Here's what we looked at this week: Project I-XRAY uses Meta's Ray-Ban 2 smart glasses to instantly access people's personal information. Unusual auto mods: Infinity taillights, and headlights with animated eyeballs. The Pi Foldable Lap Desk, for working/eating in cars. Cabin Anna, that house that slides open, goes into production. Do you...

When Bosch wanted to produce their own espresso maker, they leveraged both their in-house design team and Munich-based ID firm Fluid. The result was this Tassimo concept:The ChallengeDevelop an iconic range of espresso maker concepts for the Tassimo system that serves as a strong and inspiring foundation for the Bosch in-house team for further development....

In recent years, we've seen an exo-splosion of exoskeletons. Models for factory workers, medical caregivers, contractors, and even for recreational hiking have all made their debut. Hyundai's Robotics LAB division, meanwhile, has been working on medical exoskeletons. Their H-MEX model is designed for paraplegics: They've now adapted the design into...

The UK's Wine Society, a member-owned community of oenophiles, has contracted some unusual packaging for some of their wines: Flat-shaped plastic bottles, made from recycled ocean plastic, and recyclable themselves. After conducting a study, the group has concluded that using this recycled PET, and in this shape, is more sustainable than using glass."Our...

Texas-based Massimo Modular offers this stunning, futuristic take on the prefabricated home.Their Model E9 is trucked to site, where you need to have laid the foundation in advance and prepared for utilities, then craned onto the foundation. It's been designed with anchor points in the bottom to connect it to the foundation (should your municipality...

American Manufacturing is in a state of flux: growing pressures from international competition, a shrinking talent pool, and a volatile competition on one hand; but on the other, an ongoing digital transformation opening up unprecedented opportunities.View the full content here