Although I think smartphones are already cool enough, some people are just trying to make them cooler: for instance, you can connect a Xappr Gun onto your smartphones and convert your mobiles into a virtual gun! Claimed to be available this Spring, the Xappr will actually be compatible with iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices.
Life is music, thus we all love symphony instead of monotony. Keeping that in mind too, a Dutch designer Jeriel Bobbe has created the ‘Suitcase Symphony’ using several rearrangeable wooden panels that each features a ridged surface, to take the place of monotonous floor in airports. Assembled together, the panels will produce a particular music composition as people pulling their suitcases through on them. Even though the music created by these panels is not that fabulous as those produced by an instrument, it indeed sounds more pleasant than the monotony of airports.
Quite surprisingly we’re informed that in the Bronx Zoo there’re several animals seldom moving or eating but keeping in merely one single posture. Why and what happened? The truth is bit of interesting, as all those animals mentioned above are actually life-like statues made out of LEGO. So how do you like them? If you’d like a tour to the Bronx Zoo, you can ask for a LEGO Zoofari Passport along with your ticket for a comprehensive guide to the installation’s whereabouts, and collect 6 different stamps for souvenir-like proof of your visit there.
What’s this, a huge cube? Of course it is, but it’s exactly also a three dimensional kite formed by 1,700 3D printed connected segments. It seems extremely bulky, but can actually levitate steadily due to its lightweight composition of carbon fiber rods and cubenfibre aerospace fabric.
Made of nanoscale ferromagnetic and fluid (usually an organic solvent or water), this is an interactive liquid toy that invites you to build beautifully-patterned sculptures. Just as shown in the video below, you can construct as delicate sculptures as you could ever imagine using a magnet or two magnets or more. So would you like a try too? Choose your favorite style, Ferrite or Ferro, and then move!
Keaton Music Typewriter is a practical machine that can type on a sheet of paper lying flat under the typing mechanism. It was firstly patented in 1936 by Robert H. Keaton, and at that time the machine had merely 14 keys. In 1953, Robert redesigned the typewriter and built with 33 keys, making it more ideal and suitable to use. It was marketed in the 1950s and sold for around $225, and now it appears on the market again, with a surprisingly high price of $5,895.
Can Ferris wheel become invisible, lifting people up and down while never showing its original structure? Said “yes”, Spanish-based artist Maider López showed us an amazing video in which the Ferris wheel is really invisible… But how? [Read the rest of this entry...]
What do you usually do during the boring time caused by traffic jam, to play your iPad, have a chat with beautiful ladies or just sit there without thinking anything? Maybe you should get some better alternatives, such as the Car Bluetooth Rearview Mirror Kit. It includes a 4.3 inch touchscreen, a built-in GPS navigation, multimedia on-the-go, DVR capabilities, and a wireless parking camera, once installed to replace your normal rearview mirror, the device would then allow you to play games in car. Isn’t that great? It offers you great pleasure while never taking up you too much space or costing you too much money.
Love music, love sport, the stylish Feats Per Minute bike from Merel Sloother, Liat Azulay and Pieter Frank de Jong is rightly something brings us the fun of both rhythm and cycling. It’s equipped with turntable inspired wheels that play vinyl records, thus beautiful tones will come out of the megaphone like speaker on the back of your bike as you ride it in the streets.
Cleverly combining light and shadow together, the giant OLED mirror collaborated by rAndom International and Chris O’Shea would feel the human’s movement and thus to interact in the term of either light or mirrors. Stand still, and the panels act like mirrors, but when you’re on the move, the OLED pixels then light up. The other interacting type is totally different, as wherever you go would become mirrors with the left parts still act as light. It’s very magical, and now the You Fade to Light has been produced in a limited edition of just eight units, each is selling for €140,000. So if you don’t think it’s exciting enough to watch them in the video, you may consider getting home one such piece.
The beautiful scenery is not the only reason that encourages us to go picnic in the open air, sometimes an intriguing tent plays a bigger role too. Created by British designers, these Exclusive Tourist Tents are rightly something individual and unmissable, printed with interesting patterns on exterior surfaces and thus make them completely eye-catching when used in the nature.
The greatest thrill you ever get is going on the roller coaster? Of course it is, but next time you can experience another exciting roller coaster that is actually without a roller coaster but some stairs instead! Built in German, the Crouching Tiger and Turtle is a work by sculptors Ulrich Genth and Heike Mutter, allowing people to ascend a height to enjoy a distant view by walking up the roller coaster, which is not the most exciting roller coaster but apparently the safest one.
“Your eyes are all you need to save the earth”. That’s what the world’s first eye-controlled arcade game deeply leaves in my mind. Named as “Tobii Eye Asteroids”, the gaming machine comes with only one “start” button, and requires you to use your eyes to interact with games. Do you wanna to have a try? I don’t, just because I cannot get used to anything without a keyboard or touchscreens. If only using my eyes to save the earth, oh god, the result would disappoint you.
Attention, please, those who plan to learn how to fly now would have another choice except for going to a flight school. Your alternative scheme is to learn flying at home with the OVO-4 Home Flight Simulator.
You ever dreamed to own a special tent that may work in the same way as your house? Congratulations, as your dream has come true with the Japanese outdoor equipment company Logos’ Decagon Tent. It is an outdoor modular structure that can be used separately or linked together. Available in four types including ‘decagon link’, ‘link dome’, ‘link screen’ and ‘car joint tarp’, the modular tent each can hold three to four people while the largest tent actually would accommodate up to 16 people. As an additional bonus, the Decagon’s ‘car joint tarp’ is specially designed for you cars, something like the garage for your house. Presented at the “Japan Good Design Award 2011 Exhibition”, the innovative tent has received high praise from the visitors and now launched to the public.
