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This Cylindric UX1 is by Cords, a Swedish design and technology company. Their mission is to "create products that make electricity a natural, integrated part of interiors," rather than the snake's nests that most of us live with. The 165W USB-C charger can put out 100W per port, and can charge four devices at once. It features a durable braided cord.

All motorcycle helmets are donned the same way: You pull them over your head, then buckle it tight with a chinstrap. But French motorcycle helmet manufacturer Roof has a different idea. They've recently unveiled this Djagger prototype, which makes the donning experience more like putting on a mask than a hat:

Like a lot of rural areas, Montezuma, Kansas has rough backcountry roads. Toolboxes in trucks that are driving these roads bounce around, scrambling their contents. Thirty years ago, an unknown maintenance engineer in the area grew tired of this, and designed a toolbox that would not only keep the tools in place during rough transport, but would also present them ergonomically once on-site.The result is these Triangle Toolboxes, produced by manufacturer Montezuma. The triangular cross-section presents the tools in a stadium seating format, and the angle of the locking lid keeps the contents in place, even as you weather potholes.

Here's what we looked at this week:A designey divot tool from Formawerx and Discommon Goods. Nike Hydraulics' sleek mid-century design for an adjustable drafting table.A portable, drill-powered oscillating tool blade sharpener.

What the milk crate is to college-aged kids furnishing dorms or homes, the PIXEL is to adults doing work. Designed by Austrian architect Didi Lenz, it's a plywood cube (roughly 36cm / 14 3/8" cubed) that can be used as a standalone storage object, or stacked like milk crates to build benches, cabinets, tables, seating, et cetera. "PIXEL isn't furniture," Lenz insists. "PIXEL is a flexible module that can serve various functions in space for everyone. A high table for a workshop, a desk for students, a shelving syste

Furnituremakers among you undoubtedly remember your most difficult glue-up: A countertop, bench or tabletop of unwieldy dimensions. Well, you probably won't complain again, after seeing what these folks are doing. Swiss timber company Huesser Holzleimbau, which specializes in creating glue-lam beams, recently won a contract to manufacture two burly beams for a bridge.Twenty-eight employees (including people from the office called onto the shop floor to pitch in) worked together on the most massive glue-up I've ever seen:

Solar-powered cars require surface area for the panels, and designers have come up with different solutions for this. Clean energy company GoSun envisions a roofrack-mounted unit that unfurls its panels when the vehicle's parked. Engineer Omid Sadeghpour built a similar system for his Tesla Model Y, using telescoping carbon fiber tubes.

Canadian engineer Tej Grewal is working on a component for his company, Qube Technologies, which monitors oil and gas emissions. The desired end product, a dial, will have a translucent 3D-printed PETG cover through which readings can be viewed. To that end, he's been messing around with the slicer settings for his 3D printer to maximize the part's translucency, and now he's nailed it:In a nutshell, he advises:"Reduce all the speeds to 20mm/s." (The slower speed provides a smo

This bent plywood Tokyo bench is by Portuguese furniture designer João Teixeira. The bent plywood form references the Japanese torii (the traditional gates you see at shrines), while one end of it curves over the upholstered piece to provide a landing pad.

This Nimble Prosthetic Fin is by industrial designer Alberto Essesi. While most prosthetic legs we see are designed for walking, here the Milan-based designer has addressed the activity of swimming instead. "The Nimble prosthetic fin redefines mobility for below-the-knee amputees. At its core is an innovative, 3D-printed flexible lattice structure. This centerpiece is engineered to reduce stress on the user's limb while simultaneously generating powerful thrust with each kick, all within an incredibly lightweight carbon fiber