31.1.11
MixAR: 3D Augmented Reality Editor for iPhone
Thought this was appropriate after today's presentation.
30.1.11
New Toothbrush
This toothbrush was designed by a student whose assignment was to redesign the first thing she threw away after class. She threw away a tube of toothpaste which got her thinking and researching toothpaste and toothbrushes. Check it out.
posted by ginni
29.1.11
27.1.11
USB + usable outlet = win
The inclusion of new power supply standards in old technology is an intelligent trend. USBs require very little electricity to power so it seems like a waste of an outlet to dedicate it exclusively to charging a phone. Until it's normal to have a USB port directly wired into every outlet, we'll have to look to smart design ideas.
-Joe Costello
Focused Speakers
Here's a set of speakers that have a more focused beam of sound so you'd be able to adjust where the sound goes instead of passively listening in a room full of the sound. Great for you urban apartment dwellers.-Joe Costello
Microsoft Kinect motion capture used to control robot
Microsoft's motion capture device, Kinect, has been out for a few months and people are beginning to tinker with it. The implications and applications of this product could be profound and far-reaching. Think human-controlled robotic soldiers and quicker, more precise bomb-defusing robots to start.
-Joe Costello
24.1.11
It's transparent. Need I say more?
Post by Aaron Venturini
Really cool video that looks at the Volkswagen factory in Dresden, Germany. No walls, no power outlets, only glass, induction and robots.
Single Family House St Joseph by Wolfgang Tschapeller
http://www.dezeen.com/2011/01/25/single-family-house-st-joseph-by-wolfgang-tschapeller/
More photos in link ^
This concrete house on stilts is a family home in Austria by Vienna studio Wolfgang Tschapeller Architekt. Called Single Family House St Joseph, the exposed concrete structure features irregular-shaped windows and sits on four supporting legs. A shallow pit has been dug underneath the hovering building and can be utilised as a car port or storage space. Despite the flat planes of the exterior shell, the interior space features a series of faceted walls, forming oddly-shaped rooms and windows. The interior spaces are finished completely in white, with the exception of wooden flooring in some rooms and the treads of the staircase, which cantilever out of the wall.
-Aaron Venturini
Tinkering School
I've been really into watching Ted talks lately, this one I actually heard a while ago, and I thought I would have really liked this camp when I was a kid. It's a camp where kids can go to build stuff. Pretty fun.
Posted by Ginni
Posted by Ginni
New Ruler
No Ordinary Ruler
I have been reading message boards for people who suffer from visual impairments and one discussion topic I found was how difficult it is to use rulers. The problem, especially with centimetres and millimeters, is that while the numbers on a ruler can be made bigger, the unit of measurement is fixed, so reading millimeters if you have problems with your sight becomes difficult.
Check out the New Rule. The solution is to have bigger numbered, higher contrast measurement bars that a sliding pointer runs along, displaying the millimeter measurement as numbers on a wheel inside the sliders housing. An arm inside the slider rests against the track and clicks each time it passes over a tooth in the track giving tactile and audible feedback of each millimeter although the designer admits the track would need more teeth than the prototyped version shown here. The second innovation is one edge folds over on a hinge. This turns it into a calliper so that accurate measurements can be taken quickly and easily. This was intended to make it easier for someone with poor sight to measure marks on paper as well as objects.
Designer: Product Tank
I have been reading message boards for people who suffer from visual impairments and one discussion topic I found was how difficult it is to use rulers. The problem, especially with centimetres and millimeters, is that while the numbers on a ruler can be made bigger, the unit of measurement is fixed, so reading millimeters if you have problems with your sight becomes difficult.
Check out the New Rule. The solution is to have bigger numbered, higher contrast measurement bars that a sliding pointer runs along, displaying the millimeter measurement as numbers on a wheel inside the sliders housing. An arm inside the slider rests against the track and clicks each time it passes over a tooth in the track giving tactile and audible feedback of each millimeter although the designer admits the track would need more teeth than the prototyped version shown here. The second innovation is one edge folds over on a hinge. This turns it into a calliper so that accurate measurements can be taken quickly and easily. This was intended to make it easier for someone with poor sight to measure marks on paper as well as objects.
Designer: Product Tank
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