electric Happaratus glove carves wood and stone
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this movie filmed at the Royal College of Art, graduate Morten Grønning explains how he adapted an electric kitchen knife to make a prototype glove...
Select music by tempo with Gemma Roper’s internet radio
Graduate shows 2015: this device by Royal College of Art graduate Gemma Roper allows the user to stream music according to the pace and rhythm they want to listen to...
Zelf Koelman’s Ferrolic clock tells time with magnetic ferrofluid
This clock by Dutch designer Zelf Koelman spells out the time with magnetic fluid under the control of electromagnets (+ movie).
Unlike traditional clocks, the Ferrolic has no mechanical parts and...
Looncup tracks menstruation and provides vaginal updates
The "world's first smart menstruation cup" links with a phone app to provide women with information about their periods (+ movie).
The silicone Looncup collects menstrual flow as an alternative to...
Onomo’s “magical compass” uses LEDs to guide cyclists
London startup Onomo has launched a Kickstarter campaign to support the release of its Haize compass, which uses flashing and colour-changing lights to direct cyclists to their destination (+ slideshow).
The Haize bicycle...
Dezeen’s top 10 gadgets of 2015
Dezeen's design editor Dan Howarth selects his pick of this year's gadgets, including concepts, prototypes and commercial products for cooking, cleaning, cycling and even masturbating (+ slideshow).
Haize by Onomo
Onomo's Haize...
Karim Rashid’s Bump charger “eliminates power cord tangles”
New York designer Karim Rashid has unveiled a smartphone charging device that neatly stores a metre-long cable in a loop around its outside (+ slideshow).
Ovaloid in shape, the Bump charger...
Petcube Play lets you to interact with your pet remotely from a smartphone
This small device allows users to talk to, play with and watch their pets when apart, for the reassurance that they are happy and safe at home.
Petcube Play is an indoor...
Yves Behar looks to loungewear for design of sleep-aiding Dreem headband
For his project with Silicon Valley start-up Rythm, industrial designer Yves Behar had to make a computer comfortable enough for restless sleepers to wear on their heads overnight.
The device, called...
Phabit device rewards your daily exercise by keeping a plant alive
This connected plant pot designed by Royal College of Art graduate Jen-Hsien Chiu feeds or starves a plant depending on its user's behaviour.
Phabit – which Chiu developed as part of...
