Yanko Design - Form Beyond Function

Save your Microwave!

Posted: 15 Sep 2017 07:00 PM PDT

I don’t know if I’m just bad at making tea in the microwave, or if it’s a problem for everyone, but the walls of the inside of the microwave oven look like a Jackson Pollock painting in sepia. It isn’t just tea, pretty much any liquid dish you heat/cook in the microwave has a tendency to splash all over the place, and let me tell you those inner walls of the oven are NOT easy to clean, no matter what those life-hack Facebook videos tell you.

The Hover Cover is here to change that. Acting as a lid for all your spill/splash worthy items that go into the microwave, the Hover Cover sits on top of them, allowing the microwaves to work their wonders on the food inside, without having it splatter outside. The best part is the Hover Cover’s magnetic lid, which allows you to stick the cover to the top of the microwave’s insides when not in use (hence the hover). It almost makes me wonder, why don’t all microwaves come with their own protective Hover Covers?!

Designer: Allstar Innovations

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Twice the tracking!

Posted: 15 Sep 2017 05:00 PM PDT

You know what’s more accurate than one fitness device?? Two of them! Biostrap’s approach to fitness tracking is two-fold, with their wrist-worn band and their shoe-clip, working in unison to track your activities and gauge correctly the amount of energy expended.

The two devices track your entire body’s movements, while the Biostrap is programmed to record and track any sort of repetitive exercise. While the shoe clip helps creating an accurate chart of the kind of exercises being done (Biostrap has a library of over a hundred types of exercises from weights, to cardio, to even cycling and swimming, and can even identify which exercise the body is doing), the wristband itself comes with a clinical-grade PPG that doesn’t just measure the heartbeats, it captures the highs (beats) as well as the lows, to capture high-fidelity, raw PPG waveforms. The kind used by doctors to monitor their patients’ health.

The data is then sent over to Biostrap’s app (I wish it were called the Biostrapp) which with remarkable accuracy tells you which exercise you did, the number of reps, the session duration, calories burnt, and even the consistency of your exercise, letting you know if your work-out is on point, or if it needs improving… pretty much acting as a bespoke fitness coach that’s strapped to your wrist. And foot!

Designer: Biostrap

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Floss like a boss!

Posted: 15 Sep 2017 02:00 PM PDT

Ever been to a job interview only to realize later that you had some rye or a spinach leaf, or something unsightly from your lunch stuck to your teeth? Or imagine going on a date and leaving the restaurant with food trapped between your teeth. No way any of those scenarios are going to end in a good way, right?

Cross-Floss wants to make periodic, on-the-spot flossing easier. Rather than carrying random strings of floss around with you and heading to the bathroom every time you want to clean your mouth, the Cross Floss comes with flossing string wrapped around it, then all you do is place the device in your mouth and begin chewing on it and the floss works its way into the gaps between your teeth. No weird faces, no pulling on disgusting pieces of rope. Just pretend you’re chewing gum (because that’s what it feels like) while your pearly whites stay white!

Designer: Star Floss AS