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‘Help Lock’ Doorknob helps elderly people with bathroom spills
We all have to face it, sometimes elderly people have slips and falls, but what about when they are in the bathroom trying to have a little privacy? How are you to alert anyone from behind closed doors? The Help Lock door handle provides a very simple solution to alert people when there is trouble afoot.
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Intel MID design contest 2008 entrants revealed
The entrants to Intel's MID design contest, held in the Czech Republic, have gone on show, and there are some interesting form-factors to be seen. Concepts varied between basic handhelds, through modular designs and then to folding, sliding devices such as Peter Kubík's entry, seen below. If anything, it's Kubík that perhaps best grasps what most people would like to see from a MID: a way of accessing the internet, when mobile, in a number of different ways from the same device.
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Bang & Olufsen offer over-engineered white speaker grills
Normally a switch in speaker grill color wouldn't be enough to make something news-worthy, but when it's Bang & Olufsen making the changes then you know it's not just a case of a ordering up a new bolt of material. Intended to accompany the firm's existing white A/V equipment, the new white speaker-covers have been put through the paces for longevity and sound performance, with B&O even traipsing to Milan fashion fairs to see what fabrics are on offer.
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HTC buy One & Co design firm
HTC have bought out design firm One & Co, which helped the handset maker design both the Touch Diamond smartphone and the TouchFLO 3D interface which has graced the company's Windows Mobile devices since. While the acquisition obviously spells closer interaction with One & Co designers and future HTC devices, the design firm will also continue as a standalone consultancy.
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balens Lens Cap has Built-in White Balance Tool
Face it, your in-camera auto white balance feature works poorly in condition like indoor lightings source from various color temperatures. Despite shooting in Raw format, uncorrected color setting often results in higher digital noise and wicked color cast after post-processing. A great white-balance tool comes in handy for critical photography assignments.
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Parrot Specchio WiFi/NFC frame: there’s a photo in there among the glare
When we first saw Parrot's Specchio digital photo frame, designed by Martin Szekely, it looked to be a promising concept: wireless image transfer, slick appearance, what's not to like, eh? But this live image of the Specchio in action throws it into a whole new light - or, more accurately, it reflects a whole lot of light from the semi-mirrored glass front-panel and completely washes out the image.
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Dell expands Art House series laptops with (PRODUCT) Red designs
Dell announced today that they were expanding their Art House series of Studio notebooks to include three new designs as a part of the (PRODUCT) Red initiative, which is designed to allot money from each purchase to The Global Fund's efforts to fight AIDS in Africa.
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100% LED watch
Studio 100% have been showing off this new LED watch at Tokyo Design Week 2008, with hidden LEDs that shine through the gunmetal links of the bracelet. It manages to look both modern and retro at the same time, probably because of the nixie tube orange color.
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LapDesks design series add style to portable computing
Not everyone has a need for a laptop desk, but if you plan on doing a lot of typing while on the couch or in odd places like on a bench on your college campus or in bed, you might benefit from one. LapDesks go beyond functionality, however. They're pretty nice to look at, too.
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The Bed Beam shoots rays of light from under your bed
If you'd like to wake up every morning feeling like a ray of #@!%* sunshine, well then this is the bed for you. This bright and shining bed shoots rays out from underneath your bed as if the sun rose and set from out of your ass mattress.
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The Max Door unlocks via a remote
If you're just dying to have a smart home, one way to get you started is a front door that works like a car door. It comes complete with a remote to unlock it, just like you would for your car.
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