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Windows 8 tablet app designs begin to emerge

Rue Liu, Aug 26th 2011 Discuss [24]

Despite Windows 8 details and technical information remaining under wraps until Microsoft's Build conference in September, some developers have already begun work on Windows 8 apps---well, at least the interface designs. ZDNet has come across two such apps, one a news reader for USA Today and the other a social travel app by Jetstream. Read The Full Story

Audi A0 monocycle looks like a painful accident waiting to happen

Shane McGlaun, Aug 16th 2011 Discuss [2]

Audi has been making luxury and sports cars for a long time. The latest mode of transport to be unveiled by Audi isn't a car, it’s an electric unicycle or monocycle in Audi speak. The device is called the A0 and was designed by German and Mexican students. The A0 is sort of like a combination of a unicycle and a Segway. It reminds me of the time when I was young that my cousin did a face plant on the road trying to ride a normal unicycle. Read The Full Story

INgSOC Hybrid bike has no chain, looks painful

Shane McGlaun, Jul 25th 2011 Discuss [1]

If Bumblebee was ever in a pinch and needed to turn into a bicycle to hide from the Decipticons, the INgSOC is the bike he would turn into. This thing looks like it might cut your rear end off if you sit on it. The bike uses no chain and has three modes of operation. The bike has battery-power mode, battery assist mode, and battery charge mode. Read The Full Story

Porsche Design P’6520 watch hides a compass under the face

Shane McGlaun, Jul 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

Porsche Design works with all sorts of things from external storage to bongs. The stuff that Porsche Design cranks out is generally very nice looking and very expensive at the same time. The design firm has some really cool wares to its credit and I really like the new product that has surfaced from Porsche Design today called the P'6520 watch. Read The Full Story

Epitaph bike looks like Orville and Wilbur made it

Shane McGlaun, Jul 22nd 2011 Discuss [0]

The last crazy looking bike I talked about was that wooden bike made out of black walnut wood. It was a work of art as much as a method of transport. Another new bike has turned up that looks very old school. It looks like something that the Wright brothers might have torn the wheels off to make their first airplane. The bike is called the Epitaph Cruiser. Read The Full Story

Folding plug concept is the switch too

Shane McGlaun, Jul 18th 2011 Discuss [3]

I have seen a bunch of concepts for chargers and plugs over the years. Generally, the plugs are designs to save power and be more green. This new concept is a bit different and is designed to take up less space than your average plug with a head design that folds flat. The cord hinges at the prongs and the cool part is that it is the power switch too. Read The Full Story

3D printed mushroom cloud lamp costs $1495!

Shane McGlaun, Jul 18th 2011 Discuss [6]

I really like that you can print anything you can dream up with a 3D printer. If you give a design geek access to a 3D printer, you never know what they will dream up. Designers at the Veneridesign Studio have cooked up this awesome mushroom cloud lamp. The design of the lamp is intended to look like the cloud produced by a nuclear explosion. Read The Full Story

Concrete Building Blocks look like LEGO

Shane McGlaun, Jul 13th 2011 Discuss [0]

I like LEGO blocks and I really like to see the creations that geeks get up to making when they have plenty of blocks at their disposal. The thing that all the LEGO blocks I have seen in the past have in common is that they are made from plastic. A designer on Etsy has some cool LEGO blocks that aren’t made from plastic even thought they are sized like your typical block. Read The Full Story

Beautiful wooden bike made from black American walnut costs $6,000

Shane McGlaun, Jul 12th 2011 Discuss [3]

If you like to ride bicycles for fun and have a taste for it odds are you have a very nice bike, not something you bought down at Walmart. If you are a well to do cyclist you might want something that is very different from any one riding in your group. You might find this bike with a frame made from black walnut wood appealing. Read The Full Story

Steampunk flash drive has real hardware security

Shane McGlaun, Jul 12th 2011 Discuss [3]

I have always said that I really dig steampunk, even if it's not my style. I like to see the way people with vision and DIY skills mash up new tech with old-fashioned style. The steampunk smartphone that I mentioned a while back with a touchscreen on one side and an old school rotary dialing while on the back is a good example. Another cool steampunk project has surfaced that looks really cool. Read The Full Story

Sunglasses made from human hair are GROSS!

Shane McGlaun, Jun 28th 2011 Discuss [3]

There are few things in the world more irritating to me than having a wayward strand of my wife's or daughter's hair end up on my face or clothing. The long strand inevitably sways back and forth brushing against my face or neck driving me crazy because I can't find the cause. I also find cut hair of the type that ends up on the floor at the hair cutting place gross too. I certainly wouldn't want to wear anything with a stranger's hair on it. Read The Full Story

Solar Sinter uses sand and sun for 3D printing

Shane McGlaun, Jun 27th 2011 Discuss [1]

A student named Markus Kayser created an awesome project for a MA Design Products project. I hope he graduates with honors simply for the coolness of this project. Kayser created a device that can take advantage of the two unlimited resources out in the desert - sun and sand. The project is dubbed Solar Sinter and is a 3D printer powered by the sun and it uses the sand as the medium to create the objects it prints. Read The Full Story