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This piece by Mads Berg is refreshingly surreal. It makes me feel like ( or want to be ) that guy in the background, and for some reason all my troubles seem to disappear for the moments that I spend looking at this piece. The artistic elements are phenomenal. It's simplicity is it's strong point. The color combinations work perfectly here to present a sense of serenity. This would work perfectly as a poster for a travel resort or exotic getaway.
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Design: Kostantinos Heyer, Thomas Weinhold, ErockIT (U.S.) The eROCKIT is an electric motorcycle that is driven like a bicycle. The driver's pedaling motions charge the batteries and control the motor, which multiplies the rider's effort by a factor of 50. The faster you pedal, the faster the 12 horsepower electric motor rotates. The high torque of the electric motor enables spectacular acceleration.
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Design: Michel Dallaire, Michel Dallaire Design Industriel (Canada) In this self-serve bicycle program concept, thousands of bikes would be made available to citizens at strategic locations across Montreal. The bikes become a new component of the public-transportation network, providing a practical, ecological, and low-cost alternative to the automobile. The system is extremely user-friendly, requiring only an access card (bike key) or credit card.
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Design: Pengtao Yu, Art Center College of Design (U.S.) Smoke inhalation is the No. 1 cause of death from fire. The Fire Relief Respirator provides oxygen to people who are trapped in a fire. It enables them to breathe for a longer time before they are rescued, increasing their chance of survival. It can be used in residences, hotels, offices, and high-rise buildings.
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Design: Seon-Keun Park, Byung-Min Woo, Samsung Art & Design Institute (South Korea) IN is a new kind of newspaper that combines a flexible display and Wi-Fi technology. Place the device in its cradle before bed, set the embedded alarm, and wake up to an updated feed of news.
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Very interesting article from designboom.com that talks explores the world of 'Augmented Reality'. Before reading this article, I had no idea what the term 'Augmented Reality,' although it seemed to be connected somehow to our idea of 'Virtual Reality'.
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This performance basketball shoe is made from manufacturing waste. It incorporates leftover materials—leather and synthetic leather, foam, and rubber—into new shoes without sacrificing any of the performance aspects that come from shoes made from virgin materials. Designers: Kasey Jarvis, Andreas Harlow, Fred Dojan, and Dan Johnson, Nike (U.S.)
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The BTS1 electric oven provides the functionality of two ovens in the space of one. The divider, composed of two steel plates with a layer of air in between, means that users can cook one large dish and a small dish in a small space or two dishes with different cooking requirements at the same time. The divider plate blocks the flow of heat and smells between the two cooking spaces. Design: Kang-Doo Kim, Joo-Hee Lee, Seon-Ju Lee, Chan-Young Lee and Ji-Young Shin, Samsung Electronics (South Korea)
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Design: Wed'Ze Design Team (France); Fanny Troesch, Oxylane Group (France) This jacket also features a vest that a wearer can inflate via a small tube for extra warmth: Inflation provides a six-degree increase in temperature. Alternatively, deflate and detach the vest and wear the outer jacket on its own.
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Design: Peter Bristol, Fernd van Engelen, Carbon Design Team, Carbon Design Group (U.S.); Mike Chang, Maile Griffin, Len Higashi, Cathy Owen, Nanopoint Imaging (U.S.) The Controller forms the basis of the life-support system for the live cells that are studied in the accompanying cellTRAY Fluidics System. It regulates the temperature in the bio-incubator, manages the delivery of nutrients in extremely small quantities (microliters per second), enables the delivery of small amounts of drugs, and removes metabolic waste.
