Shark Fin Design Helps Generate Electricity
Sometimes looking and observing nature can give us clues and answers on how to live our lives.
A company called bioPOWER designed the bioSTREAM a tidal power conversion system that is based on the shape of fish fins. In particular the shape of tuna, mackerel and shark fins is used by bioSTREAM. The undersea currents and tidal movements push these fins and provide motion to the electrical generator.
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The Focus: One Hand DSLR By Manuel Prada
Manuel Perez Prada, has designed a rather futuristic DSLR concept, called “the Focus”, which is basically a lens that has a camera! This is suppose to remove the camera bit behind a lens. At the same time it uses the dead space inside the telescopic lens providing a functional artful design. No word yet regarding availability and cost but its sure will not come cheap!
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Bicycle Tree Rack Offers Secure Parking
Now this is a novel idea. When design meets security and practicality then you get the bicycle tree rack. All you have to do is slide the bike on the rack and then press the button to elevate it up the pole. The finger print recognition system ensures that only you can remove the cycle from the pole. This rack is designed to take up to 6 bicycles.
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Innovative Spoon Scale For Your Kitchen
Few devices these days can combine design, simplicity and practicality. The Spoon Scale is one of them. It has a very sensitive scale incorporated in a spoon. It can measure weights between 0.1 to 300 grams. The weight can be read from an LCD display located on the spoon’s stainless steel handle. It can be yours for £18.50 and you can buy it here.
Laser Harp
Photographer Stephen Hoble, who is obviously a fan of Jeane Michel Jare, made a many year effort to create a laser harp. Finally he succeeded and his creation is truly unique. Stephen now sells it for only $19 along with the designs and a do-it-yourself manual.
See the video here
The New Design for the Two Euro Coin Is Here!
The European Union is celebrating a decade from the launch of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the introduction of the euro in our lives. A voting took place for EU citizens to choose their favorite design. The voting closed on the 22th of February and the winner is….
After the 141675 votes were counted it was found that a staggering 41.48% of went toward the winning design, the work of George Stamatopoulos from Greece.
The official description behind the new design is:
“The euro is the latest step in the long history of trade, from pre-historic barter ? evoked by the deliberately primitive design ? to economic and monetary union.”.
These new coins will be distributed to all euro-area Member States by January 2009. The winner of the voting is Michal Milewski from Poland, who won a high-value set of euro collector coins.
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