The James Brand Elko is the benchmark for great EDC
The Elko is a small, unassuming piece of metal that’s no bigger than your key. In fact, if you look at the picture above, it’s…
This wall-mounted shelf is actually a micro-fridge!
Imagine this. You’re in front of your television and you’d really like a nice chilled beer, but you don’t want to walk all the way…
A Pillow that Boosts your Oxytocin
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1043939068/sentim-for-any-resting-position-anywhere-with-one? Scientifically speaking, a soft pillow can be relaxing… and a hug can release incredible amounts of Oxytocin, or the feel-good hormone. Combine a pillow…
Steve Jobs would be proud of the 2018 Apple iPad Pro
https://youtu.be/YJ5q8Wrkbdw The iPad for the longest time has been a glorified media machine, being used to watch content on and occasionally work with. In fact,…
The Stackup is Modular, Kitchen-friendly, and Eco-friendly
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stackup/stackup-bottle-customizable-and-versatile-sealed-c/ The Stackup Block Bottle is one of those projects you see in every tenth student portfolio, but somehow the massive, multi-billion dollar plastics industry…
Drone lights will guide you home
The idea seems wild, but the more and more you think about it, the more it begins making sense, and seems more plausible than before….
What if your Wallet Was an Accessory to your Smartphone?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wallorco/smart-wallets-wireless-phone-charging-real-time-gp The title makes quite a design trigger, right? The wallet has existed for centuries, whereas the smartphone is all of a decade old. However,…
The Biggest Food-storage Innovation Since Tupperware
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1246120690/zip-top-reusable-containers-stand-up-stay-open-and It takes a great mind to invent a product that becomes an indispensable necessity. It takes an even greater mind to make a small…
Concept Cars That Never Made It: Vol. 2
Concept Cars That Never Made It is a five-part series that documents production concept automobiles from years and eras ago. Some are bewildering, while others…
An urchin-inspired coin-bank to store your ane’money’
A simple product that is highly indicative of what it stands for, the Tentacle Coin-bank by Hoi Ng came to life using two CAD modeling…
Imagine being able to zip new treads onto your bicycle tires
“You’re used to changing your shoes and jacket to match the location or weather. Why shouldn’t you be able to do the same with your…
Touch a button to turn these glasses into bifocals!
Easily something out of a sci-fi novel, Mitsui Chemical’s TouchFocus spectacles have lenses made from a liquid crystal that can alter shape at will, going…
Pimax’s VR headset puts two 4K screens before your eyes
My experience with VR has been limited to slipping phones into VR headsets, so I can say without a doubt that the minute your eyes…
Nitecore NTK10: The X-acto knife’s bad-boy cousin
Nitecore makes some stunning flashlights, but ever so often, it makes some mean EDC gear too. Take for instance the NTK10, quite literally a mean…
‘Magic UX’ makes the most fascinating use of augmented reality I’ve seen
Take a second to appreciate what’s happening in the video above. It uses augmented reality for work in a way that intuitively plugs the gap…
Xiaomi Mi Mix 3: Another notch bites the dust!
The third phone to do away with the notch (coincidentally also the third Chinese brand to follow this trend), Xiaomi’s Mi Mix 3 was designed…