Decant Your Memory
Oh look, another use for RFID tags! The WineTeller is a fancy wine opener smart enough to read RFID enabled corks! The embedded LCD display…
Sweeping Trash
I know I’ve seen something similar before but this BIN concept is much prettier to look at. It combines a motorized sweeper and 18 liter…
A Seat For All Seasons
Whether on a hot sunny day or a bone chilling evening, the Janus Transforming Chair is a seat for all seasons. By folding over boards,…
Bello Touchscreen PMP
The holy grail of touch interface design seems to be marrying the simplicity of hand gestures with deep navigation. This is Bello’s speciality. Designer Ryan…
Smarter Clothing Care Labels
Coming from a fashion design background, I find it surprising 70% of people don’t read the care labels and when they do, it’s usually too…
Styrofoam Sofa
Designer Kwangho Lee thought it would be clever to take old sheets of styrofoam and mold them into furniture. Now before birds, polar bears, rabbits,…
It’s a PC, No It’s a Lamp. Wait, It’s Kinda Both
Turning Lamp is a PC mounted on a lamp base. It uses tactile interfaces people are familiar with when turning lamps on so a pull…
Plants Fall Over When Thirsty
Just like people, plants fall over when they begin to die from thirst but unlike people, plants can’t verbally communicate when they need watering. That’s…
High Tech Napkins
We saw several napkin idea concepts last year but this is the first to utilize e-ink and RF technology. The Napkin PC is designed for…
Easy Writing For The Disabled
You may not put much thought into it but it takes a symphony of small muscles in your hand to operate a pen/pencil. For some…
Easy Plugs
Raise Me Up is an electric powerstrip designed to make it easy for one handed operation. Normally you would have to brace a powerstrip with…
Follow The Pebbles
We all know Hansel and Gretel left a trail of breadcrumbs and pebbles to find their way back but what happens if life ever imitates…