If the Budget iPhone Is Real, We Hope It Looks Like This

If the Budget iPhone Is Real, We Hope It Looks Like This

Rumors of a "budget iPhone" feel like they’ve been swirling around the Internet for ages, but it’ll still be a while before we know if they’re real. If they are though, we hope they look as jaw-droppingly awesome as these renders.

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A Cable-Wrangling Stool That’s Useful For More Than Just Sitting

A Cable-Wrangling Stool That's Useful For More Than Just Sitting

When you think about it, the lowly stool is one of the most versatile pieces of furniture in your home. It serves as everything from a chair, to a foot rest, to a table, to a place to eat and work. And Joe Levy, an industrial design student from New Zealand, has managed to cram in even more functionality with his SpoolStool.

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This Bottle Opener-Stopper Combo Is Flash Gordon’s Only Bar Tool

This Bottle Opener-Stopper Combo Is Flash Gordon's Only Bar Tool

You may already have a bottle stopper and you surely already have a bottle opener, but chances are neither of them look quite this awesome. Bottlejak is sleek, raygun-esque combo tool with a CNC machined solid aluminum body for opening bottles and a CNC-machined solid stainless steel plug for closing them. It’s not messing around.

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Holographic TVs Are Getting Closer To Reality

Holographic TVs Are Getting Closer To Reality

New methods for producing color holographic video are here, and they could lead to cheaper, higher res and more energy efficient TVs. Daniel Smalley, a researcher at MIT, built a holographic display with about the same resolution as a standard-definition TV, which is able to depict motion because it updates its image 30 times a second. The display is run by an optical chip that Smalley made in his lab for about $10.

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Meet Handibot, the First CNC MIll You Can Take With You

Meet Handibot, the First CNC MIll You Can Take With You

CNC mills are usually the antithesis of portable. Sometimes they’re as big as trucks. But ShopBot Tools, a North Carolina-based CNC Tool manufacturer, is trying to change that with the Handibot, a CNC Mill you can carry around.

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A Self-Sustaining Hut For The Modern Hermit

A Self-Sustaining Hut For The Modern Hermit

If your world is feeling overwhelmingly and counter-productively materialistic it may be time to downsize and move into a hut. That’s normal, right? And for all your sacrifice your minimalist hut can be built by celebrity architect Renzo Piano. Intrigued?

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An Office For Two That Transmogrifies Into a 6-Person Dining Table

Having enough room for separate working and dining tables is a luxury that most urban dwellers don’t have. But thanks to Daniel Liss’ transforming Table For Two, if you live in a small apartment you can now work on your cake and have a place to eat it too.

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This Shirt Can Be Worn For 100 Days Without Washing, Which Sounds Incredibly Sketchy But Also Awesome

Who even knows. The creators of Wool&Prince are claiming that you can wear their wool button-down shirts for days on end without them wrinkling, smelling or showing any dirt. Frankly, that sounds ridiculous, but maybe? More »

Eat Away Your Carbon Footprint With This Eco-Friendly Edible Spoon

The idea of an edible utensil isn’t exactly new, but nothing’s been quite as convenient (and non-sticky) as Triangle Tree’s brilliant if not entirely appetizing-appearing Eco-Spoon. More »

Tangible Alarm Smartphone Dock: Shove to Snooze

It’s early morning. Your phone is screaming at you. Unless you open your eyes and seek out place to touch, it’ll never stop. But the Tangible Alarm could bring back the eyes-closes snooze-button flailing of days gone by. More »