Disruptus: Open your mind with this innovation-driven game for creative thinkers

Disruptus


A creative resource for adults and kids alike, Disruptus is “designed to open every mind,” and from what we can tell, it works as advertised. Using product flashcards as a starting point, and a die for…

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks : The Playstation 4 revealed, collodion surf photos, reinventing the wheel and more in our weekly look at the web

Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Mind Over Water In “Eunoia,” NYC-based artist Lisa Park wears an EEG sensor to measure her brain activity and translates that into soundwaves that vibrate five dishes of water (each representing a different emotion)—thus allowing…

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Bose QuietComfort 20: Noise-canceling earbuds have an advantageous “aware mode” so you can stay alert

Bose QuietComfort 20


Today Bose gave new application to the phrase “turn on, tune in, drop out” by announcing the QuietComfort 20—a pair of snug-fitting, noise-canceling earbuds with an ultra-convenient new feature. The earbuds not only allow you to…

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Isaora + Meyerhoffer: Two innovation-obsessed designers create a collection of detail-oriented surf gear

Isaora + Meyerhoffer


Known for striking a balance between high-tech materials and minimal, modest design in what seems to be the most aesthetically pleasing way possible, NYC’s Isaora has been on our radar for a few years now. Recently,…

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Cool Hunting Video Presents: Bally Technologies: We explore the fascinating design and innovation behind slot machines, one of the world’s most unknown industries

Cool Hunting Video Presents: Bally Technologies


Slot machines—games of purely random chance—are often seen as mechanical gambling devices and not much more. During a visit to Las Vegas we had the opportunity to dig a little deeper with Bally Technologies’ Director…

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Lunis Reflective Crescent Windshell: A stealth way to stay safe while cycling at night

Lunis Reflective Crescent Windshell


After seeing three friends hit by cars while riding their bicycles at night in a span of just a few months, Los Angeles-based designer Brett Clouser felt compelled to found Lunis, an outdoor specific clothing brand…

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Routehappy: Innovative flight search site uses data-driven “Happiness Factors” to deliver the best experience for your buck

Routehappy


We fly far and often, and because of this we’ve become quite particular in our ways, spending a lot of time sorting out which airlines, planes, routes, seats and amenities are going to provide the best case scenario for painless travel. Promising…

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MB&F MusicMachine: The innovative Swiss timepiece makers collaborate with REUGE for a first foray into music

MB&F MusicMachine


Marking the first kinetic machine made by MB&F that isn’t a timepiece, the MusicMachine confidently brings the innovative Swiss laboratory into new territory. While the spaceship-styled MusicMachine may not tell time and can’t be worn,…

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Evans Wadongo: MwangaBora Lamp: A charitable exhibition in NYC showcases the Kenyan engineer’s innovative solar lamp

Evans Wadongo: MwangaBora Lamp


In 2004 at the tender age of 19, Evans Wadongo took it upon himself to create an alternative to the unhealthy and often dangerous kerosene lamps and firelights used by villages like his in rural Africa….

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Re-lighting Gino Sarfatti Edition N°1 by Flos: The first in a series of reconfigured lights originally created by Italy’s brilliant designer

Re-lighting Gino Sarfatti Edition N°1 by Flos


Gino Sarfatti is possibly the most important lighting designer in the history of Italian design. Between founding the beloved Arteluce in 1939 and selling it to Flos in 1973, the self-taught designer had over 600 lamps…

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