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- Portable Subwoofer For Your MacBook
- A Car For All Us Cyborgs
- Zero Has Some Value
- Only Seats One Thank You Very Much
- Bathroom Meditation With A Hint Of Enso
- Doggy Table for Kids BY Kids
- Paul Bunyan Approved!
- Always Handy Cam
- Get a Bit Nesty
| Portable Subwoofer For Your MacBook Posted: 15 Feb 2010 02:15 AM PST Not happy with your MacBook speakers? Sound a little flat don’t they? The Bassjump is a USB powered subwoofer that turns your MacBook into a sweet sound system. It looks like an aluminum Mac mini which perfectly compliments the new unibody aluminum MacBooks. Hit the jump for my review. Don’t get me wrong, the built-in speakers are pretty sweet but if your computer doubles as your stereo, you might want to invest in this awesome little peripheral. The Bassjump makes sound fuller and richer by enhancing the mid and low frequencies. The software drivers come with snazzy analog VU meters but they’re really just for effect. The fact that you use customized audio profiles to meet your needs makes it even better. I myself prefer to use the “electronic” profile because I love full bass and treble when listening to my tunes. As always it’s difficult to review anything having to do with audio because so much of that is subjective. Although my MacBook isn’t my primary audio system, it is the hub for all my media. Aside from listening to music, I always watch DVD’s and videos online. Everything benefits from the enhanced sounds. It doesn’t make anything sound louder or provide that bone rattling shake you automatically associate with a powerful subwoofer, but it does add to the overall experience. I love my Bassjump. What we loved:
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Specs: Drive Unit 77mm subwoofer speaker cone Frequency range -6dB at 50Hz-20kHz Signal-to-noise ratio 80dB Connection USB minijack Designer: Twelve South [ Buy it here ]
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| Posted: 15 Feb 2010 01:49 AM PST Hold on to your head because you’re mind is about to be blown away by this concept called C.S.V. (Cyborg Sensation Vehicle). Inspired by the Mercedes F400 concept, this off-road capable 2-seater is targeted to young adventurous professionals in 2040. It’s pretty obvious, (thanks Captain Oblivious) what the core concept of this vehicle is just by name. Technology and organics are bound to merge sooner or later. Imagine driving just by thinking. When you sit in the driver’s seat, your though patterns are sent to the vehicle, thus becoming an extension of your body. There’s no need for analog controls. The implications for such technologies means someday we’ll know how to interpret, map out, and respond to human neural patterns. If you can put that thought aside for a second, lets focus on the design. There’s a lot of F400 in there but the designer wanted to give the vehicle an organic flavor, hence the muscle fibers flanking each side, neatly tucking into a hidden skeletal system. The result is a design takes Mercedes Benz DNA and evolves it into an organic object mimicking its pilot. Designer: Derek Chik Kin Ng
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| Posted: 15 Feb 2010 01:45 AM PST Zero has an enormous amount of value when you are calculating and even on your ruler. The specialized Zero Point Ruler places "0" plum in the center of the stick so that it's easy to measure out or draw lines. Traditionally rulers or scales start off with "0" flushed to the left; this ruler has it placed in the center as a matter of convenience. Wonder if it will make any difference to your measuring skills! BTW, there is a solar panel running along one length of the scale, and no specific reason mentioned. Anyone willing to venture a guess? Designers: Hoyoung Lee, Seunghwa Jeong, Jin-young Yoon & Youngwoo Park
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| Only Seats One Thank You Very Much Posted: 15 Feb 2010 01:42 AM PST Sometimes designers submit ideas that aren’t revolutionary but when they include descriptions that read like personal vendettas, I pay attention. This BRD concept is a single seater, totally driver-centric for Formula One like driving.
Designer: Beau Reid
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| Bathroom Meditation With A Hint Of Enso Posted: 15 Feb 2010 01:01 AM PST Pearl is an elegant concept for a bathroom that befits a spiritual experience, when you use it. It reflects calmness and peace with the choice of materials & colors used in its construction. Akin to the pearl in an oyster, you're supposed to feel the same sense of serenity within its stone and gray interiors. The washbasins, bidet, toilet table etc. take cue from Japanese gardens and the round window is a stark Enso Buddhist reminder. Essentially if you follow the noble intentions of the bathroom, porn mags and bathroom sex fly out the window! Designer: Rustam Isanchurin
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| Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:40 AM PST That’s right, this table was, unbeknownst to them, designed by a bunch of five-year-olds. Designer Quentin de Coster had a team of five year olds and thought “what better way to design something that young children can relate to than to have the children design it themselves?” And thus he spake to the kids: “draw me some tables and some doggahs.” And they did, and it was good. All of the drawings drawn by the kids were interpreted and transformed into this intuitive dog-table amalgamation. It’s the kid size, it’s the kid shape. It’s even got a kid-container for all the drawing utensils and whatnot the kid is gonna use to draw all over the walls! Yes! What a lovely form. Designer: Quentin de Coster
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| Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:20 AM PST Or at least, I’d like to think ol’ Paul would approve. I was just up at his home town in Bemidji this weekend! He was a tall lumberjack man with a taste for good wood. Ya know why he’d approve of this concept called “Timber?” Because it’s made of ten easy-to-assemble pieces that break down for easy transport. You know what that means? Easy bulk! And what’d Paul approve of most? The name, of course: “TIMBER!” Designer Julian Kyhl obviously holds a kindship with the earth-friendly lumberjack because this table is one that makes a dude appreciate the fine excellence of a hunk of wood. FSC certified! 4 identical legs, 2 identical crossbars, 2 identical mid-section planks, and 2 identical outer planks. That’s what’s here! And all of these pieces come naturalistic – no glue, no lamination, no screws, no nails. A word from Kyhl himself:
Designer: Julian Kyhl
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| Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:19 AM PST It's such a touristy thing to hang your camera around your neck, it's a dead giveaway! Being sleek and discreet about you is more of the trend and HAN.DI Camera fits the bill. It's the sort that fits snugly around the palm of your hand or around the wrist like a bracelet; plus it gives you the independence of taking your own pics via the detachable remote control. Two expanding joints allow its size to be adjusted, making it suitable for all shapes and sizes….of hands! Designer: Zo Woo Geun
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| Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:02 AM PST Welcome to the “Nest Light.” That’s nest, like the one the bird makes with the twigs and the whatnot, not to follow and not to nesty nasty. The Nest Light is a lovely lamp that’s sure to make your house into a home. Not only will it make you feel like a warm mother hen because of its soft glow, the light inside works like an egg: removable and transportable. Take the egg out and move it to where you need the light most! See the description for the engineering science behind the technology. Spread the light of love around the world! Or just around the room. I thank you nature for this lit-up eggiwegg! Course Director: Dr. Hsien-Hui TANG @ NTUST Design Dept. Designer: Li-Xuan Sun
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