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May 14 2012
Artist Hacks 5 Life Support Machines, So They All Keep Each Other Alive

Artist Hacks 5 Life Support Machines, So They All Keep Each Other Alive

A modern-day Frankenstein is alive. It’s alive, it’s alive, IT’S ALIVE!

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Vote Now For Your Favorite, In Our Porsche Next Design Challenge

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Vote Now For Your Favorite, In Our Porsche Next Design Challenge

Each of the finalists added clever tweaks, based on the judges’ feedback. And now, you can weigh in too.

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A Faceted Watch That Began As An Experiment In Paper Folding

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A Faceted Watch That Began As An Experiment In Paper Folding

Beneath its good looks, Benjamin Hubert’s new watch has a surprising level of no-nonsense functionality.

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A Nightlight That Teaches Kids To Love Solar Power

A Nightlight That Teaches Kids To Love Solar Power

When Victor Vetterlein became a father, he decided he wanted to design a tool that teaches children about sustainable energy.

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MIT Hacks An Ikea Chair, Turns It Into A Bristly Beast

MIT Hacks An Ikea Chair, Turns It Into A Bristly Beast

A wild new species of furniture raises spikes when a sitter approaches. And you thought your regular old Ikea chair was uncomfortable!

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MIDIWriter App Makes Music-Making As Simple As Texting

MIDIWriter App Makes Music-Making As Simple As Texting

Forget piano keyboards. Jam with the alphabet.

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A Living Sculpture That Mimics Your Body Movements In Light

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A Living Sculpture That Mimics Your Body Movements In Light

A media artist, a choreographer, and a composer collaborated to create Future Self, a latticework of LEDs that mirrors nearby movement.

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A Dynamic Data Viz Of Bike Use In A 24-Hour Period

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A Dynamic Data Viz Of Bike Use In A 24-Hour Period

SubMap, a project developed by Kitchen Budapest, visualizes the movements of the city’s cyclists over the course of a day.

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Millennials Don’t Think Like Their Parents. How Do You Design For Them?

Millennials Don’t Think Like Their Parents. How Do You Design For Them?

Chevy has realized that you can’t sell rebellion to a generation that adores its parents. So how do you convince them that cars are sexy?

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Infographic: When The Lights Go Out, The World Eats Junk

Infographic: When The Lights Go Out, The World Eats Junk

These remarkable charts show that our eating habits deteriorate as the day goes on. Psychology offers some fascinating reasons why.

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