I know, today it’s only hip and trendy to navigate yourself with your smartphone or iphone. But if you prefer the more old style, traditional way, you can use the zoomable map. A paper map like any other, except for the fact that you can zoom to a specific location just like on google maps/… Easy and simple, but nevertheless a very smart and inventive idea.
remembering birthdays has never been the Blub’s strongest side. And what do I now discover? that I have forgotten yet another one, and not just anyone … It has been half a century old since last year. The chair of all chairs. You must have lived underneath a rock for 50 years if you don’t know this design icon. The Panton-chair is 50. Shame on me. Read the rest of this entry »
We all know batteries aren’t very good for the environment. They often contain very toxic and harmful materials. Chinese designer Daizi Zheng was also aware, and decided to design a mobile phone for Nokia with that in mind. The result is a very original phone that uses sugary drinks (like Coca Cola,…) as a means to get energy, just like humans and animals do. All you have to do is pour some Coke in the reservoir, and you have all the energy needed to fulfill all your phone-needs. It’s also much healthier to give your phone Coke than drinking it yourself. Win-win. The future of portable electronics? I seriously doubt it, but it sure is an original approach. Read the rest of this entry »
Is there an activity left where we dont use our favorite gadget? We use it all the time, so why dont we just sleep with it too? This is now possible with the iPod Touch bedding set. This way you never have to miss your favorite Apple interface. It’s yours for only $49. What are you waiting for? You can buy it at Ellos online.
The electrical car might not yet be the success we were hoping for, but that doesn’t mean the whole mobility sector has to follow off course. Grace is the first legally obtainable street E-motorbike on the market. Big words for what is actually just a bike with a small electric motor. This is all made possible because of its light Aluminium structure and its build in Lithium Ion batteries. Obviously the big advantage of the Grace is the combination of the practicality of a bike and the ease of not having to use the pedals of the bike. For an amount of €6000, this in handmade in Berlin toy is yours.
QClock Two is a pretty impressive looking clock from German based Biegert & Funk. Instead of using a regular analog system or a digital system, the qclocktwo gives the time in words. Five past Nine instead of 09:05. The QCLOCKTWO comes in 8 different languages and 5 different colors. It’s yours for about €900. Nice to know is that it has also won an IF product design award. Read the rest of this entry »
Today, LG presented the LG GD900 phone. A mobile phone like others, with the only difference that it has a completely transparent keyboard. How they do it, i don’t know, but I like it lot. In these days of economic crisis, every kind of differentiation is welcome, and sometimes grabbing the attention is enough. Read the rest of this entry »
The battle of the small laptops continues. At the moment, Asus eee and other seem to dominate the newly created market of netbooks, but that might not be for long. Sony has launched the Sony Vaio P. The Vaio P takes mobility to a new level with its 8″ screen (take that Macbook Air). Despite the small size, it still features some pretty decent specs like 2GB RAM, 6GB internal memory, Bluetooth, Wifi, GPS,…). At $900 it’s definitely of an other class than the asus eee. We will see if it will become a success or not. Read the rest of this entry »
Customizing products is nothing new. We all remember those Adidas shoes you could color yourself with special markers. mTable from the mShape project is the next step in product customization.
The principle behind the mTable is that you can design your own table with your cell phone.
You just install a little program on it, you let you inspiration flow free, you sent the result to the production site, and within a couple of weeks, they will send your personal table to your home.
I’m definitely looking forward to making my own personal electronics in a couple of years.
If you happen to have 5000 Euros, and you don’t know what to do with that amount of cash. Bang & Olufsen’s newest media center, the BeoSound 5, has arrived, and it’s here to claim the attention.
11 inch display, 500GB memory and above all, a fantastic looking design.
Too expensive for what you get? Well you’re not buying a Samsung you know…
