Imagine being able to grow your own footwear. Yep, we are talking sprouting a pair of bio sneakers in a matter of hours! Footwear designer @23_heels over on Instagram has a concept that takes a page out of nature, specifically the rapid growth of mushroom mycelium. In like manner, the shoe aesthetic bears a striking resemblance to its source of inspiration. The 3D formal elements and application of texture, all mimic that of the mushroom. Check out the kicks! The Grow Kit His concept is basically a kit that contains a clamshell pre-form foot mold and combination inner last/packaging which holds the organic growth ingredients. We’re not exactly privy to…

An engineering drawing is a specialized type of communication tool. It’s also a contract.  This particular communication protocol is designed to be complete, closed, and one way. This means follow up questions should not be required for the recipient’s comprehension and contractual agreement. It’s like a message in a bottle. With this, I present to you Dan’s 1st Law of Drawings: Dan’s 1st Law of Drawings The drawing shall communicate all information needed for fabrication as intended. What is a Drawing? A drawing is a two-dimensional medium used to convey the shape of a three-dimensional object.  But where does the missing dimension go?  A wormhole, a rift in the space-time…

There’s rarely worse pain in life than stepping on a stray LEGO block (and I speak from experience). First-world problems, right? Yet, it’s sad so many floors are littered with LEGOs. We could blame the kiddos, but… we buy the LEGOs, encourage their imagination and, dogonit, there’ll be time to have a clean house after they’re grown and out of it. What do we do in the meantime? Well, The LEGO and Swedish house furnishing manufacturer IKEA teamed up to produce some pretty cool, officially licensed LEGO storage boxes. BYGGLEK LEGO Storage Boxes BYGGLEK is yet another hard-to-pronounce collection by IKEA. The inner portion works just like any other storage…

If you have your own workshop, have you ever wondered what you could do with used saw blades? Though dull and unusable as cutting implements, they certainly still have some life in them apart from living the rest of eternity in a recycling heap. Surely there must be something you can use these circular pieces of metal for. You know, besides hanging them on the wall. Hmmm. In one of his older videos, YouTuber Grant Thompson (RIP The King of Random) cut apart one of his rusty old saw blades and turned it into not one, not two, but FIVE different-sized Batarangs. And though Batman doesn’t kill, these projectiles can…

All around us, the cavities emptied, spreading apart with a hiss and a pop. The floor moved – Everywhere, it moved. And then, as if out of nowhere, the ship appeared, reverse thrusters on, incinerating anything around it unshielded by the fire-retardant off-gas of these links. David Thor Fjalarsson – He’s an illustrator and comic book artist by trade but his mix of environment and perspective are some of my favorite. Skydivers Unite – An aerodynamic sim created in Cinema 4D by Nikita Diakur that brings you along for a unforgettable jump. BMW R80 Custom – A custom build by Eastern Spirit Garage with a modular design that is a…

We may not all have a complete scientific understanding on how radio frequency identification (RFID) works, but we do know it plays an integral role in how our credit and debit cards transmit data, and includes our passports and driver’s licenses. Should someone happen to use an RFID scanner without your knowledge, they can easily gain access to your personal information, bank accounts, and the potentially other info beyond that access. RFID blocking has been around for a long time now, with specialized wallets and sleeves incorporating the technology into their material, but those solutions tend to be large, replacing your wallet, satchel, or bag to wrap your RFID enabled…