Wednesday, 29 April 2009

Animal-Shaped Radiators: Fight The Brrr With A Baaa

Radiators are not usually very interesting, but Dutch designer Guus Van Leeuwen has come up with some wild designs that you’ll want to put on display and perhaps even cuddle up next to on those chilly nights. Called the “Domestic Animals” series, these radiators come equipped with removable wheat-filled animal skins that absorb and store heat, which could potentially help cut your energy bill and also make an excellent bed-warmer.

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Friday, 17 April 2009

Cloud Sofa: Floating Lounge Concept Will Put You On Cloud Nine

Did you ever watch the clouds as a kid and imagine resting peacefully on their soft fluffiness? Well, it certainly seems designer D.K. Wei did, as evidenced by this unique concept design called Cloud Sofa – which emulates that fantasy perfectly.

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Friday, 27 March 2009

Tesla Model S Unveiled: $50,000 Electric Sedan For 2011

Tesla Motors yesterday officially unveiled a new prototype electric sedan that the company hopes will hit the market in 2011, priced at less than half of the base cost of the company’s troubled Tesla Roadster.

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Thursday, 26 March 2009

Mercedes F-CELL: Old Meets New In Modern Horseless Carriage

In what is one hellofa training project, 150 students at Daimler AG have put together a concept car called the Mercedes F-CELL, which marries high-tech roadster engineering with the charm of early horseless carriages.

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Thursday, 19 March 2009

Jigsaw-Like Storage System Is Not Puzzling At All

Shelving and storage systems can be frustrating to assemble and usually require a fair bit of time to put together (correctly), especially the flat-pack variety from Ikea. This clever design, simply called Jigsaw Storage, aims to make this process a lot easier thanks to its jigsaw puzzle shaped modules, which piece together in a snap.

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Wednesday, 18 March 2009

Dell’s Adamo Laptop Launches: Stylish, Elegant, World’s Thinnest.

Dell yesterday officially launched their eagerly awaited Adamo which they claim is now the world’s thinnest laptop, stealing the title from the MacBook Air. The elegantly styled notebook is made using the one-piece aluminum manufacturing process pioneered by Apple and features a beautiful wide-key, scalloped backlit keyboard.

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Friday, 13 March 2009

Innovelis BudFits Turn iPod Earphones Into Wrap-Around Cans

If you’re an active sort who likes listening to music while you work out, or you’re like me and have trouble keeping those damn iPod earphones in your ears, then you might be interested in this clever gadget by Innovelis. Called BudFits, they are simple, lightweight frames that easily clip-on to your standard iPod buds and wrap around your ears like, well, wrap-around earphones.

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Friday, 13 March 2009

Cargonaut Flying Robot Concept Is Your Personal Air-Courier

Here’s a novel concept that manages to merge old tech with new, in a very exciting and beneficial way. Called the Cargonaut, it is essentially a flying robotic servant that will courier everything from letters, to luggage, to groceries across town for you to help lighten your load.

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Thursday, 12 March 2009

Movable Power Concept Plugs Flexibility Into Power-Strip Design

Power-strips are handy little devices, but they are by no means perfect. Their rigid shape often means having to rearrange furniture in order to work with their design limitations. Well, this concept by designer Jeff Carter aims to change all that. Called Movable Power, it is a friendly-looking power-strip that can be shaped to fit around furniture in a similar fashion to cabling.

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Monday, 2 March 2009

Audi Shark Concept: A Flying Car With Bite

It’s not like we haven’t seen ocean inspired concepts or flying cars before, but this design by Kazim Doku called the Audi Shark really gets your motor running. Seemingly inspired by the sleek yet powerful appearance of sharks, it won the 2008 Desire Design Competition at Domus Academy and looks like it would be just at home under the water, as well as in the sky for which it was designed.

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