Terraplanter – An Inverse Plant Pot
There have been other self-watering planters before, but there are always issues with getting the right level of moisture, there’s dirt involved to make things messy, and they always look a bit, well, rubbish. The Terraplanter changes all of that – it looks great whether it’s got plants on it or not, and it’s unique design means that it waters fauna better than you can.…
Point-of-Care MRI
US company Hyperfine recently received FDA approval for their groundbreaking mobile point-of-care MRI scanner.
Run-of-the-mill MRI machines are massive, permanent installations requiring liquid helium-cooled cryogenic superconducting coils and giant power supplies, whereas the Hyperfine machine can be rolled into a room and be plugged into a typical wall socket in a manner similar to existing portable Ultrasound and X-ray machines, without the hazardous ionising radiation of the former.…
Engine Inspired Espresso Machines
I’m not sure how we’ve not seen this before – Super Veloce is building a series of very high-end espresso machines designed as if they were engines. Fancy a coffee machine styled like a V12 engine? What about a jet engine?…
The Real F132
Back in 2014 Aaron Beck, a Conceptual Designer from New Zealand, presented his F132 concept to the world on his blog. I remember being impressed by it nearer that time, as its exotic blend of F1 race car and 1932 Ford comes together in such a sweet package.…
Unreal Engine 5 – The Next Level In Gaming
Since the next generation games consoles were announced earlier this year, there has unsurprisingly been much hype around the hardware. The specs are out there for the PS5 and the Xbox Series X, but that hasn’t necessarily given us a taste of what they can do, especially when the PC-crowd are quick to point out that most of the hardware isn’t that new.…
24-hours/revolution
I’m not a fan of spending a lot of money on fashion accessories like watches, but this one is definitely interesting. The company’s ethos is to “slow down” which seems like a great idea if you are lucky enough to have a life that allows such a lax approach to time management.…
Gloves
Dan Giannopoulous has been photographing discarded disposable gloves across London. Bad manners and callous disregard for the environment from the people of London but at least something good has come from it.
If you like this you might also like his series covering empty drug baggies.…
Full-Size Remote Control Paraglider
There’s a few folks on YouTube trying to do new and different things with paraglider wings, but usually it involves flying in new places, new techniques, or crazy challenges in the name of entertainment. Andre Bandarra however, has just built an unmanned RC paraglider – but not a scale version, he uses his full-size wing.…
Murmurs
“There’s a crack in reality and something’s breaking through. Ten mind-altering tales from some of the best new drama podcast writers.” BBC, 2019
Murmurs is a series of 30 minute audio dramas that all suffer from unexplained interference. There’s a hollow, rising tension that leaves an aftertaste similar to that of the early Black Mirror episodes.…
Death And Valor On An American Warship Doomed By Its Own Navy
ProPublica have published a well-written series of rich content articles about the fatal collisions between commercial shipping and US Navy Destroyers in the Pacific. They are long articles but are well worth a read, providing an insight into the catastrophic sequence of events leading to deaths.…