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USB Mouse Hub
2008-04-15 00:00:00 Nope, this has nothing to do with the type of computer pointing device you might have used to navigate your way to this news entry. This is a USB 2.0 compliant 4-port hub that looks like a mouse. Its four legs (ports) are flexible (~90°) for a more convenient use. Features: 4-port hub USB ... More About: Mouse
Bioscleave House aims to maintain equilibrium, requires waiver to enter
2008-04-15 00:00:00 We've seen plenty of houses of the future, but none quite like this so-called Bioscleave House by artists Madeline Gins and Arakawa, which promises to force people to "use their bodies in unexpected ways to maintain equilibrium." Those equilibrium-inducing measures include, as you can see above, a vast undulating floor ... More About: Enter , Equilibrium
Swarovski-bedazzled Nespresso Coffee Maker
2008-04-15 00:00:00 If you've covered your entire house in gold and diamonds and are left with little else to pimp out, you can always move on to the kitchen. The Nespresso Crystal Edition coffee machine is covered with 3100 Swarovski crystals and will only run you about £1,995 (or about $4,000). But ... More About: Coffee , Maker
De Grisogono Meccanico DG all-mechanical digital watch
2008-04-13 00:00:00 See, now we're torn. Do we spend our imaginary rainbow dollars on that Real Crystal LED Watch concept we saw the other day, or do we pretend like we could ever scrap together enough pennies to afford this very really De Grisogono Meccanico DG timepiece? The watch is apparently the ... More About: Digital , Mechanical
British school kids get uniforms made from old Coke bottles
2008-04-13 00:00:00 The expression "that soda will go right to your rear end" has taken a literal twist with the new Ecosmart range of school uniforms from British supplier School Colours. Using yarn that's created from clear soda bottles, the cloth can be dyed in any of the traditional uniform colors, and ... More About: Kids , Made , Coke
Nintendo DS 2 to be unveiled at E3 2008?
2008-04-13 00:00:00 Hirokazu Hamamura the head of Japanese gaming mag Famitsu's parent company is predicting that Nintendo will unveil the next-generation DS at E3 2008 this summer. So why are we positive on this rumor? Well it is not made by some anonymous and self proclamatory Nintendo employee but by a ... More About: Nintendo Ds
New Safety Gear for Cyclists
2008-04-13 00:00:00 Cyclists by far have way less safety devices for themselves. Automobiles on the other hand have countless safety devices to keep motorists safe. What?s with the partiality I wonder. Making stuff to keep cyclists safe just makes sense as for one they are a lot more vulnerable if an ... More About: Safety , Gear , Cyclists
SofaBOX is outdoor furniture that?s safe, dry, and nearly indestructable
2008-04-13 00:00:00 Is this an extra long coffin? No! It's a SofaBOX? unlock the metal crate and open its latches to reveal a full-sized comfortable couch. It's a brand-new invention by Swiss designer John Hofgartner. No word on pricing, but sturdy metal boxes with cushions inside seem like a good way to ... More About: Furniture , Outdoor , Safe
Uber Hi-tech And Just For Women Too
2008-04-13 00:00:00 The stereotypical hi-tech watch is a very masculine item but the ?i/o? concept emphasizes the watch as a fashion accessory for women. It?s designed like a cuff bracelet with a hidden digital clock. Its body features a glossy mirror surface finish that only allows light through from underneath. When not ... More About: Women , For Women , Tech , Hi Tech
Bahrain?s ?World Trade Center? buildings connected by wind turbines
2008-04-13 00:00:00 Soon, the small island nation of Bahrain may soon be known for more than having served as a temporary home to Michael Jackson. Its brand new World Trade Center twin towers are connected by three wind turbines that spun for the first time earlier this week. The building is the ... More About: World Trade Center , Wind , Buildings
Fujitsu?s WoodShell laptop: go ahead hippie, hug it
2008-04-13 00:00:00 That's Fujitsu 's WoodShell concept PC. It joins an increasingly common trend of so called "natural" products already demonstrated by MSI, ASUS, Olympus, LG and others. No specs are provided on this feel-good piece. However, we presume it's powered by the blood and tears wrung from the baby Gore's heartbreak. More About: Laptop , Ahead
Museum to the Stars
2008-04-13 00:00:00 Sitting like a shuttle to Naboo, this design by Zaha Hadid Architects was picked to be the new Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania. Zaha Hadid?s design flaunts conceptual characteristics like fluidity, velocity and lightness in a way that make the structure appear to be floating just above the urban ... More About: Stars
Fishtank Friday: Spacearium
2008-04-13 00:00:00 The Spacearium fishtank is intended to ?reinvent your indoor space,? as opposed to just being an accessory with some fish in it off in a corner somewhere. The huge acrylic tanks are shaped like gently curving ellipses, and range in size from 5 to 8 feet across, which is easily ... More About: Friday
High voltage ?antivirus? halo protects your laptop, keeps you vigilant
2008-04-08 00:00:00 Here at Engadget HQ, we have a certain respect for tesla-based DIY endeavors. That being said, we still can't fathom who in their right mind would actually fling sparks around their laptop just to feel a little closer to that WoW raid. Nevertheless, the High voltage "antivirus" protection project claims ... More About: Halo , Antivirus , Laptop , Voltage
Wooden portable NES lets you game in style
2008-04-08 00:00:00 Sure, we've already got a wooden SNES, but sometimes we want to get a little rustic on some original SMB, and that's where Parker Dillmann's wooden NES comes in handy. Built around the guts of a Yobo NES clone and a 3.5-inch LCD, Dillmann did some major custom woodworking to ... More About: Portable , Style , Game , In Style , Wooden
OSRAM unveils Ingo Maurer-designed Early Future OLED lamp
2008-04-08 00:00:00 Though we've seen OLEDs used for interior lighting purposes before, OSRAM and designer Ingo Maurer have churned out what's possibly the world's first dedicated OLED lamp. Aptly named Early Future , the creation is being produced as a limited edition and unveiled at the Light&Building Fair in Frankfurt, Germany this week. ... More About: Lamp
Marshmallow Sofa
2008-04-08 00:00:00 The design isn?t new, legendary designer, Georges Nelson introduced this sofa at 1956. At first only 200 pieces were made and all the pillows were handmade. Today at certain shops you can choose the colour of each pillow. Unfortunately one thing hasn?t changed: the high price. More About: Marshmallow , Sofa
Ultrathin Netbook showcased at Intel Developer Forum
2008-04-08 00:00:00 From what we've seen thus far, Intel 's Netbook isn't exactly the prettiest piece of kit. But apparently, the unit we've been shown looks nothing like the Netbooks of the future. At the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, the company was showing off an upcoming design that looked awfully thin (and ...
The Hanged Man Lamp
2008-04-07 00:00:00 Nothing can get any more simple than a light bulb hanging off the ceiling, no wonder there are so many variations. However, I haven?t seen a table lamp with the same concept. But if you are a fan of playing ?Hanged Man?, this one is for you! More About: Lamp
BulbDial Clock updates a truly ancient technology
2008-04-07 00:00:00 There's nothing quite like taking a beautifully simple piece of technology and making it incredibly complicated, and few devices are quite as simple as a sundial. The problem is that sundials only work when it's sunny out, and their single hour pointer gives you only a pretty rough estimate of ... More About: Technology , Clock , Updates , Ancient
Firebox USB Tengu syncing lips with your music
2008-04-07 00:00:00 The little USB Tengu that we?ve seen before from SolidAlliance, changes its face with different mood while you?re feeding it with music. Firebox now also carries another USB Tengu, which also reacts aggressively to the music that you play on your computer. The Firebox USB Tengu will do more or less ... More About: Music , Lips
Toshiba?s unbelievably tiny HD1 HDTV camera is world?s smallest
2008-04-07 00:00:00 We knew HDTV cameras were getting small, but had no idea they could be shrunk to a size scarcely larger than a sugar cube. That?s about the dimensions of a tiny camera Toshiba will roll out this month at the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) convention in Las Vegas. The ... More About: World , Camera , Tiny , Hdtv
FLX USB drive is simplicity defined
2008-04-07 00:00:00 I find the best designs to be the most simple and intuitive. You don't need a lot of flash to be impressive, just a good idea implemented well. That's just what this FLX drive is: a tiny USB thumb drive with a unique, creative design. The FLX is essentially just a ... More About: Drive , Simplicity , Defined
Jet House looks fast even while sitting still
2008-04-07 00:00:00 No, this is not some new supersonic aircraft or UFO. It?s a house designed by Jérôme Olivet, who learned his stuff from the great Philippe Starck. Jet House is designed to look like it?s moving fast even though its smooth molded concrete structure is attached to a metallic building pad, ... More About: Fast
Zune fan designs all-in-one Xune 360 portable
2008-04-07 00:00:00 Try as it may, it seems the Zune just can't match up to the iPod. Why not? Well, A.J. Kandy, creative director and prez of King Marketing, posits that Microsoft needs to stop simply following in Apple's footsteps with its MP3 player. The Xune 360 is his solution. The Xune ... More About: Portable , Designs
XO Move scooter looks inspired by the Transformers
2008-04-07 00:00:00 This XO Movie scooter looks like an extra from the Transformers movie, able to fold down and lock itself up when not in use and featuring all of the curves and angles of our favorite robots in disguise. It can carry one or two people and has a variable wheel ... More About: Move , Scooter , Inspired
Gateshead Millennium Bridge: a drawbridge like you?ve never seen
2008-04-07 00:00:00 Putting a twist on the conventional drawbridge, the Gateshead Millennium Bridge over the River Tyne in England tilts to let ships pass under it instead of parting at the middle. The bridge's crazy design is the result of a design competition held by Gateshead Council in 1996, and was selected ...
Ultima Tower is two crazy miles high, wants to be green
2008-04-07 00:00:00 How tall is too tall? I guess we'll know once one of these crazy building concepts ends up getting built ? if it subsequently falls down, that is. The Ultima Tower is a conceptualization by designer Eugene Tsui and it's built around alleviating city congestion in this increasingly congested world. It's ... More About: Green , Miles , Crazy , High
The OLED Dance Begins
2008-03-18 00:00:00 The number of partnerships between display manufacturers and the heavy-set companies that will distribute them keep on coming. This week, LG Electronics signed a deal to use Kodak's patented OLED technology in many different applications ranging from TVs, cell phones, and (ohgod) picture frames. Kodak?s Active Matrix OLED (AMOLED) ... More About: Dance
Contemporary Glass Table from Sovet
More articles from this author:2008-03-18 00:00:00 A perfect contemporary glass table is hard to find. These glass tables from Sovet have a winning simplicity that will amaze and delight you. Truly visually stunning, Sovet's contemporary Frog coffee table and dining table are made from a single sheet of glass! Exquisitely molded into a perfectly smooth, precisely ... More About: Glass , Table , Contemporary 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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