Portable Lighting with the Luminoodle

A versatile, waterproof string of LED lights that's easy to hang, wrap or stick with magnets

The Salt Lake City, UT-based team Power Practical has some inventive battery-charging solutions under their belt, from their debut product PowerPot (a camping pot that charges your mobile devices as you boil water, thanks to thermoelectric technology) to the Pronto5, a portable battery-pack that recharges itself to full in one hour so you can go right back out the door. Their latest product ventures into …

The Digital Transformer from Mercedes-Benz

An exclusive look at the Intelligent Aerodynamic Automobile concept

Today in Frankfurt, ahead of the IAA Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz presented their latest concept. The Intelligent Aerodynamic Automobile concept (or IAA, cheekily) is a study in the balance of beauty and aerodynamics, solved through a transforming shape. Once the car reaches 80 km/h—like a transformer or the second generation KITT—the tail extends, wheels flatten and nose widens. We hear from the exterior designer, Bastian Baudy …

Studio Cheha’s “3D” Reading Lamps

A new, more functional addition to the Tel Aviv-based design studio's collection of optical illusion lights

Ever since creating their first optical illusion lamp—a 3D-looking bulb that’s actually a flat, laser-engraved sheet of acrylic glass—Tel Aviv-based Studio Cheha has continued to play with perception with more fun iterations, from a glowing scene of the galaxy to an eerie silhouette of a skull. The latest design in Studio Cheha’s “Bulbing” collection has just launched on Kickstarter: three functional LED reading lamps with …