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| Spin Ye Mighty Music Color Wheel, Spin! Posted: 30 Jan 2009 02:28 AM PST What have we got here? We’ve got one of the creators of the ever-so-popular inflatable bookmark, designer Rhea Jeong! What Jeong has for us today is the “Colorsonic”: an MP3 player that displays its playlist with color. Each color represents a music genre. When you want to play some songs n stuff, choose 1 (or more) color(s) from your wheel, and a list will be automatically picked for you made of songs from the genre colors you chose. I see spectrum. I’m in dreamland. But not Kirby’s Dreamland. I’m talking about interactive dreamland. The “Colorsonic” project is not just an MP3 concept, it’s got special software, and a super-duper-colorsonic-club website, too! No word on if they’ll call it that, but that’s what it is: log on and trade color rings, share and explore music mit de colores. Rhea Jeong sends word that the Colorsonic project was the result of a summer internship with Samsung, and that if interest takes off, that the Colorsonic may be realized. (That means Colorsonic might even exist in the real world … but that the power … is YOURS!) Designer: Rhea Jeong        |
| For the Scoot People with Too Much Luggage Posted: 30 Jan 2009 01:22 AM PST Though the classic cross-city bike messanger method / character / lifestyle will never be trumped by a motorized vehicle, one can dream of a nicer* way to carry one’s briefcase to work. *Nicer, in this case, meaning, gosh, I have to go to work every day, but it’s only a short distance. I’d sure like a more eco-friendly ride, but I have too much to carry! It’s time to stash! Scooter people. You see them. I see them. We all see them. They can’t carry a very huge amount of peanuts. Only what can fit in their backpack or in their under-seat compartment. What designer Elliot Ortiz has whipped up here is the solution for your luggage woes, the aptly titled, “Cargo” scooter. With its large capacity for storage and a “Drive by Wire” tank-style steering system, it can carry up to “one whole crapload of junk.”* *I made up that unit of measurement. Note from Elliot: the small gas motor is “tucked away on the rear swing arm in case you were wondering ;)”. Designer: Elliot Ortiz     |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2009 12:17 AM PST Every month we take a look around and select some of the most interesting designs that was showcased here. Below you'll find the most popular designs we've tracked over the last 30 days - an overview of designs you shouldn't have missed in January 2009. 15) Bird Cage/Aquarium by Constance Guisset. Permalink Hits: 9974 14) +Shifter Tap by Shen Di. Permalink Hits: 10106 13) Disposable Pre-Paid Phone by IDEA. Permalink Hits: 10479 12) iShelf by Li Jianye. Permalink Hits: 10952 11) SoundBulb by Hoang Nguyen. Permalink Hits: 11289 10) Daywriter by Peter Freund. Permalink Hits: 11871 9) Condom USB by Ko-Yang. Pemalink Hits: 12060 8 ) Transparent B-Iron 725 by Dong-Seok Lee. Permalink Hits: 13255 7) Minutuner by Antrepo Design. Permalink Hits: 13398 6) Moss Carpet by Nguyen La Chanh. Permalink Hits: 20688 5) LightLane by Evan Gant. Permalink Hits: 23796 4) Toilet Seat Scale by Haikun Deng. Permalink Hits: 26059 3) Staples-less Stapler by Sherwood Forlee. Permalink Hits: 36612 2) Fresh Blow by Moonhwan Lee. Permalink Hits: 80702 1) iContact by Eun-Gyeong. Permalink Hits: 164404 No Tags     |
| NasdaqQ3 Home Trading Terminal Keeps It Real Simple Posted: 29 Jan 2009 09:32 AM PST Designed for overworked Wallstreet traders, Allen Liu designed this home trading terminal to ease the infusion of work into home life. While an admirable effort, if you’re working, you’re working regardless of where you are and I don’t see this interface holding up well against an information-packed, 4 screen terminal. If that’s not enough, Allen completely failed to put in a “Private Browsing” button for those lonely, late-night trading sessions that last for hours. Designer: Allen C. Liu     |
| Posted: 29 Jan 2009 07:54 AM PST Tattoo chairs are pretty bare bones and minimal so the Ink Chair by Bjorn Fink makes total sense. The sand cast aluminum frame turns, pivots, and adjusts in every which way to keep the tattooee comfy while making it easier for the tattooer to do his/her job. There are no motorized parts and the entire frame can be made with just one mold. I don’t see any reason why this wouldn’t be a hit in tattoo parlors across the world if the price were right. Designer: Bjorn Fink     |
| Posted: 29 Jan 2009 07:49 AM PST I’m no Paula Deen or Betty Crocker but I do like to cook and on occasion that calls for a blender. The UMIX Cordless Blender may be the ticket since it combines advantages of handheld and tabletop blenders. Rechargeable cordless? Check. Powerful motor? Check. Programmable blend cycles? Check. Squishy silicon sack? Check, check, check. I love this feature. They even act as storage containers. Haven’t seen that on the market. Designer: Andrew Bezzina     |
| Slim Sexy Scanner Looks Like A Saber Posted: 29 Jan 2009 07:11 AM PST Doing away with the traditional norms of a bulky scanner is the svelte scanU. This pocket-sized gadget is inherently made up of three segments: the screen, the power unit and the storage. The display screen comprises of a three-layer roll out scanning bed, where the upper and bottom layers are OLED screens (providing illumination) and the central layer features capacitive and photo sensors that capture the scanned data. You will find a USB interface on both the rechargeable battery and the Flash based memory unit. This makes charging or transferring data quite simple and easy. Apparently you can even use it to scan and play aloud books. Next time your kid pesters you for a bedtime story, just slip the scanU into the Peter Pan book and let it tell the tale! Designer: Ashish Chaudhary     |
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