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- Apple MacBook Air
And here he is, the newest product of the Apple design team. He didn’t get as much attention as the iPhone, but he did actually come pretty close. There were rumors about a thinner Apple Macbook, and the rumors were correct.
Yesterday, Apple presented the Macbook Air: a Macbook with extraordinary spatial dimensions (as thick as [...]
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:35:27 +0000
- Gadget top 10
2007 is over, so the Blub will present to you: The Blub’s top 10 Gadgets of 2007
Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:51:19 +0000
- Art Lebedev touchscreen keyboard: Optimus Tactus
If you are one of the many who haven’t fully processed the idea that you might just be able to own the well known Optimus Maximus keyboard from Art Lebedev, I advice you take hold of a chair.
The same Design group Art Lebedev have presented their next evolution of the Optimus Maximus; the keyboard of [...]
Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:44:42 +0000
- Nokia Eco sensor concept
Every company is into sustainable and ecologic design these days. Including Finish telecom giant Nokia.
With the Nokia Eco sensor concept, the designers at Nokia made an Apple iPhone look-alike that will help you stay connected to your friends and loved ones, as well as to your health and local environment. It can sense and analyze [...]
Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:31:12 +0000
- Hanabi lamp: heat sensitive light
The Hanabi lamp, a great and stunning looking design from Japanese designer Endo.
It is not just a regular lamp. Due to the specific construction of the metal “tentacles”, the lamp opens when it becomes hotter due to the high temperature of the light bulb, and closes when the metal cools.
But will this fantastic product also [...]
Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:41:26 +0000
- heat sensitive on off mug
If you thought that innovation was impossible in the coffiecup industry, you were wrong.
charlesandmarie.com has a coffee cup on sale, that changes color when hot liquid is poured into the cup. when it’s empty, it’s colored black, and it changes to white when filled with hot liquid. The technique behind this are heat sensitive pigments.
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Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:16:00 +0000
- Jonas Samson: Light Emitting Wallpaper
We all know that the light bulb isn’t the only way to lighten up rooms these days. We have new trendy LED systems, we have mood creating projects like Philips LivingColor, and now, we have light emitting wallpaper designed by Jonas Samson.
At first look, this will seem like old fashioned, regular wallpaper, but the moment [...]
Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:12:25 +0000
- Kuka: caligraphic writing robotic arm
Robotics have gone a long way, but Kuka is definitely a remarkable one. No Artificial intelligence here, No falling from stairs, no Sony Rolly dancing. Just a robotic arm that is capable of prefect calligraphic writing.
Installing a processing unit with voice recognition and making it pocket size would surely make students their life a whole [...]
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:06:29 +0000
- City Car by MIT Media Lab
At MIT Media Lab, they must have been thinking: “Smarts are small and environmental friendly, but it can always be better”. So they came up with the City Car.
The City car isn’t just a small electric car. It’s an all new and revolutionary way of public transportation. The little vehicles wait for their users on [...]
Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:52:02 +0000
- Apple iPod nano concepts
It’s been more than a month now, but TheBlub still hasn’t properly processed it yet.
I’m talking about the new series Apple iPods, especially the previous sleek looking iPod nano, that transformed into a very disappointing fat one.
Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:31:18 +0000