iPod speaker in hollowed-out tree trunk
Yes, it’s a log. It’s also an iPod speaker with quality sound called the iTree. Austrian designers KMKG worked with speaker company Lenz to design the 130-pound curiosity.
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Gorillapod iPad Stand
Creative re-use is always a plus. Check out this Joby Gorillapod being used as an iPad stand.
The Humane Reader: A $20 ‘computer’
The Humane Reader is a low-cost device which can bring a five thousand book library into a home or school which has no other access to internet content. The Reader can be produced in quantity for approximately $20 per unit, and uses any existing television set as a display device for Wikipedia or other content. […]
QR-code p8tches back in stock
Besides the velcro-backed patch itself, each p8tch comes with a unique user ID and password that lets you redirect its hard-coded URL to any personal URL you want, whenever you want, as many times as you want.
iPhone controlled elevator shoes
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11496831&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Adi Marom’s Short++ project put iPhone controlled robotic platform shoes on your feet, for when you need to be a few inches taller. [via core77]
“Balloon accelerator” from Dyson bladeless fans
I haven’t much use for those fancy new “Air Multiplier” bladeless fans by British entrepreneur James Dyson, but this publicity stunt, in which dozens of the units are used to guide a neutral-buoyancy balloon around a complex warehouse “race track,” is admittedly pretty cool.
Collapsable input device for 3D manipulation
Jinha Lee of the MIT Tangible Media Group designed this Collapsible Input Device for Direct 3D Manipulation beyond the Screen.
