Sony’s smart-band adds smartwatch functionality to your analog timepiece
When Apple first debuted the Watch, kicking off the wearable/smartwatch trend, people (including the Swiss) thought it would spell doom for the analog timepiece industry,…
What if Microsoft made a smartphone 15 years before Apple did?
The year is, well 1995, and Windows has just released an operating system that defines the company’s future, and pretty much the future of computing…
A watch inspired by the invisible force that moves us
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/trinitytime/trinity-time-atlas-watch Normally I wouldn’t advocate for watches that solely use transparent discs with artwork to tell the time, but this circumstance isn’t a normal one….
The Tanuki Ninja fly-fishing rod brings the ancient Japanese art to the mainstream
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/832460291/tanuki-ninja-tenkara-fly-fishing-rod-tenkara-tanuk Tenkara, or Japanese fly-fishing borders on pure artistry. You don’t reel a line out or reel a fish in. You rely purely on physics,…
YD Talks: Should I follow my passion? Or the paycheck?
The irony of me being an Asian posing this question doesn’t escape me. I fully get that I’m absolutely following the cliche here, but let’s…
Ford’s hilarious shifting-mattress bed helps your partner ‘sleep in their lane’!
An unlikely area of intervention for an automotive company, Ford’s now designing self-adjusting beds! Designed as a part of the Ford Interventions series, which uses…
The Life Knight brings the hospital to the injured
Think about it. When you deploy an ambulance, you’re essentially making two trips. One, to the patient, and the second, to the hospital after collecting…
Every dongle you’d possibly need, around your keychain
In a world full of technology that is fragmented between USB, Micro-USB, Type-C, and Lightning connectors, something as small and unsuspecting as the High Five…
An ambient-music-playing ambient light
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thenapal/dal-contemporary-led-light-fixture-featuring-sound Now this is a purely personal opinion so don’t @ me, but when I think of a good smart-light or a good smart-speaker, I’m…
YD Job Alert: Apple is looking for talented Industrial Designers!
Imagine getting to be an industrial designer at Apple! The company has been such an indomitable force over the past decades that it has arguably…
We’re in awe of the TOPS Quickie Karambit’s slender, functional design
Form follows function, as the saying goes, right? The Quickie Karambit by TOPS exploits that adage in a way that gives it quite a visual…
Dubai’s latest skyscraper emerges from its ruler’s fingerprint
Referred to as the ‘new icon in Dubai’s skyline’, the Burj Jumeira stands at 550m tall and in many ways, is representative of the essence…