Touch, smell and feel before you buy with Project Sense
The Sense concept designed by CD&I Associates is a wireless device that will, it’s claimed, offer a “more emotional connection between users and experiences” through touch and smell. It aims to give users haptic, thermal and olfactory sensations while playing games, watching movies and shopping online via a tactile hand sheath and flavor-ink printed output…
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Hot topics – the most read stories of 2009
It’s been almost 525,600 minutes since we raised a glass to welcome the arrival of 2009 and in that time we’ve witnessed a daily avalanche of innovation which precipitated thousands of stories on Gizmag. Though popularity is rarely an accurate measure of quality (take Governments f’rinstance), we peered into the database to create the following list of the most read stories on Gizmag during the last 12 months, and … the medal winners are, a gun that kills hidden people, a washing machine that doesn’t use water, and cure for multiple sclerosis. May 2010 be a good one for you and yours!..
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Prototype,
Vision
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Innergie mCube Mini targets laptops
Are you a frequent traveler who often find yourself feeling down and out just because your laptop runs out of juice in unfamiliar territory? Innergie aims to change that with their latest mCube Mini device, touted to be the world’s smallest travel charger for laptops. Perfect for those who want to travel light (who doesn’t?), it was specially designed for cars as well as aircraft. Bearing roughly the same dimensions as that of a standard cellphone, the Innergue mCube Mini is going for $70.
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Gravida Nurse Puts Prenatal Education in the Palm of Your Hand
The Gravida Nurse Prenatal Education Device is a great gift for first time mothers. Instead of spending a small fortune on parenting books, expectant mothers can turn to this handy gadget. The device is a small handheld device that features helpful articles focused on providing good prenatal care for both baby and mom.
There are also voices recordings and pictures to help reinforce the information. Everything can be accessed via the large touchscreen. There’s also a slot for a memory card and it can be hooked up to a computer via USB. No word on if additional information can be added to the Gravida using these means.
The Gravida Nurse is small, cute, helpful and going for $22.65
Via UberGizmo
Pratt Takes a Seat at IMM Cologne
Tips of the hat to Pratt! Getting a bunch of chairs into this renowned design fair is a big deal! Pratt is partnering with Folkwang Academy to exhibit chair designs at imm cologne! Cologne Germany will be glad to host this exhibition entitled “Take A Seat,” to take place January 19-24 2010. Here we’ve got a lovely preview of the pieces! Check em all out, then inspect them at the fair! See you in Germany!
Designer: Pratt Industrial Design Students
Michael Chuapoco, SRR Lounge Chair The energy of balance and movement tied with rest and support. Sitting, reclining, rocking, and balancing.
Binh Dang, Folding Chair Hospitality inside the context of a compact urban living space. Made of red oak and brass hardware.
Evan Dewhirst, The Buoy Chair Green manufacturing and an iconic form. A buoy! Made of a turned cork seat, a spun aluminum collar, and an inflatable buoy.
Sara Ebert, Salvation Stool This lovely thang uses discarded and unwanted wool sweaters as upholstery covers. Felting used to cut material without the yarn unraveling. Core made of plywood and urethane foam.
Ingrid Fetell, Amino Kid’s Chair Inspired by the movements of fanciful little kiddies! “Joyfully, experimentally, and freely.” Based on the tensile balance of highly elastic materials and inelastic ones (bungee cords and nylon panels.)
Christina Fesmire, Fugle Swing Made of renewed maple veneer. Asks the question “is adulthood joyful?” Seat made after weeks of anatomical study of the human tailbone. Walnut inlay, hemp rope suspensions.
Tawny Hixson, Ari Chair Fabricated from steel and raw cowhide. Designed as part of Pratt’s Danish Institute for Study Abroad in Copenhagen.
Michael Roopenian, Corner Chair Made of laminated poplar. Takes advantage of structural properties of the corner. Physics, man, physics.
Thomas Stern, Line A subtle re-interpreitation of the structural language of chairs. Designed as part of Pratt’s Danish Institute for Study Abroad in Copenhagen.
Chairy!
