My Wind Chime is Smarter than Yours
Ah wind chimes. They can be so relaxing or excruciatingly irritating. It wouldn’t be so bad if they served a functional purpose but thanks to…
Technology
World’s Largest Mouse
If you thought your premium mouse had a lot of buttons, check out the Glide Keyboard from Weston Boege. Resting on low friction pads, the…
Tripod: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
On Monday I introduced our future robot masters’ future robot dogs, but today we get a glimpse of their autonomous tripods that will take embarrassing…
Beefing Up Your Old Mobile Phone
Most of us still use ho-hum mobile phones. I don’t say that to be condescending but to create a distinction between most of the mobile…
Wireless Stereo Speaker Docking Station Laughs at Physics!
What I love is wireless ghetto blasters. What I love is when they look really weird and awesome. And when they are waterproof, have rechargable…
Donut Power Strip
Wait, it’s not really a power strip if it’s a donut right? Ugh, what a conundrum! I digress. The Donut “Powerstrip” by Ramei Keum solves…
Rotary Style Music Navigation
A small circle inside a pendant style MP3 player. You stick your finger thru the wheel key and spin it to control all audio functions…
E-note, Don’t Call it a Digital Post-it
From the minds at Sequoia Studio, E-note is a conceptual project that explores the future of Post-its (insert legal copyright here). E-note uses tactile and flexible…
Useful Tools in a Designer’s Arsenal
As a practicing architect, one of the difficulties I face is the pearl that is the English system of measurement that persists in the United States…
Double Pane LCD Screens
Now why didn’t I think of that? Sure, there are companies working on “3D-ish” screens but the technology is ridiculously expensive. Why not take a…
Don’t Die Mac Mini Don’t Die!
The rumormill is full of reports about Apple supposedly killing off the Mac Mini due to lackluster sales. Earlier last week, those rumors were confounded…
A Paint Palette with a Modern Twist
Have you ever heard someone say that they would love to learn to paint and create beautiful art, but have no clue about mixing colors…