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keys to grow or shrink the magnifying window.1. Icecold
Why put ice in your drink when you can put drink in your ice? Just fill this nifty silicone mold with water, pop it in the freezer for a few hours, and hey presto! You've got a pair of the coolest glasses to be found in the known universe. There may be cooler ones in the unknown universe, but as it's unknown, we don't know, you'll just have to ask Stephen Hawking, though I imagine he has better things to do with his time. Of course you don't have to limit yourself to water, you can get creative will all sorts of liquids, or use food dyes to jazz 'em up and create your very own ice bar.
2. Bigger the better
My Take: ok bigger screen are better, dual screens rock but setting everything up can be a pain. But not if it is all one unit. So basically I'm waitting for this or there is also a curved screen that Alienwear is develping, to hit the market. Not so I can buy to but so that I can know that if I had this much money I COULD buy it.
Official Write-up:The all-new Athens Display Series features monster displays ranging in size from 110″ to 200″. The series feature monitors custom-built in an all-aluminum design with specs matching its mind-boggling looks. The UltraSpeed LCD multi displays feature resolutions of up to a mammoth 19200 x 2400 Pixels and super wide viewing angle. The fully upgradeable panels boasts of 16.7 million color palette and anti-glare finish that will put even hi-fi HDTV’s to spy! The stunning displays with its sleek design, under 2.5″ thin will absolutely take your breath-away!
3. Dude wheres my car?
Pop-up swimming pools are what we have told you about earlier. But, a pop-up garage is even better. So, stow-away your Aston Martin in Bond style in this futuristic pop-up Cardok garage. The garage uses a hydraulic platform which can be hidden under a water feature, flowerbed or even a second car. And, at the touch of an electronic key fob you are all set for a perfect garage escape. The pop-up garage has been a major hit in London, eight of them have already been built, four are in production and more than 10 are on order, with interest highest in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Ealing, Dulwich and Highbury. So, if you too want one then the waiting list is already four months long and growing. The lift takes 10 weeks to construct and will cost you upwards of $61,181 depending on how you want it. This price would get you one with a flowerbed or water feature on top. And, if you want a car to be parked on top than it will be close to $72,816, i.e. 50,000 pounds.
4. Look who's not all thumbs
This gadget is so simple but makes so much sense and it seems to solve an age old problem that everyone has just become accustomed to. The Thumb Saver is a great invention which through a magnet holds any type of nail in place so you can hammer it in without any bruised, bloodied or broken fingers.
The Thumb Saver makes a job which is normally quite dangerous into a task made simple. The best part this is that it’s the perfect safety tool for anyone regardless of your age. This makes it much safer especially for school children during woodwork lessons and would be well worth schools investing in this great gadget
Buzzing around the floor of the 2009 New York auto show, is the PUMA--the result of a collaboration between Segway and GM. We had a chance to ride in the vehicle, an electric-powered two seater. PUMA stands for Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility, and works on similar principles as the Segway Personal Transporter. Where on the Personal Transporter, you lean forward to make it go, the PUMA's steering column has to be pushed, which causes the entire cab to slide to the front and move weight forward, making the PUMA go.
Push the steering wheel forward, and the whole cabin shifts.
The driver of the PUMA cautioned us to keep our legs loose--as the cabin shifted--and then we were off. The vehicle picked up a good amount of speed until the driver pulled back on the wheel, shifting our weight again and slowing it down. It was hard to believe we were traveling on two wheels, as it felt very balanced. (There are auxiliary wheels, with two on the rear for safety and two in front to support the PUMA when it is stopped.)
Turning was very smooth: as the driver turned the little wheel, power diverted to the outside wheel, letting the PUMA turn almost on a dime. Coming to a stop felt like the end of a roller coaster ride, as the PUMA leaned forward sharply and the cabin shifted again. A Segway representative came over and lifted up a safety bar.
The PUMA is supposed to go up to 35 mph, with a range of 35 miles. A Segway representative told us that, after a full day of demonstration rides, the battery was only half-drained. The PUMA weighs 400 pounds, but is a very early model, with a second generation due to come out in the fall. GM initially approached Segway about the collaboration 18 months ago, but the PUMA on display was developed and built at the Segway plant in only 90 days.
6. High Tech Napkins
The Napkin PC is designed for group collaborations. Each pen transmits your doodles to the base station which is a PC in disguise. That information gets processed and displayed on the napkin like e-ink paper. Cool idea but someone better make sure nobody decides to wipe their dirty lunch stains with one.
This is one of those concepts that makes so much sense and is so useful that no one will back it. So I will never get to use this gadget, sadly, but I will always think fondly of it.
Designer: Avery Holleman
.7.Tap, Tap, Tappin’ on Heaven’s Door
Yep I'm the guy who drums anywhere there is music. Mostly this consists of on my steering wheel to and from work. The other night I was listing to some kickin piano jazz and had a steller wheel drumming session....but if I had this little gadget...yeah see where I'm going with this?
“Jam” hails from a team at the Domus Academy where the brief was to design for basic intuitive behavior in the context of a rapidly changing, unstable beta culture. The central hub records and wirelessly links Jam together, while the touch sensitive finger-taps store and play sound clips. It goes further by allowing changes in pitch by vertically dragging it on a surface and regulating the volume with the force applied to each tap.
Designers: Jozeph Forakis, Jihee Chun, Sung Hyun Kyung & Kerri Moskow
8.SteamPunk
This is really a general term to discribe the hacking of a specific style (more or less). But just about eveything the Datamancer puts out is amazing. Like a true mix of techno geek and art geek. If you can you should check out more of his work.
According to the designer of this steampunk like custom-built PC, he would like to return a ‘novelty period’ for the PC like the television and radio that were “appropriately gifted with the most lavish of hand tooled, wooden scrolled cabinetry, and housings which borrowed architectural details from the grandest schools, churches and banks.”
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I don't think I need to say much here. I just think it's kinda cheeky.
10. My soon to-be gaming keyboard. (I'm allowed to dream)
