FASHION: ANTONY MORATO

LUXURIOUS FASHION IMITATING NATURE ANTONY MORATO

Coat: R9 990 Sweater: R2 690 Pants: R2 490 Shoes: R4 790

Coat: R5 490 Shirt: R1 790 Pants: R2 690 Shoes: R3 990

Nature in its purest form – Earth, Water, Fire, and Air were the four elements that inspired and brought the Antony Morato Autumn Winter collection to life. The use of black is inspired by the contrast between Earth and Man. A contrast which becomes the heart of a metropolitan design, which combines military style with glamorous touches, fur inserts and embroidery with woollen threads. Jackets in damask fabrics with satin reverse reinterpret the informal jacket. Shades of the North Sea water, blues and greys that imitate cold and humid conditions. Minimal details and contrasting inserts enrich a style based on rigorous cuts, where the immaterial graphics come through the overlapping of urban and natural elements, like metropolitan scenes, sectioned minerals and the braiding of branches. Antony Morato stores are located in Mall of Africa and Sandton City. Find them on Facebook and Instagram @antonymoratosa. Jacket: R4 590

Jacket: R3 990 Belt 1: R1 390 Belt 2: R1 190

Coat: R5 990 Sweater: R4 190

We have seen the dream in many sci-fi series and movies and we have read about what would be the ultimate breakthrough in preserving human consciousness: by uploading it to a computer. A new startup called Nectome wants to make this a reality for people who are alive today even though the technology has not been invented yet. Their premise is to preserve brains in microscopic detail using what MIT Review describes as a “high-tech embalming process”. This involves a process called vitrifixation, also known as aldehyde-stabilised cryopreservation. The team behind the project won the Brain Preservation Prize (which is totally a real thing) for preserving a complete rabbit connectome, a complete map of all the neural connections in the brain. This process has also been carried out on larger brains, including the first human brain this past February.

REMEMBER THE NOKIA 3310? Well, forget it, because this is the Nokia 8 Sirocco. An ultra-compact powerhouse smartphone that takes creative storytelling to a whole new level. Delivering powerful storytelling features including enhanced DualSight, ZEISS optics (which is amazing) and carefully tuned acoustics with Nokia spatial audio. It is definitely Nokia’s most beautiful smartphone. The Sirocco’s premium curved glass covers 95% of the phone and seamlessly meets a frame precision milled from a single piece of stainless steel. The Nokia 8 Sirocco comes with pure, secure and up-to-date Android One for more storage space and battery life out of the box and the latest Android innovations to stay ahead of the game. Retailing from R499.00/month for 24 months on Post-Paid Operator deals.

EMBALM YOUR BRAIN FOR FUTURE IMMORTALITY

So how does it work? Basically, you can pay Nectome to carry out its brain embalming process after your death which requires a deposit of $10 000. It is refundable, if you have a change of mind before your death. They cannot guarantee immortality, but their website does suggest that mind uploading is the ultimate goal if the technology is ever perfected. “Our mission is to preserve your brain well enough to keep all its memories intact: from that great chapter of your favorite book to the feeling of cold winter air, baking an apple pie, or having dinner with your friends and family,” the company writes. “We believe that within the current century it will be feasible to digitise this information and use it to recreate your consciousness.” So far they have received over $2 million in funding. www.nectome.com

Imagine you’re at a concert, or in a crowd and want to find your friends. Or you need to give someone your precise address for a delivery. Or you are in a foreign country and need to find your way. You can do all that with just three words. This handy geocoding system has divided the globe in 57 trillion 3x3 meter squares and the unique three-word address makes it so much handier than GPS coordinates and much easier to remember. What3Words is used by corporations from Mercedes, to Mongol Post and will also be used for drone deliveries. The best thing is that the app works even when you don’t have a data connection and it is available for free download. Whilst you can’t yet type a 3 word address straight into Google Maps, you can find a 3 word address in the what3words app and then import that destination straight into Google Maps to get directions. Keep an eye on this innovation because it will be everywhere soon! www.what3words.com

1000 NOTEBOOKS IN YOUR POCKET

Some of us are slightly traditionalist when it comes to putting pen to paper. We love to write our ideas down or sketch them out while on the go, because inspiration can come at any time and if you don’t pen it, it gets lost. But then again notebooks get full, you have trouble finding a lost page, and who wants to use a stylus and sketch on a phone screen? It is just not the same. Indiegogo has come up with the perfect solution, the Rocketbook Everlast Mini. It is an endlessly reusable, cloud connected, pen and paper notebook that fits in your pocket! It feels like a traditional notebook and you even use a real pen. The Pilot Frixion line of pens are specially engineered to work with the special paper of the Everlast Mini pages, so you write on them endlessly without BEOSOUND MOMENT WILL LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR MUSIC TASTES Bang & Olufsen is a trusted brand in sound and music products, and it feels like with every new product they just keep getting better. Introducing the new Beosound Moment. It is an intelligent, wireless music system that organises your digital tracks, radio and streaming services. The product itself is gorgeous just to look at, with two interactive sides, you can hide the refined aluminium full screen and just use a pure wooden touch sensitive panel that still allows you to skip tracks, add to your favourites, adjust volume and more. But of course, it is in the system’s intelligence that the magic really lies. Searching for music, moods and sounds is always a simple intuitive swipe away and then as you progress by using it more and more Moment will learn the way your moods work, on which days and times you would prefer which sounds using the innovative PatternPlay function. It also has an impressive MoodWheel which works with colours and a ring system, where you just plot where you feel your mood is at on the wheel, and an appropriate playlist pops up! It is the perfect companion to your speakers. www.bang-olufsen.com smudging or any whiteboard weirdness, but add a little water and you can erase all the ink from a page instantly. This brilliant, sustainable and forever reusable product works with the Rocketbook App which allows you to scan the page which has a very small QR code in the bottom left corner, the scan enhances the page and you just pick which cloud server from Dropbox to Google Drive (or any other facility) you wish to upload it to. It is instantly available on all your devices and you can erase the original from the page without losing a thing. A must for all creatives and forward thinkers! The cost of five Rocketbook Everlast Minis is US$70 plus shipping and the App is available for free.

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