Delta has developed a bath faucet that will change the water color based on the temperature of the water. Using the international colors, blue is cold, red is hot, will hopefully prevent children and the elderly from accidental scalding themselves. The faucet can be turned on or off with a wave of the hand or by touch. Available within two years Price: $300 to $500 [tags]concept,technology[/tags]
72 degrees* is a bedroom shelf concept for teenagers, designed to provide a place to store and hide material that you may not want others to find. The shelf has a secret compartment that can only be opened with the special ring . The shelf opens at a 72 degree angle which has a special meaning best described by the designers (potentially NSFW). [via Cribcandy] [tags]concept [/tags]
Instead of going through the hassle of taking clothes on and off in the dressing room, the German Metro Group has come up with a new idea. The intelligent dressing room displayed at CeBit, can scan your measurements and display how a particular item of clothing will look on you on a projection screen. The customer can see the selected item in action and it can suggest other items. [tags]shopping,technology,CeBit[/tags]
MIT has created a hi-tech wine glass that glows warmly when a distant partner picks it up or takes a sip. The glasses incorporate LEDs, liquid sensors and wireless links in a pair of glass tumblers. The glasses could be anywhere in the world and you would get the feeling as if you were sharing a drink. When one person picks up a glass it causes their partner’s red LED to glow gently in the [...]
If the people from Fluid Locking & Adjustment Technology system (FLAT) have their way, you will never sit at another wobbly table again. FLAT is basically an interconnected series of hydraulics that provides support on uneven surfaces and then locks into place at the desired level (usually flat). If you do not want the whole table, you can just purchase the hydraulics and place them on existing tables. [via Gizmag] [tags]technology,table[/tags]
Why bother taking those sensitive documents and walking over to the shredder when you can have the shredder right in your desk. Jonathan Farrow, a 22-year-old student from Northumbria University came up with the idea and his design is one of the 20 designs to be showcased at the Concept Products Awards Scheme in the UK. With this desk, you are one step closer to a paperless office. [via Gadget Candy] [tags]desk,concept[/tags]
The digital wine rack of the future will take all the guess work out of wine storage. This machine adjusts temperature according to the different kinds of wine. It controls air circulating up, down and sideways within the wine cellar to ensure that your wine will taste it’s best when you pull the cork. For those people who are not good at counting (or had too much wine) it comes with a quantity indicator. [via [...]
The digital hourglass is a design project, developed by Susann Hamann and Fabian Hemmert from Germany. Their goal was to create a new alarm clock focused on the amount of sleep, not on the time of waking up. They came up with an hourglass that is set by holding it in both hands and tilting it in a up to 45° angle. One hour of sleep is represented by one LED. Once it stands on [...]
Walt Disney is working on a multimedia player that selects songs based on the owner’s latest mood via wrist sensors. The sensors, measure and collects body temperature, perspiration and pulse rate to build a profile of what music or video to play. Based on the profile, the device comes up a song or video to match the mood. If nothing is available in your media library to match your mood the player can download something [...]
When I first saw Clocky on Engadget and Gizmodo, way back in the prototype days it looked more like a folically enhanced furby with wheels. Now in production and closer to a launch date it appears to have received a hair cut and dropped in a can of orange paint. For those of you who are not familiar with Clocky. It is an alarm clock for people who have trouble getting out of bed. If [...]
Here is some more info on the MoGo MouseBT that we posted last month. Just a refresher, the Mogo Mouse is a Bluetooth-enabled mouse that stores and recharges inside your laptop’s PC card slot. The details that have just surfaced are that it will recharge in less than an hour and it will sell for $69.99 . filed under mouse Subscribe to The Uber-Review, always Free. Geek Tested, Mother Approved. Here are some other links [...]
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