More Than White Tiles For Bold Bathrooms

Bathrooms can easily be dismissed as the dullest room of the house, but there’s plenty of opportunity to play around with material and colour. Interiors reporter Natasha Levy has selected eight striking bathing spaces to learn from. A statement shower screen adds interest to the otherwise greyscale interior of this bathroom, which sits inside a brutalist Montreal apartment. Made from […]

Lampshade From Cabbage

Lighting can set the tone of a room, so a lamp with a natural and compostable lampshade can create a cozy, gorgeous and sustainable setting. In a partnership between Indian designer Vaidehi Thakkar and London-based Nir Meiri Studio, Veggie Lights are just that — lampshades made out of red cabbage leaves that lend a warm glow to any space. A […]

Nanotech Transmission Repair

First, we took Kickstarter by storm with our award-winning engine treatment. Now, we’re excited to introduce TriboTEX Transmission, available exclusively on Kickstarter. Experience unparalleled power and an endurance boost with a drop-in treatment that’s quicker than checking your oil. TriboTEX Transmission is a simple and powerful ATF treatment that protects and reverses wear in your drivetrain with nanoparticles, so you […]

Bacteria Used To Create Building Materials

We’ve already heard about experimental self-healing concrete, that can repair cracks within itself. Now, scientists have gone a step further, utilizing bacteria to create building materials that can be grown on-site – and that regenerate when broken. Led by Asst. Prof. Wil Srubar, a team from the University of Colorado at Boulder started by combining sand and a gelatine-based hydrogel. […]

Hydraloop Water Recycling Unit

Water is precious, as anyone who has read Dune will know, and it’s getting more precious by the year here on Earth even if we’re a long way from the desperate condition of planet Arrakis for the moment. Dune‘s “Fremen” wear stillsuits designed to recapture so much water from the human body that they can survive in the desert on […]

Underwater 360 Degree Camera

Given how 360-degree video cameras allow viewers to feel as if they’re immersed in the viewing environment, it would follow that one of their most intriguing uses would be for shooting underwater footage. Well, the 360bubble Deep is designed to help that happen. Invented by British underwater film-maker Jon Slayer, the device is basically a spherical transparent acrylic housing. Although […]

Parking Garage Doubles As Public Sculpture

In Denmark’s fourth-largest city of Aalborg, Copenhagen-based architecture firm Sangberg has designed a deceptively simple parking garage that offers much more than parking spaces. Dubbed the Parking House G2, the monolithic building features a dynamic and lightweight facade of extruded aluminum slats that “animates itself” in different ways depending on how and from where it’s viewed. The aluminum slats of […]

Fashionable Earbuds That Are Environmentally Friendly

High-tech products don’t have to be sterile and uniform, but there haven’t been a lot of options for personalizing or styling even common gadgets, like earbuds, until now. That’s what inspired Planet Beyond, a company aimed at offering fashionable options alongside state-of-the-art technology and sustainability. The earbuds, released in early December 2019, offer superior sound that is comparable to Bose […]