October 2006 – Page 2

Month: October 2006

Sushi Pillows!

October 17, 2006

Sushi Pillows!!! Yuuuuummm!!!(I’m drooling) As much as I LOVE sushi, I’d go crazy if I had a few of these in my room and probably munch on them in my sleep, otherwise, I love the details in these oh so oishii pillows. I wished they had sashimi pillows and soy sauce blankets with green wasabi sheets to bunch up into balls! Maybe textured dark green sheets to roll yourself into a sleeping seaweed body roll! Look out for sushi costumes for the upcoming halloween! more pics after the jump…

via byCindyandMel

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Aimulat: Batteryless light-activated audio

October 15, 2006

“The Aimulet LA is a batteryless, light-activated handheld audio communication device with an outer shell made from molded bamboo, designed by the Information Technology Research Institute at Japanâ€™s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). The device itself is designed to be held to your ear, like a cell phone. When you stand over special LED emitters in the ground, Aimulet LA receives the light signals via an array of spherical micro solar cells (called Sphelar by manufacturer Kyosemi) set into the bottom of the handset. It translates the signals into audio messages that are transmitted through a tiny speaker in the device.”

I had the chance to to tinker with these during my visit to Chicago thanks to the Inventables office. It’s not that loud, but more like a soft whisper coming from a thin piece of bamboo, though from what I remember, I was beamed over beats from some rock band, which made this bamboo card rather mysterious. I love the idea of powerless speakers, but am not sure how advanced this can get, though I’m sure it’ll become a cheap disposable element in interactive environments down the road.

Rest of the story via Pink Tentacle.

Wine Glass Tapa Plates!

October 13, 2006

tapa plate for wine glass How freakin smart and beautiful. No more stumbling around when someone wants to shake hands or your cell phone rings at social gatherings. With these cute little plates, I’ll be able to dine, wine, and look good doing it!

via FashionTribe

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Maglev Launch Ring

October 10, 2006

“An enormous ring of superconducting magnets similar to a particle accelerator could fling satellites into space, or perhaps weapons around the world, suggest the findings of a new study funded by the US air force. ”

Yup,this ideas been floating around for years, but it’s finally getting the approval for testing. Be it a package, a satelite to sling into orbit, or worse case scenario a huge project turned into an amazing rollercoaster ride. Perhaps they should collaborate with the Tate Museum slide and make one dreamy magnetic slide cannon much like what arnold zipped down in the movie Running Man. I have great hopes for this project but really hope it doesn’t turn into one of those grand openings where the projections slam right into a clueless birds much like Fabios rollercoaster ride, the bird hit by a baseball, bird slammed by a golfball, a fighter jet, or many other stories that I’ve seen.

via NewScientists

Tate Museum Slide!

October 10, 2006

First came the sweet Red Bull headquarters slide, and now comes an awesome slide installation by artist Carsten Holler in the Tate Museum in London. Reminds me of my days at Wet n Wild water parks. I like Hollers belief that “slides can help combat stress and depression.” ,but I think anything that zips me around at fast speeds will make me forget anything.(skydiving, rollercoasters, bungie jumping)

Anyhoots, I wish this installation was there when I was visiting recently. I’ll post more pictures after the jump, otherwise there’s a video of people plunging down the slide screaming and poppin off the ends!
via BBC

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GooTube: $1.65 Billion!

October 9, 2006

gootube Yup! The weekend rumors were true! Google just purchased Youtube for 1.65 Billion big ones!!! Maybe now the Epic of Googlezon will happen in the near future?!

As far as I know, google is buying the internet and will own everything I do, think, spell, eat, sleep. Are they not evil? Nah, they just own my life online, offline, and everywhere else.
via gizmodo
update: the YouTube founders make a video reply(yes, they seem verryyyy happy)

RISD by Design Weekend!!!

October 8, 2006

I’m back from RISD‘s weekend by design extraordinaire packed full of events, good people, shopping, gatherings, music, and lots to do. I’ll post a bunch of pics after the jump!!

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TED Talks: Ross Lovegrove

October 7, 2006

If you want to hear from a passionate designer, listen to Ross Lovegrove speak at TED2005! He’s known for incredibly beautiful forms, but in this lecture he also talks about his inspirations, directions, responses, and reasons. I love where he mentions the overtime worker not getting paid, because yes, design is one of those disciplines you desire and just do. I’ll post a few more lectures from TED that captivated my attention after the jump. Catch all the TedTalks as they are released here!

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RISD by Design Weekend 2006

October 6, 2006

If your craving for a dose of RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), this is the weekend to go for their “RISD by Design Weekend” of events! This three day event kicked off today with various activities, open studios, and demos, but the huge alumni sale is this Saturday along with live ceramic fire glazings, jazz music, the Waterfire, a Balls game(our basketball team), and much more. If your in the area, it’s a must go to. Here’s a PDF for the full schedule!

South Park: War of Warcraft

October 6, 2006

I had the best time watching this episode of “South Park: Warcraft,” making fun of RPGs (role-playing games) and filled with very real stereotypes that all you gamers will reflect upon. If you’re a gamer, or just someone who knows a gamer, this is a definite dose of laughter!

Sidenote: It’s amazing how you can find TV episodes online for free the next day, or even minutes after shows are out. Will PVRs (personal video recorders) like TiVo live on? Will online sales on iTunes work? Do we really need to download shows anymore (BitTorrent, Kazaa, etc.), or will it all be free like most of us like it (Dailymotion, VeoTag, YouTube, Google Video—rumors are Google might buy YouTube), and TVs vanish as online content is there anytime we want, with most of the ads already edited out? I could go on and on about this topic, so I’ll pause here… but free content rocks!

Update: The original video (probably still down) I posted was removed for copyright reasons, so I spent 10 seconds and found another one. Once it’s out, it’s out. Yeehaw, internet world!