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Swear Jar

Maybe you just had kids. Maybe you’re trying to give up four-letter words for Lent. Maybe you just want to weed out a few words from your vocabulary for good. Whatever the reason, a Swear Jar has long been a way to help squash your questionable French. Now, instead of…

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The McBoombox Is a Drink Tray Speaker

When most people are done with their McDonald’s disposable drink trays they just toss them in the recycling because they’ve served their purpose. But what if they had an alternative use, like a second life as a speaker? The McBoombox is a drink tray speaker built into the bottom of…

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Gemma Observatory

Anmahian Winton Architects is a Cambridge-based architecture firm with work all over the world that focuses on collaboration, innovation and sustainable design. More importantly, as is evidenced by the Gemma Observatory, their works are beautiful, functional, interesting and award-winning. The Gemma Observatory by Anmahian Winton Architects is a private astronomical…

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The U.S. Navy 3D-Printed a Sub

The U.S. Departments of Energy and Defense, in conjunction with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 3D-printed the Optionally Manned Technology Demonstrator (OMTD) in just four weeks using the lab's Big Area Additive Manufacturing machine. The final product is thirty feet long, four and a half feet in diameter and was built…

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8 Pairs of Slippers that Don’t Look Like Your Grandfather’s

Household footwear can be a tricky prospect. Some houses make you take your shoes off, some look at you weird if you do, and others have people wandering around in whatever they want. Whatever you choose is fine, but everything comes with its own pros and cons. You could be…

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