A year ago, to celebrate their 50th anniversary, Casio released this fully-functional Casio Ring Watch: That was a feat of engineering that the company couldn’t have imagined in 1974. And now they’re doing another ring …
A Mobile, Wireless Sewing Machine Workstation
Modern sewing machines may be portable, but they all require elecricity. Anytime you use one, you’re either near a wall or you’re creating a trip hazard. British designer Dom Johnson has changed that up with …
The Evolution of the HiAce, Japan’s Work Truck
In the 1960s, Toyota’s designers tackled a challenge that they hadn’t yet: Design a vehicle with a lot of interior space, enough to carry up to eight passengers. Japanese law strictly regulated the length of …
Lexus’ Bizarre One-Person Autonomous Luxury Taxi Concept
Toyota is a gigantic company that serves all markets. As a reminder of that, this three-wheeled LS Micro concept by Toyota’s Lexus arm is the polar opposite, in terms of both style and function, of …
Core77 Weekly Roundup (10-27-25 to 10-31-25)
Here’s what we looked at this week: Personomic’s 3D-printed bike saddles: A perfect match for your specific butt. Specialty tool design: A rocket-launched rope thrower for emergency rescue. Kohler’s new in-toilet camera for analyzing gut …
Toyota’s Brilliant Plan to Sell Unfinished Cars
Toyota revealed something crazy-sounding at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show. (The event is currently underway, so no official press pack loaded with images has yet been released—images are sparing.) Revealed at an on-stage event, this …
A Clever DIY Jig for Repeatable Lathe Work
Alex Beloborodov is a Tbilisi-based custom furniture marker. Despite his experience with woodworking tools, he’s new to turning; and faced with a project that required him to make hundreds of the same leg on a …
Hardware is the New Salt: Artificial Intelligence and the Edge of Intent
Kirk James, Principal, CEO at Cinco With every new technology platform or toolset, and with the general maturation of manufacturing alongside design and engineering, we’ve seen something subtle but powerful happen over the past few …
A Gen-Z-Targeting Transparent Bluetooth CD Player
Not bad for a company barely two years old. Kickback, an NYC-based electronics startup, makes this RETRADISC, a Bluetooth-enabled CD player. It came out last year, and has already been picked up by the MoMA …
1X Now Taking Pre-Orders for NEO, a Humanoid Servant Robot
Well, it’s happening. This week California-based 1X Technologies started taking orders for their NEO, a humanoid robot that acts as a household servant. The 5’6 ‘bot can do laundry, tidy up the house, fetch objects, …