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World’s Lightest Timber Table is Stronger Than Solid Wood

Posted: 21 Sep 2013 10:00 AM PDT

Hubert Lightest Timber Table 1

A unique corrugated plywood construction makes this timber table incredibly lightweight at just 9 kilograms (19 pounds), yet 200% stronger than solid spruce wood. ‘Ripple’ by designer Benjamin Hubert and Canadian manufacturer Corelam is made of birch aircraft plywood, using 70%-80% less material than a standard timber table.

Hubert Lightest Timber Table 2

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The table is light enough to easily pick up and move around, with an incredibly slim profile, which saves a lot of resources not only in manufacturing but in shipping, as well.

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But despite its seeming fragility, the table can support a surprising amount of weight. It’s made by sandwiching layers of plywood together in a corrugating machine.

Hubert Lightweight Membrane Chair

Benjamin Hubert is also responsible for ‘Membrane,’ a chair made of a stretched 3D woven textile mesh over a lightweight steel and aluminum framework, weighing in at just 3 kilograms.

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Odd Dummy-Like Machine is a Magical Shirt Ironing Robot

Posted: 20 Sep 2013 04:00 PM PDT

dressman siemens german ironing machine

Ironing is one of the most-hated household chores, but ironing shirts is particularly frustrating. Siemens has developed a shirt-ironing machine that could save millions of hours all over the world. The machine actually dries shirts from the inside out using forced air, prolonging the life of the garment while saving you from the dreadful chore.

shirt ironing machine dressman

The Dressman shirt ironing machine has a dummy-like base onto which you slip a freshly tumble dried shirt. It is clamped and smoothed out in position, then you select the appropriate drying program. Press the button to start the cycle and the shirt inflates with warm air. Drying takes approximately six and a half minutes, or about 90 seconds less than it takes most humans to iron a shirt. After the warm air portion of the cycle, the machine forces cold air through the shirt to set the job.

siemens german shirt ironing machine

There are 12 programs to choose from, letting you dry anything from cotton to silk without harming the fabric at all. Unfortunately, if you want one of these bad boys you’ll have to live in Germany – that is the only country in which the Dressman is currently available.