Posted in Designer, Gadgets, Luxury, Technology on 17 November 2009
If you’re like most everyone else then you have probably come home from college or work after such a hard day and looking forward only to getting a good night’s sleep before having to get back in the rat race the next day, and then found you couldn’t sleep. Or you probably find yourself waking up from your sleeping in a couple hours, not half as rested as you ought to be.
So, what do you do? Popping those Valium pills won’t help any, not when you need a more permanent solution. The LightSleeper, designed by Kate Evans, started out as a student project while Kate was in college and having trouble falling asleep. The interesting device projects a light onto the ceiling of the user and following the light’s circular motion across the ceiling purportedly induces sleep. Apparently, falling asleep by tracking the movement of the light would only take a few minutes.
Posted in Designer, Gadgets, Luxury, Technology on 16 November 2009
What do Leica and Hermes have in common? Great photography delivered in style, of course! The rumours of a Leica M7 Hermes edition had been around for some time and it turns out that they are all true. Leica UK has announced the release of the Leica M7 Hermes Edition and the images of the camera that have been doing the round are of the real thing as well.
It had earlier been reported that only 100 units of the uber luxe limited edition camera would be made but the latest reports and the official statement by Leica comes with the good news that 200 units of the camera would be made available. Designed after the Leica M7 model, the Leica M7 Hermes limited edition will include certain features not included in the previous model. This luxury model features metal finish back finished with silver chrome and have AUTO and flash settings matching the camera’s leather. Two colour models are available, one in green and the other in a vivid psychedelic orange.
Posted in Gadgets, Home Appliances, Home Decor, Products on 6 November 2009
If style got translated to switches, Sentido light switches have it full volume. Using Patented Multi-touch technology, Basalte has designed Sentido switches.
Each such switch is simple, yet, spells comfort, elegance and quality. Far from the jarring switch designs in living spaces, it complements the decor of such places. The switch is available on retail in two versions, two-way and four-way.
How does it work? The Sentido light switch uses patented multi-touch technology to detect a multiple keypress. By touching more than one area simultaneously, an extra comfort function is activated. This can be used to switch all the lights in the room on or off in a single movement instead of multiple movements.
It features a timeless design that would become relevant after decades too, using the soft touch technology and high-quality material.
The touch-sensitive surface is brushed with aluminum, and controls scenes or curtains with a mild touch and effortless ease.
The switch has a built-in temperature sensor. It means you get an idea of room temperature on the home automation system. It also has an integrated color LED that you can program to light up blue and locate it in the dark too. The switch has an integrated bus-coupler to connect to the worldwide KNX standard.
Via: basalte
Posted in Designer, Gadgets, Home Decor, Speakers on 26 October 2009
Innovations in the area of sound amplifying technology can go places. We know majors of the sound industry have been doing their bit in getting the best out and offering world class clarity for you and me to buy. Did you know however that innovations in sound can also mean deceptive simplicity in superbly executed designs?
True.
It is actually possible. A recent entry for the design boom sound innovation competition has shown just that. The Table of Sound, as it is aptly named, has been shortlisted among the 150 lucky and deserving ones alongside 3,500 other participants. If you are the kind who owns an iPod and yet uses some type of audio amplifying to listen to music in your den, you can turn to Table of Sound.
The design is created by a team called Wondering Boys. So go ahead, plug your MP3 player wirelessly.
It is sleek, stylish. Yet, in a surrounding with classic colours or jaded interiors, it can blend away into the walls and floor. It can connect to any device around your living room wirelessly. It has a built-in dock. On the contrary you could also use a regular mini-jack connection.
Posted in Gadgets, Products, Technology on 26 October 2009
A card for shopping, another for credit, a third one for your salary money deposit, a fourth for paying bills. Plastic money sure is a lure. But it can leave you sore too. What with those multiple passwords that you must remember, it is a pain to handle them all at once.
Not just that, each time a card expires, it helps pile up more plastic garbage. If a card generates receipts with every transaction, add those bits that multiply to a million when they create trash.
How about having a single card that does most jobs for you? One electronic card that can help you consolidate all your credit cards? This has been made possible by Designer Kim Young Suk. It keeps at bay not just plastic waste, but also the big trouble of identity theft through discarded cards. It means an all-in-one credit card device. The concept involves the user uploading various credit card details on one end of the card gadget which has a memory card slot.
Posted in Designer, Electronic Products, Gadgets, Luxury on 23 October 2009
It’s something you or me would not have thought of ever…decorating eyelashes with LEDs. Bizarre is the first word that comes to your mind when you look at the pictures displaying the LED eye-lashes.
In some strange way, designed by artist Soomi Park, the LED eyelashes have been intended to compensate `Asian women’s’ desire for bigger eyes. It is rather unlikely that wearing LEDs instead of the delicate eye-lashes would enhance the size of eyes at all. More so, would women really go in for something so artificial even if their urge to get bigger eyes is strong?
An effort of this nature would have been appreciated if put up in an art gallery as a strong statement the artist wanted to express, or to depict an out-of-box theatric character. It looks too far-fetched take it beyond a Halloween party, the least as a statement of beauty.
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Posted in Aircraft, Earphones, Entertainment, Gadgets, Technology, USB Drives on 9 October 2009
Rockwell Collins is a name that most high profile flights reckon with courtesy the TES in-flight entertainment (IFE) system which is quite a hit these days. The company is forever making advancements in technology to further add to the quality of the in-flight entertainment experience. And now it has announced to add a new feature to its digital in-flight entertainment systems that will let passengers to output audio and video to the in-seat displays. Plus there will be accompanying portable media devices like headphones from Apple iPod.
The Rockwell Colins’ Digital Total Entertainment System (dTES) as well as the Enhanced Total Entertainment System (eTES) will sport this new integration. And this means, there will be a USB charging capability which is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, iPod classic, iPod nano and other popular media gadgets.
Posted in Designer, Gadgets, Technology on 29 September 2009
In this age of iPods and cell phones with mp3 players, not many people own a radio and the thought of buying one will have you immediately declared most square. Then again, the people who would consider you made for thinking of buying a radio have probably not heard of the Human Antenna.
The Human Antenna was designed by Florian Krautli as a graduation project at Design Academy Eindhoven this year and it looks nothing like what you would expect a radio to look like. The radio includes a carpet that requires the individual to prance upon it and act as the antenna for the radio. Step barefoot upon the carpet made of conducive thread and work to get the signal just right.
Just like the pull-out antenna of a retro radio, the individual standing on the carpet will receive the radio signals making it possible for you to listen to the signal. Unfortunately, the carpet looks way too comfortable to try getting some radio signals on and will give you ideas that have nothing to do with a radio
Check out the video of the radio in action.
Via: UberGizmo
Posted in Designer, Fashion, Gadgets, Luxury on 29 September 2009
We have just discovered that S.T. DuPont, a French company is making a new handset called “Pantech Sky DuPont IM-U510LE” in collaboration with Pantech, South Korea’s largest handset manufacturer. The luxurious phone is inspired by DuPont’s famous lighters, which Pantech integrates as a push-up button with the same cling sound that is produced when the lighter cap opens.
The phone comes with a lot of interesting features. It has a 3-inch touch screen display, a 2G-only connectivity, GPS, a MP3 camera with 3 megapixel, Bluetooth, mobile dictionary, and gold plated edges. The features look appealing but the DuPont phone will be available only for SK Telecom network users. It is very unfair to those who really want to buy this phone. However, around 30,000 of this handset are expected to be sold.
Posted in Designer, Fashion, Gadgets, Luxury, Technology on 21 September 2009
The Smart Fourtwo car with its low carbon dioxide emission is eco friendly but what makes it more interesting for a lot of people is the extremely dashing design. Comfortable and stylish, the car from the Smart company is an eye-turner. The two seater car is also the inspiration for Visionaire 2010.
The 57th issue of the fashiona and art publication Visionaire would be quite unique. Visionaire 2010 is the very first plug-in electronic daily calendar. The issue contains 365 visions of contemporary art collected by 52 international curators and art collectors. Each curator contributed selections of seven different artists who range from Cao Fei to Nathalie Djuberg. Contributors for the art calendar included Zaha Hadid, Natalie Portman, Marc Jacobs and more popular figures.
