This Unbelievably Complex Music Machine Makes MIDI Out Of Marbles
Martin Molin might be an electronica musician, but he's an electronica musician who is fascinated by curiously analog instruments. As the frontman of Swedish band Wintergatan, Molin plays instruments...
View ArticleClik here to view.
10,000 Muji Products Recreate Downtown Tokyo
For American and European design lovers, shopping at Muji has long been the next best thing to living in Japan. But Muji's latest promotional stunt is taking that to the next level. Leveraging...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MIT's DeepDrumpf Twitter Bot Uses Neural Networks To Tweet Like Donald Trump
There are two kinds of Americans: those who think Donald Trump says it like it is, and those who think that Donald Trump says it like a sputtering, sub-human gonad. No matter which camp you fall into,...
View ArticleForget The Standing Desk: This Office Chair Turns Your Jitters Into Electricity
They say a standing desk can add a decade to your life. But if you're one of my fellow ticking time-bombs of nervous energy, even sitting in a chair could have some health benefits, too. Even better?...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Late Email Inventor's Enduring Legacy: The @ Symbol
Love it or hate it, email is a major part of our lives. For that, as well as the renaissance of the @ symbol, we have Raymond Samuel Tomlinson to thank. Tomlinson—who may have done more than anyone to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Slide On The Side Of A Frickin' Skyscraper? Thank Innovative Glass For That
If you ride L.A.'s new Skyslide, there are a couple reasons you shouldn't look down.The first? The glass-bottomed slide is installed 1,000 feet in the air on the side of Los Angeles' U.S. Bank Tower,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Hidden Beauty Of Europe's Super-Efficient Recycling Empire
They say one man's trash is another man's treasure. For photographer Paul Bulteel, Europe's super-efficient recycling plants offer an embarrassment of such riches. In Bulteel's new book, Cycle &...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Prompt Wants To Be The One Chatbot To Rule Them All
Back before operating systems like Windows and Mac OS became popular, we interacted with computers through the command line. In a way, it was the original chatbot: a little blinking cursor on a black...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nendo's Latest: Great Design For Your Dog--And Your Tiny Apartment
Over the years, Nendo has designed everything: doors, furniture, suitcases, dishes, even rubber bands, and Post-It notes.All those designs had one thing in common, though: They were designed for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Don't Tell Banksy, But MIT Invented The Perfect Drone For Graffiti
The intersection of drones and street art is nothing new, but these experiments have been complicated and hard to control: more flying tech vandals than aerial artists. But the Flying Pantograph from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Video Game Controller Was Designed To Drive You Crazy
Video games aren't really much fun anymore, digital media designer Peter Buczkowski says. While in decades past, games could be completed over the course of a few lazy Saturdays on the couch, many...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Happy Wooden Robot Teaches Toddlers To Code
With its focus on learning through playful discovery rather than instruction, the Montessori method is widely hailed as one of the most effective ways of teaching kids. But can you use the Montessori...
View ArticleClik here to view.
James Corner Is Turning The National Building Museum Into An Iceberg Wonderland
Tripling down on its reputation as the least boring architecture museum in the world, the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., has tapped James Corner Field Operations—the firm behind New...
View ArticleGoogle Music Lab: Interactive Toys That Visualize The Science Of Sound
Although music is a universal language, composing it is not. In other words, while almost everyone enjoys music, comparatively few people actually understand it. Google's latest experiment wants to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Interactive Primer To Particle Physics
Especially for those of us who snoozed through 11th-grade physics class, understanding particle physics can be challenging, to say the least. But Symmetry Magazine—a joint Fermilab/SLAC publication...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A New Way Of Experiencing Music, Straight Out Of Tron
A band used to be four guys on instruments; a song used to be written, note after note. But that's just not true anymore: Music isn't just increasingly performed on computers, it's algorithmically...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Amazing Stroller Collapses To Fit In A Large Handbag
If you're a parent, your stroller can be both a blessing and a curse, especially when traveling. Sure, it makes it easier to get your pudgy little infant and 50-odd pounds of accompanying baby...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Best Of Ken Adam, The Legendary Set Designer Behind "007"
The best 007 movies starred more than James Bond, a super villain, and a Bond girl. They also starred the breathtaking sets of Ken Adam—who did more than anyone to establish the look of the 007...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Man Behind Ikea's World-Conquering Flat-Pack Design
Gillis Lundgren, one the most important designers of the 20th century, has died at 86, The Washington Post reports. But there's a good chance you've never heard his name before.IKEALundgren designed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Subtly Track Your Schedule On Your Wrist With The Ingenious Calendar Watch
Nothing kills conversation more quickly than pulling out your phone to check your calendar for your next appointment.Enter the Calendar Watch, by What? Watch. Now on Kickstarter, it looks like a finely...
View Article