Category Archives: Design

The World’s First Commercially Available Flying Car Is Here And It’s Legal

The world’s first-ever commercial flying car was recently unveiled by Dutch vehicle manufacturer PAL-V. Here’s what that means for our roads (and our skies). » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com … Continue reading →

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Playing 30000 Marbles – Marble Machine X #148

Playing 30000 Marbles on the Marble Machine X! Take a look at that Clean floor. Download the Free Wintergatan Music License: http://www.wintergatan.net Video edited by Hannes Knutsson & Martin https://instagram.com/hannesknutsson Support the Marble Machine X Project: ► http://www.patreon.com/wintergatan ► teespring.com/stores/wintergatan … Continue reading →

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Giraffes Stranded by Flooding in Kenya Are Rescued by a Special Barge

What a beautiful rescue!   A giraffe on a boat sounds like the beginning to a silly joke, but for conservationists in Kenya it was the only answer to a pressing problem. The rising water levels from recent intense rain … Continue reading →

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The Floyd Ethos

We shot this film about our friends at Floyd in some of our most beloved places around Detroit. Thank you for having Floyd be a part of your own home. Learn more: floydhome.com Featuring Kyle Hoff & Alex O’Dell & … Continue reading →

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Study shows promising material can store solar energy for months or years

by Lancaster University As we move away from fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy to tackle climate change, the need for new ways to capture and store energy becomes increasingly important. Lancaster University researchers studying a crystalline material have … Continue reading →

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Wind/Solar Powered Clothes Dryer

I made a Renewable energy powered clothes dryer but theres more to consider than you think…. I made this as I’m hosting “Pitch the Future” the Virtual event being run buy the Shell Eco Marathon team as normal events this … Continue reading →

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Imagining a Covid-19 Pandemic Memorial | Kottke

Even though we’re still in the midst of it, The Atlantic commissioned three designers/artists to design hypothetical Covid-19 memorials. Ian Bogost writes: So this might seem like a strange time to imagine memorializing the pandemic in a formal way. A premature … Continue reading →

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This Weird, Cheap Quantum Device Can Run For a Year With a Single Kick of Energy

DAVID NIELD 22 NOVEMBER 2020 The quantum tunnelling sensor chipset and the Fowler-Nordheim tunnelling barriers. (Chakrabartty Lab) Where we’re going, we don’t need batteries. As our need for electronic gadgets and sensors grows, scientists are coming up with new ways … Continue reading →

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How the Most Beautiful Font Ever Made Went Missing

 

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Falkirk Wheel

A real time view of the Falkirk Wheel turning 180 degrees. The wheel joins two canals and gives access to Glasgow and Edinburgh. It is an engineering masterpiece and a must visit attraction in Scotland.

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