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This NASA Flight Suit Backpack Is out of this World

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This officially-licensed backpack is inspired by the design of NASA astronauts’ classic orange flight suits, complete with mission patches. You’ll look like a member of the flight crew walking around with one of these – especially if you wear it with a helmet and some moon boots. Heck, why not go for the complete spacesuit?

It’s guaranteed not to provide an oxygen supply in the event of a spacewalk. Still, it does have room for a 15-inch laptop inside, as well as multiple exterior pockets and a roll-top for maximum packing efficiency. In addition to its classic NASA logo patch, it’s got embroidered patches from the Space Shuttle, Apollo/Soyuz, ISS missions, and a US flag too.

The backpacks are currently sold out at Fun.com, but you can find them at Otaku’s Shop for $69.99. If you’re looking for something less showy than orange, Bioworld also makes a blue and grey NASA backpack.

 

 

When is a Rubik’s Cube Not a Cube? When It’s a Fruit

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The original Rubik’s Cube is one of the most iconic and popular toys of all time. From its deceptively simple design to its frustrating complexity for noobs, to the amazing way that some people can solve them in seconds, they’re a mechanical masterpiece of puzzle goodness.

The original 3x3x3 puzzle has inspired many variants, including much more complicated versions, and shapes like pyramids and dodecahedrons. Now, you can buy some Rubik’s inspired puzzles that look good enough to eat.

These Fruit Series “cube” puzzles are anything but cube-shaped, but they work in a similar way to the original Rubik’s Cube, with a multi-axis pivoting mechanism to scramble then arrange their parts out. The puzzles come in five tasty and nutritious versions, including orange, banana, pear, lemon, and apple. Okay, plastic isn’t actually nutritious.

At first glance, these things look like they’d be more challenging to sort out than a piece of fruit that you already took a bite out of, but apparently, they’re not that hard. Despite the temptation, don’t try and chomp down on one of these, or you’ll certainly chip a tooth.

All of these fruity puzzles are available individually from Hong Kong novelty shop Brando, where they sell for $16 each. The SpeedCubeShop sells a set of three that includes the orange, apple, and banana for just $17.95. I also found a set of four on Amazon for $19.99.

 

This Knuckle-ring citrus-juicer lets you make lemonade like a gangster

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Don’t get any ideas, tough guy, the only thing this Ring Juicer is meant to threaten is your Vitamin C deficiency. Designed by Object Rights, a quirky design studio based out of New York and Istanbul, the Ring Juicer is a ceramic wearable that fits on your fingers, allowing you to pummel the juice out of a lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, or tangerine (add your own citrus fruit to the list). Available in multiple colors, the Ring Juicer adds a fun, almost sadistic element of interaction as you literally get to torturously extract the juices out of your fruit of choosing (I believe it’s pretty effective), and when you’re done, it sits neatly on its flat surface, adding a bit of visual zing to your kitchen worktop.

Designer: Object Rights

European mobile carriers will share location data to track COVID-19 spread

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More governments are relying on phone location tracking in a bid to track and contain the spread of COVID-19. Eight European carriers, including Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile), Orange and Vodafone, have agreed to share phone location data with the Euro...

Carlo Ratti’s Orange Juice Machine serves OJ in cups made from 3D printed orange peels

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Sustainability isn’t as difficult as one might think. In the past few months we’ve seen so much in the way of using ecologically conscious materials, from t-shirts made entirely from eucalyptus and algae, to leather made from beer mash, to liquid soap bottles made from actual soap! The bottom line is, designers are always finding creative ways to deal with waste and to develop newer ways to manufacture products in a way that’s sustainable and circular. Take for instance Carlo Ratti’s Circular Orange Juice Bar, an innovative machine that uses every bit of the orange to provide a delightful drinking experience. At first, the oranges are laid out right on the top, in an innovative spiral rail. The oranges instantly become the juice bar’s branding, as their vibrant tangerine color is visible from a distance. Approach the bar, and the oranges, laid out in a nice umbrella shape, provide shade as you sip your juice. As for the juice, each orange is transported, cut, and squeezed by a machine fresh on the spot. The peel is discarded into the bottom pit which dries the waste out, pulverizes it to a fine powder, and binds it with PLA to turn it into a 3D printable filament. This filament is fed right into a 3D printer that prints your juice-cup right in front of you, with your freshly squeezed juice in it! You can discard each cup, as it’s completely biodegradable, giving you a product and experience that is derived from nature, and can return completely to nature with absolutely no impact!

Designer: Carlo Ratti Associati