TwentyOne Toys makes toys for the 21st century teaching empathy, failure and creative collaboration. The Empathy Toy is a blindfolded puzzle game that can only be solved when players learn to understand each other. The Failure Toy is coming soon. www.twentyonetoys.com
Two European startups have collaborated to develop a wearable chair that allows you to sit whenever and wherever you are, making any workplace that requires prolonged standing more comfortable, more productive, and less prone to injury. https://futurism.com/the-chairless-chair-allows-you-to-sit-anywhere/
In an effort to motivate children to use bicycle helmets, design and innovation firm MOEF has created protective head gear in the shape of a LEGO figure's hair. wanting to mimic the proportions and physical characteristics of the original plastic toy as closely as possible. http://www.designboom.com/design/lego-hair-bike-helmet-moef-10-14-2016/
This Privacy Helmet would be interesting for those who believe the open office concept kills productivity. It fully blocks office noise to allow full concentration at work. It's equipped with a communication system so you can do your work within the helmet. It reminds some of the Cone of Silence, one of many recurring joke devices from Get Smart, an American comedy television series of the 1960s http://www.designboom.com/technology/hochu-rayu-helmfon-ukraine-06-30-2017/
Barcelona's new planning strategy will restrict traffic to a number of big roads, drastically reducing pollution and turning secondary streets into citizen spaces for culture, leisure and the community. The plan is based around the idea of superilles (superblocks) - mini neighbourhoods around which traffic will flow, and in which spaces will be repurposed to "fill our city with life", as its tagline says. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/17/superblocks-rescue-barcelona-spain-plan-give-streets-back-residents
The Royal Canadian Mint has unveiled its new glow-in-the-dark coin, thought to be the first of its kind. The CAD 2 coin has been created to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada?s confederation. The coin has been made with ink that contains luminescent material so it glows in the dark. https://www.springwise.com/worlds-first-glow-dark-coin-celebrates-canadian-anniversary/?
