4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (229+ words) Out here in the country, people commonly haul heavy things around on trailers: Tractors, skid steers, back hoes. Safely securing these items to the trailer is a must. This is typically done with chains that are drawn tight using this…...

4+ day, 54+ min ago   (276+ words) When asked to describe what excites her most about the design field, she says "That the distance between 'I have an idea' and 'I made the thing' keeps collapsing. Generative and agentic tools are absorbing the tedious middle of the…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (226+ words) Let's say you're designing a switch that must change color when a user activates it. You'd typically think of integrating an LED. But researchers at MIT have developed a low-tech, no-electronics-required way of accomplishing the same. Their process, called ShiftLens,…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (223+ words) I recently had a chance to operate a neighbor's mini-excavator, and the learning curve is steep. There are four joysticks total, which allow you to drive, rotate, and operate the boom, the arm and the articulated bucket. The controls are…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (72+ words) Core77 Core77 Weekly Roundup (8-17-26 to 8-21-26) Here's what we looked at this week: An "aerial school bus" system for kids who commute from gorge to canyon rim for school. A sectional hiking stick with tools in each section. BikeBox: Bike-storing garden planters. Transportation…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (144+ words) It went viral on social media. Weeda was subsequently so inundated with requests for plans—which he has no time for—that he subsequently released this walkaround video: However, the requests didn't subside, with demands for dimensions coming in. Weeda…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (512+ words) core77.com Meet Fusion Forward Juror Alex Pearce, Associate Design Director at Seymourpowell Pearce's advice to entrants: always ask whether this is something you'd actually buy Alex Pearce has a simple test for whether a concept is worth pursuing: would you…...