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Evergreen Electric Inner City Transportation by Nick Fisher

TheFuture — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:11:56 +0000

Evergreen is an innovative alternative of the existing modes of transportation in a friendly manner, both from the environmental and inner city aspects. When it comes about “inner city travel”, most of you will imagine of dirty, stressful, slow and dangerous transit. Evergreen, by getting inspired by the nature, is designed to offer a pleasurable inner city transportation experience by symbolizing the “green” lifestyle and minimize environmental damage. The everlasting green line offers a subtle accent that draws the eye of all range of people and leads the vehicle around the flowing contours and symbolic forms of nature.

The riding position of this eco friendly vehicle can be adjusted as per the rider’s requirement and one fast movement can turn the vehicle into a trolley from a motorized trike that you can drag or store anywhere. The rear wheel houses an eco electric motor that charges the battery as the front wheel turns and harness energy that is lost in breaking to charge the battery. A luggage compartment is located in between the battery and the motor where you can store your necessary stuff. It comprises a strong, lightweight and eco friendly polycarbonate structure that can be recycled several timers over using low energy.

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Designer : Nick Fisher

BeoTime : An Elegant Alarm Clock from Bang & Olufsen

TheFuture — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:33:32 +0000

BeoTime is an elegant and unusual alarm clock and sleep timer designed by Bang & Olufsen with system integration possibilities and as simple to use as pleasing to the eye. It is the substantial manifestation of an effortless message uniting humanization, utility and beauty in an amazingly discreet form.

BeoTime can make every morning an enjoyable one with its discreet own chime or customizable wake up sounds from your favorite radio station, TV program or a piece of music and can be switched off at a preset time when you are leaving the house. It also includes a built-in sleep timer which is able to switch all the Bang & Olufsen apparatuses in the room to standby mode after a chosen time interval of up to 120 minutes. This feature is very much convenient for those who want to stay up late to watch TV, or fall asleep with a preferred music without worrying about turning off the music. Aside from the alarm and sleep timer features, you can use this gadget for basic functions of the bedroom loudspeaker, television or light control.

The ease of handling and operating of BeoTime is really noteworthy; you can hold it in one hand and can operate it with your thumb. The built-in tilt sensor shows the information and button functions modify orientation as per the BeoTime is held by the user.

BeoTime is a magnificently polished and anodized aluminum tube, with a trumpet-shaped button that protrudes from one end when you will activate the alarm by pressing it. The tube’s other end comprises a cover that conceals the battery chamber for three batteries that can last around one year. Two rubber feet ensure steady footing to BeoTime when lying on the table and the almost unseen magnetic wall brackets are used to mount it on the wall. The square navigation button along with three separate displays with dark text on a vivid background performs the navigation when setting the alarm time.

From : Bang and Olufsen via Dvice

Help Lock with A Timer to Unlock The Door

TheFuture — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:17:46 +0000

Bathroom accidents are getting a common issue every year with several cases resulting even in death because of being exposed too late. This concept Help Lock will be beneficial for not only the aged or people who are living alone, but also the usual home owners. An alarm and a timer are the key elements that have been used to solve this problem. The timer sets automatically whenever a person locks the door and it will remind the user to cancel the alarm once the set time has passed. If there is no answer after 30 seconds, the lock will unlock the door, sound the alarm and dial an emergency number that was programmed earlier.

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Designer : Haishan Deng

Maitre D’og Pet Food Dispenser for Busy Pet Owners

TheFuture — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:03:02 +0000

Maitre D’og is a device that helps in preparing adequate amount of food for your pet. You just need to select settings on control interface to start timer and when timer expires, digital scales disperse proper amount. Once the food is ready, a pleasant tone sounds and your pet can eat food in the tray. Maitre Dog features a convenient dry food scoop for convenient and mess free filling. The tray can be easily removed and cleaned where food is served. This product reduces your headache to prepare and serve food to your pet timely.

Andrew Au says :
Maitre D’og is an automatic daily pet food dispenser for pet owners with busy schedules. Long hours at work, frequent business trips and occasional after work social gatherings interfere with a consistent feeding schedule for pets. Maitre D’og ensures your best friend is getting fed on time.

Designer : Andrew Au

Water Powered Alarm Clock

TheFuture — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:02:24 +0000

“Time is Gold “as the saying says. We should get the most out of it and should enjoy every moment of it. We have found water powered alarm clock for you. Just fill in the water battery compartment with water, and you will never use the conventional battery ever again. It functions just like the traditional clocks. It has a timer, day, date and temperature functions, and it has a large round digital display. This earth friendly alarm clock is best for corporate promotional gifts. Wonder when can water finally replace our gasoline, imagine our car uses water to make the engine starts…

The water powered alarm clock is just one of the outstanding promotional logo products featured by Empire. The product is available in green and white, and Empire uses silkscreen as the standard imprint method.
Empire is a promotional products agency creating sales and marketing products for various known companies and non-profit organizations as well. Started in 1984, the Empire team was successful with their business and begun online in 1999. Since then, their clients have grown drastically. You can visit the Empire’s website and it talks for the company. You can browse from their various categories and I’m sure you can find one for your company. They have products categorized according to prices. If you are price conscious, you can try their items under $1.00. And, if you are ecologically aware, their EcoSmart promotional products that are made of recycled material, solar and water powered items is the answer. The Empire are also accepting rush order but for an additional charge.

Save Your Energy Bill, Use Desktop Ceramic Heater

TheFuture — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:53:36 +0000

When the weather is cold, and you are alone in your house. Desktop ceramic heater can help to give you warm. This ceramic heater will help to save your energy bills, use it in the living room or outside on patio, you’ll love this desktop ceramic heater.

Product Features (From The Website) :
* Full Function Remote Control
* Ceramic Heating Element
* Head Rotates from Vertical to Horizontal
* Adjustable Pre-Set Thermostat Select from 4 Pre-Set Comfort Warm Settings
* Oscillation Function
* 10 Hour Shut-Off Timer
* Brushed Stainless Steel Base
* 19? tall approx.
* Tip-over switch
* Fire retardant body
* Auto protection cut-off

Available for ~~$84.70~~, get special price and save $25.2, here (limited stock).