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 […]

Sustainable clothing brand Pangaia has launched its very first puffer jacket series that includes the use of dried flowers instead of traditional or synthetic downs. The Flwrdwn material has taken Pangaia scientists over 10 years to develop and the end result is a vegan, fully biodegradable filling made from natural wildflowers and an aerogel biopolymer. The material also promises to […]

Italian architects Fabio Vignolo and Francesca Turnaturi have created a tiny housing module that takes four people just two hours to assemble. Dubbed Immerso, the striking transparent-roof cabin measures only 6 square meters (65 sq ft) and is currently being used as a unique glamping experience in the Italian Alps. Located 1,900 m (6,234 ft) above sea level in the […]

While it’s nice to own multiple styles of shoes, each one of the things has a big rubber sole that will ultimately end up in the landfill. Made2Share shoes are different, in that they incorporate a single set of soles that accommodate various zip-on uppers. Developed by Italian startup ACBC, each Made2Share setup consists of one pair of the rubber […]

CES silly season is upon us already, and awards are already being handed out for outstanding products. This year’s Innovation Award winner in the “wearable technologies” category is an electro-pneumatically adaptive shoe sole called Wahu out of Italy. The Wahu team is of the opinion that shoe soles force us to make too much of a compromise. Thus, it has […]

Shoes made from wood pulp that are actually comfortable? Count us in! Allbirds took the internet by storm after its Wool Runners, made using New Zealand merino wool and tested by numerous consumers, were deemed “the world’s most comfortable shoes” by almost everyone. After selling 1 million pairs of shoes just two years after officially launching in March 2016, the […]

Japanese studio Takeru Shoji Architects has completed Hara House, a village home designed to look like a tent. Hara House is located in an agricultural village belonging to a single family in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. As a result, the clients asked Takeru Shoji Architects to design them a home that would communicate with the other buildings around it, including the […]

Pound the pavement long and hard enough in any pair of running shoes and you’ll reduce them to a flapping mess of rubber bound for the waste bin, but Salomon has grander plans for its latest footwear. The company’s latest concept running shoe is designed to be given a second life as a ski boot, with the team carefully designing […]

3D printing specialist Apis Cor has completed what it calls the world’s largest 3D-printed building. Located in Dubai, the basic structure of the administrative building was constructed using just one 3D printer, though involvement of human builders was significant. The two-story administrative building measures 9.5 m (31 ft) in height and has a total floorspace of 640 sq m (roughly […]

Although drones or other robotic devices could certainly help astronauts to explore other planets, controlling the things while wearing spacesuit gloves would be a challenge. It was with this in mind that the sensor-packin’ Astronaut Smart Glove was created. Not only do traditional spacesuit gloves have relatively bulky fingers, but they’re also pressurized and therefore rather stiff, making finger movements […]