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Quantum Glass radiator is cool and expensive

Shane McGlaun, May 4th 2011 Discuss [0]

It doesn't get very cold at all here in Texas most of the winter months. If we get any snow, it's rare and temperatures generally stay above freezing most of the months. That means that we don’t have all the heating stuff in the house here that most Northerners do like radiators. A new concept radiator has surfaced that is as much a piece of art as a heater. It's made of something called Quantum Glass. Read The Full Story

Concept bike has handlebars that turn into a bike lock

Shane McGlaun, May 3rd 2011 Discuss [4]

We have seen quite a few concept devices for bikes around here over the years. One of the more recent ones was a helmet with blinkers to protect the rider. Today a concept bike surfaced that has a very cool way to lock it to a pole or other fixture to prevent someone from stealing it. The handlebars of the bike turn unto a bike lock. Read The Full Story

Connect A Sketch is a networked Etch A Sketch

Shane McGlaun, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [2]

I would bet that everyone has used an Etch A Sketch at some point in their life. I remember having one when I was a kid, I was always making stairs on the screen or having dueling light cycle fights after Tron came out. I always wished that you could have another set of knobs on top for some two-player Tron style battles on the toy. A cool new device called the Connect A Sketch will let me do just that. Read The Full Story

Turntable iPhone Dock puts iPhone into a record player

Shane McGlaun, Apr 28th 2011 Discuss [2]

We like a good concept product around here and a cool one has turned up over on Yanko Design today. The concept combines old school with new high tech gear in a way that looks modern and retro at the same time. The device is a handmade turntable that is constructed from wood and has an aluminum turntable for your old vinyl records. The concept reminds me of a giant turntable that my mom had when I was a kid in the 70's. Read The Full Story

Blink Bike Helmet gives cyclists blinkers on their head

Shane McGlaun, Apr 22nd 2011 Discuss [4]

I happen to live off a larger highway that has wide shoulders on each side and is a straight shot for miles and miles. That means that during the warm summer months on any given night you will find huge packs of bicyclists shooting up and down the highway on the shoulders having fun. The problem is that early in their biking season it gets dark pretty early and since the road has no lights anywhere those folks can be hard to see. Read The Full Story

Origami and Phones, Together At Last

Kevin Fubar, Apr 15th 2011 Discuss [2]

My first thought upon gazing on this concept design was a resounding "wtf", in a good way. Chengyuan Wei put together this little gadget that takes the ancient art of Origami and telephones and puts them into the same thing. How can this be? It's all because of the magic of technology. Read The Full Story

Bike Hanger concept lifts bikes into the sky

Shane McGlaun, Apr 11th 2011 Discuss [2]

In many big cities around the world, one of the more common forms of travel for people that live too far to walk but don’t want to take public transportation is a bicycle. The catch is that once you get to your location there are only so many places that you can put your bike while you go inside to work. You also have to worry that someone might steal your ride home too. Read The Full Story

Ultimate Tablet, m • pad Concept Design

Kevin Fubar, Apr 8th 2011 Discuss [8]

German designer Volker Hübner developed this tablet he calls the m • pad to cater specifically to the needs of designers and developers. It combines the functionality of a 15.6" OLED display. It also includes full multi-touch functionality married with a pressure sensitive stylus. Looking at the pictures from Yanko also suggest that this tablet should have a wide range of USB, Ethernet, firewire and whatever else available for connection external keyboards or mice for a more traditional computing experience. Read The Full Story

Huawei Folded Leaf Phone, Concept Design

Kevin Fubar, Apr 8th 2011 Discuss [2]

Huawei looked to Sweden for inspiration on their new phone. They partnered up with the Claesson Koivisto Rune studio and produced this phone they call the Folded Leaf. It's a device that's meant to perform only the most basic cellular functions, the calling functions and SMS/MMS messaging. It strips out all of the high speed data functions that we smartphone jockeys are used to having and provides a handset that's meant to be comfortable for direct chatting without all of the extra bells and whistles. Read The Full Story

Home Farming, Not So Much

Kevin Fubar, Apr 6th 2011 Discuss [1]

Designer, François Hurtaud has an idea. This idea is tiny ecospheres in our kitchens and living rooms that dissolve the organic garbage we dispose of into a tiny garbage ecosystem replete with fish and plants. The first thing that came to mind when I saw the image was, clean lines and cool fishbowls. It looks like something the Jetsons would have had in their home. But it has some flaws in the design. Read The Full Story

A New Concept for Rechargeable Batteries – USB

Samia Perkins, Mar 31st 2011 Discuss [6]

When my son was born, and his vibrating bouncy seat started eating through AA batteries like jelly beans, I bought rechargeable batteries. But I found them kind of a pain. They didn't always charge back up very well, and it took a long time to charge them. Therefore, the battery charger is now in a drawer, and while we still go through AAs like crazy for all those electronic toys, I just buy regular batteries. But if this concept design comes to light, I might just switch back. Continuance is a battery with a USB port right in the side. Read The Full Story

Hyper Touch Guitar has no strings attached

Shane McGlaun, Mar 28th 2011 Discuss [1]

The guitar is one of the coolest musical instruments around. You can get all sorts of guitars from toys to game controllers up to the real thing for musicians to use. This new concept product is called the Hyper Touch Guitar and it looks like a mash up between a video game controller and a real guitar. Read The Full Story