Building a better and more cohesive environment through collaboration
Building a better and more cohesive environment through collaborationIt’s time to plan your May Two Four Long Weekend – by staying in the city! Building on the success of its perennial sell-out summer event, Toronto’s Festival of Beer is announcing the 3rd Annual Spring Sessions of Toronto’s Festival of Beer. On May 21st and May 22nd beer fans will break out their coziest cottage gear at Sherbourne Common outdoor space, at the foot of Lower Sherbourne Street. Spring Sessions will bring together more than 20 breweries, food vendors, along with all the amenities of a cottage in the city! Plus the first 500 people who purchase tickets for each day will receive a limited edition Spring Sessions snapback hat.
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The Holocaust was a time of devastation, hate and corruption and is considered one of the most terrible events in human history.
While the horror and mass extermination of more than six million Jews is known as fact around the world, it is more than just history to Arthur Weisze— it is his most vivid and harrowing memory.
“The most appropriate tribute that we can pay to the victims of the Holocaust is to never let the world forget that it happened,” says Danna Horwood, Executive Director at Margaret’s Legacy. “Education is a vital tool to ensure it is not forgotten and to remind generations why we cannot allow history to repeat itself.”
Margaret’s Legacy is an umbrella agency that seeks to provide Holocaust education through tools such as the documentary ‘Margaret and Arthur’s Story’. This thirty-five minute film chronicles Margaret and Arthur Weiszes’ experiences during WWII, their escape from Hungary to Canada and their new life in Hamilton, Ontario—told through the eyes of Arthur and Weisz’s descendants.
In an effort to give younger audiences a better understanding of what happened during the Holocaust and its lingering effects, the documentary addresses the themes of courage, survival and love, and educates youth about the need for tolerance and kindness in the world.

“As we approach Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, [Full name is Yom Hashoah Ve-Hagevurah CP] it is important to listen to the stories of those who lived and experienced this tragic time,” adds Danna. “It will become harder as time goes by, to learn from first-hand experiences and to truly feel the impact that the Holocaust had on six-million Jews and their families.”
Danna Horwood and her youngest daughter Jamie Rose (both descendants of Margaret and Arthur Weisz) will present to community members at the Hamilton Hebrew Academy on May 5th. Margaret and Arthur’s Story’ will also be screened. For the Silo, Lauren Dam
For more information, please visit http://www.margaretslegacy.com/site/home.
About Margaret’s Legacy:
Margaret’s Legacy is an umbrella agency that seeks to provide holocaust education through tools such as the documentary ‘Margaret and Arthur’s Story’. Using their harrowing, yet inspirational story as a backdrop, Margaret and Arthur’s Story is a documentary produced specifically for young viewers to educate them about the Holocaust, its impact and why we cannot allow history to repeat itself.
Supplemental- How the Holocaust rocked RUSH front man Geddy Lee
Digital Habits presents Bouquet at Fuorisalone 2016, revolutionary IoT multi-aroma diffuser that blends physiology and olfactory scenarios. A new humanism of industrial projects: technological products become essential and sensitive, able to transform the perception of the environment in which they are placed.
Fuorisalone 2016, April 12th – 17th, Milano, SuperStudioPiù, Selected Objects
At Fuorisalone 2016 (April 12th-17th) following the main theme “White pages”, which refers to those metaphorical ‘white pages’ whereby the future world still needs to be written, Digital Habits presents new products that integrate physical and computing elements, shapes and sensitivity, to draw new atmospheres in the home.
Bouquet is the new product of the Digital Habits collection, which brings a new sensory dimension into the living experience: the sense of smell. This project is extremely innovative and investigates the relation between olfactory perception, physiology and psychology.
The body, made of blown glass, is divided in two compartments that contain two different aromas. This decision came after studies on the influence that smell can have on different human activities. With Bouquet it is possible to diffuse separately or simultaneously two different scent scenarios: e.g. relaxing, energizing and so on, according to personal preferences.
Thanks to the inner clock and a Mobile App, it’s also possible to schedule via Blutooth the aroma diffusion during the day to create, at the right time, welcoming situations. For example an activating aroma can help a prompt and energetic wake-up in the morning, while a relaxing aroma can create the right conditions to get asleep.
Bouquet has the following characteristics:
Multi-scent, to select the most fitting fragrance to the different moments of the day.
Smartphone App with bluetooth connectivity to manage and set one or more diffusers wirelessly.
Scenario Manager to automatically schedule an aroma diffusion according to the time of the day (wake-up, back-home, getting asleep), personal habits (concentration, relaxation) and the purpose of each room of the house (living room, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen).

Presence, to detect the temporary or permanent presence of people in a room and clean the air or flavor it with a pleasant smell.
Custom Intensity, settings to manage the level of intensity of the fragrance depending on personal preference and room size.
Ecosystem, integration with the Digital Habits product range to create new experiences that blend elements of light, sound and scent and recreate situations such as a natural wake-up.
A colored and tunable white light controlled by the Mobile App, is also integrated in Bouquet to complete the sensory experience. Bouquet complements the collection of Digital Habits multi-sensory products such as Cromatica and OSound Light, which transform the perception of the space in which they are placed creating new domestic atmospheres.
At the Fuorisalone 2016, Digital Habits will also presents:
a new version of Osound Light which combines a Bluetooth speaker and a disc of light that creates unexpected atmospheres and gradients.
Dragon, fractal led lamp that grows in the space thanks to the aggregation of smart modules. Dragon is now presented in new table and wall versions.

Another Moon and Kizuki, two new IoT projects resulting from the collaboration between Digital Habits and QUANTUM the innovation accelerator based in Tokyo, part of the global advertising agency TBWA. Another Moon is an object that marks the lunar phases within metropolitan private environments where this awareness is fading out. Kizuki is an IoT signage that allows to intuitively and subtly ‘feel’ the climate within your home.
DIGITAL HABITS
Digital Habits is the innovation platform of the international design studio Habits. Founded in 2012, it focuses on creating interactive and IoT products.
The Digital Habits collection includes objects of sound, light and scent. The products create seamless multisensory environments, which involve different perceptions and activate synesthesia.
Digital Habits products are now available in the most exclusive retail locations such as the Armani Mega Store in Via Manzoni in Milan and Mondadori Mega Stores.
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Here’s a fun wearable Infographic from our friends at igotcrazy.com. Do you agree with their projections of use?
• By 2019, more than 33% of U.S. adult population is expected to be using the wearable tech?
• According to a survey wearable technologies such as fitness trackers, smart watches and GPS tracking devices are expected to be the No. 1 fitness trend in 2016.
• Wearable devices could possibly be a way for companies to better understand their team.
