Quadcopter enthusiast Olivier_C transformed his RC helicopter into the iconic Millennium Falcon from Star Wars using polystyrene and LED lights. The builder posted the step-by-step process on reddit and Imgur. Aside from the cost of the actual drone and radio, which he estimates at 1000€, the remaining materials were incredibly cheap: 10€ for the…
Portland-based company The Original Nomad, has designed a fully collapsible hot tub that you can take with you on your next outdoor adventure. Made from durable 18 oz. vinyl walls and 24 oz. vinyl floor, the tub has a 60″ diameter (1.52 m), a height of 56″ (1.42 m) and a weight of 20…
Kylie Mangles of Freshly Squeez’d has created one of the craziest cakes I’ve seen. The cake is based on the Cutout Ralph design by Erick Flores and the end result is so realistic and ‘Simpson-like’; I wouldn’t believe it was an actual cake were it not for the pictures below showing both the baking…
Located in The Netherlands town of Weesp is a special gated village called Hogeweyk. It is notable because it has been designed specifically as a pioneering care facility for elderly people with dementia. The setting has been compared to that depicted in the film The Truman Show with doctors, nurses and specialists working around…
Leatherman recently unveiled a 25-piece multi-tool that can be worn on the wrist. Engineered from 17-4 stainless steel, Leatherman Tread makes tools like Allen wrenches, screwdrivers and box wrenches available at a moment’s notice. Adjustable to ¼” to accommodate any wrist size and fully customizable with the links you need most, the Leatherman Tread…
The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a cargo aircraft that was designed by the Soviet Union’s Antonov Design Bureau in the 1980s. It is powered by six turbofan engines and is the longest and heaviest airplane ever built, with a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes. It also has the largest wingspan of any aircraft…
Green Tree Jewelry has created a series of wooden light switch covers for your home that involve gears, levers, fulcrums and toggles to overly complicate the process of turning a switch on and off. The San-Diego based design company specialized in creating products from wood including jewelry and kinetic art. According to the company’s…
London-based designer Jack Hagley has created an infographic based on the simple premise of: what the world would like if it were represented by 100 people. The statistics cover a broad range, including: gender, age, race and religion. You can find the original source of the data used here. Hagley specializes in infographics. To…
Nature lover and LEGO enthusiast Tom Poulsom has designed various species of birds using existing LEGO pieces. An arborist by trade, Poulsom has successfully built life-sized versions of a: robin, puffin, kingfisher, woodpecker, blue tit, goldfinch, blue jay and hummingbird. On the designs, Poulsom remarks: “The birds are a big challenge to build, building…
Perched at the north-west edge of San Souci Island on Lake Huron, the 800 sq. ft. Grotto Sauna is a free-standing structure situated on a large-scale rock formation designed by Partisans. The selected concept for the Grotto prescribed a solid, simple presence on the exterior, while the interior followed dynamic air movements in curvature…
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