Cars are just too commonplace these days, with so few things to set apart one style or model from the next. Here are some excellent examples of creative hacks, scientific mods and artistic makeovers that will make you marvel at once-conventional vehicle types from cars, bikes and trucks to planes, boats and submarines.
Incredible design is not just about looking good (which this does) or working well (which this does), but weaving these solutions neatly together.
The shapes of computers have changed drastically in the past decade, but the evolution isn't done yet - keep an eye out for these radical folding designs.
Portaging in the wild is one thing, but try walking your canoe or kayak down the street and you may smack some unsuspecting pedestrian in the head.
This sphere is so powerful in its ability to turn light into heat that it can not only harvest the rays of the sun, but even draw on energy reflected from the moon.
DO touch that dial! These 12 cool & quirky radio design concepts provide a glimpse of this classic medium's future while giving a nod to its historic past.
Being able to store old videos in digital formats has helped preserve some of the world's most important footage, but it comes at a cost.
Any expert can call them out as fakes. How is it, then, that these photos misled 5,000 publishers worldwide and, consequently, an awed global audience of millions?
Bitcoin breaks its virtual boundaries, begging the question - from coins to wallets, how does the world's first widespread digital currency manifest in visual or physical form?
On land, by sea, in the air (and in one case: outer space), these winning entries are daring and visionary, defying convention, technology and at times even gravity.
Want to elude surveillance? Wear a metallic hoodie, slip your phone into a signal-blocking sleeve, paint your face and give yourself a weird punk haircut.
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