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In its Google Store listing’s photos, the Air Jacket looks pretty sharp. It paints the picture of a barely-there case. It turns out that’s true, but not in a good way. The case is entirely made of polycarbonate, a hard plastic material that is not at all ideal to make an entire case out of. It’s fairly scratch-resistant, but that’s about the only thing going for it. As you might imagine, it’s quite slippery. And given the nature of the material, I honestly think the case could crack/shatter with a hard-enough drop. It also feels like it could pop off, which is never a good feeling. Keep in mind that the bottom of the case is exposed, too, so there’s another potential issue. Oh, and the lip will not save anything.

Much like the Nanoleaf Aurora lights, Canvas is expensive. The $250 starter pack is enough to get you started and having fun, but most people are going to want at least one of the $80 expansion packs to complete even a basic design on a wall. Realistically, someone setting up a more advanced design will be spending closer to $400 for a completed light setup. It’s not difficult to argue the worth of these lights when you view them equally as light and art, but if you’re looking at them for function only that price tag is going to be a sticking point for people who aren’t already sold on smart lights.

He was a few days from starting a three-week vacation, the longest of his career. The past year had been “the most difficult” he’d experienced since joining Apple, he said later that day, explaining that the weariness I’d sometimes seen wasn’t typical. Since our previous meeting, he’d had pneumonia. “I just burnt myself into not being very well,” he said. He had discouraged the thought that Newson’s appointment portended his own eventual departure, although when I spoke to Powell Jobs she wondered if “there might be a way where there’s a slightly different structure that’s a little more sustainable and sustaining.” Comparing the careers of her husband and Ive, she noted that “very few people ever get to do such things,” but added, “I do think there’s a toll.”

The wall lights have been custom made in brass, a leather band and a glass globe that appears to be floating. The raw materials of pinewood, chipboard and birch ply are softened with delicate cut-glass and brass lights, raw silk lampshades, and large bevelled mirrors that make you feel like you have entered a sleek yesterday lounge, sans the bling and glamour.

Moving the power slider all the way to "Best performance" and toggling the backlight to "Darkest," we saw as low as 3.1 watts, which means about 11.6 hours. With brightness set to "Suggested" we saw 4.3 watts (theoretical 8.4 hours). Cranking the backlight up to maximum, draw rose quite a bit to 8.5 watts, good for a theoretical 4.2 hours.

You’re not going to find a smooth-feeling glass back on the phone, or, indeed, most of the design bells and whistles other phones may have. That’s not entirely a bad thing, as the polycarbonate back is plenty sturdy and comfortable enough to hold in hand. The graphite black model I was provided looks…okay, but it’s certainly not going to win any awards for its good looks.

“We supply a flat surface made of PVC,” he said. “Once that’s up, you can add a variety of things. You can personalize it with baskets, bins, totes, shelves or hooks. You also can update it and modernize it over time."

Architectural acoustics—a field that integrates architecture, building construction, and the physics of sound—is part building engineering (mitigating noise and vibrations) and part design. In the latter, more glamorous role, acousticians deploy a wide range of materials and construction techniques to sculpt pleasant-sounding spaces that service a building’s function, be it a restaurant or a concert hall. Unfortunately, acoustics is often an afterthought, something used to correct errors after construction if noise proves annoying. By then, it’s too late.

–      Fourth member of the Range Rover family is positioned between the Range Rover Evoque and the Range Rover Sport models

Emily Dowdall, a researcher for Reinvestment Fund, who formerly studied gentrification while working for Pew Charitable Trusts, compares Fishtown with its neighbors like Northern Liberties and Kensington. When deindustrialization hit in the early to mid-1900s, those neighborhoods suffered, leaving behind massive empty plots of land.

“Please assist me in getting an emergency inspection from the Lee County Health Department … . It has been reported to me that insects from apartments that are under renovation is affecting residents of other apartments.”