Hasta La Ideas

Here’s what we looked at this week:

The Sidekick and the Pegasus, two connectable portable worksurfaces from Worx.

Rinseroo’s smart design applications for thermoplastic rubber.

True’s Dual Cutter: A folding knife, plus scissors with a full-size handle.

GoSun’s EV Solar Charger unfolds from your car’s roof.

The Shaper Trace quickly turns your hand drawings into vectors.

At the Olympics’ Cross Country Mountain Bike event, both Gold Medalists rode on plastic spokes.

A beautiful multifunctional object: Eton’s FRX3+, an emergency radio and handcranked power bank.

Interacting with Figure’s surprisingly convincing AI-driven humanoid robot.

MSCHF’s $450 high-heeled flip flops.

BMW develops a lightweight, minimalist, sustainable seat structure.

U.S. Gymnastics brings in-bed air conditioning units into the Olympic Village.

Industrial Design student work: Robin Luginbühl’s sneakers designed for disassembly.

Streacom’s DB4 is a minimalist, fanless PC housing.

Orbis, by industrial design firm HS Design, is an alternative to ankle monitoring devices.