30 Amazing Inventions To Put On Your Holiday Wish List (Photos) Genies are a notoriously tricky lot, what with the whole “imprisoned in a lamp, hell bent on getting out” thing.
They often take that wish of yours and turn it on its head. So when it comes to wishes, I usually prefer to stick to the healthy holiday kind (I’m lookin’ at you Saint Nick!). With the Holiday season fast approaching, it might just be time to start building up those wish lists. Admittedly, not every one of these amazing inventions can be purchased in stores, but the magic of the holidays can also extend to you local municipal governments if you believe hard enough. If that oil lasted for 8 nights, then I think my parks department can get me a giant slide.
Sa™: The Umbrella Reimagined by Justin Nagelberg & Matthew Waldman. Share this project Done Share Tweet Embed Tweet Share Email Sa™: The Umbrella Reimagined by Justin Nagelberg & Matthew Waldman Play An innovative geometric umbrella that reimagines structure, form, and aesthetics, with improved efficiency and recyclability.
New York, NYProduct Design Share this project pledged of $30,000 goal seconds to go Funded! This project was successfully funded . An innovative geometric umbrella that reimagines structure, form, and aesthetics, with improved efficiency and recyclability. Justin Nagelberg & Matthew Waldman Project by First created | 0 backed parallelogr.am See full bioContact me About this project Introducing the Sa™ The Sa™ is the umbrella reimagined.
Canopy and Functionality Like origami, The Sa uses planar tension to generate its form. To ensure structural rigidity and strength against wind, the six guide panels, which can be seen along the ridges of the canopy, will be made with a stronger version of the same material. Pole & Handle Magnetic Closure System Process. Norway Has World’s First Bike Escalator. Bicycling is a cheap and healthy way to get around, but a steep hill can become a casual cyclist’s Achilles’ heel.
Luckily, the Norwegian city of Trondheim has a solution to this problem – a bike escalator. Invented in the 90’s by a commuter who grew tired of showing up to work sweaty and exhausted, the Trampe lift, recently upgraded and reinvented as the CycloCable, has already carried over 200,000 bicyclists up this 150m-long cyclist deterrent. The curious escalator has become a tourist magnet as well. Cyclists who place one foot on the escalator’s angled platform will be pushed uphill at a speed of 5mph. Molecules Harness Sun’s Energy, Even in Absence of Sunlight. Detractors of solar energy are quick to criticize that it doesn’t work at night or on cloudy days, but now a new innovation from scientists at MIT has taken a step toward changing that.
They have developed a material which can absorb heat from the sun and store it to be available at the flip of a switch. The results have been published in Nature Chemistry. Swedes Develop Invisible Bike Helmet. Sci-Fi Device Lets Men And Women Swap Bodies. Talk about going on a gender bender.
A new machine created by a Spanish design collective combines virtual reality with advanced neuroscientific techniques to let men and women swap bodies with each other. Called The Machine To Be Another, it's all done in the hopes that body transference will help scientists explore and quantify concepts like sexism, gender identity, and bias. Based in Barcelona, Be Another Lab is made up of Philippe Bertrand, Daniel Gonzalez Franco, Christian Cherene, and Arthur Pointea, a collection of interdisciplinary artists whose fields range from programming and electronic engineering to interactive system design and neuro-rehabilitation.
Together, the goal of Be Another Lab is to explore the concepts of empathy through technology, science, and art. Lab-Grown Vagina Implants. 33 Amazing Ideas That Will Make Your House Awesome. We’ve all got some sort of idea of how our dream home might look.
Some of us have just got to have a pool, while others want clever modern design, sustainability, or integration with natural elements. No matter what it is that makes your dream home unique, here are a few examples of homes where people have been able to realize some of their greatest home design fantasies. [Read more...] These ingenious home improvements run from pools and aquariums to cleverly-hidden storage spaces, multi-purpose furniture and… cat transit walkways. Maybe you’ll recognize something that you’ve always wanted to see, or maybe the pictures will get your juices flowing and inspire you to come up with or even build something new.
Warning – viewing some of these images may make you feel dissatisfied with your current home! 1. Image credits: acrylicaquariums.com 2. Image credits: Hilden and Diaz 3. Image credits: unknown 4. Image credits: psfk.com 5. Image credits: Justin Kemp 6. Image credits: unknown 7. 8. 9.