The eRosary – Smart Jewellery Goes Ecclesiastical
As part of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Initiative, they’ve recently launched the eRosary smart jewellery and associated app.
Yes, it’s a real thing. And it’s rather inventive, actually.
Innovations and Trends
A collection of innovations and trends I’ve spotted in the application of new technologies in all aspects of jewellery manufacturing and retail.
Ennoble.io plugins In Development for Adobe Illustrator and Rhino
Swarovski has recently developed a potentially exciting new series of plug-ins to help jewellers add Swarovski crystals (and other gem stones of all sorts) to their designs. One plug-in is for Rhino, the other is for Adobe Illustrator. They call it Ennoble.io.
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Contraceptive Jewellery Begins Trials
Recently UK newspaper the Independent released an article on the Georgia Institute of Technology’s trial run for contraceptive jewellery.
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2Shapes – Remote Bespoke Design With Clients Run via Cloud Computing
Not too long ago a web service called 2Shapes was brought to my attention. Its premise is an interesting one – remote interactive bespoke design directly with a client. See what I have to think about it.
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Amazon Handmade – Is It Worse Than Etsy?
As a follow up to my recent Dark Side of New Technology article, I discovered an article detailing experiences dealing with Amazon Handmade versus Etsy. Definitely worth a read.
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Creating 3D Models in Virtual Reality with Oculus Medium
Cinematography Database has recently performed a test run on Oculus Rift’s own 3D content and production tool Oculus Medium. It gives a good overview of just what these virtual reality tools can already do. See for yourself.
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In Detail Article – How Instagram Transformed the Jewellery World
Not too long ago, In Detail magazine released an article about the effect of new Instagram-based digital PR and marketing strategies on jewellery retail. It’s quite a good read.
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