We’ve already seen lubricant-infused coatings that repel virtually all substances – such coatings could be used to keep airplane wings ice-free, or to stop bacteria from accumulating in kitchens. However, what if you want to repel all substances except one? Well, Canadian scientists have now got that covered. Led by Dr. Tohid Didar, a team at McMaster University has created […]
Smart Coating Repels Everything
Walabot Home Notifys You When Your Senior Falls
You want to be there for your loved ones — especially those who are up there in age — no matter what, so that you can prevent the worst from happening. When you can’t be there, Walabot Home can serve as your eyes. This smart home device can sense if a person has fallen in their home and will call […]
Heatherwick’s Studio Raises The Roof
Heatherwick Studio has done a stellar job melding old and new with its latest project, Coal Drops Yard. The firm turned two dilapidated Victorian-era coal storage buildings in London into a large new shopping center crowned by a stunning roof structure. Coal Drops Yard is centered around two ornate iron and brick railway buildings dating back to around the 1850s. […]
Putting A Doctor Into A Dying Man Shoes
Virtual reality may be able to transport you to spectacular other worlds, but a large part of its promise is the ability to also put you into the shoes of other people. In doing so, the hope is that VR could help make us more empathetic, since it gives us the ability to literally experience life from another person’s perspective. […]
The Ceiling Is The Limit
If there is one thing your apartment never has enough of, it’s space. It’s easy to fill up just about every last inch of square footage in your place — with knick-knacks, with necessities, and especially with furniture. Imagine if you could just make your bed disappear when you aren’t using it so you suddenly have an empty room to […]
World’s Thinnest Smartphone
While most of us are perfectly happy with our smartphones, some prefer something a little more compact and pocketable. For those people, Japanese company Kyocera has come up with a device that it’s billing as the “thinnest smartphone in the world.” It’s called the KY-O1L, and it’s built specifically to fit inside a business card holder. For that, the phone […]
The New Vision For A Game Control
The next PlayStation and Xbox are confirmed to be in the works at Sony and Microsoft, but the more interesting upcoming consoles might just be those from 80s relics like Atari and Intellivision. The latter has now fleshed out its plans to get back in the game with the Amico, its new console that, we have to say, is a […]
Vava’s Pet Cam
It can be tough on both you and your pet, leaving them home alone all day while you’re at work. That’s why we’ve seen camera-equipped gadgets that let you check in on and interact with them … but what if the pet isn’t in the same room as the device? Well, that’s where the VAVA Mobile Pet Cam is intended […]
TouchFocus Eyeglasses
We’ve written about electronically adaptive eye-glasses that can switch between everyday and reading modes at the touch of a button before, but nothing has made it to the wider market yet. So this Japanese company’s TouchFocus design might be the first to get the concept up and running. Back in 2011, we looked at PixelOptics, which used electrically-actuated liquid crystal […]
World’s First 3D Printed Steel Bridge
Dutch robotics company MX3D has completed the 3D printing of a steel bridge, which will be installed across a canal in Amsterdam next year. Designer Joris Laarman worked with the robotic manufacturing technology start-up to build the 12-metre-long pedestrian bridge, which is being previewed at Dutch Design Week between 20 and 28 October. First proposed in 2015, the structure has been constructed by robots from layers of […]