アウトドアにもぴったりな防水革。コンパクトだけどしっかり収納「本革防水超ミニウォレット」

あらゆる場面に抜群のフィット感で手のひらに収まってくれるコンパクトさは、ジャケットの内ポケット、パンツの尻ポケット、小さめバッグ…どこに入れてもストレスなく収まります。 また、小さいながらも溢れ出る圧倒的な高級感は、天然素材だからこそ。 様々な風合いや表情を楽しむことができるのも、本革の魅力です。 電子マネー決済やスマホ決済が普及し、支払いのスリム化に合わせて財布自体のスリム化も進んでいます。 この本革防水超ミニウォレットは、クレジットカードと同等のサイズ感。 小銭15枚、お札5枚、カード5枚、カギ…

Amazon’s new Fresh store in Seattle is an experiment in sustainability

Amazon has incorporated a number of new features and upgrades into its newest Fresh grocery store in Seattle in a bid to secure net-zero carbon certification from the International Living Future Institute (ILFI). One of the first upgrades shoppers will notice when they visit is the free electric vehicle charging stations in the parking lots. Inside, the changes aren’t as visible. The store uses CO2-based refrigerant instead of artificial refrigerant, which Amazon says reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 38 metric tons per year.

Its floor looks like standard concrete, but it actually uses recycled materials from the steel industries. Amazon says doing so reduced the store’s carbon footprint more than any of its other initiatives and lowered the carbon associated with floor manufacturing and installation by 40 percent compared to standard concrete. 

In the kitchen, everything has been electrified. The store is equipped with electric water heaters, electric burners and electric ovens. And, of course, the store is fully powered by renewable energy from Amazon’s projects as part of its efforts towards relying entirely on renewable sources of electricity by 2025. Amazon expects all those changes and measures to save the store nearly 185 tons of CO2e, or Carbon dioxide equivalent, each year. That’s apparently comparable to driving around our planet 18 times in a standard passenger vehicle.

The company will be measuring the real-time impact of all those changes and features using a system built by Amazon Web Services. It plans to apply what it learns from this project into future locations and buildings, so we may see more net-zero carbon Fresh groceries pop up. Seeing as it also recently shifted its retail strategy to focus on groceries, that’s a big possibility.

Kara Hurst, vice president of Worldwide Sustainability at Amazon, said in a statement:

“In order to deliver on our commitments to The Climate Pledge, we must work together across all areas of our business to develop solutions to decarbonize. It’s meaningful progress to open our latest Amazon Fresh Store seeking net-zero carbon certification, and I’m proud of the innovation and technology that the store offers to customers and employees, and for the environment.”

Amazon’s Climate Pledge initiative aims to eliminate the company’s carbon emissions by 2040, and this is one of the avenues it’s exploring in order to achieve that goal. Two years ago, the e-commerce giant also committed $2 billion to companies developing clean energy technology as part the initiative, including firms developing EV charging solutions and alternative fuel. 

The ILFI will be reviewing the Seattle Fresh grocery’s performance data for 12 consecutive months to ensure that the store meets its standards. If the location passes muster, it will be first grocery store to achieve net-zero carbon certification for this particular organization, though it won’t be the first in the world.

「ワニ革の王様」を使用した7万円AQUOS sense6ケース、GRAMASから。3月17日オーダー開始

各種レザー製品やスマートフォンケースを手掛ける坂本ラヂヲが、クロコダイル革を使用したAQUOS sense6専用ケースのオーダーを2022年3月17日（木）より開始しました。

Sony’s WF-1000XM3 wireless ANC earbuds drop to an all-time low of $118

Ever since their launch in mid-July 2019, Sony’s WF-1000XM3 wireless earbuds have remained as one of the best in-ear wireless buds you can buy. With impressive sound quality and excellent noise cancellation, the XM3s were great value at their regular $200 price, but right now you can pick up a pair at Amazon for just $118. That’s a whopping 40-percent discount and the lowest price we’ve seen yet.

Buy Sony WF-1000XM3 ANC Earbuds at Amazon – $118

The WF-1000XM3s scored an 89 in our Engadget review and placed number one in our 2019 wireless earbuds buyer’s guide. That’s down, in part, to the excellent sound quality with bass that’s powerful yet clear, bright highs and solid performance for all genres of music. The active noise cancellation is also seriously good, blocking out most background noise, while lasting around six hours on a charge with the feature enabled. The case, however, will provide you with roughly another 18 hours of juice for when you’re on the go.

There are some minor downsides, including the blocky design of the buds and case, which Sony did improve with the launch of the $248 WF-1000XM4 model — which have also topped our wireless earphone buyer’s guide. Those six hours of battery life are also two less than the eight hours offered by its successor.

If it’s over-ears you want, we should remind you that our current favorite pair of ANC headphones, Sony’s WH-1000XM4, are still discounted to $278 right now. That’s $72 off their usual price and close to an all-time low. They earned a score of 94 from us for their powerful ANC, immersive sound quality and multi-device connectivity.