Working Time – Insert Clock by Leo Yiu Chun Pong – Via @feber & @yankodesign, a clock made to be set at angle to the wall, a simple but surprisingly useful feature.
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From the monthly archives:
December 2009
To put it simply, I didn’t know that I needed the Backflip case until I had one. The idea of a case with a built-in kickstand seemed worthwhile, but I didn’t think it was something I’d find myself using often. I was dead wrong.
In a world of $5 silicone cases, the $29.95 BackFlip may seem pricey; consider that it fully supplants the $25 iZel, however, and the price seems just right.
What we like:
- Incredibly useful. I’d take it over any standalone solution I’ve seen so far, if only because I can’t forget it.
- Nice, durable high-quality silicone. It’s the good stuff, not that junk that falls apart if its left in a hot car.
- Full access to all of the iPhone’s buttons, the silence switch, and the dock port
- Can be used in portrait or landscape mode
What we didn’t:
- The stand is a bit tough to put away at first
[ Article Source: CrunchGear ]
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This font, if you print it large enough, lets you cut out the letters, fold down and glue the tabs where indicated, and boom, papercraft letters! I can see this being useful in a grade school environment, or for decorating a twee apartment. The name of the font is “Punched Out” and it’s available for free from dafont.com, which looks like it’s got a lot more cool fonts. Time to browse.
[ Article Source: CrunchGear ]
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/12/08/assemble-this-font-in-3d-after-printing-it-out/
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Philips Research has moved into the realm of what they’re calling e-skin. “The first applications using the technology could be e-skins for small devices such as MP3 players or cell phones. However, the technology is highly scalable,” says Kars-Michiel Lenssen, Principal Scientist at Philips Research. The vision from Philips is an e-skin on your portable device that can be changed to match your outfit or your mood with the press of a button.
Philips’ technology allows different colors of ink to be built into one layer with each color controlled separately. This means the layer can be transparent, the same color as any one of the inks or even a mixture of multiple colors. Moreover, the saturation of each individual color can be controlled accurately – so any shade can be produced.
Read the full press release: Philips electronic skin technology enables new chameleon-like ambience designs
[ Article Source: TechCrunch ]
I’d love to see this used in the fashion industry for clothing!
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Notebook speakers generally tend to be flat, lifeless, and just plain bad, but then portable speaker sets aren’t exactly portable. The USB-powered AQ Amigo seems to be a nice solution though.
It’s somewhat flat so it can probably ride in your notebook bag without any problems. The speakers seem to have some volume to them and it’s USB powered, which everyone loves. And chances are even though they are going to cost you about $60, they probably sound better than your notebook’s stock speakers.
[ Article Source: TechCrunch ]
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If you’ve ever spent an extended period of time outside during the late fall or winter watching some sort of parade, sporting event, or interpretive dance, you’ll have no doubt A) had plenty of time to re-examine your life and B) wished you’d brought a chair. Now add C) to that list: wished the chair you didn’t bring was heated.
According to Hammacher Schlemmer, “This is the only portable folding chair with a heated seat.” It costs $120 and “undetectable carbon fiber heating elements woven into the chair heat from 120º F to 140º F to warm your legs and posterior.” Now we’re talking.
The built-in battery is good for four hours on the lowest setting and two and a half hours on the highest setting. Recharge time takes about two hours and can be done via standard AC or using the included automobile adapter.
Last but not least, the chair supports up to 275 pounds, there’s a fold-out cup holder, and three pockets for stashing some snacks, magazines, and anything else that’ll make the time spent watching 22 six-year-olds chasing a soccer ball in the wrong direction go faster.
[ Article Source: TechCrunch ]
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Yeah… that’s definitely useful. I’ve got shaky hands because I drink too much coffee, so a pen with integrated ruler would be handy for all those… lines I draw. I expect I’ll be seeing these at Muji in a few months.
[ Article Source: TechCrunch ]
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In the end, everything will have an app store. Take the Pulse smartpen from Livescribe, for example. The company, whose pen is quite cool (it records what you write and can “remember” things on page, allowing for paper-based calculators and control panels), has just launched an app store for its 2- and 4GB Pulse pens.
The store offers multiple games, tools, and study aids for prices that range from free to about $2. You can download apps here and then upload to your pen.
Take Video Poker, for example. To play, you select it on your pen and then draw Deal, Bet, and card shapes. You then select the cards you want to keep and tap deal. The pen will tell you if you’ve won. My favorite app, however, is the periodic table of the elements in Braille, demoed below. The amazing thing is that this application replaces a $1,000 physical device used by the blind to learn chemistry. By printing a Braille-embedded sheet at home, you can essentially learn everything there is to know about the elements using the pen and a piece of paper. Other cool apps include a classical music learning system and a clever piano.
Does a smart pen need an app store? I don’t know. However, the fact that something so small and so cool can have a rich developer community is quite impressive.
[ Article Source: CrunchGear ]
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Call it a kitchen
car or kitchen in the car, the “Scion Kogi xD” is a mobile kitchen from Scion and MV Designs that lets you have food cooked by your own hands wherever you go. Removing the back seats to include a mini fridge, attached to the left rear door, the mobile kitchen also includes a barbecue at the rear where you may roast hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, sweet corns, and so on. The kitchen car stores utensils in the left tail light and the sauces on the right. Moreover, the Scion Kogi xD comes built in with a 10-inch monitor, ice chest and sink to complete the mobile kitchen.
Scion Kogi xD mobile kitchen for cooking on the go
Call it a kitchen car or kitchen in the car, the “Scion Kogi xD” is a mobile kitchen from Scion and MV Designs that lets you have food cooked by your own hands wherever you go. Removing the back seats to include a mini fridge, attached to the left rear door, the mobile kitchen also includes a barbecue at the rear where you may roast hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, sweet corns, and so on. The kitchen car stores utensils in the left tail light and the sauces on the right. Moreover, the Scion Kogi xD comes built in with a 10-inch monitor, ice chest and sink to complete the mobile kitchen.
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A hotel concept by Well-Tech based on innovative sensorial technology designed to create an optimal feeling of well-being throughout a visitor’s stay. This futuristic concept of hospitality includes textile walls in the guest rooms that light up to reveal a forest, photovoltaic panels on the top floor restaurant and a wellness area with a focus on solar energy.
[ Article Source: MocoLoco ]
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