Your average electric scooter would be great for cruising through airport terminals, warehouses and shopping malls. But when it comes to sidewalks, curbs and bumpy grass, having the wheels bolted directly to the frame can provide a jarring ride. Enter Splach, the first e-scooter … | Continue reading
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High-end cabinetry and furniture design company Henrybuilt is launching a new line of standalone, non-built-in storage furniture called Primary Objects Studio Group. Designed as a more affordable offering for customers outside of Henrybuilt's typical clientele, the pieces are "Av … | Continue reading
Worksport's speculative TerraVis system uses the sun to power your tools | Continue reading
Yesterday we looked at BraunAbility's roof-mounted wheelchair deployment system for cars. Today we've spotted a wildly different approach, this one by New-Zealand-based mobility solutions company Abiliquip. Their Abiloader design keeps all of the mechanicals in-house, so to speak … | Continue reading
Maintenance costs are expected to be half, though the sticker price remains a mystery | Continue reading
Those of you who are still in school and undergoing remote learning may be concerned that you're not getting enough bang for your buck. But there's one way you can make your tuition $2,500 lighter: Apply for the 2021 Manufacturing Scholarship sponsored by CNCMachines.com, a retai … | Continue reading
Are they making a mistake by focusing their research on West Coast cities? | Continue reading
BraunAbility is the mobility solutions company that retrofitted NYC taxis with wheelchair accessibility (as seen above with the Nissan NV200). They also devise modification that wheelchair users can purchase for their own cars. One particularly innovative example is their Chair T … | Continue reading
Proof that Ford's designers--who bear the heavy responsibility of not screwing up the styling of America's #1 bestselling vehicle, the F-150--still get to have some fun sometimes: Yes, Ford has won the approval of the Unicode emoji subcommittee, so this official emoji for "pickup … | Continue reading
Did you know that you can't recycle those cylindrical hot cocoa containers? | Continue reading
L.A.-based RKS was tasked with prototyping sustainable bags for bricks | Continue reading
"Back Tap" is hopefully the start of a new type of UI | Continue reading
Ample green space, bicycle infrastructure, sunlit offices and meeting rooms. A massive gym and a cafeteria that can feed 15,000 people. Indoor/outdoor space, a solar array, underground parking. If you've ever been curious to see what it's like inside Apple's "spaceship" campus, h … | Continue reading
With over 300 product images, it catalogs his entire career | Continue reading
Add up the admission ticket, flight, hotel and meals, and traveling to the annual Autodesk University conference will set you back several grand. More than that if you gamble, as it's always held in Las Vegas. But this year the pandemic's scuttled the in-person gathering, and Aut … | Continue reading
We all want off of the pandemic ride, but there's still a ways to go. Even if a COVID vaccine were to emerge before the election--which seems highly unlikely--experts say it won't be widely distributed until mid-2021 at the earliest; worse, 35% of Americans would refuse to take i … | Continue reading
A breath of fresh air: Konstantin Grcic has not only designed a new type of chair, but has cited his inspirations and departure points for it. The gulf between the inspiration source and Grcic's final design reveals his talent. First off, his dual inspirations: Grupo Austral's B. … | Continue reading
Qwake Technologies' hi-tech face masks provide "superpowers that save lives" | Continue reading
He spent 45 days on it, drawing until his fingers went numb | Continue reading
Yesterday Apple held a virtual press event announcing new iPads and Apple Watches, ho hum. Of far greater interest to us was a new object they designed that did not make the announcement: The Apple Face Mask. Image credit: Mark Gurman Image credit: Mark Gurman Image credit: | Continue reading
Yesterday LEGO announced they're investing up to $400 million over the next three years on sustainability initiatives, including material changes and the pursuit of carbon-neutral operations. In this day and age that's not surprising--what is surprising is the inspiration source … | Continue reading
Thirteen years after the first iPhone was introduced, we're finally starting to see some diversity in the form factors of smartphones. Thus far folding smartphones have been a wash due to tricky hinged-screen issues, but LG is betting that a rotating mechanism enabling dual-scree … | Continue reading
"Dieter Rams: The Complete Works" has over 300 product images, spanning his entire career | Continue reading
For months now we've known that GMC is resurrecting the Hummer as an electric vehicle, and now they've announced when it will be unveiled: On October 20th. To whet the appetite, they've released this teaser of a rather unusual trick the vehicle can perform: "The supertruck's indu … | Continue reading
Broadly speaking, storage systems come in two varieties: 1) Broad, shallow and everything visible, and 2) Deep, multi-layered and obscured. Examples of the first are pegboard tool walls or bulletin boards, whereas the second is represented by tool chests and filing cabinets. Conv … | Continue reading
Is this an improvement on the form factor, or a subversion of it? | Continue reading
The durable Arcane Hemp Collection is made from sustainable materials | Continue reading
After viewing the terrifying photos revealing California's recently wildfire-altered sky… …comes yet another rendition of the Blade Runner intro scene, this time of San Francisco, consisting of actual footage shot by drone : At this point in 2020, analogies to hell just seem faci … | Continue reading
This man has never eaten a carbohydrate in his life Now that you're working from home, you'd probably love to have a sauna in your house, like this: But even if you've got the money for one, do you have the space? If you're in that category, German | Continue reading