Tumblr (3.0; @locomo)http://blog.morganschwartz.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4fgs4IJ291qbnbxjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://hackaday.com/2012/05/21/man-stranded-in-the-desert-makes-a-motorcycle-from-his-broken-car/">Man, stranded in the desert, makes a motorcycle from his broken car - Hack a Day</a>)</p> <div></div>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/23543995652http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/23543995652Tue, 22 May 2012 10:11:57 -0400hackmotorcycle<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2aikcfdg51qbnbxjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sweet - Star Wars-esque hover bike in early stages of development!</p>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/20875393257http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/20875393257Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:55:23 -0400hover bikedesigntransportationstar warsi want one<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1oh73XBMg1qbnbxjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nostalgia for the über rich: Bezos is trying to recover <a href="http://www.bezosexpeditions.com/engine-recovery.html" title="Apollo 11 rocket engines">Apollo 11 rocket engines</a> from bottom of ocean. Totally cool.</p>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/20154225481http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/20154225481Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:18:38 -0400Apollo 11F-1rocketspaceBezosnostalgia<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3f49oEyk5bw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Largest paper airplane flies in Arizona:</p> <blockquote> <p>The plane was designed and built in Lancaster by Art Thompson, who helped design the B-2 stealth bomber, but the design was based on a paper airplane folded by 12-year-old Tucson resident Arturo Valdenegro—winner of a paper airplane fly-off sponsored by the Pima Air & Space Museum in January.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/19927752231http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/19927752231Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:50:07 -0400paper airplaneaviationsky<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0swe5utHb1qb9tquo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://richardschang.tumblr.com/post/19215650021/paper-chair-by-peter-plantan-and-nusa-zupanc">richardschang</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Paper Chair, by Peter Plantan and Nusa Zupanc, winner of the AWR Award for Eco Design. I want one.</p> </blockquote> <p>met too</p>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/19256046825http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/19256046825Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:34:40 -0400Industrial Designchairpaperi want one<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0p7zht2ZJ1qbnbxjo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><span id="ctl00_maincontent_descriptionLabel">Slända (Swedish for dragonfly) is a pen that at a first glance might not seem to have the ability to stand…</span></p> </blockquote>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/19094038308http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/19094038308Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:23:00 -0500SländapenIndustrial Designi want onewriting<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ycp7uFnEI_o?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Bistro-nauts - drinking from a cup in <span class="rawhtml">microgravity (with a little help from capillary action)<br/></span></p>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/18685309401http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/18685309401Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:57:00 -0500spacedrinkingastronautsspace stationmicrogravity<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m08qy3FgHw1qbnbxjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kevlar socks - what will the Swiss think up next?</p>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/18593688112http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/18593688112Thu, 01 Mar 2012 23:54:02 -0500Kevlarsocksappareli want one<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m032u2nooG1qbnbxjo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Funniest Kickstarter pledge amount via ZeFrank</p>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/18419059428http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/18419059428Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:25:14 -0500KickstarterfunnyZeFrank<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZMa4Bex_A8M?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This is one bad ass baby stroller.</p>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/18220913708http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/18220913708Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:26:34 -0500babystrollerorigamiIndustrial Design<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lztqtzjzPl1qbnbxjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Equipped with a tiny computer, microphone and powerful wireless antenna, the Transparency Grenade captures network traffic and audio at the site and securely and anonymously streams it to a dedicated server where it is mined for information. Email fragments, HTML pages, images and voice extracted from this data are then presented on an online, public map, shown at the location of the detonation.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/18106852121http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/18106852121Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:27:34 -0500grenadeconceptualartsurveillancetacticaltransparency<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mFPHLCk8Xs4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><em>Pure Loyalty Electronic Device Storage</em> provides mobile storage units for cell phones and serves NYC-area students at schools with metal detectors…</p> <p>$1 per phone per day, 180 school days per year … cha-ching</p>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17989685799http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17989685799Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:13:27 -0500business ideaseducationcell phonesbusiness modelmobilestorage<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VxSs1kGZQqc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Harvard Monolithic Bee is a millimeter-scale flapping wing robotic insect produced using Printed Circuit MEMS (PC-MEMS) techniques. This video describes the manufacturing process, including pop-up book inspired assembly.</p>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17855616359http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17855616359Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:28:51 -0500fabricationdesignbeeroboticsHarvard<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzgykfX9TX1qbnbxjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>I have memories that I made a den somewhere in my house as a child- Under the table, in the wardrobe, and in the attic- I created my own base and felt relieved as if I avoided enemies that were actually non-existent. My own secret space at the moment which was comfortable and protected, better than a huge mansion, the coziness of the space like a bird’s nest isn’t what we dream basically?</p> </blockquote> <p>Object-O by Seung Yong Song</p>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17698286864http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17698286864Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:45:49 -0500chairdesignfurniturenestsecret space<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rR3NhE8fBs8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.garychou.com/post/17642553782/this">garychou</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>This.</p> </blockquote> <p>I’m a believer. Wow!</p>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17682836740http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17682836740Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:21:03 -0500jeremy linlinsanitylinknicksbasketball<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzeqanis8i1qbnbxjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>An egg has millions of holes in its shell. It absorbs the odour and substance around itself very easily. This creates a bad taste if it’s kept in the fridge with other food ingredients. This shelf provides a place for eggs outside of the fridge. Also the freshness of eggs can be tested in the water. The fresher they are, the further they sink.</p> </blockquote> <p>functional art objects from jihyun ryou’s project “save food from the refrigerator”</p>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17628324789http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17628324789Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:51:58 -0500eggsartdesignenergyrefrigerationfoodpreservation<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36209069" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>“A chair becomes a sofa, and a sofa becomes a chair” - the XXXX by Yuya vs Design</p>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17508631358http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17508631358Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:00:06 -0500Industrial DesignsofaXXXX<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/d7Oud3iGXWY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Hövding is a collar for bicyclists, worn around the neck. The collar contains a folded up airbag that you’ll only see if you happen to have an accident. The airbag is shaped like a hood, surrounding and protecting the bicyclist’s head. The trigger mechanism is controlled by sensors which pick up the abnormal movements of a bicyclist in an accident.</p> </blockquote> <p><img alt="Hövding bicycle helmet" height="590" src="http://www.hovding.com/img/how_cykelhjalm_airbag_20110125_030733.jpg" width="479"/></p> <p>I love that it comes with a “black box” for data collection that is used to further refine the product.</p> <p><img alt="Inside Hövding there is a black box" height="238" src="http://www.hovding.com/img/how_batteri_20110125_031328.jpg" width="480"/></p>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17445034631http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17445034631Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:00:05 -0500Hövdingbicycle helmetIndustrial DesigndesignSwedensafety<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5wbswikw1qbnbxjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>SOLVINDEN: Solar/wind-powered pendant lamp from Ikea</p>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17385215854http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17385215854Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:00:05 -0500solarwindlamplightingLEDi want oneindustrial design<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5w83F0281qbnbxjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>At last a clothes hanger solution for my t-shirt fetish.</p>http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17360169416http://blog.morganschwartz.com/post/17360169416Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:21:38 -0500clothes hangerhangerpinchdesignindustrial designt-shirts