Made of metallic polyester, Martin Azua’s “Basic House” is a self-inflatable shelter that can offer you a home on the trip. It’s very lightweight and mini-sized when folded, while it can inflate into a huge cube in seconds as soon as it interacts with heat from either your body or the sun. And if it’s too warm outside, you can turn the house inside out so that it could deflect the sunlight.
The effective measures to fight against earthquake continued to improve, and here comes the Earthquake-proof Table, a collaborative work by Arthur Brutter and Ido Bruno. Though seems very common, the table actually could successfully protect people from possible injuries during the earthquake, which has been approved by a series of rigorous vertical impact tests. As an additional bonus, the earthquake-proof table also takes into account the financial limitations of people who may need it, and thus it will be produced with cost effective, yet responsible production methods and durable inexpensive materials.
Developed in 1932, the 8mm film was once rather popular around the world and was recorded in the history as “the world’s smallest film ever used in movie-making”. Nowadays, even though the 8mm film is no longer a trend, we can still try it with these tiny Fuuvi Bee 8mm Cameras. They’re mini-sized, with a weight of merely 39 g, but are built with a CMOS lens that can capture retro videos of 640×480 resolution or images of 1280×960 resolution. Undoubtedly they’re not the best cameras for photographers, they’re indeed the smartest ones to create retro styled videos or images.
Surely it’s dangerous to cycle in the evenings no matter what kinds of tools you’ve chosen to avoid the possible dangers, but this Lightning Vest is still here to offer you with more protection, by reminding the drivers and pedestrians of your existence. It’s hand-netted from a custom developed 3M reflective material, loose and large enough to be worn outside T-shirts, jackets or coats. It’s also very durable, lightweight and compact to fit into even your pocket.
In cold cold winter, we’re likely to do almost everything in bed, including studying, working, playing and of course sleeping. But before that perfect plan for the winter holiday, we firstly need to find a best bed desk that is both practical and comfortable, and my choice? It’s undoubtedly the Scribe! The modular desk can hang anywhere when not in use, while holds books or laptops steadily to prevent them from rolling. Apart from its outstanding functions, the desk features a sleek appearance too, making it quite ideal as either a personal possession or gifts to others.
The snowy winter makes you yearn for skiing while its cost is too high? Never mind, you may try another kind of sport: walking on the snow wearing these Foldable Snowshoes. It prevents your feet from sticking in the snow, but can bring you much closer to the beautiful scenery.
What’s this, a huge cube? Of course it is, but it’s exactly also a three dimensional kite formed by 1,700 3D printed connected segments. It seems extremely bulky, but can actually levitate steadily due to its lightweight composition of carbon fiber rods and cubenfibre aerospace fabric.
Foldable, portable and practical, the ‘Radler Trail Camp’ by Timberland is a lightweight and water-repellent shoe quite suitable for outdoor activities. It is especially excellent for the foldable design, featuring a zipper along its sole so that the shoe can fold along its center when not in use. With that unique feature, even with simply one bag you can take almost ten pairs of shoes at one time, as they take up really small space indeed.
Lighter than paper but stronger than steel, the Minimal Backpack is so tough that it can even be used to hold bricks or steels. It’s waterproof too, so quite suitable for outdoors use, especially in rainy or snowy days. When not in use, simply roll it, place it in your pocket up and you’ll never feel it a burden.
Use as you read, these Alphabet Furniture sets all come with several individual modules but can combine to create a chair, a lamp and a table as well, just as the words you’ve already seen. So what do you think? Isn’t it funny to surprise your guests with the Alphabet Furniture?
Really small and cheap, the seemingly ordinary device actually features a surprisingly 30X magnification, always helping you to observe animals and flowers at close hand.
Anything better than these skull helmets for you bad boys? Especially designed for motorcycle riders, these helmets are not only lightweight, comfortable to wear but also provide breathing space, just so unique. Pity that it comes bit of later, or I may have gotten a more attractive costume for the Halloween…Any way, it’s still a good Christmas gift.
With a density of 0.9 mg/cc, the world’s lightest material is put forward by researchers from UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology. The material features a unique “micro-lattice” cellular architecture, 99.99% of which is air and only 0.01 percent is solid metal. Thus it weighs incredibly light, even about one hundred times lighter than Styrofoam, and can stand safely on the top of dandelion. Even so, the material still comes with a good mechanical behavior, including complete recovery from compression exceeding 50 percent strain and high energy absorption.
The ever-best thing for both babies and mothers, Toob is a versatile baby-care station that is composed of an incorporated storage space and a foldable blanket and thus to ease the “baby changing” process. Additionally, the Toob also features a water-resistant blanket that makes it easy for parents to clean it and ensures it bacteria-free for babies to lie on.
While we don’t need to take a bullet-resisting device all the time, it is still nice to see this Ballistic Clipboard launched by Impact Company. Initially designed to ensure the safety of corps who might get attacked by the violent people, the clipboard is lightweight for easy portability while really serves to stop the moving bullets. Sounds great, right? Check the video below for more information.
