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| Posted: 13 Jul 2009 12:10 AM PDT A bunch of people have been working on a project called Artica, which is a natural cooling, ventilation and heat recovery system. The beauty of the design is that it not only looks and works well, but it also boasts of using less than 10% of the energy of a conventional air conditioning system. Its ratio of thermal to electrical energy rating or COP is 32 making it ten times niftier than the gas chamber of AC you have on your window. Using Artica will reduce your carbon footprint as CO2 emissions are cut by 90%. Other "eco friendly" features in Atrica include the re-use of materials that are the bi-product of other industries, which would have landed up in landfills and exemption of toxic coolant gases that give out green house gases. The good deal about Artica is that it's not just on paper, it's been prototyped and tested with customer trials underway. A company has been set up to commercialize the technology, supported by Design London (a joint collaboration between Imperial College and The Royal College of Art) and funded through NESTA. More info here. Designers: Mathew Holloway, William Penfold, Daniel Becerra, Karina & Matthew Judkins
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| Posted: 13 Jul 2009 12:05 AM PDT This is about more than just looks: Why do we use 4 wheels for our motorized vehicles? Two wheels per storage container? What happens when the amount we must carry with us is reduced greatly? Less wheels, maybe some better and/or sleeker looks. What you’re about to look at right now is a vehicle with no tank. No power storage, no bigtime bulk. This car runs on “Witricity” aka wireless electricity. It’s shocking! The main aim of this project is to reduce waste. YY and SK say that we use over 1000kg of car to carry 70kg of human; and that ain’t good! This vehicle, the “Bungae” as it’s called, makes travel much more ergonomic through its love for scavenging. On the rear of the car is the energy converter. On each of the back wheels are 10 wireless energy receivers. Each of these receivers works with Energy Spots that are located around the city. The converter converts energy to powertrain. When the car runs out of energy, there is one reserve battery which charges the car for 50km. But the best part is the teamwork mode of this vehicle. Just like jumping a battery now, we’ll be able to provide energy for driving to a partner car just by driving next to it! Designer: YoungRoh Yun and Sunguk Kim of SNUT Industrial Design
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| Specialized Quarters For Your Plant Posted: 13 Jul 2009 12:02 AM PDT Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, without soil; and the Eve Lamp here allows you to do just that. It may seem a bit frivolous to have a dedicated home just for a single plant, but those with serious green-thumbs will probably appreciate this. It's ideal for plants like herbs and salads and even Venus fly traps! Besides lookin pretty on a table-top, the lamp comes with an indicative system to let you know how caring you have been towards the greens. The top half of the lamp comes off so that you can give the plant some natural light. But in case you've placed the pot in a dingy corner, you can switch on the 6 LEDs to provide the same. When the plant is low on water, a blue light comes on to indicate it and when it's hungry for some nutrients, the red light glows. You can load in the nutrients (either tablet or liquid form) and water via the hole covered by the cork bung. Like I said earlier, you may think it's too much of a trouble for just one plant, but going by the aesthetics and visual appeal, it doesn't seem too bad a concept. Designer: Alex Ward
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| Posted: 13 Jul 2009 12:01 AM PDT You heard that right! What do we want? Power. How do we get it? Dynamos! What we’ve got here is a public-rental bicycle concept that uses a pretty simple dynamo in the wheel combined with some circuitry in the bike that generates a generous amount of power that’s then saved on the bike until it’s parked. Once the bike is returned to its rental spot, parked, hooked up, it provides power to the nearby hybrid bus system! These bikes are barked in their stalls, locked up right near the public bus station. This way not only is it easy to transfer power generated by the bikes to the busses, the bikes are easy to access by commuters. The best part about this is the card. Your personal ID card allows you to possibly ride the bus for free. How? Generate enough energy! You gain credit on your card for the amount of energy you’ve generated on your bike ride. And you get exercise! No down side! Bonus - there’s also an amazing lock system on the bike. Watch the video to hear the business from Chiyu Chen himself! Designer: 陳祁侑 Chiyu Chen
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| Posted: 13 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT The musically challenged are never going to understand the need for inventing new ways to bring out the notes. For those who love creativity, discover this unique way to play music using the typewriter. A project by Fabien Cappello in collaboration with Yamaha, "Typing The Sound" transforms the act of typing text on a typewriter to musical notes. Punch in the keys and hear the music….Catch the demo after the break! Interested? Get a piece of the action by mailing Fabien at info@typingthesound.com Designer: Fabien Cappello Typing Sound from Long Tran on Vimeo.
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