“When it comes to air purification, house plants still remain the safest and the most visually attractive option. That is why French designer Mathieu Lehanneur and Harvard professor David Edwards employed the power of plants to create Andrea, the eco-friendly air purifier. The idea is simple – air is sucked into the device, where it gets filtered through the plant, soil and water. After that it gets recirculated back into the room. No filters to change, no components to clean. Just a beautiful, quiet machine that takes as much space as an average planter. Andrea is low on energy consumption and works with any plant.”
This iPhone 4 case designed by Urban Prefer allows you to take a coin and insert it in different gaps to find the most appropriate standing angle for your phone.
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“Embrace has developed an innovative, low cost infant warmer for vulnerable babies in developing countries. Over 20 million low-birth-weight and premature babies are born every year around the world, and over 4 million die within their first month of life. Temperature regulation is a key problem among many of these infants. Embrace has developed an infant warmer that costs a fraction of the price of existing solutions, and that functions without a continuous supply of electricity.
The design looks like a miniature sleeping bag that incorporates a phase change material, which stays at a constant temperature for up to 6 hours. This low-cost solution maintains premature and low birth weight babies’ body temperature to help them survive and thrive.”
“The glo Pillow is an alternative to the traditional alarm clock. It was designed with teammate Eoin McNally in response to a brief to create a product which helps to combat the pressures of a “24 hour” lifestyle.
The pillow uses an LED fabric substrate below the surface to wake the user using light. This substrate also functions as a display, showing the time on the pillows surface using the grid of LEDs below.
40 minutes before the pre-set alarm time the pillow begins to glow and gently brings the user out of sleep. This natural waking process helps to set the circadian rhythm or “body clock” and results in more healthy sleep/wake patterns.”
“The microbial home by Philips Design is a concept for the home that adopts a systemic approach to living, connecting machines into a cyclical system of input and output that minimizes waste. The designers view the home as a biological machine to filter, process, and recycle what we conventionally think of as waste.”
Georg Bohle Oak Piano Table. A modern musical invention of beautiful and grace with slim and light proportions. Multifunctional table for various activities (that sounds pretty sweet! Pun Intended).
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“Despite how well virtually connected our devices are (iCloud, Dropbox…), they still lack a tangible connection. A (representation of a) physical connection of those devices would facilitate a more intuitive interaction built on traditional mental models from the physical world. That’s one of the main reasons why kids interact with iPad so naturally, because it uses interfaces based on natural, tangible interactions.”
Ishac Bertran envisions a more seamless, intuitive interaction between devices than the methods that are currently available. His ‘swipe between devices’ idea is only a concept for now, but hopefully it will become a reality in the near future!
“IKEA’s cardboard digital camera will shoot up to 40 exposures, and these can then be transferred to the device of your choice via USB (via the flip-out plug). As you can see from the photo, the camera runs on a pair of AA batteries, and the internal memory is purged by inserting a paper clip into the trash-hole.”
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“Sensu is two very useful tools in one- a brush and a stylus for capacitive devices like the iPad and iPhone.”
“This incredible camera takes photos with your fingers- and yes, you can even zoom.
The Ubi-Camera, by researchers at IAMAS , may be the most organically designed gadget in photography’s century-old history. It’s a camera that fits on your finger, allowing you to frame a shot with your fingers alone. To zoom in or out, just move your hands closer or further from your eyes and the camera will adjust the shot to match.”
