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• Light Up Some Memory
• Boston Gets A Boa
• One Canister of Childbirth
• Poolside Roadside Lounge
• Melts in Your Brain, Not in Your Hand

Light Up Some Memory Posted: 14 Jan 2010 01:30 AM PST Dedicated to Phillumeny, the Phillu is a matchbox shaped portable memory storage device with matchsticks that have 5 GB storage capacity. Nine sticks in the box, essentially translating to 45 GB collective capacity. The trick is that you really need to light the sticks to transfer the data. To transfer data by sticks: Push the case from behind to choose and pick an available stick. Put the stick head at the end of the striker. Strike the stick quickly along the striker adding pressure. Now the stick turns into burned black match, making it possible to give it to another Phillu owner to share your data without the need of any computer in between. Sharing your data with others will be completed after they plug in the stick to their own Phillu. Designer's Tip: Do not let kids play with matches! Designer: Emir Rifat ISIK

Boston Gets A Boa Posted: 14 Jan 2010 01:00 AM PST Can the Dubai real-estate slump be blamed on ambitious projects that tried to recreate mini magical kingdoms? Don't know, however that’s not stopped the designers from their creative thinking so let's overview a challenging project that's aimed for Boston residents. Christened The Boa (Boston Arcology), this floating city isn't worried about the threat of rising oceans, because it's equipped with "techniques of today and has been researched to be totally feasible." Read on to know more… Highlights of the Boa: It will be capable of housing 15,000 people distributed in hotels, offices, retail, museums, condominiums, and a new city hall. The massing of Boa takes its cue from the built environment of Boston proper and as such exudes a rigorous geometric format. That format is further emphasized by the scaling of the golden rectangle whose proportions are: 1: 1.618. Within this golden rectangle, Boa's design alignments have a unique relationship with the Boston common. What appear to be random projections of massing are actually fashioned as a vertical construct of the "common." These diagonals are held in check by a fixed border as if a rigid urban edge. Because of its scale, Boa is positioned perpendicular to the waterfront, preserving view corridors and general development massing. Sky gardens will be inserted into the three main towers every 30 floors. These sky gardens provide landscaped glass enclosed atria. In addition to their practical application of additional sunlit units, the "sky gardens" will create a sense of neighborhood presence and support a range of sustainable initiatives. Vertical commuting within Boa will be supported by a series of local and express transfer floors. Boa is geared to an all pedestrian environment. Accordingly, only select horizontally based areas will be fitted with moving walkways and/or electric train carriers. Boa is designed to expand the horizon of sustainability and will seek LEED certification. Boa will eliminate the need for cars within the urban structure to create a carbon neutral entity. Some of these elements are secured wind turbines, fresh water recovery and storage systems, passive glazing system, sky garden heating/cooling vents, gray water treatment, solar array banding panels, and harbor based water turbines. A massive park system platform (pedestrian only) will be more than double the current green space allocation for the waterfront of Boston. Boa is a floating city within a city, and is technically feasible, with the method as follows: The foundation of Boa is a series of poured concrete cells, which are combined to form a buoyant platform. The grid of these cells serves as the foundation for the rigid steel Superstructure Though seemingly counter-intuitive, concrete is in fact a viable and durable floating solution. Oil rigs, barges, and even ships from WWII all employed this use of concrete to create buoyant objects. With new self sealing concrete, and other technologies, such structures can be monitored indefinitely. By proportional height, width, length, and weight, this buoyant platform is estimated to 90 feet, with an additional 15 feet of "buffer." Assuming approximately 30-40 ft current depth in the ocean bed, a "retaining pool" would be sunk into the harbor, giving a waterline to base dimension of 105 feet. This becomes the fixed "pool" in which Boa floats as water seeks its own level. Boa is proposed as a three phase master plan. Though capable of program changes and opportunities, the project is geared to a ten year build-out. Because it is built in the harbor, it will have minimum impact on existing functions. Further, Boa is designed not to encroach on existing channels. Designer: E. Kevin Schopfer, AIA, RIBA Renderings: Tangram 3DS

One Canister of Childbirth Posted: 14 Jan 2010 12:15 AM PST Hey so that young one you delivered a few weeks ago? Man, you shoulda waited a while! You could’ve used this lovely kit! Inside you’ll find everything you need to assist in an out-of-hospital experience. Pad for the lady to lie on. Hospital scrubs and rubber gloves. Surgical mask. And the best part? The clamp. The clamp! It’s for a really “gross” purpose, and I bet you might know what it is. It’s for the umbilical cord of course, to both clip and seal the deal until it’s ready to be snipped off at the belly. And all in that nice can! Designer: Paco Lindoro and Francisco Lindoro

Poolside Roadside Lounge Posted: 14 Jan 2010 12:05 AM PST So you’ve got an aparthotel (apartment/hotel) somewhere and you want to add a poolside bar between the ol’ water hole and the road. But there’s only a small strip! What do you do? You use the ENTIRE SPACE and not only make a bar, but a bar and lounge, and not just for the aparthotel, but for the entire public. And make it hecka sleek. Visually clean and comfortable. The “esplanade”, aka the big open walking area along the front is framed by a wonderfully gigantic window. Fresh inside and out. Prefabricated concrete walls, raw to contrast the cleanliness of the rest of the space. And why the name Ginkgo? In honor of the 30 million year old species of trees, the Ginkgo Biloba. To instill in this design a sense of longevity. Designer: Tiago Miguel A.M.S. Rosado

Melts in Your Brain, Not in Your Hand Posted: 14 Jan 2010 12:01 AM PST Hi, crimestoppers! It’s that time again, time to recite the video game designer’s oath! Repeat after me! I will devote myself to thinking of amazing ideas, not dismissing them because normal people wouldn’t think they were ever possible or necessary! [Repeat here.] Good! That’s the only rule! Today’s subject is the WiiThink. One WiiVisor later and you’ve got a game controller for the elderly! Designed with the intent to market to old folks. Using Electroencephalography (EEG) technology to monitor brain waves, encouraging “brain exercise” to discourage development in Alzheimer’s and other developmental ailments. The headgear’s made to be comfortable with the head, with foam padding all around. Concave earpiece for the most simple form of hearing aid. Speaker Prompter for spoken commands for the games. Concave earpieces also work with the speaker vents, which, inside the earpieces, are then amplified. Indication lights similar to the original WiiMote. The visor – on the other hand, is basically a slightly modified WiiMote. This one works like normal, only it’s a different shape and it can be stored on the headgear as a visor. Designer: Jonathan Thai

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