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March 31, 2008
Drumming A Beat
My mother used to yell at me every time I tapped out a beat on the dining table. Now there's a table that encourages it. The Musical Rumba Series is built around the idea of interchangeable tiles, each containing a percussive instrument. Get together with friends and really beat one out!
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March 30, 2008
How To Call A Deaf Dog
A cool story about a dog owner distraught with how to could call his deaf dog. So he fashioned a vibrating collar from the guts of an RC car. Make has all the info and if you have a weekend, you can build one too.
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March 29, 2008
Luna Furniture
There's a funny duality to the moon. It's not particularly beautiful from space but from our planet reflected sunlight sets the moon a-glow and thats how most of us think of the moon. This beautiful silvery sphere in the sky. Hell put anything shiny and silver in front of me and I go ape sh*t. The Fullmoon sideboard table by Sotirios Papadopoulos for Ennezero is just the kind of thing I'm taking about.
Created using some kinda super glow eco-paint, this terrestrial moon seems to illuminate when the lights are out. You lucky Milanese can check it out at the SOHO temporary gallery during the dEMOsign exhibition this April 18-20.
via Yanko Design
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March 22, 2008
Selective Hearing Much?
Check out these Batphones and yes that's what they're really called. Designed out of injection molded plastic, these easily slip on like a head band and amplify sounds entering the ear canal. They're not designed to replace hearing aids but if you're a little hard of hearing... or have selective hearing, then you need one of these. I suspect Oprah will have these on her list of favorite things. Before long, we'll see housewives forcing them on their husbands everywhere.
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The Measure of a Man
Listen, I think it's kinda cute this towel has a built-in tape measurer but I'm not like a Bowflex model or anything and the last thing I want to be reminded of is how wide my waist is. Damn you industrial designers! Why?!? Why?!?!
via Yanko Design
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Really Fast Instant Coffee
As if instant mixer coffee weren't fast enough, here's another way to shave off an additional 4 seconds. This design mimics those sugar/honey sticks you find in coffee shops around the country. I mean, why couldn't it work for instant coffee? You get just the right amount and a stirrer. If you're so inclined, you can even fold the stirrer into a star. That's what I do with drinking straws.
via Yanko Design
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Urban Bike Keeps You Visible
Those little flashing lights night bikers dawn don't really register as a moving vehicle. They need to be bigger and brighter so drivers can actually see them. The Tong City Bike by Niklas Galler has all that by integrating light tubes inside the chassis and wheels. To top it off, the bike is super low maintenance with the brake, drive train, shock absorbers, and gears housed in one unit. Unfortunately it's just a concept for now but one can dream can't they?
Hit the jump for another picture.
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March 6, 2008
Phone Has Something For Your Ear
I love this mobile phone concept dubbed "Mooon+" by Sunman Kwon. It's even more awesome the designer's name has the word 'Sun' in it but I digress. See this phone has all the goodies; mulit-touchscreen, slick design, slim, and a camera. What I really like is the mouth piece detaches and turns into a bluetooth headset.
Wrote about it at Yanko Design.
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Helping The Blind Go Hi Tech
A blind person's walking stick may soon make the leap into hi-tech by integrating sensors and tactile feedback. The Smart Wand by Jin Woo Han is pretty small and ergonomically fits in one's hand. If there is an obstacle in the way, the surface of device can actually raise small bumps to alert the person.
via Tuvie
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Bees Sniff It Out
Moma Online has an interesting exhibit called Bee's Project. A number of hand blown glass objects houses bees in intricate chambers designed to detect your current health condition. Bees have a highly advance sense of smell which can be trained to sniff out certain forms of cancer, the common cold, even pregnancy. I wonder if they're covered under my medical insurance. I can't wait to tell my physician he's wrong cuz the bees told me differently.
If you jump to the Moma Online site, just type "bees" in the search field and follow the path to the entries. There's a few more pics after my jump too.
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