Design

A team of radiologists and violin makers have been able to create and build a reproduction of a 1704 Stradivarius violin. Using computed tomography (CT) imaging and advanced manufacturing techniques. Out of the 1000 violins that were built by Stradivarius, who is considered the greatest violin maker, only around 650 still exist. His violins are well [...]

If you wear glasses or would simply like to keep your monitor contents private. A new modification has been demonstrated by Instructables modder Dimovi, that shows you how to remove the polarising film on your monitor. Then transform a pair of glasses using the monitor film to allow you to see it again when you [...]

Jason Giddings is a product developer, and his latest creation is a multi-touch glass keyboard and mouse, which he describes as the next generation in computer peripherals. The keyboard and mouse will be made from tempered glass and will feature a solid metal base, and will have no moving parts, instead they will use existing [...]

Colorware has this week launched a new iPad stand which has been designed to hold your Apple tablet at one of four angles, either 40, 60, 70 or 80 degrees. It might not be the smallest or the most compact iPad stand we have featured here on Geeky Gadgets. But being machined from billet aluminium [...]

Do you always find you never quite have enough space in your suitcase to fit everything in, especially on the way back home? If you do, then a new concept designed by Yejee Lee, Jongchan Mun, Seobin Oh and Woneui Hong, might be perfect for you. The Pumppack suitcase uses a pumping system that allows [...]

After purchasing a MacBook Air, but not being able to find a suitable docking station for it. Semiconductor design engineer Kitae Kwon from Cupertino CA. Decided to take matters into his own hands, and created the LandingZone MacBook Air Dock. The LandingZone is currently starting it journey over on the KickStarter website, and allows you [...]

Last year when the HDCP master key was leaked, Intel was not that bothered, stating that anyone who would like to use or crack the master key would need to be in semi-conductor business and create an expensive customised chip. Unfortunately for them, that doesn’t seem to be correct. As Ruhr University’s Secure Hardware Group [...]

A Spanish engineer named Patelo has created what he thinks has to be the world’s smallest V12 engine. Spending more than 1,200 hours transforming blocks of aluminium, bronze and stainless steel. Into the intricate pasts needed to build this amazing V12 engine. The tiny V12 engine is powered by compressed air which is injected into [...]

Phillips has unveiled a new type of concept lighting which it has been developing, that uses bacteria as the source to create the light. The bacteria within the lighting system is fed with methane and composted material to create an ambient light. The picture below shows the Probe, a wall of glass cells containing a [...]

That’s right, on the edge of a cliff. (See pic below.) Since mountaineering figures high on the list of adventurous manly deeds, especially among alpine countries, one Italian design firm created the ultimate doomsday shelter. Oops! Turns out it’s not so much a doomsday shelter but an extremely portable habitat for mountaineering expeditions.

Uh, it might be better to scratch that ‘deadly’ part from the title because it’s not like this vehicle fires missiles. There’s a better chance it kills people’s misgivings with sheer awesome than actually, well, kill people. But the contours and form are quite cutting edge, which reflects well on its designer, this Serbian fellow [...]

CryEngine 3 is the games engine that has been been developed by Crytek to create there fantastically detailed and graphical games for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Now an unknown intrepid developer has used the CryEngine 3 and recreated the fateful RMS Titanic. The passenger liner that struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from [...]