Njengomunye wemisebenzi efiseleka kakhulu kuyo yonke imisebenzi yokuklama, abaklami bamateki bavame ukwenza. Kusukela ekuhlanganyeleni nabasubathi abangochwepheshe kuya ekusebenzeni ngamathrendi emibala emisha kakhulu, izinto zokwakha, futhi kuqeda usuku nosuku, akumangalisi ukuthi kungani amakolishi nezikole zokuhweba seziqala ukunikeza izifundo zokuklama amateki okufanele zigcinwe...
Kusukela ezindlini ezimaphakathi nehlathi kuya ezitudiyo ezihlelwe kahle kakhulu zeDolobha laseNew York, awekho ama-workshops amabili afanayo. Kodwa zimbalwa—uma zikhona izinkundla zokucobelelana ngolwazi—ezifana nesethaphu evela kumklami wefenisha waseSpain uFernando Abellanas. Umnyombo wendawo yokusebenzela unawo wonke ama-knick-knacks avamile- isihlalo, ideski, ikhompuyutha, izitshalo ezifakwe emanzini. Kodwa…
Okokuqala ukwethulwa ngo-1976, uStretch Armstrong uye wadonswa, wahlolisiswa, futhi (ngokudabukisayo) wahlukaniswa yizinkulungwane zezingane esikhathini sakhe sokuphila. Indoda emhloshana, enemisipha emincane njalo ibuyela kusayizi wayo wokuqala-futhi ikhombise ukuthi ayinakonakala noma ngabe zingaki izingane ezidonsa ingalo yakhe ngayinye. Kodwa ingabe le-latex nommbila wesiraphu ogcwele…
Ngababhalisile abangaphezu kwesigidi esisodwa ku-YouTube, umsebenzi wezinkuni uMatthias Wandel wazi into eyodwa noma ezimbili ngokwenza isikhathi sokuthenga sijabulise. Noma ngabe wenza imishini yemabula, izingidi zenhlanganisela yokhuni, izibhamu zeJenga, noma inhlabamkhosi yomoya yokhuni, uhlala enesikhathi sokubulala. Futhi ngubani ongafuni ukubukela lokho? Muva nje, i…
Kusuka kumaHippies kuye kwaVan Lifers, zimbalwa izimoto esezimele izinhlobonhlobo zamasiko amaningi kanye neVW Microbus. Ngenkathi umkhiqizi wezimoto waseJalimane wayeka ukukhiqizwa kwamaveni eminyakeni eyedlule, lokho akuzange kubadikibalise abalandeli abasebenza kanzima ekwakheni kabusha onobuhle babo be-VW Microbus kumazinga abo. Ngokumangazayo — nangemva kweminyaka yamamodeli womqondo wentshebe…
Isikhathi esiningi uma sibheka futhi sisebenzisa izinto zikagesi eziphila impilo yazo yonke ezikhawulweni zethu zasekhishini, ungalindela ukuthi kube nokuhlola okwengeziwe ekucabangeni lezi zinto 'njengemifanekiso eqoshiwe esebenzayo' kunokuthi 'izinto ezikhangayo ezenziwe ngobuningi'. Okungenani, lokhu bekuwukukhathazeka okusobala okuvela ku-Berkely-based design studio Montaag Products. Ngemva...
Lapho enyathelisa I-Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design ngo-1960 ukuze anikeze “izilinganiso zamuva kanye nolwazi lwezingane, intsha, amadoda nabesifazane abadala, kanye nasebekhulile ngombhalo wayo onemininingwane, izinto zethebula ezifanele, kanye Imidwebo engama-200 ye-anthropometric,” umklami wezimboni uHenry Dreyfuss cishe wayengazi ukuthi lingakanani ithonya…
Zimbalwa izinto ezitholakala yonke indawo endaweni yeDolobha laseNew York njengenqola ephushayo ethobekile. Ukuthi ukuthutha amaphakheji ku-skyscraper noma ukuthutha ucezu lomsebenzi wobuciko phansi kwebhulokhi, izinto ezisizayo zize ukumela inani lezimpahla ezingena futhi ziphuma edolobheni nsuku zonke. I...
Uma kukhona into eyodwa engaguqula into ejwayelekile ibe yinto engajwayelekile, kwazi ukuthi uzakhele wena ngokwakho. Njengokulindelekile, noma kunjalo, izinto zivame ukushaya ingwijikhwebu lapho izinto ezisebenza ngogesi zingena kumxube. Kuhloswe ukwanelisa umhlaba ophakathi phakathi kwento esebenzayo nesipiliyoni se-DIY, i…
Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi abaklami be-LEGO bahlala bedonswa kuma-supercars njengokukhuthazwa kwamaqoqo amasha we-LEGO. Noma ngabe i-F1 racer noma i-Porsche 911 eyenzelwe ukuhlanganiswa ngemuva kwenqubo yomhlangano weqiniso wempilo, ungaqiniseka ukuthi othile e-LEGO HQ ukucabangele ukuyiphinda ngezitini zepulasitiki. Kepha…
Kusukela ekwethulweni kwethelevishini yombala kuya ekwakhiweni kwe-NASA, amashumi ambalwa eminyaka anikeze amazwibela wamathuba angapheli afana nawo-1950s. Futhi ngenkathi ukuvakasha kwejet yezentengiso nokumangala kwamakhophi weXerox babengena ezingxoxweni zethebula lesidlo sakusihlwa, ukwanda kokukhiqizwa kwangemva kwempi nakho kwaletha ukuncintisana kwezindleko nokukhula…
Njengoba abelokhu enza umzekeliso wedijithali kusukela ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-1990s (lokhu ngemuva kweminyaka yobuciko bendabuko), uJomar Machado waseBrazil uqoqe iphothifoliyo emangalisayo yomsebenzi wokuklama we-3D ohlanganisa amashumi eminyaka. Ngenkathi iminyaka yakhe yokuqala yobungcweti ichithwa ekwakheni amabhodi wezindaba, izakhiwo, nobuciko bomqondo bokuphrintwa enkampanini yokukhangisa i-JW Thompson,…
Ngababhalisile abacishe babe yizigidi ezi-3 be-YouTube, uKevin Kohler, owaziwa nge-The Backyard Scientist, wazi into eyodwa noma ezimbili ngokubamba ukunaka kwabantu. Noma ngabe kuthelwa i-aluminium encibilikisiwe ekhabe (bese kudonswa isithombe esime ngendlela exakile) noma kudala ugibe olukhulu olunobukhulu bomuntu (ngiyaxolisa futhi, amakhabe) usosayensi osangene uhlanganisa isayensi ngokuzijabulisa — uhlobo lwe…
Ifaka inzwa yesithombe se-CMOS yokuqala ekhanyiswe emuva engu-35 millimeter emhlabeni, ikhamera engenazibuko yakwaSony α7R II iphethe ithoshi elihle eduze kwabanye babadlali abadala emdlalweni wekhamera. Futhi ku- $ 2,900 ngomzimba wekhamera kuphela, kubiza ngaleyo ndlela, futhi. Kepha ngaphambi kokuthi i-α7R II ithathe isithombe,…
Ambalwa amathuluzi abaluleke kakhulu ebhokisini lamathuluzi lonjiniyela wokuklama njengethuluzi eliqinile lokubona umkhiqizo. Ngemuva kwakho konke, kungani ungafuni ukubona imodeli yakho ihlinzekwa kahle ngemuva kwamahora wokumodela endaweni yokumodela ye-CAD? Futhi kubakhiqizi abaningi bezimboni, onjiniyela bemishini, nabadwebi namuhla, i-KeyShot iyithuluzi lokuya kulo…
Ezimweni eziningi, ukukhetha umkhiqizo 'owakhelwe ukugcina' kufanele kube phezulu ohlwini lokuhlola olubalulekile lomthengi, kepha ngentuthuko yakamuva ezintweni ezisimeme, lokho akubonisanga njalo ukuthi kunjalo. Eqinisweni, 'ukungashiyi mkhondo' empeleni kungaba yindawo yokuthengisa yemikhiqizo ethile elahlwayo. Kepha i-grill yesikhathi esisodwa…
Ngaphandle kokuvuselelwa njalo kwamathebulethi we-iPad Pro neMicrosoft Surface ukuze abenze bahehe kakhulu ochwepheshe, i-Wacom ikwazile ukuhlala iyithuluzi lokuzikhethela labadizayinisi bemicabango abadinga ukungena emandleni ama-laptops aqinile nezindawo zokusebenza. Kepha kuwo wonke umndeni wamaphilisi e-Wacom, yi…
Ngesikhathi sokugcina singene nalowo owayengunjiniyela weNASA uMark Rober, wayekhombisa uNerf Blaster Omkhulu Kunabo Bonke Emhlabeni; inguquko ekhulisiwe ye- $ 29.95 yeNerf N-Strike Maverick edubula imicibisholo emikhulu yegwebu eyenziwe ngama-noodle echibini kanye nezipikili zangasese nge-40 mph ebabazekayo ngenxa yethangi lomoya elingaphakathi le-3,000 PSI. Okwe…
Kusukela bafika endaweni yesehlakalo emuva ngo-2010 nge-Glif iPhone 4 Tripod Mount & Stand, abahlanganyeli beStudio Neat uDan Provost noTom Gerhardt sebengomunye wezindaba ezimbalwa zempumelelo ezaphuma eMbusweni weKickstarter. Ukuqala ngaleyo tripod ye-smartphone, ngaleso sikhathi, eyayintsha ngokuphelele…
Kusuka kumakhaya ahlakaniphile anezikhombisi-ndlela zezwi ukuya ezimotweni ezinikwe amandla yi-AI ezikwazi ukuhamba ngomgwaqo ekuseni ngehora ngaphandle kwezandla, izethembiso eziningi zalokho okuthiwa 'ikusasa' bezilokhu zingena kancane ekuphileni kwethu kwansuku zonke. Futhi ngenkathi sisalinde umshini wesidlo sasekuseni onokwethenjelwa, kunama-doodads amaningi apholile okusibamba kuze kube yileso sikhathi. Ama-Doodads…
Ngokuya ngokwakhiwa kwefenisha, umklami wezimboni wase-Amsterdam uSebastian Brajkovic ngokuqinisekile unesizinda sangemuva esithandekayo. Ngesikhathi eseyingane, intshisekelo yakhe ekuphendukezeni nasekusongweni kwezinto — ukusukela ekujikeni kwamatafula kuya emasondweni ezimoto — yayinamandla kakhulu, kangangokuthi abazali bakhe bakholelwa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi wayene-autistic. Ngenkathi engekho, intshisekelo yakhe ngombono…
Kusuka kwimodeli yePorsche 911 enemiyalo yokwakha ngokususelwa kunqubo yangempela yomhlangano wefektri yempilo iye kusakhiwo esisebenza nge-laser cutter mini-factory, akukaze kube nesikhathi esingcono sokuba ngumlandeli weLEGO. Futhi ngenkathi amanye amaphrojekthi amahle kakhulu eyenzeka ngokuzenzekelayo ngokujikijela izitini ezingahleliwe ndawonye, izitini zokudlala zingakwazi…
Uma kukhulunywa ngobuhlakani bemidlalo yevidiyo, uBen Heck imvamisa unakho konke okuhlanganisiwe. Kepha ngokufika kweNintendo switchch ekuqaleni konyaka, inqwaba yama-modders kanye nabaduni behardware bebelokhu bephuma emithini bezosikhombisa ukutolika kwabo ngedivayisi yakamuva kaNintendo. Futhi uma kufika…
Ah, ipeni elidala leBic. Besizoba kuphi ngaphandle kwakho? Njengethuluzi elishibhile nelilahlwayo elikwazi okungenani inani elanele lezisindo zomugqa, ipeni le-Bic lingenye yamathuluzi abaluleke kakhulu atholakala kukhithi yamathuluzi womklami noma wonjiniyela. Impela — kunokunye okuningi okuhle…
Izinto ezinkulu zibonakala zenzeka lapho ubeka ikhamera yevidiyo ezandleni zomuntu onolwazi lokuqamba. Sike sakubona lokhu kaningi phambilini ngamavidiyo kaFrank Howarth okudala izinkuni — ingasaphathwa eyokushiswa kwezinye izinhlobo zobuciko. Muva nje, unjiniyela uBrett Foxwell, naye osebenza njengomakhi wezikhali kulokho…
Ezweni (elisha sha) lezinsizakalo ezifunwayo ezisukela ekugibeleni imoto kuye ekulethweni kokudla, abawinile bangaphuma nhlangothi zombili: umthengi ujabulile ukuba nesikhathi esithe xaxa ephaketheni lakhe futhi umthengisi unenzuzo engaguquguquki yemali kungenzeka ukuthi kwakungakaze kube khona ngaphambili-konke kusuka kube lula nge-smartphone…
Kwethulwa yiLesney Products ngo-1953 njengendlela yokuba izingane zaseBrithani zilethe amathoyizi esikoleni anelise ukuthi “amathoyizi kufanele angene ebhokisini likamentshisi”, uphawu lweMatchbox lwezimoto ezifayo selube ngomunye wemikhiqizo yamathoyizi evelele kunazo zonke isikhathi. Ngenkathi umkhiqizo unwebeka usuka ezimotweni ezifayo waya…
Uma kungenzeka ukuthi ube nesithukuthezi ngemikhumbi yakho ye-Bentleys, Porsches, nezinye izimoto zikanokusho, ukuqoqwa okusha kwemiqondo yezimoto kungahle kukitaze ama-buds akho (vehicular). Ikhishwe yinkampani yaseFord van ethengisa izimoto yaseFord Ford Transit Direct (??), leli qoqo elincane lezifundo zefomu libheka ukuthi yini 'okunethezeka' kwanamuhla okungenzeka…
Ngaphandle kwaleyo nkulumo yakudala yokuthi “awudingi ukuphinda uvuselele isondo,” uMichelin ukhombisile kuleli sonto ukuthi kusenenqwaba yomhlaba ongadlala ngayo nekusasa lokwakhiwa kwamasondo… namathayi. Yethulwe engqungqutheleni yaminyaka yonke yenkampani iMovin'On eMontreal, isondo elisha le-Vision liwuhlobo olulodwa lwedizayini ephrintiwe ye-3D ephrintiwe namasondo ethi…
Impela — amaZombi asevele ethathe isiko elijwayelekile, ngakho-ke kunengqondo. Noma kunjalo, kubukeka sengathi cishe wonke umuntu nogogo wabo banesasasa elibuhlungu lokuthi bangasinda kanjani osukwini lwezinhlekelele lwe-zombie. Futhi uma kukhona into eyodwa ongethembela kuyo yonke ingcweti ku-YouTube ukuthi yenze kahle, yenza ukusinda…
Njengoba izinzuzo ezengeziwe ze-3D — kanye nobunye ubuciko obunezidingo eziqinisa uhlelo- buya ku-Apple ngezidingo zabo zehadiwe, kungaba nengqondo ukuthi inkampani yethule umnikelo osebenza ngokugcwele osebenza ngokulingana namanye amaWindows athuthukile- izindawo zokusebenza ezisuselwa emakethe. Futhi ngemuva kweminyaka yokuqagela, impendulo ifike ngoMsombuluko ku…
Ngenkathi 'i-razor thin' kuyigama elihle lokumaketha lokukhuthaza iMacbook Air, ngokuqinisekile ubungeke usike izithelo nemifino okusha ngayo njengoba ubungathanda ummese wakho wokuhlwaya. … Ngaphandle kokuthi ungumculi waseJapan uShimabuku. Waziwa ngomqondo wakhe ongacacile wamahlaya ohlekisa ngobuningi besiko lomuntu nempilo yansuku zonke, okusekwe eBerlin…
Ngenxa ye-Instagram, akukaze kube lula kubaklami, onjiniyela, abenzi, futhi cishe noma ngubani omunye owenza okuthile ukubhala inqubo yabo yokudala. Kwabanye bethu, kungaba okuqukethwe kwezemfundo-kanti kwabanye, kungaba yindlela yokuphila ngokusebenzisa ingcweti enekhono eliphezulu kakhulu imizuzwana embalwa ngosuku. G. Phil Poirier…
Kusukela ikhishwe okokuqala, iDuet Pro ibilusizo oluhle kakhulu lwabasebenzisi beMacOS neWindows abafuna ukwengeza izibonisi ezengeziwe eziphendulayo besebenzisa ama-iDevices abo ahlukahlukene — ikakhulukazi i-iPad. Ngonyaka odlule, uhlelo lokusebenza lwethula izici ezintsha ezisize ukuguqula i-iPad Pro ibe ithebhulethi ye-Wacom yesikhashana yabanikazi bepensela ye-iPad Pro +. Ngokushesha…
Sesikushilo kaninginingi, futhi sisakusho kusuka ekujuleni kwezinhliziyo zethu: uma kuqubuka i-apocalypse ye-zombie, sifuna ukusondela ku-'Slingshot Master 'uJoerg Sprave ngendlela enobuntu. Ngenkathi i-slingshot sensei yaseJalimane idale konke kusuka ku-Oreo Cookie Separation Pump Gun kuya…
Nakuba kungenakwenzeka kuwo wonke umkhiqizo okhona, izinto zobumba zingenye yezinto ezimbalwa zemvelo ezitholakala kithi ezingakhiwa cishe noma yini. Okuhle kunakho konke, iyinto esimeme futhi eshibhile ongasebenza ngayo. Kodwa ifenisha ye-ceramic? Igqugquzelwe umkhiqizi wemishini waseJalimane uCarl Schlickeysen, umsunguli womshini wokuqala…
Kuthiwani uma ungabhabha phezu kwamathrekhi wethilamu? Ebhekene nemigwaqo emikhulu eyakhiwe ngamatshe ayigobolondo esikhundleni semigwaqo ebushelelezi netiyela, lawa ma-skaters ayingcweti enza indawo yokusebenzela ngokumodela amabhodi awo ukuze alingane amathrekhi wethilamu afakwe ngaphakathi kwemigwaqo eyakhiwe ngamatshe ... ukuhlinzeka kahle ngokuhamba kahle. Iqukethe isondo elilodwa enkabeni ephambili yebhodi futhi…
Sibonile amabutho ezinhlangano ezingama-YouTubers aveza isiphithiphithi ukusilethela ukuphambana okungenangqondo ngaphandle kwenjongo encane ngaphandle kokubhala ukuthi angakwazi kanjani ukubhujiswa. Futhi ngamakhamera anejubane eliphezulu afinyeleleka kalula manje kunanini ngaphambili, ukubuka lezi zivivinyo zesayensi ezikhuliswe ekhaya akukaze kujabulise kakhulu ... ngisho, kuyafundisa. Phakathi kwabanye abahamba phambili uKevin Kohler, aka…
Akunakuphikwa ukuthi izixhumi zokuxhumana zezwi ziyikusasa lokwakhiwa kokusebenzisana. Noma ngabe kwenziwa nge-Apple's Siri, i-Amazon's Alexa, iGoogle Home, noma noma iyiphi inamba yezingxoxo nobuchwepheshe obusha be-AI, 'isikhombimsebenzisi esingabonakali' sihlola izikrini zenzelwe inkulumo ukusondla imininingwane noma ukuthatha imiyalo. Ngokujabulisayo, amabhodi entuthuko angabizi njengeRaspberry Pi ane…
Emuva ngo-2014, i-Kickstarter yahlangana neMuseum of Modern Art (MoMA) ukuthengisa eminye yemikhiqizo eyinqaba nephumelele kakhulu ephuma kupulatifomu yokuthola imali ngezitolo ezidayisa kakhulu zemyuziyemu. Umphumela ube ngezindlela eziningi ukubona ukuthi isitolo esidayisa i-Kickstarter sizobukeka kanjani — okunamandla…
Esikhathini samanani entengo esingaba namandla okuthenga ikhaya eliphakathi nendawo, kuyaqondakala ukuthi kungani abantu abaningi bekhetha ukwazisa iFerrari buqamama kunokuba babe ngumgibeli wosuku lweviki. Kepha lokho akusho ukuthi uzophuthelwa ukuhlala esihlalweni somshayeli nsuku zonke. Ngokubambisana nengubo yase-Italy uPoltrona Frau,…
Ibhonasi enkulu yanoma yimuphi umkhiqizi yikhono lokukhuphula noma iyiphi into esetshenzisiwe kusuka kunqubo yokukhiqiza ibe yimikhiqizo emisha ngokuphelele. Sike sakubona lokhu ngaphambili ngamakhadibhodi alahliwe afakwa ibhayisekili ngamabhodi okuntweza futhi saze sawdust ngenxa yokwenziwa kwepensela ifakwe emabhokisini ezingodo zikaDuraflame. Muva nje, umkhiqizo we-tequila uJose Cuervo ubelokhu ethola…
Njengoba sinezinhlobonhlobo zamalensi ekhamera atholakalayo kulezi zinsuku, kulula ukungayinaki imininingwane edala ukudala "ingilazi" ngayinye eyenziwe ngobuciko. Kusuka ku-ultra wide-angle 24mm f / 1.4L ukuthola isibhamu sokwanda kwe-landscape kuya ku-behemoth 800mm f / 5.6L izilo ezisetshenziselwa ukuthatha imininingwane ephezulu ukude, ngamunye…
Ngenkathi i-Raspberry Pi ethandekayo ilungele imisebenzi yekhompyutha engasindi (futhi eshibhile!), Ayikulungele imisebenzi enzima kakhulu eyenziwa kuma-laptops asuselwa ku-ARM aqinile. Kepha kuthiwani uma ungaba namandla afanayo okusebenza wekhompuyutha epaketheni elifanayo nezimo ezinjengeRaspberry Pi? Impendulo kungenzeka ibe ngu…
Amaphakethe weJet ngeke abe ukuphela kwendlela yokuhamba ngokuzayo ekude kakhulu. Yize kuzwakala njengenganekwane yesayensi emsulwa, izinsuku zezimoto ezindizayo zisondele manje. Futhi cha, akuyena u-Elon Musk osizayo ukuhola icala kulokhu. Okwamanje, akuyona enye ngaphandle komsunguli we-Google…
Ngo-Agasti odlule, umdwebi wezinkuni uJohn Heisz waqhumisa i-intanethi ngemuva kokubonisa amandla okusika ephepheni elilodwa le-8 × 11 iphepha lapho lisikwa ku-disc eyindilinga futhi liyifake njenge-40-tooth shredder ku-saw yetafula eliphakathi. Akukona nje kuphela ukuthi leli phepha elibonakala lingenangozi lalikwazi ukuletha umama we…
Zimbalwa izinto ezishibhile futhi eziguquguqukayo njengamakhadibhodi, okwenza kube impahla yokwakha ephelele yakho konke kusuka ezibonelweni ezinzima kuze kube semikhiqizweni eqediwe. Beka ezandleni zomculi weqiniso, kepha okokusebenza kukhuphukela ebangeni elisha ngokuphelele. Okungenani, kunjalo ngomculi waseJapan uMonomi Ohno. Ngenkathi…
Njengoba indaba ihamba, uLeonardo Pisano Bigollo wayeyinsizwa eneminyaka engamashumi amabili ubudala phakathi nonyaka we-1202. Ilungu lomndeni ovelele wokuhweba wendawo, wachitha isikhathi esiningi ehamba eMpumalanga Ephakathi. Phakathi nohambo lwakhe lokuya emazweni ama-Arabhu, wathatheka ngemibono yezibalo kanye namafomula asetshenziswa…
Uma kukhulunywa ngemisebenzi yesikhathi sasehlobo, zimbalwa izinto ezishaya ukuvilapha ukuzungeza ichibi noma ukwehlisa umfula ngesikebhe. Futhi ngenkathi namuhla ungalanda imodeli entsha ehloniphekile yanoma yikuphi kusuka ku- $ 500- $ 2000, akukho lutho oludlula ubuhle nobuciko besikebhe sendabuko semikhumbi. Futhi uma wake wafuna ukwenza yakho…
Uma kukhulunywa ngentuthuko ethokozisayo ekwakhiweni komkhiqizo, imvamisa kwehla ukumane ubheke izindlela ezintsha zokuphatha izinto ezindala kunokufuna ezintsha. Kunjalo nge-'Tenderwood ', idizayini entsha yokulinga yebhentshi evela kumklami wezimboni waseTaiwan uYenHao Chu. Isebenzisa inhlanganisela yesi-Japanese…