Your child’s imagination will soar using this adorable construction-grade measuring tool that combines functionality, skills development and fun in one. Handy Famm, from NYC-based OffWhite Co innovation lab, is a first-of-its-kind tape measure specially created for kids. The patent-pending tool is designed in the shape of a bird’s head, with the tape measure extending from the bird’s beak like a tongue. Intended as […]

Helmets could soon offer better protection while also being more comfortable, thanks to a new padding material developed by California’s HRL Laboratories. It’s claimed to be better than foam at withstanding impacts, while also keeping heads cooler and drier. Created in partnership with the University of California-Santa Barbara and the US Army Research Laboratory, the “elastic microlattice” polymer material has […]

Ah, dry shampoo. In today’s day and age, many of us have come to rely on the stuff. It keeps our hair smelling fresh and looking just-washed, even when in reality, it’s a greasy mess that hasn’t been shampooed in three days. But traditional dry shampoos are kind of lame for a myriad of reasons; many of them come in […]

Disassembling scrapped electronics into their various components for recycling is a laborious process, and frequently involves the use of harsh, environmentally-unfriendly solvents. Now, however, scientists have developed a magnetically-deactivated glue that could address these problems. Created in a partnership between Britain’s University of Sussex, University of Reading and Stanelco RF Technologies, the polyurethane adhesive contains tiny iron oxide particles. Intended […]

When connected together, the five units that make up the Air by Quirky form a single cylinder speaker. But each speaker can also operate separately for surround-sound placement or multi-room streaming entertainment. Designed to fit right in with the versatile lives we lead today, the combined efforts of all five speaker units – one AirBase and four AirConnect speakers – […]

Twelve South has released a Bluetooth adapter called the AirFly Pro that can be plugged into old school audio sources with a 3.5 mm headphone jack to stream audio to wireless headphones and earphones. The device essentially allows you to pop in your new AirPods Pro earphones and listen to audio streamed from old car stereos, in-flight entertainment systems, or […]

Brit engineer David Wolffe launched a novel backpack on Kickstarter in 2014 that allowed users to swing the main bag around to the front to access the contents without having to take the whole thing off. We got to try a Metro variant the year after, and new additions to the family have followed since. Now the team has returned […]

The convenience plastic offers through single-use straws, water bottles and disposable coffee cups comes at no small cost to the environment, but we are growing more aware of the damage they cause. And with that awareness comes new eco-conscious products that can help us chip away at the problem. The Unocup is a simple yet clever example, using a paper […]

The Smart-Pack is the latest travel backpack looking to stand out in a crowded field, and it’s bringing specially designed compartments and openings, durable materials, anti-theft mechanisms and built-in wireless charging for your phone to help catch your eye. So far, it seems to have worked – the bag has blown through its Kickstarter crowdfunding goal many times over, with […]

The notion of wearing lenses over our eyes to correct our vision dates back hundreds of years, with some even crediting Leonardo da Vinci as one of the first proponents of the idea (though that remains somewhat controversial). Material science and our understanding of the human eye have come a long way since, while their purpose has remained largely the […]