This Shredder Turns Paper Into Cardboard By Compressing The Confetti Together
Where does shredded paper actually go? Ask most office workers and they will shrug, assume it gets recycled, and move on with their day. In…
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This Award-Winning Guitar Ditches the Strings, the Frets, and Most of the Body, and I Kind of Love It
Look at RIFFMATE for a second and try to name what is missing. No strings. No fretboard bristling with metal wire. No solid slab of…
Police Officers Spent Three Years Redesigning the Lifesaver To Make It As Small As A Hockey Puck
Rolled up, Ark Hero No.1 looks like a hockey puck with a zipper. Nothing about it announces itself as rescue equipment. Pop the shell open…
What If We Grew Our Buildings Instead of ‘Manufacturing’ Them? This Clay Framework Has an Answer
What would it look like for a building material to behave more like a living organism? Rameshwari Jonnalagedda has been sitting with that question, and…
Pay With Your Palm – AliPay Debuts Palm-Recognition Tech That Makes Secure Contactless Payments
You remember those old-time spy movies where someone fairly important would walk to a retina scanner and hunch over, while light would shine into their…
Aurzen’s Flagship-Killer $199 Projector casts a Whopping 95-inch screen and has 4 Built-in Speakers
Remember the Tri-fold Projector from CES this year? While that might have been mainly designed to be great PR (everyone loves talking about exciting tech),…
This Sustainable Sawdust Pencil Transforms Carpentry Waste Into Pure Creativity
The Sakeb Carpenter’s Pencil is a carefully considered reinterpretation of the traditional carpenter’s pencil, designed with sustainability and cultural heritage at its foundation. Inspired by…
This Beastly 4×4 Might Be China’s Most Honest Off-Roader Yet
I’ve seen my fair share of off-roaders that try too hard—overstyled behemoths with plastic cladding and fake vents masquerading as rugged machines. I’ve seen the…
Eco-friendly seed-pods made from plant and seafood waste could revolutionize bio-packaging
Born from discarded seafood shells, SEAD merges tradition with innovation, offering eco-friendly pods for heirloom seeds. It’s a journey of reimagined agriculture, where waste transforms…
This tiny self-watering planter lets you easily grow microgreens with no soil or effort
Small enough to fit in both your palms, the Patella Crescenda makes growing greens ridiculously easy and quick. The unique shape of the planter allows…
The M-Hero 917 is a Military-Inspired SUV with a 1000hp Engine, Steer-By-Wire, and a Companion Drone
For an extra $14,000, the manufacturer will also sell you a companion drone to go with your mammoth SUV. Meet the Meishi 917, also fondly…
Robots, Prosthetics, EVs stand out as next BIG trends at the Design Intelligence Awards 2023
It seems almost perfect that with the year 2023 coming to a close, the Design Intelligence Award unveiled its winners for the year and the…