Back by popular demand, Panelite is having an even bigger warehouse sale this coming week. Aug 16th thru 19th. Panelite and Previous Discussion (scroll down for info)... Happy Hour anyone? | Work for Panelite View full entry
An interactive table and chairs that can change colour has been developed by Japanese researchers. BBC View full entry
Thousands of Americans have smuggled illegal toilets from Canada to avoid using low-flow toilets that did not work as well as consumers wanted them to. But an Environmental Protection Agency official says that technology has come a long way since the first low-flow toilets were introduced. NPR... View full entry
The Siggraph exhibition has hosted a fashion show featuring garments augmented by technology. The aim was to show that the merging of textiles and technology can be elegant and need not resemble a robot's cast offs. BBC View full entry
The distinctive swimming technique of a bluegill sunfish is being used to develop agile, propellerless submarines. BBC | Previous View full entry
Designer Steven Heller tells the story of a seaside landmark known as the "Eiffel Tower of Coney Island." Studio 360 (listen) | Entire Show View full entry
For the 50th anniversary of Helvetica (yes, the font!) design collectives, Candy and Blanka of the UK, have commissioned a series of 50 prints- each by a different design studio, and each commemorating a year of the sans-serif’s life. Currently on view at London’s Design Museum, the... View full entry
Five years after the concept was first proposed, the so-called $100 laptop is poised to go into mass production. BBC | wbur.org (listen} View full entry
Two vibrating rings which can guide the wearer around a city via global positioning satellite (GPS) have been unveiled by a British designer at the Royal College of Art. BBC View full entry
“The objects we purchase from purveyors of digital technology are conceived only up to the point of sale; the inevitable nicks, scratches, weathering, and fading they will encounter is not factored in at all. The result is that as they see more use, their ignorance may recede, but they wear... View full entry
Ten weeks of role-playing led to a design to help the wheelchair-bound at the gym. That design earned Business Week's IDEA Best in Show award. Business Week | Slideshow View full entry
A report from the Darpa Grand Challenge, a Pentagon contest for inventors to come up with self-driving vehicles - and the ideas are already starting to be used in today's cars. BBC View full entry
The remarkable adhesive abilities of geckos and mussels have been combined to create a super-sticky material. BBC View full entry
Yesterday MIT Professor Dava Newman unveiled the BioSuit, a skintight, next-generation space suit prototype that she and a team of researchers have spent seven years developing. MSNBC | National Geographic View full entry
You can't do green design without green materials, and material innovations tend to come from chemists. Chemists also produce many products in their own right: paints, adhesives, cleaning products, whole industries. So what are chemists doing to save the world? WorldChanging View full entry