Remember when your dietician said you should start your day with a warm glass of water? I never abided by that just because I’m too lazy in the morning. Well, Kai-ning Huang & Yu-Yang Chen, two chinese designers found a solution to that. Basically, this is an alarm clock that starts to heat the water in the glass half an hour before the alarm goes off. So wake up, drink the water, and kick-start that metabolism of yours!
Source: Taiwan Industrial Design Competition
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I got my iphone 2 days ago and I must say – we were not informed of this little “enhancement” that could be damaging to our experience. Evidently, Apple decided to revamp the iphone 4 by miniaturizing their SIM card slot so that it can only fit the new “micro SIM” card. Well, this is not a problem for users in the US because this technology has already been introduced. So for us “non-US” users, check with your carrier if you can get this version of a SIM card before getting the phone. Also, using this card means that if you were to switch to another phone, you will also have to switch to another card, which may result in a hassle..
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Still a couple of months away from the launch of the iPhone 4G, renders of this phone can be found all over the web.. But this was an interesting “leak” found by gizmodo.com.
Apparently, the phone could be made out of a combination of aluminum sides and a glass (zirconia) casing. Interesting features include the dual camera, higher resolution screen and it had a MicroSIM card slot. This should be an interesting launch as I have grown to be a big fan of iPhone!
www.gizmodo.fr
Rovio is a robot car that acts as a moving surveillance camera in your house. It connects to your wireless internet to give you a live feed of the video its recording. The cool thing about this robot is that it has an automated charging dock. So whenever its battery gets low, automatically, it heads to the charging dock and recharges!
Lets say you travel and access the Rovio through your internet from another country. You can move it through controls on your website and go wherever you want in your house. Also, you can order extra sets of headlights that are made for the Rovio, and with that, you will never have to worry about the darkness. Zip your bags, close your shutters, and never worry about your place anymore!
I just placed an order for one and I hope its as good as it sounds!
PS. It’s supposed to be compatible to work with the iPhone
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FACT OF THE DAY:
VCR video players are stupid! Recently, I got a video tape to watch. In order to do that, it took me around 2 hours to plug a player that is still alive to a TV and get the wires right. After all that, I spent a good 15 minutes clicking on the “tracking” button just to get the thing to work without scrambling. Off course, the thing never worked and I ended up wasting around 2.5 hours of my life today. What a lame device you are.
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I admire designs that have a purpose in life. Especially ones that can be life altering such as this one. This is by a Korean designer (Wonjun Songg). The stick looks like the typical white and red one but it can recognize things like a step, traffic light, subway station, etc.. Upon recognizing such a thing, the stick sends a message to the person through vibrations that can be identified by the blind person holding it.. My only concern would be, does the person holding the stick have to practice learning what each vibration means? So would that mean that he/she have to be guided the first couple of times to learn them? Or can the whole process be achieved solely?
Source: www.yankodesign.com
For those of you that hate doing your laundry, here is your dream come true. The iBasket was designed by a chinese industrial design student (Guopeng Liang) for the Electrolux Design Lab competition. basically, when the things in this basket weigh a certain amount, the basket turns into a washing machine and washes what’s in it. The machine can be scheduled and/or controlled using your mobile or computer. It even sends you a text message as soon as your laundry is done! Genius, as long as you don’t mix up your colors ;p
Source: www.rumi.typad.com
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You know how you park your car in the Kuwaiti heat during the day? And when you come back, even plastic cups manage to melt. Well you see how powerful our sun is? I have no idea why we don’t use that in a productive way!
Envision Solar company company came up with this solar grove. Basically, its a shade with solar panels on top of a parking shade that collect solar energy. It is also a impermeable shade that will relatively protect the cars from the heat of the sun, UV rays and rain.
Above is a picture of Dell company’s parking lot. The solar panels collect the power that generates the company’s facility. Also, they inserted chargers stands to re-charge electric cars parked – I think that’s too advanced for us.
Such ideas should save us from the hassle of Tarsheed and co..
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Ever since Bowers and Wilkins launched their Zepplin speakers, I have been wanting to get my hands on one. At last, I did. And for its price tag, I have no regrets. I think it does make a good addition to any home design. The sound quality is also so crisp, it makes you want to listen to music all day long.It is a two-foot-long black ellipsoid with a bundle of goodies hidden inside, including a 5-inch subwoofer, four speakers and an amp that can pump out 100 watts of power.
I must say that it is a hot ipod dock! The Zepplin also handles the classic iPod dock jobs like streaming pictures and videos to a TV. In addition, the remote is also perfect; egg-shaped (and sized) with all the necessary commands available. Perfect for those of you who want the remote in your hands while dancing all over the place.
Conclusion: Highly recommended!
www.bowers-wilikns.com
