Why We Need to Design a Better Way to Kill Satellites
2,465. That’s the number of satellites that are whipping gracefully around the Earth as you read this. Only 1,100 of them are active, the rest are just dead space junk.
Gadgets – those glorious pieces of hardware which we covet so much. From mobile phones to laptops, cameras to kitchen tools, we cover ‘em here on Giz UK. Check this hub-page for all manner of news about these bank account-rinsing objects of desire.
2,465. That’s the number of satellites that are whipping gracefully around the Earth as you read this. Only 1,100 of them are active, the rest are just dead space junk.
Apple Watch and Android Wear is cool and everything, but the best wrist wearables are often made from Arduino boards and some tinkering, much like this super great Enigma watch.
Apple Watch pre-orders, a whole new look for OnePlus, the return of the LHC and all the news and rumours you missed this weekend.
If my previous routers looked like this, maybe I wouldn't consider them to be blocky, joyless objects that brought nothing but pain and frustration into my life.
When it comes to things that live on your keychain, smaller is pretty much always better. So a bottle opener that weighs basically nothing, and as is as small as your fingernail, sounds like a pretty great deal.
Sadly, the Oxford English Dictionary has yet to accept ‘cartophile’ as the official term for a map-lover. Even if the title lacks the linguistic seal of approval, there’s no doubt that maps can be lust-worthy objects.
Remember Spectre, that Macintosh computer game with the tank shooting Euclidean shapes under a neon-coloured sky? Soon, you’ll be able to bring a little of that early 90’s nostalgia into your living room.
Tired of seeing the same old boring, pastel-coloured Easter eggs every year? Try these beauties instead.
Adults are using their childhood building bricks in more creative ways than ever, and it was only a matter of time before somebody decided to bring a portable, customisable, Lego-based desktop computer into the world. Read More >>
The Solo Traveller lid takes in to account human anatomy, ergonomics and functionality in a simple and elegant way. It is very hard to improve upon this form-follows-function design.
Massagers! Sliding doors! Airbags! THE AMENITIES ALONE! But all that luxury comes at a price to the airlines—a price that is, oh, more than the price of a small house.
It costs close to £230 per axe for state-of-the-art ice climbing equipment. Not wanting to deal with that, Nils Cuinat-Guerraz made his own and managed to shave off 500 grams in the process.
Somehow this figure looks more like Mr. Bean than Rowan Atkinson does, and that's equal parts terrifying and incredible. Read More >>
If you want to take your bicycle off-road, you need larger tyres—and that makes it harder and harder to pedal. But maybe Ron Schroer has found the perfect off-road cycling alternative with his Boneshaker Big Wheel. Read More >>
Following up on its Spartan-themed knife block, the talented and fully-digited woodworkers at Missing Digit Woodshop have created a desktop version that can now hold all your stationary needs.
Simple practical design looks to impress at upcoming Milan Design Week.
