San Francisco city officials recently proposed new legislation that would essentially ban the sale of all e-cigarettes in the city until the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducts a thorough public health review allowing the products to be sold. The proposal is the first of its kind in the United States and questions both the overall safety profile of e-cigarettes, […]
Banning E-Cigarettes
Bottomless Coffee Scale
Never get caught short on coffee again. A Y Combinator startup is preparing to roll out a Wi-Fi-connected scale that sits under your coffee jar and orders freshly roasted beans to arrive just as your supply runs out. You calibrate the Bottomless scale to the weight of your coffee jar or container, and it monitors your consumption, ordering fresh beans […]
KeyTam Full Drum Kit
An innovative rhythmic and melodic percussion instrument has launched on Kickstarter which kind of puts a full drum kit on your chest. The KeyTam features a main drum where the head tension can be adjusted in real time using a lever on a wooden handle, and a number of mini cymbals for tambourine-like accompaniment. The brainchild of France’s Guillaume Toutain, […]
The Orijin Bamboo Charcoal Infusion Sponge
What we put on our skin is just as important as what we put in our bodies. Although the skin is the body’s largest organ, many of us take it for granted. As part of Orijin’s mandate to promote self-care and mindfulness, Orijin has developed the 100% all-natural and biodegradable Orijin Sponge. Made from Japanese Konjac Plant Root and infused […]
5 Rewards Sites Everyone Should Join
We live in a world where we have access to billions of websites. While you may spend most of your time reading online news, browsing social media, and maybe using a search engine here and there, you’d be surprised at what other types of websites are available. Did you know that there are websites that allow you to earn rewards […]
Cargo Bike Front Doubles As Stroller
While many people use cargo bikes to haul their small children from place to place, how do they cart their tykes around upon reaching their destination? Well, in the case of the Dragonfly 2in1, the kid-carrying cabin simply detaches from the rest of the bike, becoming a stroller. Made by German company Libelle, the 2in1 has actually been around for […]
Hot Pocket Mobile “Warmth”
Staying warm in the great outdoors isn’t always easy, especially when the last embers of the campfire have died out and you’re alone in your tent blowing mist into the midnight air. The suitably named Hot Pocket is built for this very situation, functioning kind of like a hot water bottle that you activate with a flick of the switch. […]
Gender Neutral Even In A.I?
Creative agency Virtue has partnered with Copenhagen Pride to develop the world’s first genderless voice, which aims to eradicate bias in technology. Called Q, the gender-neutral voice provides an alternative to technology such as Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant that all use female voices for home and service-orientated roles. “As voice-assisted platforms become more pervasive in our lives, technology companies […]
Digitised Couture
Research collective Synflux has developed a system of digitised couture that reduces the amount of fabric needed to make clothes by creating garments that exactly fit the wearer’s body. Called Algorithimic Couture, the project was presented at Design Indaba last month and involves 3D-scanning a body to determine its exact proportions, which are used to create customised clothing. Synflux aims to […]
“Inhabited Walls”
A forty-metre long wall made from plywood and steel partitions the public from private spaces within this London office by Threefold Architects. The 6,900 square-foot-space in London’s Covent Garden area is occupied by housing developers Pocket Living. Laid out across the building’s unusually long floor plate, the office is split in two by a partition wall made up of Nordic white-stained spruce […]