With electric vehicles zipping around everywhere these days, it’s starting to feel a lot more normal to see charging cables instead of gas pumps. Whether you’re a longtime EV owner or just EV-curious, it’s hard not to notice that more people are plugging in instead of filling up. The quiet hum of motors has...
Caltech Develops Drone That Smoothly Transitions from Flight to Four-Wheeling
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have developed this ATMO, a quadrotor drone that can transition from flight to driving and vice versa. The housing of its rotors double as wheels, going from a horizontal orientation to a vertical one as it drops to the ground. ATMO, by the way, stands for...
From Germany, In-Curb EV Chargers
Embarassingly, the U.S. is a laggard when it comes to EVs. Stateside they make up just 7.5% of new car sales. In Europe, the figure is 25%, projected to grow to 60% by 2030; in China, it's 60% today. We're getting left in the emissions-free dust. All of which means new charging station designs and innovations will likely...
Digital Camera with Fake Analog Controls Becomes a Crowdfunding Smash
I'm no sociologist, but it's clear that in this digital age, people increasingly seek the satisfaction of manipulating physical things. Even if those physical interactions are purposeless (see: Fidget spinners). How else to explain the stunning success of this Yashica FX-D, a digital camera with fake analog controls? It's...
Top 5 Wellness Tools For Remote Workers To Instantly Boost Mental Health & Productivity
Wellness in remote work is layered and personal. The Ritual Card Diffuser invites you to mark transitions and infuse your environment with calm, while the ClearMind Kendama brings mindful movement and playful focus to your desk. The Medispace device offers a sanctuary of sound and guided meditation, even in a crowded...
Samsonite makes sustainable circular luggage with Digital Product Passports
There was a time when we would just consume products and not really think about how they were made or what we’ll do with them when they reach the end of their product life. But as we continue to deal with the consequences of global warming, most of us (hopefully) have become more conscious about the lifecycle of the...
kinetic device by gustav rosén reflects sky conditions with metal weather symbols
Gustav Rosén presents sculptural weather station Swedish designer and engineer Gustav Rosén, in collaboration with design brand Klong, introduces Skymill, a sculptural weather station that transforms real-time meteorological data into a kinetic home experience. Bringing together Scandinavian design, precision...
tadao ando designs ‘apple’ watch for cauny with a leaf-style hand in the dial
Apple- and concrete-inspired watches by tadao ando and cauny Tadao Ando has designed watches for Cauny, inspired by green apples and the concept of youth underlined in Samuel Ullman’s poem. There are two models for the series. One is in apple green, while the other is in silver, drawn from the concrete architecture...
41,415 plastic straws compose colorful, modular installation by A+U lab in korea
41,415 plastic straws compose modular installation in korea A sea of translucent plastic straws, precisely 41,415 of them, forms A+U LAB’s temporary installation in Busan, South Korea. Designed as a traveling structure, the modular piece, aptly titled 41,415 Straws, reimagines one of the most familiar disposable...
Leonora Studio brings organic and algorithmic lighting designs
There are a lot of brands and studios that you can say have a bit of visual excess when it comes to creating and producing light fixtures. Leora Studios emerges as a breath of stillness, a studio where design is not about noise but nuance. Founded by Hambardzum Vardanyan, they create computationally designed lighting...