Friday, March 28, 2008

Storage Cabinet Glows in the Dark-Sotirios Papadopoulos's Full Moon




Sotirios Papadopoulos designed this Fullmoon cabinet for ENNEZERO using ecologically-friendly paint. The Fullmoon glows in the dark and in that sense, as far as I am concerned, this is a creation that has the dual function of being a storage piece of furniture and a work with artistic value. There aren’t too many cabinets out there that glow in the dark. The Fullmoon will be on display at the SOHO temporary gallery in Milan during the “dEMOsign” exhibition April 18-20, 2008.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Holographic Touch Screen Personal Computer Concept-The Cup PC








In the future, the usage of computer will be more intuitive and simple than now. People will not need to learn how to use PC and the computer system will have effect on behaviours of user's everyday conduct, like using a cup.

The concept 'The Cup' is inspired by people's common behaviours in everywhere and every moment. Especially, usage of cup is one of the most general and daily behaviour. In offices, home, even at shops, we can see and use them.

Through the observation of actions such as collecting cups, putting on the desk them, and pouring water into cups, we will suggest an innovate way of dealing information and data in our future.

‘The Cup’ is based on high technology such as holographic touch screen and infrared communication skill. It means that everybody can access computer without connection device such as USB and interaction, store and check the information by only physical behaviours (grapping, filing up and pouring, etc)
This way is intuitive method to be distinguished other previous operation and the strongest thing of this new PC is that anyone can access state of the art PC via analogue object and behaviour.

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Saturday, March 22, 2008

Light Drawings-The Amazing Art of Eric Staller


Eric Staller is a New York-based artist whose techniques include using a tripod and long exposures of light to create spectacular artwork against the backdrop of urban environments. His permanent artwork in public places, sculptures, drawings, and photography date back to the disco era of the 1970's. Check out some of Staller's light drawings.








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Friday, March 14, 2008

AquaGlide AirPort-Your Personal Island


It’s the high time to own a personal island that is inflatable at the same time; enjoy the bliss of being an emperor of the isle. Though an actual sultry island is not for sale, it’s the AquaGlide AirPort, which can be all yours having a wide range of some truly amazing features. It is a colossal raft inflatable up to a large 8′ x 8′ platform that accommodates 8 adults. It serves as a floating port or an anchor for small boats, kayaks, and wave runners. For mobile water venture, a sturdy strap in one corner fastens to a towrope for towing up to four people. Furthermore, several inflatable dock systems can be linked collectively with the help of eight stainless steel mooring rings. The towing strap can fix to an anchor (not included) keeping the platform primed for the day or the season. Hardwearing 600 denier cover defies tears, scratches, and grazes. Two air chambers are there to guarantee reliability, constancy, and console. It can be deflated with a standard pump for compressed storage in the chest of your car or a boat cabinet. It consists of four detachable, padded swim straps for a safe support while climbing on to the platform.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

A Nokia Cell Phone That Changes Shape


A cell phone that stretches and basically changes shape when you need it to. The idea behind Nokia’s futuristic concept is nanotechnology. Nanotech would give this cell phone the ability to morph into a shape that satisfies the user’s needs. The electronics inside the phone would be transparent and flexible as well and this phone would also be able to clean itself. This exciting technology, however, is right now a thing of science fiction novellas and geeks’ daydreams. This prototype was developed with some assistance from Cambridge University and is on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Monday, March 10, 2008

Creepy Innovations For Your Eyes




(TREND HUNTER) Why not enhance your eyes with a new flavor of contacts, eye tattoos or special jewelry that sticks to your cornea? Yes, good times.

The first example on our list would be FXeyes. These special effect contact lenses are kind of creepy. They are produced by a company named Fxeyes which specializes… [More]

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Letter Grows Into Flowers-Honda's Attempt To Go Green


(TREND HUNTER) Honda, in an attempt to show that it can go green, sent customers of its lawn and garden equipment, a letter that literally grows. Printed on a special paper that contains seeds, the text invites the readers to plant the letter(once they have read it I suppose), to help neutralize the carbon in the … [More]

Friday, March 07, 2008

Computers of the Future - The Curved iMac


The Curved iMac is a mock-up conceived by designer Nuno Texeira. This mock-up looks simple but impossibly elegant. Yanko Design says.."Designer Nuno Teixeira believes every computer should be two faced and with more curves...Taking a cue from the 1950’s CINERAMA wrap-around movie theatre screens, … [More]

Saturday, March 01, 2008

Bio-Mechanical Sculptures-The Work of Christopher Conte




Bio-Mechanical Sculptures - The Work of Christopher Conte Christopher Conte is a New York educated sculptor who began drawing at age 3.

In 2007, Conte began offering his really unique pieces of art for sale to the public for the first time and his work has been recently covered in Wired, Popular Science, Make Magazine, and used by The Discovery Channel a… [More]