The hair dryer hasn’t really changed. Not fundamentally. You grip a barrel, aim at your head, and hold that position until your arm gives out or your hair is dry, whichever comes first. For something people use nearly every day, the hair dryer has been remarkably resistant to design rethinking. We’ve gotten quieter motors and […]
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A sneaker-sized robot developed at RMIT University in Australia is making a compelling case for rethinking how humanity responds to one of the ocean’s most persistent threats. The “Electronic Dolphin” is a Wi-Fi-controlled minibot built to skim oil slicks from contaminated marine surfaces without deploying any chemical dispersants, and without putting human responders anywhere near
Jurassic Park lied to you. The velociraptors that terrorized a kitchen full of children and hunted Jeff Goldblum through tall grass were modeled after Deinonychus, a considerably larger North American cousin, because the filmmakers thought the real animal’s name sounded cooler than its actual dimensions warranted. The real Velociraptor mongoliensis stood about 1.6 feet at
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We have a special affinity for catamarans, something you’ll recognize from our previous coverage. These marine beauties have an irresistible allure, whether it in a conceptualized rendering or a production-ready model like the 65 Hybrid unveiled by catamaran builder VisionF Yachts. The all-new model – chiefly designed by Tuzla, Istanbul-based builder, famous for its innovative
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How This Melbourne Brand Makes Buying The Perfect Paint Easier Than Ever Small Business by Christina Karras Tint co-founders and Melbourne couple Alex Roberts and DJ Dikic. The small business is Australian-made and owned. Tint’s Fitzroy warehouse. ‘Our core range has 75 colours, this allows just enough space for options within each category, but not
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YYAA Renovates only the eastern half of an old Japanese house Kusafushi House, designed by YYAA, is the renovation of the eastern half of a pre–WWII rowhouse located in Yagi-cho, Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The project focuses on adapting an abandoned historic structure while retaining elements of the existing building fabric and responding to
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There’s a certain kind of person who loves the idea of vinyl records without necessarily owning a turntable. They appreciate the artwork, the ritual of flipping a side, the warm analog aesthetic that streaming services have spent years trying to replicate with album art thumbnails and animated soundwave graphics. For that person, and honestly for
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314 Architecture Studio’s winery emerges from the vineyards Among the vineyards of Nemea in the Peloponnese, Greece, 314 Architecture Studio imagines a winery that takes the form of a circular structure partially embedded within the terrain, titled Metamorphosis. The project, whose planted roof extends to the surrounding vineyards on its surface, reads from afar
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Game controllers have not changed much in shape since the mid-1990s. They’re still two-handed symmetrical slabs built around adult grip dimensions, loaded with enough buttons to pilot a small aircraft. For a 10-year-old just getting into gaming, picking one up for the first time is a bit like being handed a TV remote and told
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Wooden drum machine, sequencer and sampler in one Meet Tembo, a chess-like instrument that mixes a drum machine, sequencer, and sampler in one wooden device. Designed by the startup team Musical Beings, it triggers sounds using small magnetic pieces called Beats that users place physically onto a wooden grid. Each position on the grid
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