The point of technology? Make our lives easier. It’s almost 2016, and I still have to press buttons? Puh-lease. How about a microbot made to push your buttons, literally? That’s the new invention from South Korean startup Naran.

Have you been there? A sharp *crack* sending you and your carry-on suitcase into that unforgiving airport terminal traffic? I’ve cracked a suitcase wheel on an uneven surface, giving my baggage a mind of it’s own. With no better option, I picked up the heavy bag and carried it, sometimes from the side, sometimes from the long handle. A nightmare for someone who doesn’t like checking in–it felt like my clothes had been replaced by bricks.

This week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist knocks you in the pop sockets with head-boppin’ groove tuneage to help propel you through the work week in style. Whether you find yourself inking markers until they’re dry, grinding material through a bandsaw or working that 3D geometry all day, consider these tracks as a tool for your process. This week we’ll start things off with “We Have a Map of the Piano” from Mum and work our way through some Luke Temple, The Magnetic Fields, Sinkane, Papercuts, and others before wrapping up with “Rock the Casbah” from The Clash. Have suggestions? As always, let us know what you listen to, what you…

There are times when one needs to wash a few items of clothing, but it’s nowhere near being a full washing machine load. What to do! For those who adhere to a ‘green standard’, those small loads prey on the mind as being a waste of water, electricity and knob turning. Those who have very few clothes, live off the grid in the woods, want a baby clothes washer as cute as their baby or are, perhaps, camping and need clean attire, will want to take a look at the Yirgo Drumi.

Jimmy DiResta is notorious for his exquisite woodworks- from chess sets to custom guitars, there is seemingly nothing he can’t create. Craftsmen always make woodworking look incredibly easy to do – when in fact even simply whittling a tree branch into something resembling a walking stick is a near impossibility for people like me. More often than not I end up cutting skin rather than wood. However, craftsmen can transform almost any piece of wood into amazing works of art. Jimmy DiResta is one such craftsman, who cannot only work with wood but leather, metal and plastic as well. On a recent YouTube video, he demonstrates three out of those…

Don your favorite bathrobe, cream that coffee and get comfortable with this weekend’s SolidSmack Weekend Reader. This week we saw everything from a periodic table of LEGO and balloon chairs that you can actually sit on, to a hands-free way of taking DSLR shots 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.