When you’ve got five kinds of soup stored away in your desk drawer for safe keeping, along with that box of emergency chocolate chips, only the most advanced form of security will do. Facial recognition and eye scan technology wasn’t around in 2000 BCE, but they did have a type of pin lock that isn’t too different in concept from modern locks and could likely be used to confuse those after your soups. Angus Deveson runs the popular Youtube channel Maker’s Muse. One of his latest projects discusses an ancient pin lock design dated to somewhere in the span of 2500 BCE to 1800 BCE. The design however seems less…
Ever since man first learned to slice something with a blade, there have been countless designs and re-designs of the traditional every day carry (EDC) knife. There are knives which can be customized to fit your design needs, knives that stick to the fridge, those the size of a man’s arm (and cut one off, at that) and even many a keychain knife. However, this new take on knife design is one directly inspired by the space age. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=havm7bHsMtQ The Musvalk (Dutch name for a tiny bird of prey) is a small EDC keychain knife with inspirations in space travel. Because the designer, Sander Bakker, lives in a small town near…
Mondays might not be your favorite day of the week, but the good news is that we’re all in this together ladies and gentlemen. As purveyors of prime Grade A web content, the SolidSmack crew has done some of the heavy-lifting to make sure you get your Mondays started on the right track. Welcome to The Monday List. Each Monday, we’ll link you up with some of the most insightful, informative, and socially-relevant stories to keep tabbed, bookmarked, reading listed, pocketed, or what have you. Be sure to check in each Monday morning for a new crop of freshly sprouted words curated straight from the source of your favorite homegrown ‘Smack.…
Don your favorite bathrobe, cream that coffee, and get comfortable with this week’s SolidSmack Weekend Reader. The Weekend Reader features a handful of the most interesting articles featured on the ‘Smack over the past week ranging from tips and tricks to inspirational designs, processes, and more. So lay back, relax and take a load off while reading the top ten stories on SolidSmack this past week. Oh and uh…don’t forget to shed some much-needed sunlight on your face, too. ShadowDraw Teaches You to Draw Like Professional Artists Ever since I was a teenager, I always wanted to graduate my art style from stick figures to something a bit more refined.…
The cones of bear fur lined the cavern ledges. Though they seemed uniform and color sorted, it was quickly apparent why we had heard the noises and rumbles from this place. One by one, we saw, hidden at first but there in the fur, the glowing eyes of these links. Nik Henderson – Fabulous! Loads of beautiful line work and color in these 2D illustrations of ships, vehicles and more from the Savannah, Georgia based artist. The Bet Losing Machine – It took him four months of building, and 297 fails but after losing a bet the tabletop machine was finally finished. And he has many more. Film Color Palettes – A lovely…
Though skateboarders have been blessed with a variety of upgrades to the traditional skateboard (such as a smart electric skateboard with a built-in A.I. and a one-wheeled, all-terrain variant), traditional boards are built of maple plys that’ll snap as soon as you land on it wrong. They just don’t last long before chipping or breaking down from all the punishment skateboarders put them through. Apart from tricks performed with the board, these slabs of wood on wheels can be subject to some pretty harsh treatment as well. These are the problems Capsule wants to solve. Unlike your conventional skateboards, Capsule decks are made of 100% recyclable polymer, which is six times…