Multitools come in all shapes and sizes these days, but few, if any, with the diminutive profile of the Claw. This tiny tool is less than an inch long but can be put to use in a variety of scenarios and carried around discreetly when not in use. Malboro & Kane’s metallic Claw measures 0.7 inches (18 mm) to be […]
Tiniest Multitool
Rolls Royce Building Insects Like Robots To Fix Plane Engines
DEBUGGING. Typically, engineers want to get bugs out of their creations. Not so for the U.K. engineering firm (not the famed carmaker) Rolls-Royce — it’s looking for a way to get bugs into the aircraft engines it builds. These “bugs” aren’t software glitches or even actual insects. They’re tiny robots modeled after the cockroach. On Tuesday, Rolls-Royce shared the latest […]
From Bank To Modern Hostel
A former bank in downtown Jyväskylä, Finland, has been converted into a modern hostel by Studio Puisto Architects making use of the empty 1953 building. They skipped the typical hostel go-to of dormitory style rooms and instead created smaller, private bedrooms with public spaces surrounding them. On top of the mini bedrooms, Hostel Jyväskylä offers a full restaurant along with […]
Control A Drone With Your Body
PUT DOWN THE JOYSTICK. If you’ve ever tried to pilot a drone, it’s probably taken a little while to do it well; each drone is a little different, and figuring out how to use its manual controller can take time. There seems to be no shortcut other than to suffer a crash landing or two. Now, a team of researchers […]
Does Your Business Still Need A Printer In The Paperless Age?
Technology keeps marching on and changing the way we approach business processes in a whole host of ways. Yet the phrase “paperless office” is one that anyone under 50 has been familiar with for their entire working lives. Way back in the 1990s, people were talking about going paper free in the digital age. A quarter of a century later, […]
Ride On Water
Pre-sale registrations are now open for the Manta5, a Kiwi-built, 400-watt hydrofoiling e-bike that lets you ride effortlessly on water like a life-jacketed, 2,000-year-old Jewish carpenter on a fitness kick. These look like an extraordinarily cool recreational and exercise toy for anyone who lives near a large body of water and who’s learned the hard way to stop changing it […]
This Technology Feeds Autonomous Cars With Weather Information
German engineering and electronics company Bosch has joined forces with Finnish weather expert Foreca to inform self-driving cars about the road conditions they’re operating on. This cloud-based, cloud-detecting technology could play a key role in one day making autonomous cars suitable for places that experience extreme weather. The technology stems from a simple, widely accepted premise: Humans drive differently depending […]
Canvia’s Bringing Art Into Technology
Art is a hobby and skill dating back to human’s earliest days, which has been demonstrated by simple yet captivating cave paints around the world. On the other hand, technology is a field which, in recent years, has come to dominate human attention throughout the world in numerous ways. In our modern world the two fields have achieved great things, […]
Paypal’s AR Lets You Shop From Home
The idea that you never have to leave the house in order to go on a shopping spree might sound like a sci-fi dream for generations before us, that or a dystopian nightmare of slobs. But the truth is, shopping at home is arguably the most convenient way to shop, and this experience is heading for an upgrade thanks to AR and VR. […]
The Consequences of Debt Settlement
According to Newton’s third law of physics; for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. To a degree, this is true in life as well. Everything has consequences. If, for example, your financial situation is such that you’re considering engaging a debt settlement company, it’s a good idea to explore the consequences of debt settlement. What Is Debt […]