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Ston provides you a healthy and mindful break, as an alternative to smoking and drinking. The device is named a breather, a reference to the unique mindful experience it provides. Although the structure is similar to an electronic cigarette, by adjusting the flow of air as well as other factors, you can experience something closer to a deep breath. This is a tool to change a harmful break from smoking cigarettes into a healthy one, mentally and physically.
Continue readingFlowo's design is inspired by the main parts of a classic typewriter, thus the keyboard, the paper roller and the side knobs that allow by rotation, to insert the paper and move it forward. The device consists of a main body which is black and cylindrical and recalls the old roller plus two side control knobs that are use as follows: the left knob allows navigation on the device's menu, while the right one allows to scroll the document moving from one row to the other or from one page to the following. The main body expands with a backlit keyboard that allows typing.
Continue readingThis portable handling tool, with a self-weight of merely 25kg, can achieve easy floating movement on the ground under a maximum load of 16 tons. It is driven by compressed air and utilizes air-floating modules as the core bearing component. There are no assembly tools needed, no consumables required, and no damage to the ground during operating. Its shake-free carrying process ensures the safety of workers and objects being transferred. Apart from its individual usage, the product can achieve flexible carryings in combination with gantry cranes and forklifts.
Continue readingDefeXtiles is a rapid and low-cost technique to produce realistic high-fidelity textiles on 3D printers. The work demonstrates that under-extrusion defects can be finely controlled to quickly print thin flexible textiles into complex 3D shapes. This approach enables a myriad of applications including printing full sized garments, deformable tangible interfaces, and ultra-tough shuttlecocks.
Continue readingBody Voice is a wearable instrument driven by technology that allows dancers to create music through their dance moves. Music and dance are two art forms, but dance often follows the rhythm of the music. The dancer's creation is based on others, musicians' work. This design subverts the conventional relationship between music and dance, redefines the possibility of free creations by analyzing dance's movement by converting it into music.
Continue readingHybrid Smart Watch retains the physical hands of a traditional watch on a central perforated Amoled display, capable of automatic time-adjusting and avoidance of reading areas. The built-in battery drives the physical hands and the screen, and its pre-stored power can run the gearbox for 100 days even if the screen's power is off. Floating touch technology allows users to wake up and interact with the screen by touching and swiping on the glass surface. With the built-in software, the physical hands can automatically adjust the time.
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