TRIDO® is a set of Platonic solids with powerful magnets embedded on each side of the geometric shape. Each surface will snap to another, creating strong connections which allow users to create magnificent structures limited only by their own imaginations…. Read More ›
Misc
A gigantic luxury car ‘vending machine’
Have you ever seen anything like that? It really does look like toy cars in a toy shop. Stunning! Singapore is a country known worldwide for both a very high cost of living and limited real estate space — that… Read More ›
A Texas man is suing his date for texting in a cinema
A man is suing a Round Rock woman for texting during a movie date at the Barton Creek Square theater, according to a petition filed in small claims court in Travis County. Brandon Vezmar, 37, of Austin filed the claim… Read More ›
The “Nut Case” puzzle
There’s nothing complicated about a simple nut and bolt pairing, but this isn’t your average nut and bolt. The “Nut Case” puzzle by Hanayama takes the form of an apparently unsolvable problem: two freely twistable nuts trapped on a bolt… Read More ›
The Aircuum
In years of writing about every appliance under the sun, the Aircuum (pronounced airkyoom) is a design I’m surprised I haven’t seen before! It is at once an air purifier and vacuum… and it makes perfect sense if you think… Read More ›
The Napkin Forever Pininfarina Cambiano Inkless Pen
This pen is literally timeless. In the sense that it will run forever, that too without a single drop of ink. Coming from the one company that knows timeless design best, Italy’s Pininfarina, the Pininfarina Cambiano pen is a beautiful,… Read More ›
World’s fastest go-kart
Meet the C5-Blast Ultimate, which Daymak says will be capable of sprinting to 60 mph (98 km/h) in a neck-snapping 1.5 seconds. That makes the Tesla Model S P100D, which took 2.28 seconds to hit the same mark in Motor… Read More ›
Why did eBay side with the buyer?
I sold a non-working Apple MacBook on eBay for spares for repairs. With a lot of bids it went for £460. After I sent the item off, the buyer asked for a return and refund as, he said, it did not… Read More ›
Diving into 1000 Mousetraps
One of the most (choose your word) things I have ever seen.
First new shade of blue discovered for 200 years
Children will be able to colour the sky a different shade for first time in 200 years, after scientists created a vivid ‘new blue’ and Crayola announced it is turning it into a crayon. In 2009 Oregon State University made… Read More ›