Design

Polaroid Made a Pen That Lets You Draw Pieces of Candy

There are 3D-printing pens that let prolific doodlers turn their drawings into three-dimensional sculptures, but all users are really left with is a piece of art. Polaroid’s taking 3D-printing pens one step further by replacing extruded plastic with melted candy so that when your masterpiece is complete, you can eat it. The Polaroid CandyPlay 3D…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Mar 3

Markforged, a 3D Printing Startup, Will Go Public in a SPAC Merger

Industrial 3D printing pioneer Markforged is gearing up to go public after a newly-announced merger deal with the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) one. Per details of the deal, which is expected to be finalized sometime this summer, the combined valuation of the merged companies is expected to be $2.1 billion, with approximately $400 million…

Tech News Brianna Provenzano Mar 1

This Japanese Crowdsourced Map Puts Loud Neighbors on Blast

The hardest part about house hunting in a city is figuring out whether your realtor is telling you the truth about how quiet a prospective neighborhood is. It would be nice if, say, there was a website that could tell you exactly which areas are noisy. Which is exactly what the Japanese website DQN Today…

Tech News Victoria Song Feb 25

This Goopy Paste Could One Day Power Scooters and Motorcycles

Instead of gasoline and diesel, it might one day be possible to just unload a cartridge of gray, goopy paste into the fuel tank of your e-scooter, motorcycle, or even potentially your car. At least, that’s what researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) are hoping. The goop is called…

Tech News Victoria Song Feb 9

This Guy Used 3D Printing to Help His 18-Year-Old Blind Pup Get Around Safely

You know, 3D printing has produced some wild stuff over the years, from itty bitty spacecraft and candy-firing wrist cannons to entire homes and personal protective equipment. But while some creations have been absolutely cursed (I’m looking at you, tongue brush), this safety hoop made to help a senior pup get around is about as…

Gadgets Alyse Stanley Jan 31

This Plate Is Cleverly Designed to Trick Kids Into Eating More Vegetables

Finding a way to get kids to eat their vegetables is the Kobayashi Maru of parenting. Even a victory comes with sacrifices and trade-offs. But instead of forcing parents to become master negotiators, this simple plate instead uses clever psychology tricks to make vegetables look more palatable and portions appear smaller than they really are.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 29

Scientists Have Finally Made Quieter Velcro

Velcro is great when you need to open stuff fast or with ease, but Velcro is not so great when you’re trying to discreetly open your shoulder bag to grab your headphones. Researchers from Wageningen University in the Netherlands have come up with a new design for Velcro, inspired by mushrooms, that doesn’t shred fabrics and…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 20

Nendo Has Made a Soccer Ball You Never Need to Inflate

Soccer is the world’s most popular sport partly because the only piece of equipment you need is a ball. But to maximize the sport’s accessibility, particularly in impoverished communities where a deflated ball can mean game over, Japanese design studio nendo created a non-inflatable soccer ball alternative that assembles like a jigsaw puzzle. Working with…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 14

Find Focus With This DIY Distraction-Free Editor

I’ve tried way too many distraction-free writing devices, from the Freewrite to an old Brother typewriter. As a glutton for punishment, however, I may just build the FeatherQuill while I’m trapped at home. The FeatherQuill is a project by Cameron Coward, a writer and hardware hacker who focuses on 3D printing. The project consists of…

Tech News John Biggs Dec 15

I Thought It Was an Ugly Titty Purse

Apple has made a purse. It wasn’t intentional, nor is it a purse that fashion enthusiasts would necessarily find attractive if it were unattached to the Apple name (though we all found the Apple Watch ugly until it grew on us like a wart and now it’s a genuine icon). This morning Apple announced a…

Tech News Alex Cranz Dec 8

The Zipper Boat Is Art

What’s that zipping across the Sumida River in Tokyo, Japan? Behold, the zipper boat. The zipper boat is technically called the “Zip-fastener ship” and is the brainchild of Japanese artist Yasuhiro Suzuki. You might’ve even seen it sometime before, as Suzuki created a scale model of the zipper boat in 2004 before first taking a…

Tech News Victoria Song Nov 12

These Hideous, Outrageously Expensive High Heels Are a Crime Against Feet

I don’t claim to be the arbiter of fashion. For Pete’s sake, I currently run in smart sneakers that resemble Flaming Hot Cheetos that took a bath in pink highlighter fluid. But friends, I’ve found a shoe crime that is beyond mere phrases like ‘hideous’ and ‘this is why we can’t have nice things.’ Behold,…

Tech News Victoria Song Nov 12

This Tactile Pregnancy Test Offers Much-Needed Privacy to People With Visual Impairments

Pregnancy tests these days can get surprisingly high tech—and may even be rigged to play Doom. It’s also an unfortunate reality that these high-tech tests aren’t always accessible for the visually impaired. Because most rely on digital screens, blind or partially sighted people often have to ask someone else to read their results for them—which…

Tech News Victoria Song Oct 29

Everyone Should Be Able to Use the Public Restroom: When ADA Is Not Enough

Kal Cobalt is a disabled trans man. Relying on accessibility devices when out in public means using accessible bathrooms, which means that Cobalt knows all too well that so-called accessible bathrooms are sometimes only “technically” accessible. Issues of accessibility in the U.S. are wide-ranging, impacting everything from transportation to employment, health access, and yes, the…

Tech News Ace Ratcliff Oct 28

New York’s MTA Map Rides Into the Future With Real-Time-ish Updates

In what is the most significant update to New York City’s subway map since the 1970s, the MTA has launched a new digital diagram for straphangers that’s easier to navigate, provides seamless updates, and even shows you a cool little animation of your train kinda, sorta moving down the tracks. Even if you don’t live…

Tech News Rhett Jones Oct 20

Just Looking at This Food-Themed Mechanical Keyboard Makes Me Hungry

Even though I’ve been writing about video games and tech for a while now, there are still some subjects that I feel like I should have strong opinions on by now that I just…don’t. Mechanical keyboards, for example. I own one myself, sure. I asked for it as a wedding present solely because it’s pastel…

Tech News Alyse Stanley Oct 11

Is Mercedes’ MBUX a Good In-Car Computer?

Spoiler alert: Yeah, sure! For more than a decade, we’ve become accustomed to having screens in our cars. Like the keening heard over the loss of the manual transmission, some of the loudest voices echoing from the chantry of vehicular enthusiasm have added a verse about big-screen automotive interfaces to their Luddite lament. Well not…

Tech News Joel Johnson Sep 16

There’s a $6,000 Alarm Clock In Case Your Phone Is Busted

Back when we could travel—if you used to travel—you’ll remember that the best way to wake up was to whisper across the hotel pillow at your phone, asking plaintively for Siri to wake you up at 5:00 am so you could take a cold taxi to an impersonal airport. Now, thanks to the magic of…

Tech News John Biggs Jul 24

Designer Turns Into Bane With a Robotic Face Mask That Auto-Closes When It Senses People

Unless you’re completely irresponsible and utterly lacking in empathy, wearing a face mask is going to be a routine part of life well into 2021. In a questionable attempt to make masks more comfortable, a YouTuber has shared his custom creation that can automatically open to let fresh air in when no one’s around—at the…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski May 20

The Bizarre Hellscape of Coronavirus Stock Art

Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, a growing portfolio of dystopian artworks has engulfed the popular photo marketplace Getty Images. A premium subscription image syndicate for news organizations and product designers, Getty provides a mix of images of world events by photojournalists and… this sort of thing: a high-quality image of an iPhone screen…

Tech News Whitney Kimball Mar 31

Polaroid Made a Pen That Lets You Draw Pieces of Candy

Markforged, a 3D Printing Startup, Will Go Public in a SPAC Merger

This Japanese Crowdsourced Map Puts Loud Neighbors on Blast

This Goopy Paste Could One Day Power Scooters and Motorcycles

This Guy Used 3D Printing to Help His 18-Year-Old Blind Pup Get Around Safely

This Plate Is Cleverly Designed to Trick Kids Into Eating More Vegetables

Scientists Have Finally Made Quieter Velcro

Nendo Has Made a Soccer Ball You Never Need to Inflate

Find Focus With This DIY Distraction-Free Editor

I Thought It Was an Ugly Titty Purse

The Zipper Boat Is Art

These Hideous, Outrageously Expensive High Heels Are a Crime Against Feet

This Tactile Pregnancy Test Offers Much-Needed Privacy to People With Visual Impairments

Everyone Should Be Able to Use the Public Restroom: When ADA Is Not Enough

New York’s MTA Map Rides Into the Future With Real-Time-ish Updates

Just Looking at This Food-Themed Mechanical Keyboard Makes Me Hungry

Is Mercedes’ MBUX a Good In-Car Computer?

There’s a $6,000 Alarm Clock In Case Your Phone Is Busted

Designer Turns Into Bane With a Robotic Face Mask That Auto-Closes When It Senses People

The Bizarre Hellscape of Coronavirus Stock Art

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