Saturday, June 26, 2010
Mi-Sport presents the world's first fully waterproof, wireless MP3 headphones
We have seen a number of wearable music players in the past, but the new MP3 player headphones from Mi-Sport is a headset with difference that integrates a waterproof MP3 player with text to voice software. By The Design Blog
NaviQ digital guide
We may have entered the digital era and have access of modern navigation tools, but visiting the places with different languages and cultures untroubled is still a major issue for travelers. By The Design Blog
Multi-touch floor display
Tabletop displays or computers may allow a wide range of possibilities, but they too have their limitations, as they cannot extend more than an arm’s length due to the size limitations. By Naresh Chauhan
Eos Triton car uses Gyroscope technology to balance it on one wheel
Inspired by the fluidity of the Nature, the cocoon and the shell, Malaysian designer Priyanka Martin has come up with a transportation concept that moves you around swiftly even in a city rush hour. By Naresh Chauhan
The $0.001 DIY iPhone 4 Antenna Fix
There's a huge media fuss about a potential failing of the iPhone 4's clever antenna design, with folks concerned it spells radio-drop-out call doom for the phone. By Kit Eaton
The Hub Bay Area: Where Change Agents Share Space and Ideas
Gathered around a large, sun-drenched table in the SoMa neighborhood of San Francisco on a Friday afternoon are financial advisers, activists, marketers, designers, coders, lawyers, and a half-dozen more local entrepreneurs. By Alissa Waker
Bobin Kil's car
We've seen concepts for electric cars where each wheel has its own motor, and we've all seen a Segway and motorized unicycles; designer Bobin Kil's Lightweight concept combines all of these things into one. By Hipstomp
UX 2010 Week
Calling UX professionals (or aspiring professionals) of all levels! Join the UX Week, the premier user experience conference, for fun times, inspiring sessions on the main stage and roll-up-your-sleeves learning during two full days of workshops. It's going to rock.
Boatanic: A floating farm proposal for inner-city waterways
As Damien O'Sullivan, a designer in Rotterdam, walked the waterways in Amsterdam, he noticed that the typical tourist boats would make fantastic greenhouses—they are ideally suited to gathering heat and light with their large glass windows. By Core Jr.
A new online community for sustainable design
Today marks the official launch of the Living Principles for Design, a new online portal "intended to give the creative community a place to share and showcase best practices, tools, stories and ideas for enabling sustainable action, popularizing the efforts of those who use design thinking to affect positive cultural change." By Core Jr
Design Thinking: A useful myth
A powerful myth has arisen upon the land, a myth that permeates business, academia, and government. It is pervasive and persuasive. But although it is relatively harmless, it is false. The myth? By Don Norman
Core77 speaks with Jonathan Ive on the design of the iPhone 4: Material Matters
"A big part of the experience of a physical object has to do with the materials," says Jonathan Ive, Apple's Senior Vice President of Design, during a brief chat with Core77.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Changing Behavior by Design: Forbes Interview with Jon Kolko
A well-crafted product can make the world a better place. By Sam Martin
Designing for Participation
Teach Design: Think Dumb
How designers are introducing the idea of “simple” to a group of high school students. By Clay Odom
Winners announced for 2010 MEX Mobile User Experience Awards
Midnight Bookworms Rejoice
Making It Easy To Communicate With Grandma
Can You Design a Zero-Electricity Clothes Dryer
Dyson Tower and Pedestal fans
Nike lets you Tweet to Johannesburg
Thursday, June 24, 2010
The Genius Behind Minority Report's Interfaces Resurfaces, With Mind-blowing New Tec
Ingenious Flipper Bridge Melds Left-Side Drivers With Right-Side Drivers
IDEO and Steelcase Unveil a School Desk for the Future of Teaching
World's Best Skyscraper Awards Include Stout, Rusty School Building in England
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced the best skyscrapers of the year. By Suzanne Labarre
Eye Phone
The tool is intended to make eye exams affordable in the developing world, and the creators are founding a startup to distribute it. By Cliff Kuang
The Beauty of Fiber Optic Concrete, Yes, Fiber Optic Concrete
Co Design
The winners of the 2010 International Design Excellence Awards.
New Tron Light Cycle Toys Drive Up Walls, Upside Down [Video]
Stand-Up Toothbrushes Right Themselves
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Pulsating Music For The Elbows
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