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Microsonic Landscapes: What Music Looks Like in 3D

[ By Steph in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ] What would your favorite album look like in three dimensions? Mexico City-based research and experimentation studio Realität proposes “a new...

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Remember Millions of Mobile Phones in the 1960s? You Should

[ By Steph in Technology & Vintage & Retro. ] Quick, when was the mobile phone invented? If you thought it was the 1980s, when businessmen lugged them around in giant briefcases, think again....

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No Need for Directions with GPS Shoes to Guide You

[ By Steph in Design & Products & Packaging. ] Don’t worry about crashing into poles, fellow pedestrians or vehicles due to staring at GPS instructions on your smartphone screen – just follow...

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Tap That: 10 Terrifically Techy Keyboard Concepts

[ By Delana in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ] With the exception of a few spectacularly ill-advised ergonomic keyboard redesigns, the collection of keys that we use to input data to our...

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Power Trip: 13 Creative Cord & Outlet Concepts

[ By Steph in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ] We use power outlets and extension cords every day, yet they seem to have been left behind when it comes to both aesthetic and practical...

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Printing Prospects: 10 Hi-Tech Printer Prototypes & Concepts

[ By Delana in Conceptual & Futuristic & Technology. ] Printers have become much more complex than simply machines that spit out pieces of paper with ink on them. Designers are envisioning all...

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Harvest Energy from Power Lines to Recharge Your Batteries

[ By Steph in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ] The entire city is your power source with an innovative gadget by designer Dennis Siegel that harvests energy from electromagnetic fields and...

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Mobile 3D-Printed House Factory in a Shipping Container

[ By Steph in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ] Yet another candidate has entered the race for the world’s first 3D-printed house, with a mobile 3D printing factory in a shipping...

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Future Present: 7 Soon-to-Be Wonders of Technology

[ By Steph in Conceptual & Futuristic & Technology. ] Within five years or less, we could be chatting with the three-dimensional holograms of faraway friends, controlling our computers with...

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Ding Dong! A Dozen Delightfully Daffy Doorbell Designs

[ By Steve in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ] Ring the bell or knock on the door? It’s one of life’s conundrums to be sure, but these dozen delightfully daffy doorbell designs can help...

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SoundTank: Mobile Sound System or Armored Vehicle?

[ By Steph in Technology & Vehicles & Mods. ] You might think twice about approaching a neighbor to turn down their loud music if it were emanating from the SoundTank, a mobile audio system by...

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Futuristic Food: Edible Wonders of the 3D-Printed Revolution

[ By Steph in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ] In the future, maybe we’ll all be pressing buttons on countertop machines that will squeeze various food pastes into the creative shapes of our...

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Hell is Other People: Avoid Your Friends Using Social Media

[ By Steph in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ] Social media was invented to bring people closer, but the more antisocial among us can use it in a different way: to avoid the people we know....

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Decor on Demand: 14 3D-Printed Home Accents

[ By Steph in Design & Furniture & Decor. ] 3D printing has enabled designers to take the manufacturing process into their own hands for the creation of one-of-a-kind objects, many of which...

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Painting Robot Plans Each Stroke Of Its Own Masterpieces

[ By Steph in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ] If you think humans in creative professions aren’t in danger of someday being replaced by robots, which ostensibly don’t possess the ability to...

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Add-On Gadgets: 15 Cool Devices For Your Smart Phone

[ By Steph in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ] As smart phones become even more integral to our everyday lives, extra gadgets that increase their functionality just get cooler and cooler....

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Block Out Bad Smells with Decorative Air Purifying Collar

[ By Steph in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ] Noxious odors are an inevitable part of life in the city, from rotting trash and cigarette smoke to the sweaty guy sitting next to you on the...

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Tactile Technology: 13 Off-Screen Touch Input Inventions

[ By Steph in Conceptual & Futuristic & Technology. ] Touch input has already almost entirely eliminated the need for physical keyboards and mouses, but soon, it won’t even be confined to a...

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It’s Electric: 14 Fun and Interactive Conductive Designs

[ By Steph in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ] Electronic functions aren’t just limited to gadgets anymore – they can be extended to everyday objects, architectural surfaces, paper, clothing...

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Lego Blocks + iPad = Classic 1984 Macintosh Computer

[ By Steph in Technology & Vintage & Retro. ] Technology comes full circle thanks to an iPad and a creative usage of Lego blocks. Oslo-based designers Jason Kinsella and Charlotte Bakken...

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