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Steinway Watch Designed with Golden Ratio
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Misc. Tech, Music,
Who knows where artistry leaves off and technical skill begins when it comes to designing gadgets? In the case of Fabrizio Cavalca, the two are intertwined. Visual design meshes with auditory sounds to create such items as this watch with Swiss automatic movement from Steinway & Sons. Using the “Golden Ratio,” the ratio of the longer side to the shorter is 1.62:1, which is supposed to be “naturally pleasing to the eye.” We just know that we dig the design no matter what muse struck him. The Limited Edition watches are available beginning at $1,000.00.
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| Steinway & Sons
Gallery: Steinway Watch Designed with Golden Ratio
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Eco Dryer Removes Shoe Moisture
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Wearables, Design, Smart Home, Misc. Tech,
Your shoes get suddenly soaked on your lunch hour and you are at work. What to do? You reach out for your handy LID Eco Shoe Dryer, plug it in to charge it, and let the silicon gel inside absorb the moisture in any type of shoe. As the humidity is sucked out, the indication color goes from blue to pink. The company claims it will also work in closets and shoe boxes. This is definitely a fine alternative to tossing them into the oven for a few minutes and having to endure the results of dry on the outside, soggy on the inside. Made of ABS resin and polycarbonate, the Eco is available for $30.00.
Read More | LID (translated)
Gallery: Eco Dryer Removes Shoe Moisture
Phone Prototype Features USB Port
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, Design, Storage, USB,
We got pretty excited before we knew this was only a prototype. Created by French Designer Vincent Palicki, it shows a USB port going into a Sony Ericsson Phone, an extremely clever idea. How nice to be able to download files, videos, and/or photos with only a flash drive. We think perhaps this will lead to the concept of doing the same with handhelds. Come to think of it, we could attach all those very cool USB gadgets to our phones like mini-Christmas trees or mini-fans on a cold day.
Read More | Yanko Design
Gallery: Phone Prototype Features USB Port
Smartpen to be Launched in January
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Misc. Tech, Portable Audio / Video,
Yesterday, Livescribe told Gear Live that their Smartpen, the system that captures handwriting notes as well as audio, will be launched January 28 and are now taking pre-orders. They have updated their Website with additional details and images and instigated a forum to keep up on questions. The best news is that they will be giving away two a day through their launch date.The system, which consists of pen, paper, and software, can store more than 100 hours of audio and will come at a cost of less than $200.00.
(Thanks, Jody)
Read More | Livescribe
Gallery: Smartpen to be Launched in January
Gibson Robot Guitar, For Those of Little Talent
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Misc. Tech, Music,
Gibson Guitar has finally come up with a gimmick to get those amateur musicians that cannot play past “Smoke On the Water” to attempt something more. Their Robot Guitar is self-tuning and features open tuning with 6 presets that were used on such tunes as Zeppelin’s “Going to California”, The Stones’ “Honky Tonk Women,” and Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child.” Due out December 7, the instrument will be sold with its first run in a Limited Edition. Contact Gibson for information on price and to find out exact locations of sales.
Read More | Gibson
Gallery: Gibson Robot Guitar, For Those of Little Talent
For those of us who like to nurse our brews, but not after they turn room temperature, we cannot wait for this prototype to come on the market. Invented by 22 year-old Kent Hodgson, the Huski Beverage Chiller can ice up your beer in a few seconds with CO2 and costs about 7 cents apiece. At about the size of a pencil, it forgoes the need to pre-chill drinks or carry around extra ice. It works with plastic cooling cells in a dock that houses the carbon dioxide that expands and becomes dry ice. Hodgson is hoping that his dream will become about a $50.00 realty in time.
Read More | InventorSpot
Gallery: Huski Chills Your Brew
New Device Stops Car in its Tracks
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Misc. Tech, Transportation,
If you saw the movie “2 Fast 2 Furious,” you will probably recognize the electromagnetic system that can stop vehicles. Researchers at Eureka Aerospace are creating a device that is about 7 x 3 feet and weighs 200 lbs. Attached to a car or aircraft carrier, it sends out pulsing microwave radiation to disable the microprocessors that keep the car engine going. Chief Exec James Tatoian says that the system may be available for security purposes within 18 months. That gives us less than two years to beat out those speed traps or buy a car made before 1972, which was when electronic control modules were first placed in them.
Read More | ABC
Gallery: New Device Stops Car in its Tracks
Finally, someone has devised a flash drive that won’t loose its top. The PD USB 2.0 Flash Drive has a cover that swivels 180º and a hole to attach to your key chain. Enhanced for Windows ReadyBoost, the PD is the minute size of 34 x 18.3 x 3.2 mm and a weight of only 3g. At a starting price of $37.00 and available in black or white, we are grateful that there will be one less thing to misplace and hope that other companies will follow suit.
(Thanks, Fanny)
Read More | Brando
Gallery: PD Flash Keeps Its Head
While we don’t keep up on all the latest animation characters, Domo (Domo-kun in Japan) is too special to pass up. The creative people of mimoco have decided to release him to the States before his debut on the Nicktoons Network in the form of three Limited Edition mimobots. Included with the USB 2.0 flash drives Domo X, Rasta, and Ninja are 23 original shorts and desktop personalization that includes wallpaper, screensavers, icons, avatars and the soundByte that plays random Domo sounds when the mimbot is used. As per usual, the Series 1 is available in 1GB ($49.95,) 2GB ($69.95,) and 4GB ($109.95) capacities.
Read More | mimoco
Gallery: Domo Coming to U.S.
Take your iPod/MP3 player with you proudly with this Vintage Tee by Music and Sons. Handmade from Fair Trade advocates in Italy, each shirt comes with a set of stereo earphones that can be disconnected for washing and a pocket for your PMP. Available in sizes of small, medium, large and extra large, the long sleeve t-shirts are a bit pricey at €53.00 (~$70.00,) but considering you get an exclusive item that will help save the planet, it is worth the extra expense.
Read More | Music and Sons
