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Rapt Studio Taps into the Senses for New Google Learning Center March 9, 2021 The Schoolhouse by Rapt Studio for Google. Photography by Michael Lyon. Typically, Google does things in a big way. Think of its Mountain View, California headquarters, already a multi-building campus with immense new construction by Heatherwick Studio and BIG underway nearby. In London, the same team is at work on a horizontal “landscraper,” slated to stretch out horizontally for 1,083 feet and eventually house t...

This is where Ehau carries out his role in the company, with Norman based in Auckland. The co-founders’ digital capabilities allowed them to launch the business despite their physical distance and lockdown restrictions. “We were on the phone many hours of the day, sending each other photos and messages through a range of digital channels. Soon after we were able to launch the business,” says Norman. Norman’s business experience has allowed him to keep up to date with digital develo...

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Art That Heals. Photo: Sylvain Thiollier What can art do to help us? In the midst of a global health crisis, this question becomes even more urgent. While museums remain shuttered in many nations, there is science-backed evidence that seeing or making art can play a crucial role in healing our bodies and minds. French neuroscientist, musician, and author Pierre Lemarquis has recently published a book on this fascinating subject. L’art Qui Guérit (translated: Art That Heals) takes the reader...

The Bulletin: Country waking up to heightened alert levels Good morning and welcome to The Bulletin. In today’s edition: 72 hours of lockdown incoming for Auckland, vaccinations of border workers to begin imminently, and hospo businesses facing a difficult week. A new set of three Covid-19 cases in the community has been found, and the alert levels have shifted as a result. The cases are all part of a family group – a mother, father and teenage daughter. The mother works at LSG SkyChefs, a...

Written By: advantage - Date published: 11:18 am, February 7th, 2021 - 42 comments No good citizen in their right mind would want to see democracy further eroded in the United States of America. Cold cash and mercantilist in all levels of political process have lowered – shall we say Trumped – how the United States is perceived internationally. President Biden set out his thoughts for the world to consider yesterday. New ...

In other words, perhaps, the coronavirus virus uses long-term infections as a mutational testing ground. While inside one person, they can try out all these different combinations of mutations and figure out, through trial and error, which ones are best at evading the immune system or helping the virus become more infectious. Nothing new and textbook virus evolution. However, the leap to the last sentence is not and is not the most likely outcome, rather the opposite, in my opinion, and very po...

Do small businesses need to play catch-up on digitisation versus other countries?

Press Release – Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment From today, small businesses will be able to benefit from a Government-funded Digital Boost skills training and support initiative. The Digital Boost skills training is the first initiative to be launched from the Digital Boost programme , a partnership … From today, small businesses will be able to benefit from a Government-funded Digital Boost skills training and support initiative. The Digital Boost skills training is the fi...