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A Brilliant New Way To Ship Fragile Goods
Goodbye, bubble wrap. This is better.
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The $1 million foldable apartment
This 420-square-foot studio in Manhattan can transform into five different rooms and is on the market for just under $1 million.
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Foldscope: Origami-Based Paper Microscope
Here we describe an ultra-low-cost origami-based approach for large-scale manufacturing of microscopes, specifically demonstrating brightfield, darkfield, and fluorescence microscopes. Merging principles of optical design with origami enables high-volume fabrication of microscopes from 2D media. Flexure mechanisms created via folding enable a flat compact design. Structural loops in folded paper provide kinematic constraints as a means for passive self-alignment.
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8 amazing things built with bottles and cans
The way we eat generates a lot of junk. But what starts as junk doesn't have to stay junk.
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80 years of World Cup ticket designs
FIFA World Cup 2014 is underway, and for those lucky spectators who've managed to get a ticket for one or more of the tournament matches, it's a little piece of print design they'll probably cherish for years to come. One thing's for sure, that design will be a long way from the ticket designs of the early years of the World Cup.
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Withings Unveils a Slick Fitness Tracker Disguised as an Analog Watch | Design | WIRED
Up until now, the marketplace for wrist wearables has been largely comprised of sporty-looking bracelets with a silicone finish. But today Withings, a French product company and early player in the connected health space, is releasing a fitness tracker worth coveting. It’s at once a sartorial throwback, and a step forward for wearables.
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An Ultra-Simple Tourniquet That’s Saving Soldiers’ Lives
When you think of surgery, images of calm doctors working on anesthetized patients in pristine operating rooms come to mind. Combat medics face a different reality. They often ply their trade on dusty desert roads, and, when trying to save a soldier’s life, a charred Humvee door sometimes has to suffice for an operating table.
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A Sleek New Hearing Aid That Solves a Nagging Problem
A new company called Soundhawk wants to take advantage of our smartphones and sensor technology to create a better device for hearing.
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Oculus Acquires Carbon Design, The Team That Designed The Xbox 360 Controller
Since the Facebook acquisition, Oculus has already snatched up just about all of the biggest names in virtual reality. Their next move? Grabbing amazing hardware designers.
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Why you’ll never drive your car with a joystick
...and other lessons from a century of car cockpit research.
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3D Printed Sugar Cubes are Here
Earlier this year, 3D Systems introduced their ChefJet series of kitchen-ready 3D printers for edibles. The first two printers in the series are the monochrome, countertop ChefJet 3D printer (8x8x6″) and the full-color, larger format ChefJet Pro 3D printer (10x14x8″). Both are expected to be available in the second half of 2014. ChefJet printable materials come in a variety of recipes, including chocolate, vanilla, mint, sour apple, cherry and watermelon.
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25 countries photoshop esther honig to make her beautiful
Esther Honig contacted 40 individuals from more than 25 countries and made a simple request: ‘make me beautiful’.
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Is the hoverbike about to become reality?
Those childhood dreams of doing the commute on a Star Wars Speeder Bike might be possible if a revolutionary hoverbike design takes off.
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The Ultimate Ramen Noodle and Mac and Cheese Bowl
Cook, strain, eat, and store your noodles all in OneBowl. Because who likes washing more dishes? Check it out here: http://bit.ly/theonebowl
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Handsome, Travel-Friendly Surfboards From the Beats Design Team
The design team at San Francisco-based Ammunition does work for companies with a heavy tech slant: Beats by Dre, Adobe, and Polaroid are all clients. As an antidote to all that hyper-connectivity, last year Ammunition launched Octovo: a spin-off line of travel goods meant to create an experience that, as Ammunition partner Matt Rolandson puts…
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Sugru builds the coolest water pistol... ever?
People all over the world use it for everything from fixing gadgets to customising outdoor sports gear. You can also use it to build the coolest water pistol ever.
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The New Technology That Could Cut Public Restroom Wait Times By 50%
The annual 4th of July fireworks won’t be the only light show inspiring awe at the Hollywood Bowl this week. Concertgoers at the iconic Los Angeles venue are also ooh-ing and ahh-ing over new technology called Tooshlights, which is reducing restroom wait times.
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Where Do Emoji Come From?
Those cute cartoon symbols on your smartphone aren't there by design so much as because they've gone viral.
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Cloud
Interactive speaker and lamp by Richard Clarkson.
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Is the World Cup Ball Too Fast?
Adidas has finally made a soccer ball that flies true—maybe too true. The Brazuca model being kicked around in Brazil doesn’t dip or knuckle like a drunken hummingbird. And it swerves only when someone such as Lionel Messi gives it some heavy spin, what pool players call English.
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