Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
How a Hyderabad-based lab is racing toward turning walls and roofs into electricity generators In a modest lab at IIT Hyderabad, an audacious idea is taking shape: a nano-colloidal photovoltaic “solar paint” developed by the startup Pāvakaḥ Energy. The concept is radical — coat a surface with this paint and it generates usable electricity. If made scalable and efficient, it...
They charge in seconds. They could outlast today’s best batteries by orders of magnitude. And they operate on the strangest laws in physics. Inside the quiet scientific race to turn quantum weirdness into the fastest, most efficient energy storage humanity has ever built. The Blink-of-an-Eye Battery Imagine recharging your phone in the time it takes to snap your fingers —...
For years, smartphone makers have been pushing the limits of glass optics — stacking lenses, adding periscope zooms, even bending light through folded prisms. But glass can only bend so far before physics gets in the way. The next big leap in mobile photography might not be another piece of glass at all. It might be a drop of liquid....
OpenAI ha dado un paso más hacia la convergencia entre chat y acciones: ahora es posible usar aplicaciones populares sin salir de ChatGPT. En lugar de ir cambiando de pestaña, el asistente entiende la petición, llama a la app compatible y devuelve el resultado dentro de la misma conversación. La función se está extendiendo gradualmente y, según la compañía, está...
When Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced his office would move to Zoho Mail, it sparked a wave of reactions online. Many hailed it as a patriotic leap toward “Swadeshi tech” and digital self-reliance. But behind the applause lies a critical question: Can symbolic moves like this truly build India’s secure, scalable digital infrastructure? The Broader ‘Swadeshi Tech’ Movement Shah’s...
A few years ago, paying through UPI meant tapping your bank app, entering a PIN, and you were done. Now, a quiet revolution is underway — led by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) — where your face or fingerprint could become your new PIN. It sounds futuristic, even convenient. But as NPCI rolls out biometric UPI, an uneasy...
Una muestra que celebra el diseño vitalista y entusiasta, abierta al público el 8 de octubre a las 19 horas. El IED Barcelona presenta el próximo miércoles 8 de octubre a las 19:00 la exposición CREATIVE OPTIMISM en Point One (c/ Biada, 11), en el barrio de Gràcia. La cita se enmarca en la Barcelona […]...
When gaming phones first added tiny spinning fans, people laughed. “Why does a phone need a fan?” Fast-forward to today, and active cooling has become standard for high-performance devices. Now, Nubia’s upcoming RedMagic 11 Pro is rumored to push things even further — with a dual cooling system combining both air and water. Water cooling inside a smartphone sounds risky,...
Diseño con alma, innovación responsable y mucho talento local. Así se vivió la nueva edición de Feria Hábitat Valencia. En Diariodesign no nos perdimos esta cita y, tras nuestra visita, hemos seleccionado las 7 novedades que más nos emocionaron. En cada edición, Feria Hábitat Valencia se reafirma como el gran termómetro del diseño español. Pero este 2025, más que una...
In a world that often feels increasingly divided, creativity still has the rare power to bring people together. Design, art and culture remind us that collaboration and conversation can bridge language, geography and politics, and that’s exactly what I wanted to explore with my latest project: a creative exchange between Manchester and Barcelona. I’ve just returned from Barcelona after curating…...
Jim Krantz’s first book, published by Gost, traces his remarkable journey from commercial photography of the American West – most famously for Marlboro – to creating more experimental artworks...
Craft beer packaging has long been a playground for bold visuals and boundary-pushing graphics. From psychedelic illustrations to stripped-back typography, the humble can often acts as a tiny aluminium billboard, selling not only a drink but also an aesthetic. Yet as the space becomes saturated with increasingly elaborate artwork, some brewers are looking for new ways to stand out. Beak...
