You are preparing for an important presentation at your home and you just want to check on the last yeas figures, and suddenly realize that the file consisting of the required data is in your office table. Now you wish you could carry your whole office with you. Well if the design developed by Planet 3, a Mumbai based design, firm all your worries should be taken care of. This complete workstation, with all the files and required technology can be folded into one tow-able package in short you take the cube with you.
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According to me, remote is the greatest invention that has been created. For a lazy gizmo freak like me the motto is ‘when it can be done an easier way, then why try another way’! With almost every device possible coming with remotes, like TV AC, CD player, this device which is supposed to ease your worries, it gets cumbersome to maintain so many remotes. And almost all the remote look the same, it becomes a tough ask to maneuver between devices. Well before you freak out, help is here, David Chacon has come up with a design for the universal remote which promises to take care of all the worries.
This flash capable device displays everything from channel listings to elaborate menus, and manage the whole house – like turning on the microwave oven or dimming the lights. Also the touch screen is very roomy. The frequencies set is right and if the product company provides the required support, the device can customize graphically the interface for the product.
Though still in the conceptual mode, it might be a while before the same might seem the light of the day. But all said and done, this one device is sure going to be a hit amongst all the Lazy Gizmo Freaks!
Designer : David Chacon via TrendHunter via Dvice
With working from home being the norm nowadays, SOHO or Small Office Home Office is just an extension of the same. Though you have got your office home, it gives you flexibility to be yourself in your home cum office or is it vice versa? Anyway while you are cooking and chatting up with friends, you want to show your holiday pictures stored in your laptop; so what all can you do simultaneously? Cook the food, hold the laptop or describe the pictures to your friends? Quite cumbersome isn’t it? Don’t worry help is here! Schulte Design has come up with what they call as Kitchen Workstation.
This revolutionary design takes care of all the worries that one has with respect to keeping the laptop at a tidy place, because it has a tidy place that tucks in the space to keep your laptop and other stuff while your food is being served. Also you have the space that has a glass panel which looks elegant as is illuminated. The design is practical as there is space to keep paper and other documents.
The best part is that it is mounted on rollers thus can be moved around. Available in various options of wood finish like olive, wild cherry, plum and walnut and also in the classic wood range, just go ahead and choose the color as per your furniture.
Designer : Schulte Design via Trendir
e-Sullivan will help deaf-blind people to communicate by converting all types of printed materials into Braille. e-Sullivan is a handheld portable communicator for hearing and vision impaired, not only it can convert into Braille, but also provide assistance with such computer-related tasks, such as instant messaging and web browsing.
This device is very slim, you can carry it anywhere, protected by a sturdy outer shell composed of a rubber and plastic resin, no worries when you accidentally drop it. Hearing and vision impaired people can get help from e-Sullivan for reading store product information and prices without any assistance. Its simple surfaces and minimal number of buttons emphasize tactile interaction for straightforward usability. The middle, ring and little fingers operate Braille input buttons, and the thumbs are used for the scrolling wheel and the mode button. Index fingers operate the scanning button. Taeho Wang, the genius designer, has created e-Sullivan concept with hope to be able to lower the wall between deaf-blind people and the world.
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When you found out you can’t wash your butt after doing your business , you might start having panic attack. Worries no more, toto just invented a portable toilet washer than can be carried around in your bag/purse. The product is available in Japan, since people in Japan are used to having spray mechanisms on public/private toilet, this is also make them really don’t bother to wipe when they go abroad.
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