Here’s what we looked at this week:
Hyundai unveiled their concept for a tire with automatically deploying snow chains.
Desk Design History: The rise and fall of hideaways and cubbyholes.
A great hack for easily cleaning the inside of a bottle.
Industrial design firm Cardboard Helicopter designed this ball-bearing-based self-sealing pour spout.
This bendable, silicone-coated cutlery is by New-Zealand-based baby products company Haakaa.
French manufacturer TwinswHeels has a line of delivery droids that look like they were designed by Pixar.
This combination guitar holder/bench is by Yamaha Design Lab.
Nego: A twist on the board game Go, but with cats. Who can fit the most on the board?
The TempaComp is a combination thermometer/compass/carabiner.
French artist Harold Sangouard’s killer Sputnik Chair is made of cast aluminum and steel.
Architectural design/build firm RAP executed this impressive cast concrete spiral staircase for a client.
“Auditorium furniture solutions” company Hamari makes these Telescopic Seats that are kitted out with upholstered folding chairs.
New mobility form: The Cyrusher Ripple is an electric-powered snowboard that can reportedly hit 31 mph.
Another new mobility form: The Scootility is a stand-on cargo scooter.
Tesla revealed the progress made on their Optimus humanoid robot, and its movements are eerily human-like.
A bizarre invention: This Socket Fanlight.
Creating the first design for a mass-produced hard hat in 1919, inventor Edward W. Bullard figured out how to make a military object affordable.
This passive water-boiling alert object is designed for those with blindness or partial-sightedness, forgetfulness, or dementia.
This CORE 500™ Digital Stethoscope, by industrial design firm Y Studios, was designed for healthcare technology company Eko Health.
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