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Flying Sailboat by Damien Grossemy: A Zep’lin for Renault
A perfect illustration of French innovation is the Zep’lin designed by Damien Grossemy for Renault. Scheduled for 2015, the project is today an new symbol of eco-design for the car manufacturer.
Vertically Moving Floor by Hydrfloors
Do not loose the area devoted to your swimming pool. With a brilliant use of design and technology, Hydrofloors vertically movable floors can be raised to different levels or completely, to turn the surface of the pool into a usable floor. More social events can now take place onto your swimming pool!
Light Tree Solar-Powered Lighting System, by Omar Huerta
Mixing hydroponic techniques with the latest solar technology, the Light Tree is the best street lamp with nature’s touch! Its unique system is entirely powered by renewable energy and allows to grow plants.
Hermes 66 Eco Yacht, by Ben Mazur
Made with hemp fiber and linseed oil based resins., The Hermes 66 Eco Yacht by Ben Mazur is a very eco-friendly yacht. Its engine uses sustainable hydrofoil and aerofoil technologies to provide performance comparable to a motor-yacht. Eat your heart out Larry Ellison.
Osusowake Planting System, by Studio kenma
Osusowake which means sharing in Japanese booms the possibilities of conventional potting. This planting system, designed by Kenma, re-thinks the notion of plants, allowing to grow and distribute them to your friends and family.
“Aeolus,” Acoustic Wind Pavillion by Luke Jerram
Luke Jerram demonstrates that wind can create beauty with his last installation called “Aeolus.”
Inspired by traditional Aeolus harps, the “Aeolus” installation captures winds melody through its acoustic pavilion. It consists of a dome of tubes which, when the wind blows over them, create melodies similar to the way wind instruments do.
Misa Digital Guitar
Lovingly constructed by Sydney-based designer Michael, the Misa guitar has 24 frets and a large multifunctional touchscreen, which you can use to interface with the appropriate software on your pc. It is an advanced type of MIDI controller that is powered by a 500MHz AMD Geode CPU and runs Linux under the hood, but don’t worry; you don’t need Linux to use the guitar . The Linux firmware code is open source, which allows programmers to modify it to their liking. While MIDI controllers and guitar-emulating synthesizers are nothing new to the music world, the Misa guitar is not your average key/knob/fader MIDI controller.
I am obsessed with digital guitar. But I also love electric guitar, and I have learned what it’s good at and what it’s capable of. Some of its most important qualities and characteristics stem from the very fact that the electric guitar is made out of wood and strings. A guitar string is “beautiful” – because the sound generated comes from the very vibration of the string, interfering with a magnetic flux and inducing an electric voltage, which is then amplified. Why would you want to emulate that? It is perfection. It is pure nature. It is in the analog domain. I did not intend the Misa digital guitar to replicate a traditional guitar.
Eolic, Foldable Wind-Powered Generator by Marcos Madia
Sergio Ohashi and Juan Manuel Pantano from Marcos Madia have designed the Eolic, a wind-powered foldable generator.
The main idea of the project is to create an easily foldable power generator to be used in the construction at places where there is no electric service. The generator can also be used to replace the electric service in small housing. All the equipment can be stored together in one package in order to provide an easy operation. It is made of the ultra light materials like aluminium and carbon fibre.
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Rambler Socket by Meysam Movahedi
Rambler Socket by Meysam Movahedi is a very solid electrical outlet concept that completely eliminates the need for extension cords. The Rambler Socket might just be the solution we’re all are looking for. As it comes with an extension cord built into the power outlet, you just pinch its sides to pull it out and tug it to semi-automatically wind it back in.
XO-3, Project for an Affordable Tablet PC for Kids by Yves Behar
Yves Behar’s Fuseproject is currently working on the XO-3, a project for an affordable next-gen tablet pc for kids.
The third generation OLPC is made completely from plastic and is semi-flexible to make it more durable for children’s rough & tumble lives. Yves Behar hopes to have these devices ready to ship by 2012 for the incredibly affordable price of $75 each.
Siemens Superstar, the World’s Biggest Revolving Christmas Star
Siemens installed the World’s Biggest Revolving Christmas Star called Siemens Superstar in Munich. The Siemens Superstar is a windmill that carries 9,000 light-emitting diodes (LEDs) from Osram, a Siemens subsidiary.
The Christmas season lasts until Epiphany. And the star is now going to be lit up throughout the entire period. Originally, the work of art on the A9 highway leading into Munich was to be visible only until New Year’s Eve.
As bright as around 20,000 Christmas candles, the entire installation uses only as much electricity as a hair dryer or two electric water kettles.
In Utero Images Glimpse Animals Inside the Womb
A joint project between the National Geographic Channel and Channel 4, the series used advanced high definition cameras to capture animals and embryos during pregnancy and birth. $Techniques included infrared and 4-D scanning techniques, as well as a host of realistic computer-generated models. Now you can see fetal dog, elephants, penguins, and dolphins still inside the womb.
Water Powered Can Clock
The Water Powered Clock to use energy from water to keep the clock alive and ticking.
All you have to do to keep the clock ticking is change the water every six months. It uses “the latest electrochemical technology” to power the digital display with water and there are no emissions or waste. Shaped like cans, the clocks are available in four colors.
Mirror Watch by Cheuk Kee Lai
SDWorks, a commercial platform attached to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Design now started to produce the Mirror Watch – a combination mirror/ LED watch by student designer Cheuk Kee Lai.
Cheuk Kee Lai focused on dual functionality: the mirrored surface reveals a LED digital watch only when needed, and for the rest of the time the watch becomes an elegant reflective piece.
Scroll Clock Designed by Toki Wok
I was very impressed by TOKI WOKI’s Scroll Clock created using only the MooTools framework. Very clever and creative use of javascript!
The clock appears when viewed in different browsers and operating systems.
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Pentax Kx; 100 Colors 100 Styles
Pentax has recently introduced the new upper entry level DSLR camera Pentax K-x. Breaking away from the conventional black coloured body for a DSLR, the new K-x will come in a whole new range of colours. “Pentax K-x 100 colours 100 styles” provide the consumers with 20 coloured bodies and 5 coloured grips to mix and match around with.
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Living Green Wall by Kooho Jung and Hayeon Kelly Choi
Kooho Jung and Hayeon Kelly Choi have come up with an innovative idea, a conceptual double-layered wall system that collects, filters and distributes rainwater and wastewater within the construction site. Water is collected between the two layers, which also contribute in absorbing heat and noise around the site.
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