Fast Track to the Mobile App: Developing Apps, Implementation and Testing
Fast Track to the Mobile App winners had the 'best case scenario' track: get their apps developed, tested and in the Marketplace by early February in time for promotion before (and hopefully during...
View ArticleSmart Windows for Cars Concept: GM's Windows of Opportunity
After seeing Samsung's Smart Window, the car-minded among you probably thought the technology would be cool on a windshield (though it would undoubtedly lead to some cars wrapped around trees). To see...
View ArticleArtifix Mori: Interactive Light and Sound Installation
Gracing the Art Skybridge at the Eugene Lang College of The New School is the interactive light and sound installation Artfix Mori, a collaboration between visiting artists Jason Krugman a kinetic...
View ArticleAnnouncing the New Vimeo
Earlier today, video sharing site Vimeo announced that they will be rolling out features of the "new Vimeo," their first site redesign since 2007, with a private testing period in anticipation of a...
View ArticleSHOT Show 2012: Kriss Systems' Vector Submachine Gun
There aren't many short automatic rifles. The recoil and muzzle rise of automatic fire makes anything under 16" in length inaccurate and impractical. However, the Swiss-based Kriss Systems has...
View ArticleSphero Reinvents the Ball, Bridges Virtual and Physical Gaming
Whether you play Angry Birds, Infinity Blade or Scrabble, the one thing our smartphone games have in common is that they're all virtual; everything takes place on screen and in your mind. But now a...
View ArticleSnow-Cycling & Kite-Skiing to the South Pole: UK's Helen Skelton Completes...
As our British readership may already know, this past Sunday marked the completion of Helen Skelton's 500-mile journey to the South Pole. But this wasn't just a run-of-the-mill visit to the bottom of...
View ArticleRashad Alakbarov's Paintings Live in the Shadows of the Objects That Created...
From the You've got to be kidding me department: Azerbaijan-based artist Rashad Alakbarov creates images by setting up ordinary objects (sometimes suspended in mid-air via wires) and shining a light...
View ArticlePreSonus Audio Electronics is seeking a Senior Industrial Designer in Baton...
Senior Industrial Designer PreSonus Audio ElectronicsBaton Rouge, Louisiana PreSonus Audio Electronics is seeking a Senior Industrial Designer to support the conceptualization and development of Pro...
View ArticleCox Architecture & Design's Helix Bridge Gives New Meaning to "Design DNA"
That's Singapore's trippy Helix Bridge, designed by Australia-based Cox Architecture & Design after they beat out 35 other entrants in a design competition sponsored by the city-state. Constructed...
View ArticleBottcher+Henssler's Mantis Lamp
Anyone who sits at a desk for eight+ hours a day knows there are a few basic needs this sedentary lifestyle requires beyond food/water/air. Nay, needs is not quite strong enough. Let us call them...
View ArticleSaul Bass Does Spiderman... Well, Sort Of
As part of Marvel Comic's Avengers Art Appreciation variant cover series set for release in April, artist Mike del Mundo created this beautiful homage to graphic designer Saul Bass for Amazing...
View ArticleWebVisions New York: Flexible Systems and Techniques for Better User Experiences
How will our future change with technology? Designers and developers gathered last week to answer this question at WebVisions in New York City. Presentations and workshops during this 3-day conference...
View ArticleNew Method of Tactile Sensing for Robots: Whiskers
From the UK comes this robot designed with whiskers to "feel" its way around, or towards, obstacles. Maybe it's just me, but seeing the insectoid way this thing reacts totally creeps me out. Take a...
View ArticleSHOT Show 2012: APO's Custom Firearms
Gear heads love to mod their cars and shooting sports aficionados love to mod their guns. It makes sense then that Ashbury Precision Ordnance (APO) developed a unique modular firearm that enables user...
View ArticleOn the Record: "Years" by Bartholomaus Traubeck
Bartholomäus Traubeck's "Years" is one of those designs that embodies much more than its one-line description might suggest: simply put, it's "a record player that plays slices of wood, [in which]...
View ArticleAnother A-Peeling Appliance from HJC Design
A couple months ago, we had a look at HJC Designs' first foray into sleek-yet-playful kitchenware with the "Peel" coffeemaker. The Yorkshire, UK-based company is back with the second item with...
View ArticleIdealist.org is seeking a Lead Web Designer in Portland, Oregon
Lead Web Designer Idealist.orgPortland, Oregon Idealist.org is seeking a full-time designer to join our web development team in Portland. He or she will be primarily responsible for the look &...
View ArticleIxDA Interaction12 Preview: A Conversation with Luke Williams
In anticipation of the upcoming IxDA Interaction12 Conference taking place in Dublin, Ireland February 1-4, Core77 will be bringing you a preview of this year's event. Follow us as we chat with...
View ArticleHand.Written.Letter.Project: Second Edition out now
When was the last time you wrote a letter? I don't mean typed one—wrote one. Like on actual paper. If you're answer falls somewhere between it's been awhile and what's a letter?, don't worry—you're...
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