Fast Company reports on an epoch-defining technological development: the self-propelled zipper. YKK, the Japanese firm that is the largest zipper manufacturer in the world with possession of about 40% of the global marke...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/05/04/Invention-The-Self-Propelled-Zipper/Blowing out the candles on a birthday cake is a grand tradition to celebrate the passage of life and hopes for its future. But it's also somewhat unsanitary. It's done with the breath of the celebrant and therefore conta...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/04/29/Patent-for-Birthday-Cake-Spit-Shields/The design blog Core77 shares this clever invention. The set (single?) of eyeglasses has a single lens that flips back and forth on a hinge. This feature allows a person to put on eye makeup while seeing clearly through...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/04/23/Single-Lens-Magnifying-Glasses-for-Eye-Makeup/About a fortnight ago, we showed readers the innovative dishwasher developed by the STS 3D robotics firm and YouTuber Plumber John. That dishwasher cleaned dishes more brutally and effectively than any other dishwasher o...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/04/18/Supercharged-Dishwasher-Made-Only-More-Powerful/STS 3D is a robotics and software design firm that, as a modern Prometheus, is advancing everyday technologies beyond the finite imaginations of other product designers. Its crew most recently teamed up with YouTuber Plu...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/04/07/Supercharged-Dishwasher-Cleans-Dishes-Extremely-Quickly/Spoon & Tamago, a design blog that informs English-speaking audiences about design developments in Japan, introduces us to the ZZZN Sleep Apparel System. Yes, it's a futon that you wear. But it's even more than just...
https://www.neatorama.com/2025/02/08/Japanese-Government-Promotes-Wearable-Futon/Touch2See is a device designed to help visually impaired people experience watching soccer games. A small disk floats across the simulated field in real time with the movements of the actual ball.Daniele Cassioli, a cham...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/12/05/Invention-Lets-Blind-People-Follow-Soccer-Games/XVIII century elevator table, allowing hosts and guests to dine without the presence of servants in St. Petersburg, Russia.pic.twitter.com/7ZwHnNCmK5— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 14, 2024 One of the challenge...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/10/18/Antique-Elevator-Table-Allows-Servants-to-Bring-Food-While-Not-in-the-Room/Irvine Kaye was an American businessman who created novel amusements from the 1960s until 1981, such as arcade games, luxury pool tables, and foosball games. A fan site devoted to his work describes an innovative pool ta...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/10/18/Ringo-The-Elliptical-Pool-Table/Do you remember Tuvix, the short-lived character from Star Trek: Voyager that was created in a transporter accident that combined Neelix and Tuvok? The Glissotar is the woodwind equivalent of Tuvix, except that Captain J...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/08/18/The-Glissotar-Is-Like-a-Combined-Violin-and-Saxophone/
