The Oru Folding Kayak is a staggeringly clever piece of design, it’s the brainchild of San Francisco designer Anton Willis and it’s been created to fold out from a square carrying case to a full size ocean capable kayak in less than 5 minutes (watch a video of the process in action below).
The Oru Kayak will cost $500 when it becomes available for sale and should you wish, you can register here to receive a notification of when you can buy one.
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This is Ettore Bugatti’s pasta machine, he designed it himself after his previous pasta maker broke and the anticipated wait time for a replacement was considered unacceptable. Bugatti was born in Italy but spent much…
The 1933 Ford V-8 Roadster you see here is one of the most important cars in the history of American stock car racing – it’s the winner of the first officially organized stock car…
The Snow Cruiser – Antarctica’s Abandoned Behemoth is a short documentary that gives a concise history of one of the most unusual land-based vehicles ever built. The film uses a combination of archive video footage…
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