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Posted: 20 Mar 2009 02:23 AM PDT

I have been covering design and technology for many years now and the product design that excites me the most is the Cellphone. If you trace it from its origins, you will be amazed to see how this communication device has transformed from a basic wireless telephone to a fashion gizmo that packs it in all. If it's not the camera, projector or touchscreen prowess, then it's the blinged look that this device boasts of. Here's a look at the Poison that brings a transparent LCD screen to the device. Looking more like a perfume bottle than a phone, it’s toxic!

Designer: Ryan Ma

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That’s Not A Pretty Picture On The Wall

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 01:50 AM PDT

That's an air cleaner, thank you very much! For those who thought that air cleaners need to be these drab objects in the room, take a look at the pleasant NU.AER. Resembling a soothing view, the illuminated surface on it exudes a therapeutic and relaxing environment. If you're wondering just how "clean" is your room, then just check out the illustrated display and you'll get the picture. If it's not what you expected then just change the setting by using the slider.

Designer: Jan König

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I Can Read Your Language

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 12:26 AM PDT

YD is a melting pot of varied cultures; we have Asians, Americans, Australians and British in our group. Luckily we all use English otherwise can you fathom the commotion if we all mailed in our respective mother tongues! Funny as it may sound now, language barrier can pose a problem when we can’t communicate effectively with locals on a trip abroad. For vegetarian like me, ordering a chicken dish out of a Chinese language menu would be awful! I'd need something like the ViewTrans to help me out.

Digital translators may not be new to the scene, but what makes ViewTrans different is that it "translates what you see.” As the designer explains, "existing electronic dictionaries are useful only when you can read the letters of the language", ViewTrans changes the foreign script that it views to your language of choice and displays it on the screen. For example if a Chinese script menu were put in front of me, it would get translated to the English script on the screen display.

Here is how the device works:

1) Choose the language (or the country you are traveling in).
2) View the word you need to translate on the screen.
3) Focus on the words and then hit 'T', the translate button.
4) The screen shows the translated word.

Designer: Jaeseok Han

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Scorpion and Sting-Ray Rescue Team

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 12:01 AM PDT

Horray! Friends amongst killer animals! Animal inspirations. Actually there’s no scorpion involved. Awww. What is involved, is solar power, first off. Solar power charges up the batteries in this lifeguard stand. As the batteries charge, the lifeguard sees danger! He slides down the slide, picks up a battery, inserts it in the stingray skiff, boats on over to the victim, inflates the safety vest, and autopilots back to base.

This project is called “TESEO+ARIANNA” named after the Greek myth of Theseus and Ariadne. The stingray being the one called Teseo, while the guard stand is called Teseo. Teseo and Arianna are solar powered. Arianna charges batteries with a giant solar panel that sits on its head. Teseo uses these batteries to power its propulsion system, and also to accept commands from the autopilot feature via the stand, Arianna.

Together they are mythical water safety lovers forever!

The only thing that concerns me is the step where the lifeguard has to drag the skiff out into the water. I hope it’s not too heavy!

Designer: Davide Anzalone