Posted on 11 November 2008
For those that can’t make up their mind on whether they want a digital or analog clock, here is the answer in the form of a design concept from Pinto Design of Japan. It’s both analog and digital at once, with the minutes being displayed in digital form and the hour represented by a hand.
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Tags: analog, basketball, can, clock, clock design, concept, design, Digital, trash, wall
Posted on 12 August 2008
Great for the office, this smart air conditioner will your comfort level. Free Wind is a smart ceiling mounted air conditioner with customizable air flows. Six fans operated by a smart system control wind zones and enable sectioned climate control. Free Wind is controlled to six fans which all blow in specific spots leaving everyone [...]
Tags: air, air conditioner, climate, climate control, comfort
Posted on 27 June 2008
The Quantum Sleeper is a bed designed to protect its users from biochemical terrorist attack, stalkers, kidnappers and the occasional natural disaster. Just how much protection it gives will depend on your budget and level of paranoia. Take a look after the jump for the full range of options.
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Tags: bed, natural disaster, Quantum Sleeper
Posted on 23 May 2008
Earlier thoughts for a $100 laptop to be used by “One Laptop per Child”(OLPC) had started to deminish until early this year. Until Group leader, Nicholas Negroponte, brought up a new concept of a keyboardless, dual touch screen, tablet called the XO-2. The combo, computer and 8.9 inch dual touch screens have been estimated a higher price then Negroponte’s acclaimed $150 ticket [...]
Tags: child, inexpensive, laptop, OLPC, tablet, touch screen
Posted on 02 May 2008
Here’s an example of a clever eco-friendly room which contains all the walls built from cardboard. 1,500 sheets of 5mm thick corrugated cardboard, which were cut into strips and then carefully pasted along an entire wall of the 90 square meter shop. Integrated illumination transforms the built-in boxes to display cases that dynamically frame Eleftheriades’ [...]
Posted on 17 April 2008
A brilliant idea to keep your bed sheets cool without causing you sleepers to sweat. The fan sends a whisper-quiet breeze between your sheets, surrounding your body with cool and helping you sleep through a hot night. It saves money, too, by reducing bedroom temperature.
As your body generates heat, that heat is trapped at [...]