#industrialdesign — Public Fediverse posts

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🎒🏞️ The Smithsonian traces backpack #design from a two-million-year-old practice to Ötzi’s hazel-and-board frame around 3300 BCE, then follows improvements through a #CivilWar cavalry officer’s patented canvas-and-metal pack, a #Duluth #canoe-hauling design, #aluminum-frame #mountaineering models, and the nylon #JanSport that made the #backpack a school staple. Roughly 450 million are sold annually.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/weve-been-strapping-cargo-backs-millions-years-backpack-innovation-took-off-around-civil-war-180989280/

#backpack #history #invention #hiking #science #socialstudies #engineering #innovation #industrialdesign #school #outdoors #otzi

#HumanoidRobots, their ick factor, and why #IndustrialDesign won’t save them.

Grab a road soda for this one.

https://robotgirlgang.com/2026/08/26/why-theyre-gross/

#Robotics #Automation

keadamander (@[email protected])

https://pixelfed.social/p/keadamander/981829328422025364

> Steel Honeycomb #photography #helios #helios44 #helios44m #IndustrialPhotography #AbstractPhotography #MetalArt #GeometricPatterns #WireMesh #MonochromePhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #TexturePhotography #MinimalistPhotography #UrbanAbstract #IndustrialDesign #PatternPhotography #MoodyPhotography #FineArtPhotography #VisualGeometry

1960 Now everyone can enjoy a wood-burning fireplace! Uni-bilt ad
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#MidCenturyModern #VintageAdvertising #FireplaceDesign #1960sDesign #UniBilt #VintageInteriors #Homedecor #IndustrialDesign #Ephemera #DesignHistory #retro #vintage

Dustbuster. Black & Decker, 1983
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#VintageAdvertising #1980sDesign #BlackAndDecker #Dustbuster #Appliances #Advertisement #IndustrialDesign #HouseholdTechnology #ConsumerCulture #retro #Vintage

Relativity Space raises $500 million as its sets sights on the industrialization of Mars - 3D-printed rocket startup Relativity Space has closed $500 million in Series D funding (making offi... - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Ja4gUQ4P8v4/ #emerging-technologies #tigerglobalmanagement #scienceandtechnology #industrialdesign #relativityspace #fundings&exits #bailliegifford #lockheedmartin #u.s.government #iconiqcapital #unitedstates #3dprinting #aerospace #longbeach #robotics

Why Carbon just raised another $260 million - Two months ago, we reported that Carbon was set to raise up to $300 million, bringing the 3D printi... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/uFPjshJuW28/ #madronecapitalpartners #nationalfootballleague #industrialdesign #josephm.desimone #fundings&exits #bailliegifford #3dprinting #geventures #hardware #startups #makerbot #funding #adidas #carbon #ford #fda #nfl #tc