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Tortoise-shell/Horn-rim Glasses

Today, glasses are so in vogue that many people wear them without a prescription. However, in the early 20th century, there was a stigma against glasses. They were objects of weakness, worn by the sic

What I’ve Got: eos lip balm

My WIG is something I’ve used for a grand-total of three days. Unlike most lip balms which are narrow cylinders, eos lip balms are sphere shapes. They unscrew and inside, there is a hemisphere of lip

TL;DR

TL;DR is an app that shortens news article to make them easier to consume. Inspired by the autotl;dr bot on reddit, it uses smmry.com to shorten articles while maintaining as much content as possible.

Mask and Unmask

What do you have to hide from someone you will never see again? For this idea, I went off the supposition that you would have nothing to hide. For this encounter a group of people would meet in a room

Challenge 2A

For this project, I made some minimalist logos of a truck (delivery icon), a user, and a charging battery. For each, I focused on communicating the idea only through simple lines. The designs were ins

minimalist line icons (delivery truck, user, battery)split

minimalist line icons (delivery truck, user, battery)

ACF Fiorentina logo replicasplit

ACF Fiorentina logo replica

bubble portfolio layoutsplit

bubble portfolio layout

What I’ve Got: The Library of Babel

Library of Babel is a website that hosts every text permutation up to 3200 characters (lower case letters, space, comma and period). It is based on the short story « The Library of Babel » by Jorge Lu

What I’ve Got: Converse Chuck II Waterproof

These shoes may not look like traditional ones, but they are Converse. I’ve featured them because they’re different from most others. They’re leather on the outside, but feature a Neoprene liner which

What I’ve Got: Warby Parker

Warby Parker is a New York based glasses company. They have a « home try on » program where they will send you up to 5 pairs of glasses for you to try on at home. They also partner with a charity and

What I’ve Got: Panasonic Headphones

I am not an audiophile, so that this with a grain of salt. Last year I lost my headphones and needed a new pair. These Panasonic earbuds cost me $7 and they’re great. They came with different size ni

What I’ve Got: AirDrop

AirDrop is feature that lets you transfer files between two Bluetooth enabled Apple devices. To work, both devices need to have bluetooth enabled. You can choose to be invisible, be visible to only yo

What I’ve Got: Unifi Access Point

One router can’t cover everything. The most common solution is to get a second router and create a wifi network with a second name. The problem is that when you walk between the two zones, you’re cove

What I’ve Got: Whoop

The Whoop strap continuously measures your heart rate. However, instead of just recording the heart-rate, which is an average, is measures the time between each heartbeat (heart rate variability). I’m

What I’ve Got: Nike+

The Nike+ is not a new product. It consists of a little sensor that goes under the insole in your shoe (you need to use compatible shoes). You plug a small receiver into your iPod and then you can tra

What I’ve Got: Makerbot Cupcake

When 3D printing first started, it was a DIY sort of thing. One of the first companies to launch 3D printing was Makerbot. Makerbot still exists, and one of their newer versions is in the Learning Lab

What I’ve Got: Modernist Cuisine

This is what happens when you cross an ex-Microsoft executive with money, time, and a passion for food. Nathan Myrhvolhd was Microsoft Chief Technical Office. In 2011 he published a 52lb, six volume c

What I’ve Got: Harvard Art Museum

The Harvard Art Museum is today housed in a new building by Renzo Piano. The Museum is actually a union of three museums: the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Sackler. From 2008-2013, the museums were close

What I’ve Got: The Color of Carrots

Most modern plants are the result of thousands of years of selective breeding. Orange carrots are also the result of that. For a long time, I heard a story that carrots were originally purple, red, an

What I’ve Got: Eos Lip Balm

(Reposting because I can’t go back and add a tag) My WIG is something I’ve used for a grand-total of three days. Unlike most lip balms which are narrow cylinders, eos lip balms are sphere shapes. They

What I’ve Got: Pacojet

Most ice cream machines slowly churn the cream solution as it cools down. The Pacojet uses a different process to create ice cream. The brainchild of a swiss inventor, it uses a blade spinning at 2,00

What I’ve Got: Lytro

Usually, before you take a photo you have to focus. Not with Lytro. Instead of recording the image data with pixels, Lytro uses records the direction and intensity of the light rays (the Lytro website