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Guy Throws Basketball Off of Dam to Demonstrate Crazy Effect of Backspin
Last month these guys spent a day doing what most of us do in summer: Repeatedly throwing a basketball off of a 400-foot dam in Tasmania. They were there to break a world record for tallest basketball...
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Prototyping the F21 Thread Screen
New York City-based creative agency and rapid-prototyping house BREAKFAST wears many hats marrying advertising, art, graphic design, industrial design and rapid product and prototype production. "We...
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A Fictional Lampoon of American Auto Design Becomes a Reality
There are plenty of iconic film cars, from the Back to the Future Delorean to Christine's '58 Fury to James Bond's ever-evolving collection of Aston-Martins. But the only one that made an active...
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Nursery Works' Senior Designer on the Making of Its $7,500 Gradient Crib
I don't know about you, but when my opportunity comes to bring a smaller version of myself into this world, you best believe that his or her tiny infant body will only sleep in the most luxurious baby...
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The Zero Waste Movement: This New York City Woman Lives Trash-Free
Every few months I head to the local hardware store for another box of 100 contractor bags. Most of it is for the photography studio that I run, which generates an off-putting amount of garbage, but...
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Education Stats: Who Puts in More Hours, Design Students, Architecture...
The UK's Higher Education Policy Institute has released their annual report [PDF] detailing how many hours college students put in towards learning their chosen field. The students are divided by...
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The New "Vacation" Movie Also has a Fake Car
The original 1983 version of Vacation wasn't a great movie, I get it. But at least the Wagon Queen Family Truckster gag was somewhat trenchant, skewering U.S. auto manufacturers of the time for having...
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In-Chair Beer Dispensing System (Not Cans or Bottles, But Draft!)
Remember Bottoms Up Beer? That was the system we showed you a few years ago, whereby the company invented a way to fill cups of beer from the bottom of the cup. To refresh your memory:Obviously that's...
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Designer/Engineer Builds Steel Treehouse—and the Tree to Hold It
The problem with building a treehouse is finding the right tree. Jono Williams knows this, as he's been building treehouses since childhood, and built this elaborate one as an adult. So for his latest...
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How to Get Parked Cars Out of Bike Lanes, and Casey Neistat's Entertaining...
It happens every day: The city has graciously created bike lanes along certain avenues, but you don't have to cycle for more than a few blocks before you encounter some jackass in an SUV double-parked...
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A Watch with Interchangeable Drop-In Faces and a More Ergonomic Way to Change...
One of the perks of a owning smartwatch is that you can quickly change the entire digital face. Now the L.A.-based Covair Watch Company is betting that consumers will want to do that with analog...
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Ridgid's Tubular Tool Storage, Yea or Nay?
Tons of tool companies have jumped onto the Systainer bandwagon, derivatively creating stacking, rectangular tool storage systems of their own. And while Home Depot's in-house Ridgid brand has followed...
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Amidst Blazing Temperatures, a "Nugget Ice" Machine Becomes a Crowdfunding...
Do you want to know how to raise more than $500,000 in product funding in a single day? Design something that involves ice, and start the crowdfunding campaign during the hottest days of summer.As the...
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Original Prints of Movies, Music and Photographs are Stored 22 Stories...
If you've ever worked in a corporate office, chances are you've seen one of these Iron Mountain file boxes lying around:I always assumed they were just the people that made the cardboard boxes, and boy...
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Tucking Away the TV
As a professional organizer, I get asked for storage suggestions all the time. And one of the most frequent requests is how to "store" the TV—how to hide a huge flat-screen TV so it doesn't dominate...
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Adding Water to These Cars Reveals a Hidden Paint Job
Thermochromic paint, sometimes incorrectly referred to as thermochromatic paint, is neat stuff. It contains pigments that change color as the ambient temperature changes. And in the labs of a company...
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Samsung Creates Monitor That Will Wirelessly Charge Your Phone
Proving that they're not always chasing Apple, Samsung has designed a unique monitor with a wireless charging feature. Smartphones equipped with the Qi wireless charging standard can be placed onto the...
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Once Again a Combination of Design, Fine Woodworking and Roleplaying Games...
Adults who play role playing games have money, and are willing to spend it on good design. That was the conclusion I came to after seeing Geek Chic's beautiful gaming tables, which carry five-figure...
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"Climate Portal" at Swedish Airport Lets You Experience Faraway Atmospheres
Inside Sweden's Stockholm Arlanda Airport stands a mysterious mirrored box with three doors in it. It looks like a Backscatter machine designed by someone trying to make a splash at the Salone, but in...
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French Architect Creates Spider-like Personal Off-Road Vehicle
Pascal Rambaud might be an architect, but that hasn't stopped him from indulging his other passions, like mountaineering and motorsports. Back in the mid-2000s, the latter hobby led him to create an...
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