Yesterday in Hollywood, Tesla opened the Tesla Diner, a retro-futuristic eatery that’s also the world’s largest Supercharging station. It features 80 Supercharger stalls, though they in themselves are not the most eye-catching feature: That credit …
Singapore’s Interactive LEGO Mural for Schoolkids
To celebrate Singapore’s 60th birthday, the National Museum of Singapore exhibited the country’s largest LEGO mural. Composed of 265,743 blocks, it’s no “Water Lilies” by Ai Weiwei; instead it depicts a more prosaic scene of …
A Rotating House Concept That Makes Absolutely No Sense
We’ve seen round houses before, and a house that rotates. Those designs had some purposefulness to their dispositions, whether or not you consider them successful. But here we’ve got a house that is both round …
The Tiler Compact: Wirelessly Charge Your E-Bike Through the Kickstand
To charge an e-bike, you either need to plug it into a socket, or remove the battery and plug that in. But a Dutch startup called Tiler has come up with a new method: A …
The InfinityCrane: An Omnidirectional Ceiling Crane That Can Adapt to Irregular Spaces
This InfinityCrane, by German logistics company CeiliX, is a revolutionary object-handling design for workshops, factories and warehouses. To allow workers to move heavy objects, facilities like these often use gantry cranes or bridge cranes. Those …
Wimbledon’s Tennis Balls Get Upcycled Into Nests for Beneficial Mice
Harvest mice are Britain’s tiniest rodent. They’re not considered pests themselves, and in fact are actually seen as pest control; they prey on agricultural pests, saving farmers on pesticides. They also take their place in …
The FX Super One: A Bizarre Luxury Minivan with an Animated “Face”
From continent to continent, there are cultural differences in vehicle preferences, and thus in automotive design. Europe favors smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles that can navigate cities with streets laid out in medieval times; American buyers …
Sponsored: Europe Sets the Tone for Global Design
This post is presented by the K-Show, the world’s No.1 trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry. Visionary developments and groundbreaking innovations will again lead the industry into new dimensions at K 2025 in …
American Solution for Burning EVs: A Modular, Portable Submersion Pool
Here’s an example of a company creatively adapting their product for a new market. NYC-based Garrison Flood Control Systems creates flood barriers that keep water out. By turning them around, they can keep water in. …
European Solution for Burning EVs: Drop Them in a Dumpster Filled with Water
Firefighter Ryan Twombley’s TTRC invention is a safer way for first responders to fight EV fires. However, EVs have an unpleasant trick: Once the fire is extinguished, it can spontaneously re-ignite—days, weeks, and even months …