28
2008
Universal remote control for your devices
A truly satisfying universal control system would involve a simple but expansive user interface, a piece of buttered ham, and a butler to change the channels. Until then, a fully baked remote with WiFi will do. Universal Remote’s upcoming MX-6000 appears to be the newest Cadillac of remotes because it’s something of a mini-computer: it [...]
21
2008
Laundry basket keeps bad smells and also washes your clothes
Guopeng Liang’s finalist entry in Electrolux’s Design Lab 2008 is another example of simple ingenuity. There’s no radical new washing technology implied, nor some fancy eco-friendly water-saving technique. All it does is wait until it contains a certain weight of clothing, then do a basic (presumably cold) wash. In the meantime, it sucks air through [...]
21
2008
PowerPlus Piranha – no battery shaver
The PowerPlus Piranha is a wind up shaver which means there is no risk of the batteries going dead. Actually, there is still a risk, but not a problem as it can be charged by hand crank. When you want to have a good shave then wind the crank a few turns and shave away. [...]
13
2008
Maplin’s Minibook – small on price and small on size
As low-powered as they tend to be, you can’t help but like those little-rascal netbooks. Maplin’s Minibook sports a seven-inch screen and weighs a pound and a half. Selling for $333, the iddy widdy thing includes a 2GB solid state drive, 128MB of RAM and built-in Wi-Fi. Application-wise, it features a web browser, e-mail client, [...]
8
2008
Pneumatic, comfortable and ingenious chair
The definition of a chair has definitely evolved with the evolvement of science and the mere purpose of a chair doesn’t remain providing a place to park the ass anymore. Those jiggles and wiggles have to come in and therefore the likes of the active chair project hit fame these days. This chair aims at [...]
8
2008
Useful iPod memory stick with USB connection
Somewhat turning the tables on the ubiquitious iPod, this look alike memory stick will let you save data with your faux miniature iPod. Unlike the iPod, this one has some eyes pasted on the screen area that make the whole front look like a face. And the flexible silicon coating makes it simple to get [...]
18
2008
Bedfan – Cool off at night
Placed at the foot of the bed, Bed Fan sends a calm breeze directly between your sheets. The cool breeze travels between your top sheet and bottom sheet and bathes sleepers in a stream of cool, comforting air. And it keeps you cool by pushing out the body heat that gets trapped beneath the covers, [...]
17
2008
Pimp your office chair – Chair Pad
When you get tired of your dusty, old office chair and you want a cool chair like those you see in the greatest offices, you could buy one and pay some good money or you can just use this Chair Pad and make it look like one of those. Pimp your office chair – Chair [...]
14
2008
Remember Ring – Never forge an aniversary
The Remember Ring™ utilizes patent pending Hot Spot™ technology to deliver a reminder that it’s “That time of the year again!” 24 hours before your special day, the Hot Spot™ on the interior surface of your Remember Ring™ will warm to 120º F for approximately 10 seconds, and continue to warm up every hour, on [...]
12
2008
Talking Mini Safe
Featuring a Light Keypad, able to create your own code, Beeps sound / voice switchable, Door sound when open, AA battery x 3 pcs and it comes in the size:15 x 14 x 8.5 cm and a good looking interface. Very handly and extremely usefull if u need a place to store some of your [...]
