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Posted by on Dec 8th, 2008 | 1 comment

Review: You’re In The Movies

Review: You’re In The Movies
It has been a couple of years since the Microsoft Live Vision Camera for the Xbox 360 landed on consumer shelves. It wasnt a totally horrible idea but for what was essentially a modified LifeCam for your Xbox, it was somewhat expensive and woefully underutilized. With a handful of exceptions hardly any popular games have used it effectively. This peice of hardware is nothing without software to take advantage of it...
Posted by on Aug 26th, 2008 | 6 comments

LivingColors Mini

LivingColors Mini
Apparently one of our favorite designs from the Philips Simplicity concept show we discussed a long time ago has finally been adapted for a commercial product. The Philips LivingColour mini lamp doesn’t look as good as the original concept design but instead takes the form of some kind of odd magical egg. It’s rather expensive too at £85.00 ($164.59 CAD). This really illustrates how something can...
Posted by on Jul 11th, 2007 | 0 comments

Drawing in the dark

Evidently in 1947 Life magazine did this bit where they asked the celebrity cartoonists of the day to draw their famous creations while blindfolded. It is notable how many of them seem to have turned out like some kind of offset printing misalignment. What fun!
Posted by on Nov 12th, 2006 | 0 comments

Goodbye traffic lights. Hello manners.

The dutch would rather live in a civil society than rely in electronic signals to mediate their conduct. To that end they have done away with (almost all) traffic lights and replaced them with courtesy. Everyone seems happier as a result. The idea seems that since people can’t rely on pretty lights then they take more care and travel more safely. They also save on electricity, maintenance resources, light...
Posted by on Oct 5th, 2006 | 6 comments

Philips Simplicity 2006

Philips Simplicity 2006
This year saw another installment of the Philips Simplicity show where they showcase their concept designs for uses of their technologies which can improve your life through simplicity. There was a different tone than the designs emerging from last year’s show but the 2006 exhibits were still worth a look. We’re still waiting for some of these to more directly influence products available to the...
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