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Halfbike II is a pedal-powered vehicle for navigating city streets
Insect-infused Jungle Bars are boosted with powdered cricket protein
Max Frommeld and Arno Mathies create a folding sled
Dolfi is a tiny ultrasonic washing machine for delicate clothes
TZOA wearable environment tracker measures UV and air pollution
Impossible Technology’s electric bicycle folds away into a backpack
Proper Coffee’s Imperial Drip machine brews drinks slowly to improve flavour
Seatylock is a bicycle seat that is also a removable bike lock
Scribble’s colour-matching pen can write in millions of tones
Cut&Paste announces online product design showcase
Cut&Paste and HP launch contest for pre-crowdfunded product campaigns
Kawamura Ganjavian designs Kangaroo Light for the bottom of your bag
Sam Pearce has “reinvented the wheel” by replacing spokes with springs
Pebble Time smartwatch breaks Kickstarter records with $2m funding in one hour
Bionic Runner combines cycling and jogging for “injury-free” running
Laurence Humier’s Alchemist Matter Kit teaches children basic chemistry
Origami-influenced umbrella “bounces back into shape” after blowing inside out
Ostrich Pillow Mini by Studio Banana Things enables napping on the go
New magazines: “A lasting record of the world of design at a point in time”
Randy Slavin paints with light to create Cobra Starship’s Never Been In Love music video
“Making something big happen at an urban scale is more than a popularity contest”
BCXSY’s Mixed Animals magnetic soft toys launch on Kickstarter
MoMA Design Store presents Kickstarter-funded products at New York Design Week