Rain Noe

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Senior Editor at Core77

Editor at Freelance

You break it, you bought it

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Articles

Mafell's Crazy Pull-Push Portable Table Saw - Core77

1 week ago | core77.com | Rain Noe

This portable Erika 85 table saw, by German manufacturer Mafell, has a number of tricks up its sleeve.
Remedial Design: Touchscreen Backlash Prompts Aftermarket Control Knob and Buttons for Teslas - Core77

1 week ago | core77.com | Rain Noe

Touchscreens were really cool 15 years ago, when the iPad first came out. Now that the novelty's worn off, more people seem to realize that navigating submenus sucks. Manufacturers, particularly automotive ones, love touchscreens because it reduces their production costs. But the user experience suffers for it, and leaves many craving physical knobs, buttons, dials and switches. A Bulgarian company called Enhance manufactures an aftermarket knob for the Tesla.
One Way to Make Trinity Rings - Core77

1 week ago | core77.com | Rain Noe

The so-called Russian Wedding Ring was a jewelry design that allegedly emerged from 19th-century Russia. It consists of three interlocked rings, each of them sized slightly larger than the target finger size, so that all three together will slide smoothly onto a finger. In the 1920s Cartier co-opted the design, releasing their Trinity Ring. Each of the three rings was a different tone of gold: Rose, yellow and white.
Inside the Design of a High-End Ballistic Helmet Liner - Core77

1 week ago | core77.com | Rain Noe

Here's an adjective, used to describe materials, that you may not have heard of: "Rate-sensitive." It refers to when a material responds to the speed of a force applied to it. As an example, concrete is not rate-sensitive: If you walk into a concrete barrier or drive into it at 80 miles an hour, it remains the same hardness. In contrast, water is rate-sensitive. You can gently push your hand down through the surface of a lake.
The Newave: A Modular Surfboard that Breaks Down for Transport - Core77

1 week ago | core77.com | Rain Noe

For dedicated surfers, surfboards are wonderful things—when you're riding them. At every other point in time, they're a hassle. You have to have the room in your home to store them. The need to transport them influences your choice of vehicle. If you want to transport one on a plane or a train, be prepared to pay extra fees, and keep your fingers crossed that they don't get destroyed during the baggage handling process.
China Hosts World's First Humanoid Robot Fighting Competition - Core77

1 week ago | core77.com | Rain Noe

Over Memorial Day weekend, when Americans were filling their bellies with barbecue, China hosted the world's first humanoid robot fighting competition. Humanoid 'bot manufacturer Unitree sponsored the World Robot Competition Mecha Fighting Series in Hangzhou, where four of their machines battled it out. The four entrants were all 4' 4" and weighed 77 pounds, presumably for the referee's safety.
Marc 3DP's Love Letter to 3D-Printed Fidget Toys - Core77

1 week ago | core77.com | Rain Noe

This Fidgets 2.0 project is by YouTuber and 3D printing enthusiast Marc 3DP. He downloaded 21 different designs for unusual fidget spinners and 3D-printed all of them. Here he demonstrates each of them in turn, separating the video into short chapters so you can jump from design to design:By the bye, to what do you attribute the popularity of fidget spinners?
An Unusual-Looking Object for Keeping Wine Bottles Cool - Core77

1 week ago | core77.com | Rain Noe

This Ona Wine Chiller is by Crucial Detail, a Chicago-based fancy kitchen goods brand. Meant to be used in place of an ice-filled vessel, it consists of a series of "thermal pods" held within a stainless steel lattice, a wooden coaster, and a puck-shaped icepack that sits below the bottle, nestled within the coaster. The lattice is slid over the top of the bottle has a small measure of flexibility to it, allowing it to conform to slightly different shapes.
Core77 Weekly Roundup (5-19-25 to 5-23-25)

1 week ago | core77.com | Rain Noe

Here's what we looked at this week:The quest to optimize existing objects: The EDJY features an unusual single-blade fingernail clipper design that allegedly delivers better results. Apple's "Vehicle Motion Cues" are an on-screen anti-motion-sickness trick. From Australia, magnetic and custom-fit sun shades for your car. The Otemon splice: A crazy Japanese technique for splicing the bottom of a rotted column. Stunning Frank Lloyd Wright art tiles by Motawi Tileworks.
Industrial Design Case Study: Fluid Design Updates Beurer's Grooming Devices - Core77

1 week ago | core77.com | Rain Noe

Beurer is a German manufacturer of personal care products. When they needed to update their line of men's grooming devices, they turned to Munich-based industrial design firm Fluid Design. The ChallengeCrafting the next generation of a MenCare range that seamlessly embodies the Beurer brand DNA. The SolutionBased on the newly developed Beurer Visual Design Language, we created a destinctive MenCare Line that celebrates newly established design elements.