Archive for the ‘Inventions’ Category
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HYT: A Watch That Tells Time With Green Fluid
H1 by HYT is the first timekeeping device ever to merge liquid and mechanical engineering. The hours on this timepiece are displayed by a chamber that is filled with a luminescent green liquid. The chamber surrounds the main dial, which encompasses in its center a dedicated smaller dial for the minutes, as well as a seconds hand resembling a water turbine, on its left side. Below ...
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Nest: The Home Thermostat That Learns From You
No more programming, no more constantly changing the temperature. The Nest™ Learning Thermostat™ programs itself in a week to keep you comfortable and save energy. If you’re comfortable installing a light fixture, you can install Nest. If not, you can buy Nest with installation from nest.com or call 855-4MY-NEST for more info. First answer a few basic questions. After that, Nest will learn when you change ...
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Insane Volkswagen Glass Car Silos In Germany
The Autostadt is a visitor attraction adjacent to the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, with a prime focus on automobiles. It features a museum, feature pavilions for the principal automobile brands in the Volkswagen Group, a customer centre where customers can pick up new cars, and take a tour through the enormous factory, a guide to the evolution of roads, and cinema in a large sphere. ...
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Drinkwel: The Multivitamin For Alcohol Drinkers
DRINKWEL believes that the world is full of healthy people who still like to have a good time. That’s why they created drinkwel: the first daily multivitamin for healthy people who drink alcohol. Created by two UC Berkeley graduates and formulated by two doctors, a PhD in Biomedical Science and a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, drinkwel’s unique combination of ingredients replenishes nutrients, supports healthy liver function, ...
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Funky Floating Book Shelf
You aren’t the only one who will do a double take when you walk in the room thanks to the Self Shelf – a sturdy floating shelf designed to look like a book. Designed by Holland-based artists, Nicole Van Schouwenburg with input from Irene Klinkenberg, the Self Shelf makes for a fun and easy way to display and store a small collection of books (maximum 4kg ...
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Clever Fishing Rod With Underwater Video Camera
Admit it: you’ve always wondered what those poor fishes who think they are about to enjoy a meal but instead find themselves with a giant hook of metal in their mouths look like. No? Oh…Well, whoever does have such a strange curiosity as this is in luck, thanks to Fish Eyes. Fish Eyes has developed a standard fishing line with 20 feet (6 meters) of combined ...
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Creative Prosthetic Leg Coverings
An industrial designer and Orthopedic Surgeon founded Bespoke Fairings in 2009 in an attempt to bring more humanity to people who have congenital or traumatic limb loss. Bespoke Fairings is responsible for major advances in the prosthetic leg industry thanks to the latest innovation of an accurately formed leg cover that fits over top any artificial leg apparatus. A Fairing is a specialized covering that is ...
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Time Twister: A Lego Digital Clock
Swedish-based Hans Andersson works for a company where he programs and develops business software, but on his spare time, he likes to build robots that do cool things, like tell time digitally, solve sudoku puzzles and solve Rubiks Cube puzzels. His love for robots traces back to 2008 when he purchased a Lego Mindstorms kit for his two daughters in an attempt to inspire an interest ...
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Awesome Megaphone iPhone Dock
Playing music in style is easy with the passive iPhone Amplifier designed by en&is. The ceramic unit’s design is sculpted after the old world megaphone – a form that optimizes sound output. A thin, wood base allows the unit to float above a surface to increase the audio quality through vibration. The megaphone is compatible for all iPhones models including the iPod Touch – it projects ...
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Amphibian Mobile Home
The Sealander is an amphibian mobile home designed to help you make the most of your next vacation. The Sealander attaches to your car and can be transported easily. There are currently two prototypes available for use on land and on inland waters. The Sealander is completed manufactured in Germany with a glass fibre-reinforced plastic shell and lay-up composite moulding – high-quality materials that are seldom ...
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Magnetic Light Switch Plate Key Holder
Jake Frey is a 21 year old industrial design student at Philadelphia University and this is his latest project. It’s called the Magnetic Light Switch Cover and he has just launched the product on Kickstarter.com in order to fund the development and manufacturing costs that are required to get the product to market. The Magnetic Light Switch Cover is a standard size switch cover with an ...
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Tiny Apartment Transforms Into 24 Rooms
In Hong Kong, because of the space, apartments are small and expensive. Gary Chang, an architect, decided to design a 344 sq. ft. apartment to be able to change into 24 different designs, all by just sliding panels and walls. He calls this the “Domestic Transformer.” Source: www.jellywoo.com/
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Cross Bow Snow Ball Launcher
For all you North American and European readers who find yourself living in a country where snowy weather is part of the fun, here’s a good one for you. The Cross Bow Snow Launder can fire snowballs up to 60 feet (18m) and make for an awesome day outdoors. To use the launcher, place a snowball in the front, pull back the lever until it locks, ...
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The Levitating Lamp
There’s no magic behind these amazing Light-Light lamps, just a whole-bunch of awesome science. The levitating lamps are handcrafted and available in two styles: ‘Silhouette’ and ‘Eclipse’. The top portion of the lamp shade that hosts the light source is not physically attached to the bottom portion of the lamp shade – a phenomenon that is possible thanks to futuristic electromagnetic components and LED lights (which ...
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The Floating Cities Of The Future
Real estate opportunity in most cities is dwindling, and while we can appreciate the high rise and up-in-the-sky living, this floating city (or rather, an ecopolis as it’s been termed) peaked our interest. Vincent Callebaut, the principal architect of Vincent Callebaut Architecture, has designed the Lilypad, a concept for a self-sufficient floating city with permanent residents for climate refugees. The Lilypad is meant to sail (float?) ...
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Aeroshot: The Caffeine Inhaler
You’ve heard of inhalers for asthma patients? Well, now there’s an inhaler for caffeine addicts. The Aeroshot was invented by David Edwards, a creator, writer and professor at Harvard University. Aeroshot delivers an airborne shot of instant energy – a quick and easy fix of caffeine that is ready for consumption any time and any place. To ingest the contents, users simply pull open the green ...
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Fake Window Blinds
If you live in a small, dark, hole of an apartment, you’re in luck! Makoto Hirahara’s Bright Blind simulates a window where none exists. The unit is made of electroluminescent sheets (EL), wood and plastic, and is sure to brighten the room and one’s spirits too. The artificial blind functions just like a “real” set of louvered blinds – you can turn the plastic stick to ...
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‘Smells Like Bacon’ Alarm Clock
Those of you who despise the painful buzzing of your alarm clock that aims to smach you out of sweet slumber, listen up! Matty Sallin, Daniel Bartolini, Hsiao-huh Hsu and Josh Myer have developed an alarm clock called the Wake-n-Bacon that gently wakes you up by emitting the irresistible scent of bacon, and then, as you rub your sleepy eyes awake, you can roll out of ...
