zero2Infinity will launch nanosatellites from the stratosphere

October 27, 2014  |  Out There

Spanish company zero2Infinity, which conducts unmanned scientific and technical flights, plans to launch nanosatellites from the stratosphere in its next project scheduled for November. Known for its near-Space ballooning experience, the company has been working to expand its capabilities to include…
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3D printed headdress knows brain states

October 27, 2014  |  Out There

NEUROTiQ has a catchy name, certainly, but it is an intriguing product. The knitted, 3D printed, EEG brain sensor maps thoughts and exhibits brain states with color. Designed by Kristin Neidlinger, with assistance from Grant Patterson and Nathan Tucker , the eye-catching (and thought-provoking) head…
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A dress that senses CO2

October 10, 2014  |  Out There

Danish Design studio Diffus co-founders Michel Guglielmi and Hanne-Louise Johannesen initiated a project to create the Climate Dress, an interactive garment that reacts to the CO2 changes in its surroundings by sensing the CO2 concentration in the air. In response to the levels of CO2, it lights up …
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Vacuum-formed shoes are an eco-friendly fit

September 18, 2014  |  Out There

Israeli designer Lou Moria has used a vacuum-forming process to create pairs of plastic shoes that can be produced quickly and inexpensively, and sport their own “packaging,” providing a more eco-friendly option to the way in which shoes are typically sold. Although there are plenty of cheap sho…
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Fiber pavilion constructed using a novel winding technique

September 8, 2014  |  Out There

The Institute for Computational Design (ICD) and the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) of the University of Stuttgart have constructed a bionic research pavilion as part of a series of research pavilions which showcase the potential of novel design, simulation and fabrica…
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Since your baby can’t talk …

August 22, 2014  |  Out There

Sproutling, a new San Francisco, Calif.-based technology company has launched its first product, the Sproutling Baby Monitor. Not only does it monitor a baby and the environment, but it will learn and predict a baby’s sleep patterns so that parents can discern when to expect the baby to wake up, o…
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Ducere Technologies launches interactive, haptic footwear

August 11, 2014  |  Out There

Ducere Technologies announced the launch of  interactive haptic footwear under their wearable technology brand LECHAL (pronounced lay-ch-al, which means “take me there” in Hindi). An app loaded on a smartphone pairs with the footwear via Bluetooth. The user interacts with the app and can set a …
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Spinning silk light fixtures

July 23, 2014  |  Out There

“Re-Cocoon,” a project by Japanese artist Yasuhiro Suzuki, features lampshades molded directly from silk cocoons. Suzuki was curious about the idea of silk as an architectural material and, through research on the textile’s production and advantages, learned that it’s very lightweight, heat …
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Welcome Center springs to life with a vertical garden

July 9, 2014  |  Out There

A colorful vertical garden greets residents and guests at the Bay Meadows Welcome Center—and offers a garden view from a new angle. The wall was constructed using geotextile materials, and the plants are grown in felt made from recycled water bottles (PET).  The felt is saturated by an irrigation…
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Design student alters clothing with an iPad app

July 9, 2014  |  Out There

BA (Hons) Fashion Design student Oli Royce won the GFW (Graduate Fashion Week) Innovation Award at the London, U.K., event for a menswear collection that featured engineered prints with text and visual details only visible through an iPad app. Royce, 22, studied Fashion Design at Nottingham Trent Un…
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