Eve’s Apple a premier online boutique for women with a love of designer fashion announced a first-in-industry collaboration with Adobe Scene7, purveyor of outstanding technology in online imaging. Eve’s Apple is pioneering the “autospin” model, where a visitor is immediately greeted with a 360-revolution of the designer item in question.

You are able to zoom to 10,000 pixels and revolve the product at will, rendering the piece in three-dimensional detail. In working with other industries, Adobe Scene7 has measured a startling uptick in conversion rates, owing to its industry-leading image renderings.

“Thanks to Adobe Scene7, we are now able to deliver stunning 360-degree fashion photography that captures each intimate, alluring detail of the items we sell. Every exquisite piece tantalizes and taunts,” elaborates Eve’s Apple co-founder Sari Turner. “Like a virtual dressing room, the enchanting, interactive technology brings these high-quality images to life, inviting visitors to zoom, spin, choose color options and play with their own beguiling style. Shopping from the comfort of your own home has never been so fun, so free-spirited or so personal.”

 The e-boutique offers the latest in woman’s designer fashion, shoes, and accessories by classic names like Diane von Furstenberg, Michael Kors, Catherine Malandrino, Guiseppe Zanotti, and Anna Sui, plus new favorites from House of Harlow, Nanette Lepore, Mara Hoffman and many more.

 EvesApple.com is the brainchild of long-time business partners and Louisiana boutique owners, Sari Turner and Michele Percy. It provides an online shopping experience that exudes both style and state-of-the-art design — both in the realms of fashion and e-commerce.

Winter is definitely on its way now and what better way to treat your cold tootsies with this snuggly pair of  Hot Slippers. Just pop them in the micorwave for a couple of minutes, heat up the lavender scented wheat grains and they will stay warm for up to an hour. Perfect for those cold winter nights in front of the telly. They have non slip soles and and are all fleecy toasty cosiness! Perfect Chrissy pressie too. Go on, treat your feet!

Price £14.99

Dimensions

• Measures approximately 29cm(L) x 13cm(W) x 2.5cm(D)
• Box measures approximately 31cm(L) x 22cm(W) x 5.2cm(D)

Please Note:

• One size available suitable for UK shoe size: Approx 3-7

Warning

• For microwave use only
• Do not overheat
• Take care when removing from the microwave oven
• The product can cause burns, avoid prolonged direct contact with the skin
• Allow the slippers to return to room temperature before heating them again

Blow Up Hall, Poland 

Blow Up Hall is a hotel dubbed as an interactive work of art which offers a combination of 5 star luxury and hi-tech. The guests not only experience art but also participate in it’s creation. Renowned artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer has created an intriguing video installation so from the moment you step inside you’re a performer in the video being played in the lobby! Every guest is supplied with an iPhone which you use to gain access to your room – so no keys or door numbers.

For more details… www.blowuphall5050.com

Mama Shelter, Paris

Voted best business hotel in europe by CNBC, this Philippe Starck-designed boutique hotel used to be a parking garage. Mama Shelter has a 24-inch iMac in each one of its 172 rooms. The iMac acts as your entertainment centre, there’s free Wi-Fi as well as free in room movies on demand. It also has a fleet of rentable electronic scooters if you fancy going out and about.

For more details… www.mamshelter.com

Pod Hotel, NYC

New York’s Pod Hotel is sure to satisfy the tech-hungry budget traveler with its high style and high tech, hip accomodation. This hotel has an in-house Pod Community Blog, open to those with reservations so guests and prospective guests can interact, ask questions and exchange information.  Each pod comes with free wifi, mp3 player docking stations and LCD TV.

For more details… www.thepodhotel.com

Fancy saving money on your water bill and helping the environment? Then check out the Waterpebble. It’s a new green gadget that is designed to raise awareness of your water consumption by monitoring how much water you use in the shower and telling you when to get out!

It’s a small pebble like device that you put in the shower next to the plug and it basically checks how much water is going down the plug hole. This clever little pebble memorises your first shower (from when you start using it) as a benchmark, then gradually sets about reducing the amount of water you use by fractionally reducing your shower time. It does this via a series of traffic lights flashing from green when you start to amber halfway through and finally red when it’s time to get out. It effectively trains you to use less water when you shower without you really having to think about it, all you need to know is red means it’s time to turn off that shower!

Simply set the Waterpebble by pressing a little button located on the back, pop in the shower and then keep an eye on the colours. It can be reset at any time and the battery should last for around 6 months according to the manufacturers.

The Waterpebble is available now and retails for around £8. For more details check out www.waterpebble.com

If you’ve got a few cheeky eye wrinkles appearing and like myself can’t really get your head around the whole Botox thang – then check out these babies from Japan – I mean it couldn’t really be anywhere else could it. Simply wearing these ‘goggle-style’ glasses for 5 minutes every day will apparently improve the appearance of your face.  Will it? I mean *really* will it?

On the inside of the ‘Mejikara’ there are specially-designed ridges which massage and help your skin. It puts gentle pressure on the skin and pushes those sagging eyes back up to where they once were. But how do they stay up once you take the goggles off, that’s what I want to know?!

It might seem like another wacky Japanese invention but in fact the ‘Mejikara’ has been a bit of a sleeper hit, and I suppose it does beat injecting your face with poison! Do we love it or leave it?