Spring loaded nutcracker

From Superinnovators 19/02/24 Germany-based Take2-Design created Naomi, a nutcracker that utilises a helical spring with an attached striker to crack nuts. The device, which won a Reddotdesign award in 2013, is secured to a tabletop with one hand while the other pulls and releases a ball on the spring’s end, causing the striker to forcefully […]

Hands free on/off hinged trainers

From Superinnovators 09/01/24 Nike launched a hands free Go FlyEase trainer in Feb 2021 which incorporates a hinge to make it easier to put on and take off. The company began developing a hands free design in 2012 in response to a customer with cerebral palsy who asked them to make a shoe that was […]

Zero gravity spinning waterslide

By Charles Carter, 26/09/22 Engineering innovators at Aquapark Reda, Poland and German designers Wiegand.Waterides built a spinning waterslide that creates moments of weightlessness. The AquaSpinner slide opened in 2020 and was awarded 1st place for Europe’s Best New Water Slide as part of the European Star Awards 2020. How does it work? The slide is […]

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