Nendo’s power bank uses muscle-power to charge!
A phone with low battery is scary, but you know what’s truly scary? A power-bank with low battery. It’s a good thing Nendo’s Denqul charger…
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TouchID in your thumb-drive!
USB have become a rarity nowadays, with how cheap and convenient cloud-storage and cloud-sharing is, but there’s a while before USB thumb drives go the…
The rising tide of smallphones and dumbphones
Over the past few weeks, you’ll have seen quite a few smartphones that went against the cultural norm of innovation and progress. The Punkt MP02…
Panasonic’s Human Blinkers basically contradict themselves
This extreme dystopia alert comes courtesy Panasonic. The blinkers you see above and below were designed by the company, allegedly to combat the distractions involved…
Retro Design Meets Modern Technology
Today’s mechanical keyboards often carry a technological, edging-towards-medical aesthetic, with precise lines and geometric forms being as present as ever! However, the same cannot be…
The MATE is a purely mechanical exoskeleton that augments human strength
The honest reality is that the exoskeletons that are designed for mainstream use have a completely different purpose from those popularized by pop-culture. There’s a…
The Midtone Calculator shows us how to make gadgets less addictive
Although there’s a small likelihood that there’s a demographic of people who are hopelessly glued to their calculators, the Midtone Calculator by Selek Design shows…
Pop-up Privacy
Open floor plan offices have been all the rage for a while now but for anyone who’s even slightly introverted (or easily distracted), they can…
The Vacuum-based Sketch Marker that Promises to Never Dry Up!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2028378935/airless-pen-worlds-first-no-cap-no-dry-and-self-er? I remember an anecdote back in school where NASA was bamboozled by a problem where their astronauts couldn’t use conventional ballpoint pens in space…
Part puzzle, part desk-decor
A little like the tangram meets the jigsaw meets the third dimension, the Logifaces puzzle by Logideez is a nice visual and mind exercise. The…
The Calendar Every Industrial Designer Needs
Chances are, the Perpetuum calendar’s jagged shape looks reminiscent of something but you can’t quite put your thumb on it. The design takes inspiration from…
A New Home for Loose Change
Loose change mysteriously finds its way to the back of every sofa, into the very bottom of every draw and somehow scatters itself sporadically around…