When Apple first responded to concerns that its iPad Pros were shipping with a slight bend, the company essentially said that it's a non-issue. Since that will definitely not be enough for a lot of people, Apple has detailed the device's manufacturin...
Diamond is considered to be the hardest natural material but it can turn flexible when grown in extremely thin, needle-like shape.Researchers from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)...
Diamond is considered to be the hardest natural material but it can turn flexible when grown in extremely thin, needle-like shape.Researchers from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)...
The Bend Unmanned Cross-country vehicle looks remarkable for quite a few reasons. Its tires, for starters, are made from scrap metal and are modeled in a manner that feels almost like a combination of Michelin’s 3D printed tires and NASA’s chainlink tires. The hollow metallic construction makes the wheel less susceptible to puncturing, while the organic design makes it look rather unique. Made from scrap metal, the wheels are easy to replace and repair.
What’s also interesting about the Bend (and also the reason behind its name) is its form. Looking broadly like a ball and socket joint, the Bend is pretty much exactly that. Designed as a massive magnetic ball-socket joint, the Bend can literally twist and contort itself to work around any sort of terrain (its hollowed-out tires would then come in use for gripping onto the ground, I suppose). Designed for applications in construction, research, and agriculture, the Bend works unmanned, and can be modified to suit its application. It runs on a battery that may need replacing from time to time. The designer proposes a drone-based battery replacement system, but I don’t see why we couldn’t use solar panels instead!
New tools can design robots that can move organically by bending and twisting like finger. The researchers have developed a technique that can create soft robots with desired movements.The...
Lots of people are burnt out on the post-apocalyptic zombie trope, but I'm not one of them. I was fairly insulated from the genre until I played The Last of Us, which quickly became my favorite game of the last five years or so. So the trailer for Da...
Let’s close this week with possibly the greatest news we could hear from the tech world. Over the years, YD has curated some undeniably unreal wrist-phone concepts. At the time we obviously appreciated them but realized in the back of our minds these concepts are like the flying cars we should have gotten by now. They look beautiful on paper, but that’s where they’re going to be all their lives. We got this faint glimmer of home when flexible AMOLED screens started getting manufactured, but until we saw a gadget use this tech, it seemed like a distant dream.
Nothing gives me more joy than to see designs cross over from the outlandish concept domain, to the prototype ready for mass-production domain, and this time Lenovo’s achieved the impossible. Debuting at Techworld this year, and dropping jaws world over, the C+ phone literally flexes around your wrist. Its design is radical, different, and is sure to be an absolute game-changer. The long design deviates from the massive phablets we’ve been seeing off late, but a long + slim phone isn’t exactly pocketable. Guess it makes up for that fact by wrapping itself around your wrist! This one’s dedicated to all the YD fans and enthusiasts who’ve appreciated concepts that seemed unrealistic. It is, in fact, the unreal that sets standards for our future. The Lenovo C+ is concrete proof of that fact!
Designing conceptual stuff is easy. Designing real world products that affect and improve lives is the real challenge. The Bend is a medical finger-splint with a revolutionary design. Finger bone fractures can be painful, however dislocations of bones isn’t just about pain, if not treated well, you could lose functionality of that finger for life. The bend makes use of a polymer’s tensile strength, and clever design to provide a medical solution that is not just effective, it’s non-invasive too. Deviating from current medical procedures that require surgery, the Bend just needs a long fingernail. A piece of thread is tied to the fingernail at one end, and the Bend splint at the other. The string is then wound around the splint, so that the finger is pulled into shape again, allowing the bones to align properly. The bend even allows for finger movement, letting the patient heal as well as recover from the injury as quick as possible!
Designers: Lim Loren, Russell Chew, Division of Industrial Design & Department of Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery.
When Apple first responded to concerns that its iPad Pros were shipping with a slight bend, the company essentially said that it's a non-issue. Since that will definitely not be enough for a lot of people, Apple has detailed the device's manufacturin...
Lots of people are burnt out on the post-apocalyptic zombie trope, but I'm not one of them. I was fairly insulated from the genre until I played The Last of Us, which quickly became my favorite game of the last five years or so. So the trailer for Da...
