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Construction Brew: Rugged Coffee Maker Runs on Power Tool Batteries

Made by power tool-maker Makita, this is the ultimate coffee machine to energize construction workers, charged by the same batteries already in use on work sites. The CM501D is designed to derive ...

Vanishing Points: Simple Architectural Drawing Hack Puts Art in Perspective

Architectural drawings have long used geometrical tricks to convey scale, depth, distance and other three-dimensional aspects of realities on two-dimensional surfaces. In a two-vanishing-point ...

Origami Spoon: Flat-Folding Kitchen Tool Adjusts to Measure Multiple Sizes

A clever domestic design to eliminate ungainly collections of measuring spoons and cups, Polygons is an ingenious cooking multi-tool that measures different amounts on demand and packs flat when ...

Sketch in 3D: Remarkable Drawing App Gives Doodles Depth & Dimension

Programs like Sketchup have allowed amateur artists and architects to sculpt and design in three dimensions for years, but this app facilitates far more informal works that really look like ...

Tools That Rule: 13 Ways to Work Smarter, Not Harder

Most of the tools we use have looked the same for decades, if not centuries, but that doesn't mean they're optimized to be as useful, convenient and durable as they can be. These clever tweaks on ...

Chameleon Pen: Scan, Save & Draw Up to 16 Million Unique Hues

Five years ago it was an mind-boggling design concept, but today the idea color-changing pen has morphed into a working prototype that draws colors from objects and surfaces, natural or ...

DIY Hyperlapse: Make Your Own Timelapse Motion Pictures

You may have seen this amazing animation and thought it took an impossible amount of work to create, but there are multiple sites tools, and do-it-yourself tutorials that greatly simplify the ...

Augmented Sandbox: Realtime 3D Topographic Landscaping

Simulating an amazing array of natural environments and phenomena, this dynamic playspace turns ordinary hand-sculpted sand into vividly colorful landscapes in the blink of an eye. A real ...

Different Strokes: Strange Paintbrushes Promote Creativity

When something evolves to have such a long history as the art of painting, it falls on out-of-the-box thinkers to question the most basic elements of creation: tools. The designers ...

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