Posted on 2007 under Science, Design, Miscellaneous |
27
Sep
Ross Lovegrove, designer of beautiful, yet useful, things, has teamed up with Artemide and Sharp Solar to produce these solar-powered street lamps that are to light up the Ringstrasse outside Vienna’s Museum for Angewandte Kunste (that’s the Museum for Applied Arts and Contemporary Art.) They’ll be going up on a tree-line boulevard, so expect the effect to be awesome.
Posted on 2007 under Auto, Design, Miscellaneous |
27
Sep
Michelin have created some self regenerating tires which can go even longer then your long life ones. These new tires named the XDA5 feature 2 layers of traction. When the first layer wares out it reveals the second layer of tire. By doing this the tire can travel 30% further then before. Not only has the extra rubber been added, but also a new pattern which allows for better wear and tear by minimising wear patterns. A mixture of all this adds to a safer, longer and more stable tire. These tires are not available for your car though as they are for Class 8 rigs only. It would be cool to see this kind of idea make it to regular cars and no doubt in the future we will see tires increase in performance.
Posted on 2007 under Toys |
26
Sep
Nothing quite lights up a room like the Discovery’s Rainbow In My Room — it’s also one of the best leprechaun-catching tools available on the market. Using LED lights, the gadget creates a prismatic rainbow arc on your wall or on your ceiling. It uses a motion sensor that turns the rainbow on and off when you’re near, and an automatic shut-off assures that you won’t over-rainbow your room. For sale for $30 dollars and available early October, it’s the cheapest way to achieve faux happiness without moisture and white light.
Posted on 2007 under Miscellaneous |
26
Sep
The oddly-named “Psychro-ray” is a solar-powered air conditioner for your car. It’s just a concept, and something tells me that there’s no way solar power alone could power something as power-hungry as an air conditioner with a ” carbon filtration system and electrostatic dust collector,” but hey, I like the way you guys are thinking. Once reality catches up with these designers the world is gonna be a great place, let me tell you.
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