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MIT Wristband Could Make AC Obsolete
Wristify, as they call their device, is a thermoelectric bracelet that regulates the temperature of the person wearing it by subjecting their skin to alternating pulses of hot or cold, depending on what’s needed. The prototype recently won first place at this year’s MADMEC, an annual competition put on by the school’s Materials Science and Engineering program, netting the group a $10,000 prize, which they’ll use to continue its development.
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We Asked Three World-Class Architects to Go Crazy With Legos
We sent the new Lego Architecture Studio set to three leading firms and asked them to go wild.
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Bang & Olufsen reveals trio of wireless BeoLab speakers, the first with WiSA support
Cast your mind back to the end of September, and you might remember Bang & Olufsen teasing us with its forthcoming wireless platform. Today we get to see them in the flesh, and there are in fact three new models to consider. All of them support the WiSA standard (5.2-5.8 GHz with 24bit audio, up to 96KHz), and are the first commercial speakers to do so.
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Baycycle project marks a new frontier in aquatic transit
The baycycle project, currently seeking funding on indiegogo, is an easy-to-use system that connects any bike to a pontoon-like base, marking a new frontier in aquatic sport and travel: water biking.
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Classic film posters reimagined for 'Little Print Shop of Horrors'
For the past three years, British creative agency Creativespark has put a small collection of limited-edition posters on sale for Halloween. The posters celebrate classic horror movies using typography and bold design, and the collection on sale right now features some stunning prints.
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This Sensorless Flying Robot Is Like a Drunken Speeder Bike Orb
After putting its rovers on Mars, Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab showed the world that billion dollar hardware isn't always the answer. And researchers at the EPFL are taking the same technology-on-the-cheap approach with a low-cost autonomous flying drone that simply bumps and crashes into everything in its path instead of relying on expensive sensors and software to avoid obstacles.
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4 Myths About User Experience — And How to Bust Them
While the concept of user experience and the term UX have become seemingly ubiquitous in the workplace, most non-UX people still have the wrong idea about what it is. Here are four common UX myths and how we can bust them
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6 Buildings That Are Hiding in Plain Sight
We're used to hearing about military camouflage, which has been used to hide everything from ships to whole towns. But there are plenty of less explicit forms of large-scale camouflage out there--like the architectural sort, which ranges from hiding buildings just below the ground plane to coating them in mirrors.
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Hyperloop Startup Lands Major Partners and Unveils Official Name
The idea for the hyperloop has been floating around since 2012, back when Telsa and SpaceX founder Elon Musk first came up with the next-gen transportation concept. Now the group that announced its intentions to develop the idea back in September has stepped forward with an official name: Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc.
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From the Streets to TV to Fine Art Galleries, KAWS Is Everywhere.
KAWS Moonman, MTV VMA stage, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, 2013.
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Playful Swing Bar Turns Social Venues Into Memorable Recreation Grounds
Snap your clients and guests out of the doldrums, and make sitting at the bar a fun and exciting experience.
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15 Amazing Designs That Were Impossible to Make 15 Years Ago
The Museum of Arts and Design has put together a massive exhibition of digitally fabricated works from 2005 to present day.
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Raymond Loewy: the man who designed everything
What does it mean to be a celebrated designer? Is it being on the cover of Time Magazine, designing some of America's best-loved exports, or is it something as simple as being recognized with a...
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See the Dramatic Evolution of Valve's Steam Controller
Here's a look at how Valve's innovative new Steam Controller for PC gaming got created.
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13 Toys from the Era of Casual Racism
Before Pez settled on its iconic flip top dispenser, they experimented with different ways to put candy in kids’ mouths, including designs shaped like pistols. Tykes in the 1950s would load a sheath of strawberry flavored bricks into the gun’s magazine like bullets, put the barrel in their mouth, and pull the trigger to enjoy a sugar rush while simulating suicide. Insane, right?
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10 Things You Didn't Know About Apple Design Chief Jony Ive
Jony Ive has a love for fast cars, but in the early 2000s, that hobby almost killed him. After a string of early successes as Apple's design chief, Ive bought an Aston Martin DB9, only to get into a car accident one month later with a member of his design team, which nearly killed them both. Apple's reaction to the event was to give Ive a "big pay raise." Apparently, the car crash served as a wake-up call about just how valuable Ive was to the company.
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An awesome guy made an insane Thor hammer that smashes everything
This ridiculously awesome man made version of Thor's hammer Mjölnir is so impressive that even our most Thor-like human Chris Hemsworth would have trouble swinging it around. Though it's not quite the weight of 300 billion elephants, it's the closest thing to Mjölnir on Earth. That's because it's made from 10 separate pieces of steel alloyed with chromium and molybdenum. At its heaviest, it can weigh over 200 pounds.
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The cars we’ll be driving in the world of 2050
What will the cars of 2050 look like? What will power them? Will they even have a steering wheel? Sven Beiker peers under the bonnet of tomorrow’s autos.
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60 Fresh Logo Designs for Inspiration
I would certainly like to ask you certain questions by asking that what is actually meant by fresh to you. Fresh is something that is brand new in the field and thus is expected to have the best of...
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ERMIS 2 - One of the world's fastest superyachts (55+ knots)
The Ermis2 motor yacht is a high speed yacht, made of carbon fibres and high quality wood for the purpose of a lighter vessel construction. It is capable of enduring extreme loads during a trip with a 57 knot speed.
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