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| Touchy Radio, Go Ahead and Stroke It Posted: 09 Dec 2008 04:46 AM PST White Fruit Radio follows how biological organisms organize their internal and external components, both of which are intimately related. Electronics today are often designed linearly with one following the other. White Fruit is made of sycamore for its acoustic properties and an LED substrate is hidden beneath the thin surface. But wait a minute, no knobs or buttons? The ridges on the top of the radio control volume and station tuning. Simply rub your finger across and watch the LED substrate to see channels change dynamically. The experience is tactile and the fact that the radio is made from high quality wood usually reserved for orchestral string instruments means you get superb sound. Designer: Swann Bourotte        |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2008 04:26 AM PST Designer Jeong-Sun Park is a deep man heavily interested in the butterfly effect - the idea that variations systematic outcomes can dictate behavior. His Knob Light is a door knob with an internal generator that stores energy and illuminates the way in emergencies or whenever you need a guide to the loo. How it relates to the butterfly effect theory is esoteric but simply by expanding the knob’s function to include illumination, you effectively change the way you use the knob. Designer: Jeong-Sun Park     |
| You Love Strange Looking Bikes Right? Posted: 09 Dec 2008 03:18 AM PST Well here you go! Revolve works, as most folks can figure it, just like an average exercise bike. It helps you exercise your legs, thighs, and butt. But the look is amongst those sort of things that make you look really crazy, sexy, and cool. And on top of that, it does what every modern electronic gizmo does (or should to) : it connects with your computer. Revolve’s crank angle and seat height are adjustable, as is the crank height. The Revolve has an interactive user interface that travels with the person from the bike to the computer where they can track personal dietary and fitness progress. And I’m sure it’ll comes in a bunch of colors. Designer: Mark Hagen     |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2008 01:55 AM PST When the airplane is going to EXPLODE?! Or, of course, also, if the airplane is taking off or landing? Usually, strange and uncomfortable situations ensue. Would you, instead, like to be a kangaroo on an airplane? I would. Kangaroos are safe. Kangaroos have safe ways. Designer Karsten Willmann has channeled the safe ways of the kangaroo into this airplane safety device for babies. NOTE: Karsten WIllman never once mentioned a kangaroo in the describing of this design. It was all me. Give me all the kangaroo credit, all ye lovers of kangaroo ways. Karsten notes that the device, called “Skylino,” is based on three-point belts used in modern planes. Physical contact is important, Williams continues, as the child is calmed by the parent, and the other passengers don’t flip out because of the screaming of the children. Finally, the hard-backed child-pod can be detached or attached, leaving the adult’s hands free to carry luggage or punch other passengers out of the way as the plane is evacuated after it’s landed on Isla Nublar. Designer: Karsten Willmann     |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2008 12:53 AM PST Unsurprisingly, installing high power 500 watt lamps in your in-ground pool is a real pain and not something you want to try and ‘wing’. Circumventing the whole electricity thing is Lysandre Follet’s Ecolights which use the pre-existing flow from the filter pump to drive a small turbine and a set of LEDs. Nothing earth shattering, but a good reminder of how “ReUse” can apply to energy just as readily as the cardboard boxes you get in the mail. Designer: Lysandre Follet     |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2008 12:10 AM PST When you’ve got disaster, you need heat. The Onsui (hot water) works for disaster area victims by generating heat without fire. Pour your water in the Onsui, wait a bit, pour the hot water out. Make some food, eat some beans, some crackers, and fix that disaster up. Each Onsui has a heat cartridge that makes the water hot once it’s in the container. Water can be boiled in the container by “the hydration of water and quicklime (calcium oxide.)” And, of course, it’s a nice jug too. Designer: Kiyoe Hamada     |
| The Danube Flower Blooms Again Posted: 08 Dec 2008 08:36 PM PST When you think the word “innovate,” you don’t often associate it with “recycle.” But what Stojanovic, Pavlovic, Milanovic have done here is both of those things, with a project called “Wellness Sky.” Together they transformed a 35 year old, lost and decrepit building into the once glorious landmark it was at its height, and they did it by turning it into a fitness center. This story begins in the early 1970s with a building called the “Danube Flower” in Belgrade, Serbia. It was great and all, and it had it’s moments, hosting the communist president J.B.Tito for dinner, amongst lots of other folks. But it fell into disuse with the advent of civil war in the 1990s. Long story short, it’s been revitalized. Fifteen feet above the river and the walk below. Concrete building top and bottom held apart in the middle making a sort of glass sandwich. A hand-sandwich, as the building is a giant triangle. The entire building is based on 7.3m equilateral triangles, while the ceiling consists of 390 backlit panels, the light emanating within and out of the building due to the reflective resin flooring spanning the floor. A sight to behold. An inspiration for citizens: people in the city and people coming in to stay in shape. Light for the community! Trianglitudes! Designers: Djordje Stojanovic, Vlada Pavlovic & Slavko Milanovic [ Via: Yatzer ]     |
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