Le Petit Prince or Little Prince is a robotic greenhouse concept that is specially designed to help the future exploration and expanding population in the Mars. This intelligent robot can carry and take well care of a plant inside its glass container, which is functionally mounted on its four-legged pod. The robot is designed to learn the optimal process of searching for nutrients in order to keep the plant in a good condition. Moreover, it can send reports of its movements and developments to its fellow greenhouse robots through wireless communication, making it possible to learn from each other. Le Petit Prince is one of top 8 Electrolux Design Lab finalists, you can vote for Le Petit Prince here.
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LG Mobile Phones is partnering with crowdSPRING and Autodesk® to announce a new competition to define the future of personal mobile communication. If you are a U.S. resident age 18 and older, you can have a chance to design your vision of the next revolutionary LG mobile phone and compete for more than $80,000 in awards. Exercise your creative imagination and let your ideas be heard!
Awards:
- First Place: $20,000
- Second Place: $10,000
- Third Place: $5,000
- 40 Honorable Mentions: $1,000 + 1 LG U.S. Phone (A.R.V. of $300)
Start and End Dates: April 20, 2009 @ 12:00 a.m. PST – June 7, 2009 @ 11:59 p.m. PST
Submit your idea here!
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To fulfill dreams into reality is what legends are made of and one such designer being Forrest North. His desire to make light weight electric motorcycle drove him and his team to deliver a stunning design and all this happened after successfully designing a car on the same lines. This sports model is powered by a lithium ion battery which is lighter in weight but does not compromise on the performance. With its stunning looks, Mission One surely seems to be in the reckoning for the big league, and with an ability to run 150 miles in a single charge, it definitely will go places!
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As they say catch them young and watch them grow! The C9-S Berlinetta by Automoblox seems like going on this famous line, if one looks at the line up of sports car based toys that has been designed. The models are exact replica of the cars that one sees on the road and with it being life size. It’s as if all the dreams for the kids will come true. The toy maker has given options with variants just like the regular automakers. This proves the fact that in this competitive toy market, making toys is no more a kiddie stuff! [Buy it here]
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Are you bored of your washing machine? Then you might wish to try out this Electrolux iBasket because it will automatically clean your clothes with transparency. It is designed by Guopeng Liang at China Tongji University during an Electrolux 2008 Design Lab Competition. It is a real innovation with great potential to make the process of washing clothes less daunting experience. This laundry hamper will automatically wash your clothes once enough clothes are tossed inside as per the weight. You can also control the frequency of wash cycles. The iBasket will also send you a message on your computer once the cleaning is done.
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