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Industrial Design Case Study: A Building Access Video Intercom
ButterflyMX makes building access systems for multifamily and commercial properties. NYC-based industrial design consultancy Pensa helped them develop a crucial bit of their front door kit.PENSA worked...
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Core77 Weekly Roundup (6-17-24 to 6-21-24)
Here's what we looked at this week:The Ventete aH-1 is an inflatable, collapsible bike helmet. Kinetic lighting: Studio Drift's stunning Shylight installation, inspired by the way flowers close up at...
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This is What Prime Air Drone Delivery Looks Like
Well, this is nuts. If you live in certain areas of Texas, California or Arizona and have Amazon Prime, you can get same-day delivery, and this is how the packages arrive:"The FAA has given Prime Air...
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An EDC "Pop-to-Light" Keychain Flashlight
A company called Ysmart London is rethinking the interface for flashlights. Rather than the flashlight being something you pull out and click on, the company's tiny MQ3X flashlight is meant to be worn,...
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The Convenience of Apron Chest Pockets, Without the Apron
Steady Bags, a softgoods company, designed this Overall Pack:Targeted at artists, makers and bike mechanics, the thinking is to offer the convenience of work apron chest pockets, without the bulk of...
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A Compact, Easy-to-Deploy Design for a Car Sunshade
It's blazing hot where I am, and I've thought about getting a sunshade for my car. But they seem bulky and like they'd be a pain to deploy.This umbrella-like design seems it would be a lot easier to...
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A Look at How Amazon Uses Robots in Their Fulfillment Centers
So about a decade ago, Amazon developed this Hercules robot for lifting package stacks. It could lift 750 pounds.Last year that evolved into these Titan 'bots, which can lift 2,500 pounds.They zoom...
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The Nike x Hyperice Recovery Boot
Nike has teamed up with Hyperice, an athletic recovery technology company, to produce this Nike x Hyperice boot. It's not for playing in; it's meant to be worn after a workout in order to speed...
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How A Better Combat Boot Design Can Lead to More Sustainable Civilian Footwear
Military technologies often trickle down to improve civilian life. Duct tape, portable fire extinguishers, Epipens and GPS were all things originally developed for military purposes. The same pipeline...
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Gnara's GoFly Zipper Design Makes it Easy for Women to Pee Outdoors
It's easy for guys to pee outside (I've done it twice today, country life). It isn't so easy for women. As a college student, Georgia Grace Edwards took a summer job working as a glacier guide in...
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Freeaim VR Shoes Keep You in Place as You Walk
These Freeaim VR Shoes are by British startup Freeaim. They allow the wearer to walk "infinite distances in any direction," and without requiring a harness.They're not just sandals with rollers;...
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Manufacturing Porn: Making a Carbon Fiber Bicycle
Carbon fiber is such a hi-tech material, that it's easy to forget how much handwork is required to work it.In this video by European manufacturer Time Bicycles, some of the earlier production phases...
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Pipe Lighting's "Light Light" Provides Better UX for Production Crews
German company Pipe Lighting is revolutionizing the way things are shot. They've perhaps taken a page from lighting designer Ingo Maurer: The company's offerings consist of inflatable, lightweight LED...
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A Kinder-Looking Take on Desktop Power
This Willow Power Supply, by furniture brand OFS, is a softer take on the power strip. In a domestic or hospitality setting, I'd much rather look at and occasionally interact with this than a chunk of...
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Form Follows Function: The Ultra-Raintight Ergoldsbacher Karat Roof Tile
If you've been to Germany, you've likely seen roofs featuring this type of tile:That's the Ergoldsbacher Karat tile, by manufacturer Erlus, and the design dates back to 1966. While it might not look...
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A Robot Lifeguard: The EMILY Rescue Robot
This EMILY Rescue Robot is incredible. It's a battery-powered, remote-controlled lifeguard that can zip out to victims at 23 MPH, far faster than a lifeguard could get there.It's got straps and ropes...
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Kuka's Autonomous Mobile Platform Robots have Startlingly Good Looks
German company Kuka Robotics has a line of AMP (autonomous mobile platform) robots, the largely unseen-by-the-public 'bots that move heavy things around warehouses. Aesthetically speaking, their design...
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Designworks LA CEO Julia de Bono on The Evolving "Face" of Auto Design, plus...
Every face tells a unique, personal story, serving as a central connector between human beings. Our ability to read faces unlocks relationships from the moment we are born. Research shows that newborns...
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A Transparent Volkswagen ID.3
Here's a transparent Volkswagen ID.3:Large sections of the car's sheet metal and plastic bumpers were cut away and replaced by vacuum-formed transparent plastic, and the C-pillars have been adorned...
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DeWalt's Cordless Bandfile
Earlier we looked at this nifty pneumatic detail sander by Shinano:DeWalt has a similar offering, but battery-powered, and larger. This is their DCM200E1 20V MAX XR Bandfile:The company says the 20V...
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