DESIGN FOR INCREASED ENERGY AWARENESS
The Swedish Interactive Institute has been working on a project to redesign everyday items (lamps, tiles, window shades) in order to increase awareness of how energy is being used. The STATIC! project has
Interactive Objects
INNOVATIVE HOUSE
After four years of development;D, the Brazilian product design company Innovative House (IHouse), has emerged with a line of “intelligent” products for the future-conscious home. IHouse
EXERGAMING RETURNS
On the subject of High-Fit Homes, one way to boost your physical activity quotient during the day is to take sitting-in-front-of-the-box time and turn it into exergaming time. We know there are many of
TURN YOUR TV INTO A LAMP
Not sure what else to say about this one other than its deceptively simple. If you want to bask in that cool glow of your cathode ray tube, but don’t want the distracting flicker of images, then the
STEREOLUZ
Now that speaker design has gotten all high-tech, are you feeling nostalgic for the wooden boxes of yesteryear? If you are like me and harbor a fondness for the boxy design of old hi-fi speakers (but not
HANSA CANYON Temparature Sensitive Bathroom Fixtures
Germany’s Hansa has come out with these futuristic bathroom fixtures. The metal spigot has the top portion removed, creating a visible canyon for your water to run through. As if these rectangular
PORTABLE LIGHT
Word on the street is that Wired’s Nextfest showcased a bunch of note-worthy projects, such as this Portable Light by University of Michigan and Kennedy & Violich Architecture. The PortableLight
SUNLIGHT TABLE
We can’t get enough of sunlight transportation devices. As a recent study has shown (what intuitively most of us know) – sunlight is good for your health. Sadly, more and more of us have jobs
SMARTWRAP: Interactive Building Film
On display at the Cooper Hewitt back in 2003, Smartwrap is a thin plastic film designed to envelop a building, acting as a multi-tasking, intelligent wall. Smartwrap integrates the currently segregated
EXERGAMING
In our post last week about Video Game Exercise Bikes we got some interesting comments pointing out other companies doing similar things to Cyclescore. Upon further investigation, it looks as though
EXERWORKING
In light of our recent post about video game exercise bikes, I’ve discovered there are actually many variations on this theme being worked on in engineering labs around the world. Just today I
VIDEO GAME EXERCISE BIKES
Here’s something I saw quite a while ago at a consumer electronics show, but I thought it deserved a mention on Inhabitat ? mainly because its such a great idea to merge two disparate home
CANDLE “DIGITAL CLOCK”
I discovered this hidden gem amongst the short-listed entries to the MACEF RE-think + RE-cycle Design Competition. Jim Termeer’s Candletime is a set of hexagonal gold candle-holders which are set up
FAUX SONGBIRDS
I am perplexed by mechanical products that are designed to imitate nature. If you want to hear the tranquil sound of birds chirping in the morning, why not just open your window? I mean, even in New York
RECLAIMED WOOD IPOD CASE
Berkeley based designer Peter Kinne makes wooden iPod cases (and laptop cases as well) from reclaimed materials. The wood in this Music Box comes from old hot tubs(?) and tables, and the stainless steel
PHILLIPE STARCK HIGH TECH CLOCKS
These uber high-tech clocks seem like the type of thing you should be able to find at the Sharper Image. In addition to keeping time and waking you up in the morning, these have every feature you could
HIGH TECH MOD CABINET
These may look like run-of-the-mill cute modernist cabinets, but they are oh-so-much more. Glide’s MOD cabinet is actually more like a stylish safe, with a bluetooth?enabled fingerprint reading lock
FIREFLIES – Networked Nighlight
Another member of the ITP networked nighlight club is John Schimmel, with his project Fireflies. Fireflies is similar to Networked Flower and Slumber Light in that consists of networked lights that people
NETWORKED SLUMBER LIGHT
The thing that interested me most at ITP this year was the plethora of networked light communication devices. All the ones I saw seemed to have something to do with nonverbally keeping in touch with
INTERACTIVE FAUX FLOWERS
If you are anything like me, you probably just recently got your mom some flowers for Mothers Day. Moms loves receiving flowers (who doesn’t) but if you stop and think about it, fresh cut flowers
PARANS SUNLIGHT TRANSPORT SYSTEM
When I first saw discovered this amazing technology, I instantly wondered why no one has come up with a sunlight transport device before. The technology has been around for awhile, and the idea is so
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