The t-shirt industry is massive as it is worn by men, women and children. In the U.S alone people spend over $20 billion a year on t-shirts. If you want to launch an ecommerce store, this would be a great industry to start with. There are so many people who have already found success with it. The only drawback to […]
How to Start A T-Shirt Dropshipping Business
Origami-Inspired Lamp Harnesses Energy From The Sun
There’s no shortage of portable lights for camping, from pocket-sized lampsto larger ones that double as security systems, to grid setups that daisy-chain lights together to light a larger area. Practical as they are though, most aren’t much to look at by themselves. Solight Design is trying to change that with the Qwnn, an origami-inspired lantern that folds flat, charges […]
Sydney’s Sculpture By The Sea
Now in its 22nd edition, the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition at Sydney’s Bondi Beach turns one of Australia’s most iconic stretches of coastline into a huge outdoor sculpture park, showcasing the wares of artists from all around the world. Let’s take a look at some of the weird and wacky creations to wash up at this year’s event. Sculpture […]
Remote Controlled Camper
Quite different from other camping trailers we’ve covered over the years, the iCamp from Dutch company Udo Camp rides to the campground as a flat trailer with a rear-end that looks like it belongs on a sports coupe. At camp, the electric pop-top quickly sheds any resemblance to a car, rising into an 8-ft-tall (2.4-m) shelter that sleeps and feeds […]
Self-Contained Station Recycles Water
Not all wastewater is created equal – it may not be drinkable, but some of what goes down the drain is perfectly fine for watering the garden or flushing toilets. Water used for hand-washing is relatively easy to treat for reuse, and now engineers at ETH Zurich have built and tested a standalone hand-washing station for use in public places […]
Modular Homes For The Homeless
Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video investigates a prefabricated homeless housing concept for Los Angeles that aims to bridge the gap between life on the streets and permanent accommodation. Homes for Hope, which Los Angeles studio Madworkshop developed in collaboration with the USC School of Architecture’s Homeless Studio, is a modular system of prefabricated units that can be assembled rapidly on […]
Can This Enzyme Really Help To Quit Smoking?
The World Heath Organization classifies smoking as a global epidemic and the single most preventable cause of death in the world, accounting for around five to six million deaths every year. Many researchers are hunting for new ways to help people shake this damaging addiction, from a vaccine that prevents the pleasurable effects of nicotine to magnetic pulses delivered to […]
What Is A Bed Today?
Architectural historian Beatriz Colomina wants to know what people get up to in bed – it will affect the way we design cities in the future, she says. Colomina, who is a professor at Princeton University, has hosted two events she calls bed-ins, to explore the role of the bed in the architecture of the digital age. The combination of smart-phone […]
Cornell App Gauges Eye Alertness
Given that our level of alertness varies throughout the day, it only makes sense that we should avoid performing attention-demanding tasks when we’re at our drowsiest. An experimental new Android app is designed to determine when those times are, by examining users’ eyes. When we’re in an alert state, our sympathetic nervous system causes our pupils to dilate so that […]
Carbon Fiber Car Panels
Carbon fiber as we know it is one of the most impressive materials in our toolkit. Its incredible lightness and strength has seen it take hold in everything from competitive cycling, to supercar design to cutting edge aircraft. But could it also play a role in energy storage? One team of scientists has been exploring the possibilities, and say that […]