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Hide the Gamer Within (if you must)
Sep 8th
Fifty percent of gamers are between the ages of 18 and 49, with 32 being the average age of a gamer. This means that gamers aren’t just pimply, anti-social teenagers, but adults with professional lives and families. So for those times, when those games and consoles need to be put away and hidden from view, there’s the Arcane table from Surface Tensions. It looks like a coffee table, but has a pull-out arcade controls and and optional built-in media center PC. The table comes with a 26-inch LDC screen and over 100 licensed games from Taito, Midway and Atari. The computer inside also has Windows 7 and stereo 30-watt speakers, so its capable of playing music and movies as well. It’s also priced at over $5000, and that’s without the full PC media center and just the vintage games. It’s an extra thousand to get the PC. Images of the table after the break
Boxes Going Green? All Over The Place?
Sep 8th
Oh well, it was Lifebox, then UPS and now Ebay. Ebay is now giving out in its green boxes. But hang on – this one’s a little different. Ebay is not going to ship your stuff in it but is just going to give the box to you. The box has space for you to write where its from and a message to a person you are handing it to. The concept is that you will use the box to give someone something and in turn that someone uses it to give someone else, something else. Confused yet? Yeah, I can understand. Ebay’s Skype buyout was as confusing. But now the good part – if each of the 100,000 (only??) boxes being “given away” is reused 5 times Ebay estimates that we will save about 4000 trees, 2.4 million gallons of water and conserve enough energy to power 49 homes. Nice thought but the lucky few who get these boxes better use it at least 5 times! Images after the break.
Simple Design That Saves Lives
Sep 7th
This design would win any safety design contest hands down. The “safety plug”rides on the success of “simplicity”. Yes – the same factor the iPhone succeeded on. The design simply covers up the naked power points on a plug to make something safe even more safer. Designed keeping child safety in mind i think this is one of the best designs I have come across. Images after the break.
New Band-Aid brands so germs don’t stick on you
Sep 4th
Who knew that bandages needed remodeling? Biotechnology labs around the world have been hard at work developing the next generation of bandages normal cuts and scrapes. HemCon Medical Technologies is company based in Portland, Oregon dedicated solely to the civilian and Armed Forces markets. HemCon manufactures bandages and wound dressings that localize clotting. Clotting is localized with chitosan, a biopolymer made from a component in the exoskeletons of crab, shrimp and other crustaceans. The chitosan attracts the outer membranes of red blood cells, which localizes the clotting. There’s also the gecko bandage, a bandage out of MIT that’s inspired by the hairs on a gecko’s feet that give it its adhesive abilities. The gecko bandage can stick to wet surfaces, so its used to bandage internal organs and other injuries. It’s also biodegradable, so no worries of the heart mummifying accidentally.
The World’s First Sustainable City
Sep 2nd
Masdar, United Arab Emirates. It’s scheduled to be completed by 2016, but the city will be the first zero carbon, zero waste city powered entirely by renewable energy sources. Located 10.5 miles from Abu Dhabi, Masdar will be completed in seven phases and will include a plaza, a five-star hotel, a convention center, an entertainment complex and retail facilities. Images after the break
A Battery That Fits A Socket Of Any Shape Or Size
Sep 2nd
Tired of searching the right-sized battery between your lamp and your remote control? Well, instead of searching you may now just shape-shift! The A to D Battery, a single nickel hydroxide battery wrapped in memory foam that you can simply squish right into whatever is that needs a new battery. The best part, it’s rechargeable. But there are still a couple issues that need to be worked out, like heat melting the foam or the foam expanding so much that the battery pops out of its slot. Nonetheless, the possibility the A to D battery poses in terms of convenience is still quite appealing. Pictures after the break
Straight lines without that dang ruler
Aug 31st
Korean product designer giha woo has made a device that attaches to a pen to aid in drawing straight lines without the use of a ruler. The device helps a ballpoint roll in one direction, preventing lines from winding. It also comes with a measurement indicator so users can draw lines at an exact length. Pictures of the device after the break.
It’s a sink/urinal combo
Aug 30th
Men can now wash their hands before they are even done. Need I say more? Images after the break.
When In Doubt, Sleep In A Bufalino
Aug 29th
Individual living has taken a whole new meaning with the Bufalino – a modified Piaggio Ape50. The Bufalino can accommodate one person and allow her to live in it. It also doubles up as a private transport vehicle! Pictures after the break.
A water-powered charger?
Aug 28th
Earthtechling has a water-powered personal charger on the drawing table, one that would easily fit into a backpack or camping bag. The charger would have an underwater turbine to generate the power to charge cell phones, digital cameras, GPS units etc. The feasibility of this project, however, has not been determined. It’s still unknown how much power the charger would generate, and how fast a river or stream would need to move in order to work. Images after the break.
Illegal recycling… there’s such a thing?
Aug 28th
Milk crates have many uses, hence the reason why companies are getting tough on thieves recycling them for cash, or artistic ventures. Each one can be worth between three and 10 dollars, and have costs business like Trader Joe’s and McDonald’s millions of dollars in losses. Companies like Coca-Cola, Sara Lee and H&S Bakery have teamed up as COMBAT, or Control of Missing Baskets and Trays. The group has hired investigators to find the crooks and is also training employees to guard the crates.
It’s a practical unicycle, essentially
Aug 27th
Ryno Motors has created a one wheel electric scooter. Though neat and a gizmo three years in the making, it still doesn’t look quite as cool as motorcycle. Images and video after the break.
Brush your teeth with the sun
Aug 20th
Canadian scientists at the University of Saskatchewan are working on a toothbrush that runs on solar power yet doesn’t need any toothpaste. For a dirty mouth, prototypes cause a chemical reaction to get rid of plaque and bacteria. You wouldn’t be able to brush in the dark, but not many people do anyway. It also doesn’t come with the minty fresh flavor, but as long as teeth pass the dentist inspection, it probably doesn’t matter.
