distance Pet Pleaser

Crowd funding website Kickstarter recently brought out a Chinesedesigned robot called Anthouse, which enables people to play with their pets left at home. With Anthouse, you can now sit in your offi ce and control your robot back home with an iOS / Android APP. The front-facing camera on the robot allows you to check on your pets, take photos and videos. You can even communicate to your pet using its in-take speaker, or throw a mini tennis ball.

远程逗宠

最近，众筹网站Kickstarter出现了一款来自中国的逗宠神器：Anthouse机器人。其采用类似坦克般的造型，利用iOS / Android应用程序，在公司上班的宠物主们可以远程控制Anthouse机器人，与他们的萌宠互动。通过应用程序，主人不仅可以通过机器人的前置摄像头实时查看宠物的情况，还可以引导机器人拍摄图像和视频，通过内置扬声器与宠物互动，还能发射迷你网球。

Eco-friendly Shoes

Vivobarefoot, a minimalist running shoe company based in London, has announced its partnership with BLOOM, an American plant-based materials manufacturer. The companies have collaborated to create the Ultra III, a shoe made from ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) foam. BLOOM's EVA foam is derived from algae biomasses at high risk of algal bloom. Every pair will help re-circulate 57 gallons of fi ltered water back into natural habitats, and prevent the equivalent of 40 balloons full of CO2being released into the Earth's atmosphere. Harmful and uncontrolled algal blooms can deplete oxygen in the water and block sunlight from reaching fi sh and plants. Left unchecked,this algae could also release toxins that are dangerous to humans and animals or pollute drinking water.

水藻制鞋

以“赤足健康”为理念的英国品牌Vivobarefoot近日宣布，与环保材质公司Bloom合作开发新型材料“BloomFoam”，以藻类生物为原料，制成EVA泡沫，减少碳排放。为制成一双这样的鞋子需要收集的水藻数量，就相当于要清理220升的水。这些水在清理结束之后，还会运回湖中。在淡水水源收集水藻，对于生态环境也是有益的。因为肆无忌惮疯长的水藻会消耗水中的氧气和阳光，释放对人类和动物有害的毒素，破坏水源和海洋的生态平衡。

Sleeping under the Stars

SkyScape, an architecturally designed, glass-roofed accommodation building on a 6000-acre high country station near Twizel in the Mackenzie region of New Zealand opened in April.

Made almost entirely of glass, SkyScape is the perfect accommodation for stargazers. It has expansive views over the golden tussocks of the Mackenzie Basin to the Southern Alps,Two Thumbs Range and Mt John.

与星共眠

今年4月，新西兰麦肯齐区的特威泽尔附近的一座占地6000英亩的高山农场开张了一家外观独特的玻璃旅馆——斯凯思卡普山林小屋。小屋的大部分外部材料都是玻璃制造的，适合爱看星星的人。此外，房屋里的人还可以看到麦肯齐盆地的金色草丛、南阿尔卑斯山、拇指山脉和约翰山。

重温经典

坐落于巴黎的塞瓦斯托波尔123酒店将电影艺术融入每个细微之处。酒店的大堂宛如电影院的大厅，休息区则用以摄影机为灵感制作的三脚架圆桌，配电影院中常见的红色靠背椅。每间以不同经典电影为主题的客房变成了播放厅，影片中那些被人熟知的桥段成为床头前的壁画，就连洗手间的梳洗台也是仿造片场中的化妆台。住在这里的你已不再是一名简单的旅客，而是一部名为《巴黎假日》浪漫电影的主角，演绎着属于自己的巴黎风情。

Back to the Past

Located at 123 Boulevard SŽbastopol, Paris, H™tel Le 123 SŽbastopol is, according to its website, "dedicated to cinema" . Entering the hotel lobby is like stepping into a cinema: the round tables in the resting area resemble tripods for cameras, accompanied with red audience seats that you often see in a cinema. Every room has been turned into a small theatre, decorated with paintings of classic movie scenes; even the basins resemble those on a fi lm set. You are no longer a traveller when you are here - you are a main character in the Paris Holiday.