purCushion integrates a microphone that connects to mobiles over Bluetooth, meaning you only have to rest your head on the pillow before you can chat. The funny shaped pillow is 660mm long and its cotton velvet surface has several buttons for pairing your phone, answering calls and the like. The built-in battery provides up to eight hours of continuous chatter […]
Pillow Talk
Portable UV Scanner
UV Scanner from Whatever works is a portable scanner which allows you to disinfect everything you might have to touch like door handles, telephones, computer keyboards, etc. Waving the UV light over an object will kill 99.9% of the germs you might come in contact with. Via OhGizmo * * * TrendInsights. A blog to inspire, stimulate creativity and trend […]
Sustainable Style
Inhabitat: We certainly cannot talk about spring sustainable style and layered dressing for the great outdoors without checking in with Patagonia to see what they have on tap for the season ahead. Whether you are a surfer chick, a seasoned rock climber, or an urban adventurer, Patagonia organic cotton hoodies and hemp separates create eco-chic combos for both travel and […]
iPod Docks
Gadgets Weblog: I always liked iPod docks, and some of them are getting pretty original in their construction. For example, the High School Musical Clock radio for the iPod. As you can see, it’s shaped like a locker. Open it up, and you put your iPod within. It also has an integrated AM/FM tuner, a sleep timer, and snooze button. […]
Sim Card Reader
Gadgets Review: Are you paranoid about the fact that your girlfriend or boyfriend is cheating you? Do you want to know, what numbers she just dialed and what SMS had sent? You can hire a private detective for all this tasks, but his services may cost you more than expected. Listening devices are expensive to buy and need a special […]
Very Smart Mobs
Smart mobs re-chart direction – from business to pleasure. The fuel behind mob mentality evolves from its infancy in civil disobedience and business demand to art and social effect. As the days of rights movements and tuangou (Chinese team buying) plateau, group thought accelerates in-step with art and technology. Social antagonizer, Improv Everywhere, has used this mentality to organize mass […]
Bamboo Cellphone
Inhabitat: Here’s a great idea for a cell-phone that is thoroughly green in every way: from its biodegradable bamboo materials, to its thoughtfully considered lifecycle, to its ingenious use of kinetic human power to charge the battery with renewable energy. The ‘Bamboo’ phone, by Dutch designer Gert-Jan van Breugel was one of the finalists shortlisted at this year’s 2008 Greener […]
A Car Without Windshield Wipers
Italian car designer Leonardo Fioravanti (who worked for Pininfarina for a number of years) has developed car prototype without windshield wipers. This amazing technological feat is made possible thanks to the use of 4 layers of glass modified using nanotechnology. The first layer filters the sun and repels the water. The second layer, using ‘nano-dust’ is able to push dirt […]
Eco-Speakers
Popgadget: Fashionation’s inexpensive Eco-Speakers are tiny 3.25-inch cubes and made from recycled materials. They are also lightweight, fold flat for portability, come in several colors and patterns, and need no batteries because they draw a bit of power from your iPod or MP3 player. What’s not to love? Well, Eco-Speakers are exceptionally portable because they have no amplifier. And you […]
Music in the rain umbrella
The dome structure of umbrellas allows sound to be more concentrated, and a handle of umbrella could be a great part for controlling the music. Sometimes people spin an umbrella unconsciously. If you spin this umbrella to left or right, the music will move forward (right turn) or reverse (left turn). Unfortunately even though it is not raining, you still […]