King Kong on Stage At one time marionettes were relegated to shadow theatre and children’s pantomime but Australia’s Global Creatures Technologies and producer Carmen Pavlovic have taken puppetry to newer heights. Their animatronic uber-puppet King Kong is as tall as a house, requires 16 people to manipulate him and is so heavy (he tips the scales at [...]
Is it art or is it a machine? As far as ceramicist and mechanical engineer Jonathan Tippett is concerned it doesn’t matter. Tippett and his friends are in the process of building Prosthesis, a two-storey tall, wearable walking anti-robot robot which, when completed, will alert folks to the issue of energy and remind them that humans [...]
ME.WE electric car concept by French architect Jean-Marie Massaud for Toyota Toyota recently revealed it’s latest electric car concept called ME.WE which was developed in collaboration with French architect Jean-Marie Massaud. The car has been conceptualized with an aim of instilling human, economic and environmental challenges into a realistic conception of an ‘anti-crisis’ car of today. [...]
Designed by Swedish designer Vincent Sall, the Lecia X3 is a camera concept which aims at filling the gap between big cameras with great image quality and smartphone cameras with limited quality/control. While the concept was developed as part of a personal project, the designer has combined the look and feel of the old Leica [...]
Creators of state of the art digital music products, Misa Digital Instruments have developed a digital guitar for the tech savvy amateur musicians. The Kitara guitar is an electric guitar with a futuristic design that is equipped with a touch screen instead of the strings and the buttons on the handle. The guitar has some [...]
French designer Tim Defleur’s OWO is a low tech watch made from raw materials. The minimalist watch is made from an unique combination of a cork frame and a woven wristband. The watch features white hands, against a pure white background. The designer has intentionally used the same color for the hands and background to [...]
While housing ranks as the number one issue in urban environments, finding a parking space can be equally exhausting. That’s exactly what inspired Hungarian Non profit organization Antro to create an amazing folding scooter with a prime focus on developing an eco-friendly transportation. The 55 pound sleek machine comes with a seat directly mounted on [...]
Bret Webster has an obsession – he explores the South-West of the United States looking for new ways to capture the breath-taking display of stars that span our night sky. Though he has many images of historical monuments and exotic beaches in his portfolio, Bret’s passion lies in capturing the galaxy that blankets the deserts of [...]
nCycle is a minimalist bike concept designed by Albanian designer Marin Myftiu and Bahrain based Skyrill. The nCycle has been designed using a radical & innovative approach to meet the ever changing requirements of humans with the advancements in technology. This futuristic bike is designed keeping the mass buyers in mind and hence making it [...]
While vinyl records are still popular amongst many music lovers and considered to be vintage, audio cassettes are good to go in the boxes or you can get creative by making portraits of celebrities with cassesste reel ribbon. Today we’d like to share this awesome gadget which looks similar to the old school walkman. But, this [...]