[A] team of students from Wilmington, Delaware, broke the Guinness World Record and built the world’s tallest Lego tower. For the students, this victory was personal. They struck a powerful blow to their Lego arch-rivals, previous record-holder, the city of Prague.
The American Lego tower stands five stories high, at over 112 feet … Read More → "Delaware students have just built world’s tallest Lego tower"
The Armadillo-T is pretty petite as it is, but when it comes time to fit into tight parking spaces, the all-electric car can do even better. The four-wheel-drive compact, which integrates a design similar to an armadillo’s shell, includes seating for two, a 13.6 kWh battery pack and four in-wheel motors, allowing the rear half of the vehicle to fold upwards at the press of a button. Designed by a group of researchers … Read More → "Armadillo-T micro electric car folds to fit into compact parking spaces (video)"
Creative types have been commonly thought to rely on the right side of their brains, while analytical folk have been considered more “left-brained” thinkers. But people don’t actually show such tendencies toward either left- or right-brained activity, according to a study published last week (August 14) in PLOS ONE.</ … Read More → "Are brain-based labels bunk?"
As a fervent lover of papercraft, book sculpture, and creative repurposing of physical books, I was instantly taken with Art Made from Books: Altered, Sculpted, Carved, Transformed (public library) — a compendium of extraordinary artworks from the around the world, using the physical book as raw material for creative contemplation and cultural commentary. Sensual, rugged, breathtakingly intricate, ranging from “literary jewelry” to … Read More → "Sculptural masterpieces made from old books"
There’s still no robot that can successfully fake unconditional love or a child’s innocent laughter. But now, thanks to a team of German tinkerers, there is one that can emulate a child’s uninvited wall art.
Vertwalker is a … Read More → "This misbehaving robot wants to scribble all over your walls (video)"
Designed by the Vienna University of Technology’s Virtual Reality Team, the tiny aircraft utilizes the processor and camera of an off-the-shelf smartphone.
The Vienna team, led by chief engineer Annette Mossel, programmed the quadcopter’s navigation software into the processor using an app.
Once in flight, the UAV uses the phone’s camera to identify QR-like coded squares placed on the floor within a room. These allow … Read More → "Autonomous quadcopter uses a smartphone as its brains"
If you want to explore the long tail of furniture design, a new service called OpenDesk is worth investigating — it’s a crowd-sourced database of downloadable furniture designs as well as a network of craftspeople that can build that furniture for you. While there aren’t many pieces of furniture available yet, there’s a lot you can do if you find a piece … Read More → "Online OpenDesk catalog makes local craftsmen your personal IKEA"
11-year-old Quinn Sheeran has arrived to restore your faith in humanity with his brilliantly epic Rocky-theme-playing deodorant—all engineered by the kid himself.
Inspired by the considerably more obnoxious musical greeting cards, Sheeran decided thatRocky’s stairmaster soundtrack would be far more befitting of a … Read More → "Tween engineer invents awesome, Rocky-playing deodorant (video)"
Antioxidants, peptides and Vitamin C just don’t cut it in the battle against anti-ageing anymore.
Skincare experts have taken their quest to the next step, and the latest addition to their litany of lotions and potions is literally out of this world.
Enter IOMA’s Youth Booster moisturiser, a £149 face cream with a microchip … Read More → "If NASA made face cream"
