Conquer the hills of Norway with their ingenious bicycle lift

Bicycling up a hill can be a rather vigorous task, especially when your route has plenty of steep slopes. Now, bicyclists in Trondheim, Norway will no longer have to worry about hills. The CycloCable, situated at the Brubakken Hill in Trondheim, is revolutionizing urban transport.
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Daniel Swanick
January 14, 2015
HealthTechnology & Innovation

Draw on your food with the world’s first Spice Pen

When it comes to creating beautiful foam sculptures on top of your milky caffeinated drinks, you now have some help. With this awesome spice pen, you can play and create with your food without getting scolded for it.
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Daniel Swanick
January 13, 2015
Food & BeverageTechnology & Innovation

The Whisker Dam helps keep your moustache dry

As any moustached or bearded gentleman knows, both food and drink will eventually end up in their facial hair; especially when drinking a frothy beer. Well, now there’s a solution to avoid these annoyances: the Whisker Dam.
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Daniel Swanick
January 8, 2015
Fashion & BeautyFood & BeverageTechnology & Innovation

Enjoy an espresso or a coffee with the flip of a cup

For most, the need to brew a cup of coffee to start the morning is a given. However, when we need a quick jolt in the afternoon, some turn to a shot of espresso. If you don’t want to invest in separate mugs and cups for your…
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Daniel Swanick
January 7, 2015
Food & BeverageTechnology & Innovation

A website that helps you match typefaces

To help you mix and match typefaces for your next project, Canva has created a Font Combinations website.
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Daniel Swanick
January 5, 2015
TypographyWeb

Internet censorship: Where in the world can you see this?

Most people consider access to the internet to be a right, not a privilege. In fact, Canada has declared high-speed broadband internet access a “basic telecommunications service” that every citizen should be able to access. However, for many across the world, internet censorship means they are unable to fully communicate…
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Daniel Swanick
December 29, 2014
EverythingInfographicWeb

This prototype water bottle actually fills itself

Cyclists know that you need to keep hydrated. And to make sure that you don’t run dry, industrial design student Kristof Retezár has designed a prototype self-filling water bottle. How? It turns air into water while you ride a moving bicycle.
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Daniel Swanick
December 11, 2014
HealthTechnology & Innovation

Infographic: Famous firsts on the Internet

Email is just one example of the kind of explosive growth experienced by the Internet—making sending a letter almost obsolete. Since the inception of the Internet in the late 20th century, it has quickly evolved into a necessity for our daily lives; providing may famous firsts.
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Daniel Swanick
November 20, 2014
InfographicWeb

Discover the history of the bra in this infographic

In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, The Huffington Post and Genius 3D Mammography have teamed up. Together they’ve created an infographic that traces the history of the bra.
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Daniel Swanick
November 10, 2014
Fashion & BeautyInfographicTechnology & Innovation

Get 750 free icons released by Google

Here’s a freebie for all you designers out there. The Google Design team have released open-sourced icons as part of the Material Design system icons pack.
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Daniel Swanick
November 5, 2014
Art & DesignWeb

Now and then: Cultural and technology trends

Cultural, lifestyle and technology trends come and go. But some trends end up evolving over time. For example, a smartphone can now do the job of a camera, television, game console, cassette player, and calculator. 
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Daniel Swanick
October 30, 2014
EverythingLifestyleTechnology & Innovation

A Harry Potter-inspired invisibility cloak

Invisibility is usually the stuff of science fictional, but researchers in the US claim to have created an invisibility cloak. Inspired by Harry Potter’s iconic cloak, scientists from the University of Rochester have created a cloaking device. But, unlike Harry’s cloak, the scientists used a combination of four standard lenses for…
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Daniel Swanick
October 9, 2014
Technology & InnovationVideo
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