Keychain Pill-Size Blade

Ever receive a package and have nothing on hand to open it sharper than the keys in your pocket? With the Microblade Pill from Microcarry clipped to your keychain, you’ll never experience that problem again. A different style of EDC knife, this capsule-style mini-tool won’t cut thick rope or carve wood, but it will slice through packing tape, peel stickers […]

One Piece Carbon Fiber Guitar

In order to help prevent a guitar’s neck losing the fight against the pull of the strings, a metal rod usually runs through it. South Africa’s Rubato Guitars has done away with the truss rod for its first model – named Lassie – instead relying on the stiffness of carbon fiber to keep things nice and straight. In fact, the […]

Modular DMOS Shovel

You don’t really need a shovel until you really need a shovel. So taking up a third of your car roof with a man-height ditch digger’s shovel doesn’t make much sense … that is, until you find yourself spinning tires helplessly in three feet of snow or mud. The shovel experts at Jackson, Wyoming-based DMOS Collective present a better way […]

Smartphone Case Brings Back Physical Buttons

A customizable smartphone case prototype is bringing back physical buttons and scroll wheels at a time when manufacturers are looking to build devices with nothing more than touchscreens. Vidgets are mechanical widgets that provide smartphone owners with a more tactile experience, compared to taps and swipes on a touchscreen. The project is a collaboration between Snap researchers Karl Bayer and […]

Lumi’s Smart Nappies

Pampers has partnered with health software platform Verily, a sister company of Google, to create nappies that tell parents when their baby‘s nappy needs changing as well as monitoring their sleep patterns. Lumi consists of the nappy itself, an activity sensor, a video monitor with two-way audio and an accompanying app that tracks all the data, to give parents a […]

Multi-Function Water Bottle

Providing hydration is all very well and good, but what if you want your water bottle to do, well … more? A trio of Atlanta-based entrepreneurs had a few things in mind, which is why they created the MODL – they describe it as a utility bottle. First of all, the MODL does indeed hold 1 liter (33 oz) of […]

Augmented Audio Headphones

Though portable Bluetooth speakers allow music lovers to share audio with those around them, headphones are mostly a private listening experience. With the launch of Augmented Audio on Kickstarter, Australia’s BG Audio gives users the choice to keep things private or simultaneously share with others, either locally or remotely. “It’s time to get connected again and bring our audio experiences […]

Bike Features Blindspot Assist

If you’re cycling in urban traffic, then it goes without saying that you ought to be doing shoulder checks when changing lanes. Every little bit of added safety is a good thing, though, which is why the Calamus One e-bike comes with integrated blindspot assist. Looking quite a bit like the Pininfarina Evoluzione electric bike, the Calamus has transceivers in […]

High Tech Night Pillows

If you’re not getting enough sleep, you’re not alone. It turns out a good night sleep is one of the most elusive necessities of modern man. According to the National Sleep Foundation’s inaugural Sleep Health Index™, 45 percent of Americans say they’ve suffered from the effects of poor or inefficient sleep at least once in the last seven days. So […]