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Portastudio on iPad: Old School New Again

If you’ve never experienced the joy of conveying four tracks onto a single, plastic cassette tape, prepare to see what you’ve been missing. The iconic Tascam Portastudio is coming to iPad in a very virtual way, a $10 app that presents a simplified replication of the original’s decidedly more tactile controls. You can mix four inputs to stereo…
Ziiiro’s=Inovative

The Gravity and Mercury have taken Ziiiro’s lofty goal of stylish utilitarianism from concept to reality. The watches function without any of the markings of standard analog timepieces, instead using a continuously rotating combination of two rings to make temporal distinctions. The tip of the inner ring represents the hour, while the tip of the…
How To Survive Zombies

This portable, steel-clad shed might look like a render from your favorite post-apocalyptic first-person-shooter, but it is terrifyingly real. Designed and built by Dutch designer Joep van Lieshout, the Vostok Cabin is currently on show in Paris, at the Cite de la Science. The hut is as minimal as it is creepy. The only amenities are a…

Portastudio on iPad: Old School New Again