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Light Handrail by Zhi-Jie Liu & Si-Jie Wang

In auditoriums and dimly-lit places, this hand-rail can be an added attraction, like the exotic flower one greeting the visitors![ READ MORE ]

Tiny Robot Trash Harvesters that Cleans Streets of the Futurens

  • October 17th, 2009
  • Posted in Tech

Move over Roomba, you’ve just met your match. It’s called the Scarab, and it’s an automated robot that’s been designed to efficiently and quickly clean much larger areas, like shopping centers and neighborhood streets. Could these little robots be the future of urban waste collection? More pics, design schematics, and info after the jump. [ READ MORE ]

Google Maps Gets More Cyclist-Friendly (Video)

It just seems that Google can’t run out of ideas and resources for the Maps. It just gets better and better. Now you can report a problem with traffic light, point of interest, changing of a street name or a park, and more. This is getting better and better. Now cyclists and report any problem [ READ MORE ]

LG Introduces Solar Powered e-Reader

  • October 15th, 2009
  • Posted in Tech

Photo via LG Display LG’s press release states, “The thin-film solar cell featured in the e-book measures 10 centimeters in width and length, it was developed to perfectly fit the 6-inch display panel for e-book currently mass produced by LG Display. The solar cell measures 0.7 millimeter in thickness and weighs a mere 20 grams, the [ READ MORE ]

AC On The Blind

  • October 13th, 2009
  • Posted in Tech

Blinds on the windows do nothing but hang out there and shade the room from the sun. Say if we were to add functionality to it, what can we include….k, give it some Solar Power, plus add in some engineering tech, and pesto you got the Blind Air Conditioner! An AC that doubles up as [ READ MORE ]

555 KUBIK

  • October 11th, 2009
  • Posted in Tech

Daniel Rossa worked with Urbanscreen to create the 555 kubik facade video projection at the kunsthalle in hamburg (germany). giant hands appear to manipulate the surface of the museum in a surreal sequence that is the result of rossa asking the question ‘how it would be, if a house was dreaming?’. [ READ MORE ]

Many Hues Of Songs

  • October 9th, 2009
  • Posted in Tech

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