06 Jan

Apple reinvents wheel

Apple’s annual Macworld event is usually tied to rumors of industry changing new devices and software. Those were largely missing from this final edition of the conference that focused mostly on new features to iTunes and iPhoto.
For those left wanting for some revolutionary innovation in computing, this video is for you.
Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop [...]

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25 Nov

The Lego Safe

I spent a lot of my childhood in my play room building all sorts of Lego devices and contraptions. I even built a safe to store my baseball cards. It ended up being rather easy to crack (literally) by simply removing bricks, but this video shows how take the Lego safe idea to a new [...]

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27 Oct

The Business of Moving

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10yTBIp5ssM

Here’s a quick video about the cardboard box and why they suck for moving. Rent A Green Box founder and inventor Spencer Brown breaks down the history of the box the inefficiencies of the current moving process. If you are interested in the business slant to this environmental effort there is a great interview here [...]

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23 Oct

Sunglasses To Aid Bikers

 
Here’s a look at some images for the Nike Hindsight which is a concept project for sunglasses that improve peripheral vision. They are designed specifically for bikers to help them recognize motion on the extreme edges of normal vision.

The lens technology that allows this to happen is apparently not new and has been around for [...]

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28 Aug

Wingin’ It

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY84C0v6QMU

Toyota is developing a device to rival the SegWay scooters called the Winglet. It uses similar technology that allows the user to control speed and direction simply by shifting their weight.
It seems like they have made some important size improvements over the monstrous SegWay, but it still seems like an awkward way to get from [...]

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15 Aug

An idea realized…by someone else

It was about a nice summer night in 2002 when a friend and I were at a field party taking some shotguns (when you poke a hole in the side a beer can and chug awhile opening the top), when we got to discussing how messy and dangerous the process is.
How to take a shotgun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTmGQVkVUxo

You [...]

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30 Jul

Nice Package

It’s been 10 years since the Coen brothers cult classic The Big Lebowski was released in theaters, and what better way to commemorate this special edition than to package it in a bowling ball. As you know I am always attracted to promotions that just make sense and this fits the bill perfectly by elaborating [...]

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23 Jul

Innovation in Sports

There is a “Universal Law of Sports Technology, which says unequivocally that you can build something infinitely light or infinitely strong but not both; that there are I-beams and there are feathers, and you can’t build one from the other.”
This is the premise that big sports companies like Nike, Adidas, and Speedo are trying to [...]

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21 Jul

Travel Mice

Microsoft and design aren’t exactly antonyms but for Apple lovers it might as well be true. The new wireless arc mouse might help change some of those perceptions, though the devotion to design may only go skin deep.
The form is certainly sleek and impressive, but one has to wonder about the effectiveness of this device [...]

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18 Jul

Frivolous Fridays: Beer Bottle Mods

“Nastro Azurro presents their UnBEERlievable Collection 2008 filled with winning designs inspired by the beer.” Nastro Azzurro is an international beer that is produced by the Peroni Brewery of Rome, so the site is all in Italian. I’m not sure on exact the details of the competition, but you don’t need to read anything to [...]

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