pulling CO2 out of the air

addressing CO2 head on, at the point where we can no longer prevent it from getting in the air, a brute force tactic to pull it out of the air directly by Carbon Engineering, a firm in Canada.

Keon V1, holds your key when you exercise

Get one here!

Softwheel...shock absorbing wheel!

designed by Gilad Wolf

more at Wired

Micro Robots by SRI International...Amazing

fast, accurate and can build things. at scale, their speed is just under Mach 1 for a human...whoa...

Gravity Sketch Drawing Pad by Oluwaseyi Sosanya...Drawing in 3D

more via Dezeen

The Illum, by Lytro...Want

Introducing: Keon V1, a ring for your key(s)

My latest patent pending design!

You know when you ____________ and just have to carry a 1 key (or 2)?
That's what Keon V1 is for!
available at ObjectTheory.net, my store at Shapeways.
Great for running, hiking, surfing, skate boarding...etc.


Check it out!

NASA z-1 and z-2 suits...seriously? my gut reaction...

Considering the technology that these contain, and the "the chance to make a suit with a look unlike any suit ever built before." They blew it. First off, the congratulations though. To get this to a reality is no small feat, I can't imagine the technical difficulties and resolutions that had to occur in order for the engineers and designers to get this to come to fruition. With that though, there was also a serious opportunity to blow people away, to amaze them visually, to MATCH the technical ingenuity that they had accomplished. Instead, this looks like a poor rendition of what a beginning student thinks a space suit should look like. Look at the z-1. Where did you get your inspiration from? The color palette? Buzz Lightyear?!! Also look at z-2, and the options you can 'vote' for. Like the suit itself, it looks lazy. It looks like they asked a layman to come up with 3 graphics for a space suit. Oh, and the layman they ask has no graphic or design sense or education. Sorry to be so harsh NASA, but damnit, you had an AMAZING opportunity here. Instead you are showing us this less than average design, and telling us how amazing it is. Sure, technically yes, but goodness, our eyes and hearts don't lie. Next time, or maybe soon, get a concept designer or kick ass industrial designer involved, someone like Scott Robertson.

This is further reason why STEM needs to become STEAM. When you take art/visual out of the tech, you take out the way people interact with the technology. As amazing as any developed technology is, if it poorly interacts with people it will run into difficulty. This is why windows copied mac, CGI and robots that try to be too human freak us out, old space suits rocked and these new suits sputter(they are less than appealing, no matter how much you market and tout them).

Take a page from the COSMOS playbook, in addition to the amazing tech/content/subject matter, you HAVE TO present it in a visually stunning way.Z-1, inspired by buzz lightyear?

Z-2, something at the Ymca?

A step towards ‘programmable materials’ "Could change the world of mechanics forever"

via kurzweilai.net
towards materials that can change shape. amazing.

In this instance it's used to change the aluminum bar's thickness, this would affect it's vibration dampening abilities. Small step, huge implications.

The Objectual Series by Hyungkoo Lee

amazing

Silk as material for screws...for surgery...read on

via Popsci. Less stress on bones, dissolves over time...more at Popsci site.

Hoverboard! (hopefully....soon)

Hoverboard! Sure looks fun...

...and it was a prank by funny or die....

Lockheed Martin, Speaking of the future, Advanced Aeronautics...new directions, and the value of research

...the true value of research is not in the answer you get that you know you were looking for, but in the answer you find that you didn't know to look for."
Research, inherently a journey, a blind journey as it seems, where you're led by bread crumbs of tantalizing possibilities.
Research, looking for and finding things you didn't know to look for when you began the journey.

Harmon Kardon, Aura Speakers

via Popsci, very lust worthy

This is Nothing

via fastco

MX3D, 3d printing metal...supportless, multi axis 3d printing

On Being Creative by Ira Glass

Great advice for any designer, artist or entrepreneur or athlete...for anyone trying to learn ANY skill.

Additive Robofacturing

Robot construction + additive manufacturing, from the minds at Harvard school of engineering and applied sciences, inspired by termites, lead by Radhika Nagpal and Fred Kavli.

ReWalk Exoskeleton

article via Yahoo

Mark One, 3d printing Carbon Fiber

Mark One

Evolution Door

Stronger than steel, lighter than water...3d printed microtrusses

Jens Bauer and his team at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany have created a 3d printed material that is stronger than steel and lighter than water. More here.

Evolution Door

Cecelia Valentine's Living Pet Jewelry, Animals as Adornment

nice. more here.

Internet of Things, Arlet Nipper, TEDx

Triton Oxygen Respirator, by Designer Jeabyun Yeon

Breath underwater, awesome. article.

Internet of Things, a la TEDx and Dr. John Barrett

Internet of Everything, a la Cisco

3d Printed Book Cover

via article at fast company

Internet of Things

It was a big theme at 2012 CES and no different in this year's, 2013 CES as well. John Chambers, CEO of Cisco, gave it the name of the Internet of Everthing...not just things. So, the future, direction, the wind, it's definitely clear. How it will play out? Who knows. The point? What's exciting? To me, it means things will become alive. Objects won't just sit there, they will be reporters unto the world, in ways that we can't/don't quite understand as of yet. But, there are some very interesting indications/developments/products that are NOW showing us what the potential will be. And who else than Kickstarter to help show us. Here's one that was released back in 2012, (still amazing to me) Twine.

and here's a site, appropriately enough, called IOT world (internet of things world).

Onewheel: Self Balancing Skateboard at CES 2014

Onewheel transportation, but no tricks :(

Somi is also for the iPhone 4/4s, sew it, cross stitch it with Yarn!

Available at my shop Object Theory.

3d Monster! Big 3d prints! Yes!!!

Finally!! Furniture is coming into reach!!

Happy New Year!

Happy 2014! Thanks for taking interest in the things I post, I hope they're helpful and pique your interest in the stuff around us. I hope this year is the best yet for you and many many more!

"It's only a matter of time before the design bubble bursts."

Interesting article via Dezeen

Scott Robertson tips

he just released a great drawing book, that has sold out,

pretty much, anything he releases is of great quality.
such as this gem on YouTube:

Cubli, moving, balancing, incredible Cube!!!

15 best design writings of 2013

I love reflecting at the end of the year, readjusting and blazing ahead in this next year. At that, here's the "top 15 design articles" via fastco.com

Coin bank by Revol-Design

Revol-Design

Paperman, animation, the hand, technology and story telling...how it came about, inventing technologies

Reality of furniture design

New talents, old guard, unfair contracts, little to no pay, going on your own. an experience of Hanna Ernsting.

ProJet 4500, new from 3d systems...prints in color, faster + durable

Oh boy...here comes the future!
I hope the fidelity is something they'll be able to get better too.
I think it's just a matter of time/it's inevitable.

Amazing Paper models by Visual Spicer

available at his site here.

Anti Gravity Ball at MIT...what?!

Vessel for Cancer detection by Bees

by Susana Soares...bravo!

Pencil, by 53, the makers of that awesome drawing app for iPad

3d food printer

article

Coin, one credit card combines ALL your credit cards

Great idea, brilliant design

Dreaming our Future

Armor in a Bottle

works like the "shield" in Dune
http://youtu.be/RkQFhPJuxgk?t=1m3s

InForm, shapeshifting device by MIT researchers

Remote physical manipulation...Amazing! Article at wired.

Desk top DIY wire bender

So many new kick ass toys, want...soo...much
via inhabitat

Smart Wheel, ANY bike into an electric bike

turn any bike into an electric bike, by changing out the back wheel
the smart wheel
via huffpo

Perpetual Motion?

a la MIT, a wrist band to make AC obsolete

that would be awesome! more via popsci

Making the new Mac-Pro

sweet.

Universal Robots...they are coming, they are here, resistance is futile

I love robots!

Elon Musk is Awesome!

He wants to/is going to make this a reality. This guy is my hero. Article.

Retrievor, GPS tracker

Via PopSci, the size of a quarter, accuracy to within 5 feet. A crowdfunded project at Indiegogo

Somi the sewable iPhone case

available at my store Object Theory in Shapeways

Drones delivering textbooks

Introducing Somi! A sewable case for iPhone 5/5s and 4/4s

A plastic canvas case for iPhone 5/5s and 4/4s. Sew it up with yarn and a #16 plastic canvas needle. Available at my store Object Theory on Shapeways. Somi whatcha got!

Is your chair killing you?

yet more evidence...

Elon Musk, completely inspiring...bold ideas, for humanity, and accomplishes them...nothing more to say, Watch, Listen, Learn

I am so completely blown away by Elon Musk. Paypal, Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity...impossible ideas, and he doesn't just make it work, he turns them into amazing companies. wow,wow...wow...I must learn from him.

New Chromebook, $249 ?!....by HP

caveat, ONLY the chrome browser and no other programs.
more via popsci

Self Assembling Robots

of course, from MIT. Implications are awesome... Shapeshifting objects.

The Dynasphere, 1932, by Dr. JA Purves

via Retronaut!

Personal Jetpack, ready in 2014...finally!

by Martin Jetpack

Liftware, stabilizing spoon for people with tremors

article via FastCo.

on Porsche

Relentlessly Pursuing Perfection from The North Carolina Museum of Art on Vimeo.

Big Dog gets quieter and stronger...oh boy

from Autodesk Labs, Project Memento - 3d from Photo

Bot and Dolly,....mesmerizingly cool

PhoneBloks by Dave Hakkens

Phone as legos, upgrade with a snap. Nice. More via Inhabitat

Structure Sensor: 3d sensing for mobile

Self driving car by 2016: Tesla...Elon Musk is killing it

I hope to drive or be driven by a Tesla soon in my life. PopSci article here.

Why? not What, not How...

After seeing this TED talk, it made me question how clear my "why" was. As it turns out, not very, so after some time of writing and thinking, I ended up with this: In this age of mass manufactured products, large companies design and sell objects targeting broad groups of people. However, we are in a unique point in time where a revolution has begun. The maker movement and 3d printing empower and celebrate the creative abilities and uniqueness of individuals. It enables people to create and purchase things otherwise difficult or impossible to create or obtain. As a designer, I love this because it gives me the freedom to explore ideas, design things and share them, even if only for a few people, even if only for 1 person. The best thing we can do is be more of what we are, no one else can do that. Like what you like, do what you love. My objects are designed with this in mind. Celebrate your individuality, your unique, quirky, wierd awesomeness. Be More You.

3d printing on steroids, Digital-Grotesque.com

www.digital-grotesque.com

Self Healing Material...sort of like terminator t1000...sort of

one in a million...literally...Michael Cornelissen

algorithm, literally, a million different rings...each unique...clevermore at Michael Cornelissen

3-Sweep software, Amazing! 3d models from a photograph

D-Dalus by IAT21, flies, floats, quiet, simple to fix...

via Popsci
" the Austrian engineering firm IAT21 set out to construct a flying machine that floated like a hummingbird, traveled as fast as a jet, was as quiet as a hot-air balloon, and was simple enough that a car mechanic could repair it."

A completely new kind of propulsion system. Another article on the D-Dalus by PopSci.