15 May 2013
Manufacturers are making appliances like kettles and hairdryers quieter, in an effort to create a calmer, less stressful living environment. Read more...
15 May 2013
Manufacturers are making appliances like kettles and hairdryers quieter, in an effort to create a calmer, less stressful living environment. Read more...
Imagineering | 4 April 2013
The saucepan has been heating food – and causing cooks no end of stress – for centuries. In the fourth Imagineering redesign, Precipice give it a smart reboot.
Imagineering | 3 April 2013
One of Britain’s most respected designers has reinvented everything from Kodak cameras to trains to the Anglepoise lamp. Here he talks about the challenges. Read more...
Imagineering | 26 March 2013
One scratch to a laptop is all it took for designer Min-Kyu Choi to redesign the power plug – with award-winning results. Read more...
Imagineering | 2 April 2013
Imagineering | 26 March 2013
The UK power plug has changed little in more than 60 years. BBC Future finds out how one company created a 21st Century version to fix one basic flaw.
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