The Mosquito is a lightweight and attractive concept bike that is designed to get around within the city in a whole new way. This E-bike features electric motor which is powered by lithium batteries which can be charged fully for only 50p. Once charged fully, the Mosquito can run about 60 km at a top speed of 50 km/h. The bike features a removable center pole that has made the ergonomic design of the bike even easier to get onto it without affecting the stats and handling of the bike. The frame cover has made using different materials such as woo, plastic and carbon fiber. Most of the parts of Mosquito are available at traditional bike stores which minimize the maintenance and repairing cost.
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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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Although the Modular Recycling Bin is designed in a traditional and simple shape, it still offers the user a wide range of modern and necessary functions. Recycled materials have been used to produce the bin and the most wonderful feature is its three adjustable interior compartments. These compartments are made of plastic, glass and tin, and acts like a water bladder that can change size according to the inserted items in the individual compartments. Other noteworthy features of this bean are large wheels, extend-able handles, step-to-open lid, interior rinse function, extend-able interior space and forth slot for recycling cardboard. Many of the current recycling problems will be solved through this cool stuff.
Designer : Dave Strydom
One of the most alarming issues for our loving earth is the environmental threat that is taking place everyday with used paper, plastic bottles, cans, packaging materials and pollution of excessive fuel burning. Naturemill has taken a very useful initiative keeping this issue in mind in the form of backyard composting. In this system, a huge amount of kitchen trash diverts from the kitchen to a compost pile. The point that has made this compost different from other methods of recycling is this system never uses fossil fuels, chemicals or other materials that are harmful for the environment.
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Mo:Ben is a handy food container that includes a built-in film heater component that can heat up foods to a pre-heated temperature. Mo:Ben’s main mechanism of maintaining the heat is the combination of foam-filled cavity insulation and the built-in heating factor. There are two main parts of the device; one is the external box that features a carry grip, slip protective rubber base and cutlery storage, and another is the temperature sensitive substance for food preparation indication. The internal box holds the food and can be detached for convenient dish-washing. The arrangements inside the box are designed to encourage variety of food and mixing of food is prevented by different available compartments.
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