The Oversized Backpack

This is the oversized backpack that saves one from having to pick and choose which items to pack or leave behind. At 2 1/2?-tall, the backpack features a generous main compartment that measures 6 1/2? cu.—larger than a standard mini-fridge—that fits an average person’s entire wardrobe, overnight accommodations such as an air mattress, comforter, and pillows, or a private library […]

Dreaming Of Being Able To Fly?

The Zapata Ezfly looks for all intents and purposes like a Segway of the sky. You stand on a small platform equipped with a series of jet thrusters, holding two handgrips that come up from the base, then rise up into the air and zoom around, steering with your bodyweight. It builds on the platform of Franky Zapata’s Flyboard Air, a […]

Personalized Lipstick

3D printing is revolutionizing just about every area of our lives — and that includes ones you may not immediately think of. Researchers in the U.K.’s Cosmetic Science Group at London College of Fashion have been exploring the use of additive manufacturing for a whole new industry and application: makeup. In a newly-published study in the Journal of Dermatology and Cosmetology, they […]

Video Assistant Referee The Way Forward

Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology has been calling difficult decisions in U.S. sports for years, but now the global game of soccer is finally set to fully integrate the system with its first use at a World Cup. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) on Monday, January 22 gave the technology the nod for Russia 2018 following extensive testing over the last […]

Sky’s The Limit For Swiss Furnicular Trains

Funicular railways are cable-based train lines that shuttle carriages up steep inclines, and they don’t come any steeper than the Stoosbahn that has just opened in Switzerland. Connecting the mountain village of Stoos to the valley below, it is the steepest railway of its kind and the train that travels on it features self-tilting mechanisms to keep passengers upright as […]

Hotel Mono, The New Trend Of Minimalistic Design

Designed by studio Spacedge, this 46-room boutique hotel is almost entirely black and white, with very few colors in nude tones to accent the space. Situated in the Chinatown neighborhood in Singapore, Hotel Mono used to be a series of six 1900s conservation shophouses that Spacedge refurbished and redesigned into the boutique hotel it is today. By using only black and white, Spacedge is […]

Reforestation The Way Forward

According to Fast Company, two nonprofits released a report indicating there’s money to be made in the “restoration economy.” The Nature Conservancy and World Resources Institute recently co-published “The Business of Planting Trees,” which highlights what big business reforestation efforts have become. Their report highlights 14 businesses who have made their money off land restoration in four main sectors: technology, consumer […]

Woven Into The Future

Prolific New York designer Joe Doucet’s portfolio of work spans a wide berth of projects – bicycles, spirits, brand identity, furniture, electronics, architecture – the reflection of a polygot mind driven by a self-described condition of “debilitating curiosity“, grounded in a humble sense of purpose to improve common objects. His latest project – Woven into the Future – is a collaboration between the NY designer […]

Biodegradable Blood Pressure Sensor

Researchers at the University of Connecticut have developed a biodegradable pressure sensor that can be implanted in the body and help clinicians to monitor a variety of conditions over extended periods of time. What makes this sensor different from existing ones is that it doesn’t need to be removed and will eventually dissolve in the body, eliminating the risk of […]