Why not? If you settle for the sockets on the sides and legs, and maybe put a few in under the tabletop? Or put a row of them along the sides? Or… There is no mention of production, but don’t you agree it would be both stylish and practical? The electric table is made in MDF board with electrical installations as a concept for custom order by Broberg Ridderstråhle.brbr
Anybody who has done some paining at home has probably learned that putting up and removing the masking tape often takes longer than the actual painting. And even though taping is not particularly fun, it is important for the end result. Now there may be a solution to this. The Zibra Edge-n-Roll kit consists of a tray, insert and a special roller with twin rolls. The idea is that the cover on the outer edge of the rollers should shield the edge where you do not want to paint. The handle can also be turned 180° to facilitate finding a comfortable working position. USD 19:- on Amazon.brbr
Would it not be nice with some peace and quiet on the train, subway, bus, café, theatre or anywhere else where you are surrounded by people not of your choosing? With this little 70 gram beauty that blocks GSM 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz, you can create your own 10 meter cellphone free zone. It is not for free, of course, but with the dollar at a record low at least us Europeans can pick one up without too much damage. USD 166:- here. A warning is in place, though. It appears that jamming mobile signals can be illegal in some places. Better check.brbr
Just spotted (A) on one of our favorite blogs, and that set the old memory in motion. It looked like a great ideas, but at the same time strangely familiar. After a bit of research in the dusty corners of Smart stuff HQ, it came back. Our post on wheeled snow shovels of January 2006 vintage. Back then we had found two different shovels, and we first thought the new one (A) was the same as (B). But it is not. (Compare the fastening of the handle.) Although no-one has been as bold as the Wovel (C), design (B) must have inspired someone to make their own and make it a little cheaper, too. B is still USD 60:-, and (A) is USD 45:-.brbr
We have posted on a similar product previously, but then they were USD 6:- for eight; about 75 cents a piece. Now they are (soon) available from another shop, and they offer to send 96 of them for USD 13:-. That is about 13 cents a pop. They are promised to be available from 8 November, if you want to try them out. They could be very useful for travel, or whenever one wants something to freshen up with. Just add a drop of water or two, and the pill becomes an instant towel.brbr
A while back (on 10 May 2006, to be exact) we posted on how a nightspot in India had persuaded the local taxi company to buy advertising space on the club’s stamp (left). We thought it was a brilliant idea, an idea that could make some money for the club, attract more customers for the local taxis and hopefully reduce the number of drunks driving home. Now it is apparent that someone else also liked the concept, since a California company has applied for a patent and wants to start selling ads on club stamps (right)…brbr
If there is anything in the city we would wish to have more of, it is good bike parking. In particular bike stands where you can lock your bike without acrobatics, and that are placed with enough distance to the next stand not to tangle bikes. Most public bike stands must have been designed in the days when they did not have to lock bikes. But there may be better designs in the works. This bike stand, for instance, by Belgian designer Roel Vandebeek for Wolters Street Furniture affords both support and a convenient locking device and a small footprint.brbr
You Work For Them is a great source for designers, offering everything from stock illustrations and fonts to Japanese design books and limited edition posters. I always find some thing to inspire me… take some time to poke around the shop… lots to love.
As we could learn from the example of Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank, a micro credit can allow a poor villager in a Third World country to buy for example a mobile phone and start making money from setting up a telephone service for his neighbors. One of the problems with the phone proliferation in the Third World, though, is access to power to charge the ever hungry phones. There are some crank-powered or solar chargers, and here comes a new take. The power-yoyo from Potenco. The device is the same that is fitted in the OLPC 100 dollar laptop (now USD 180:-, alas), but as a separate unit it could power mobile phones, LED lights and many other things. All for free, once the device is paid for. It works a bit like an oldstyle outboard motor or lawn mower; you pull the string to generate power. A minute of pulling should give 20 minutes of talk time on the mobile.brbr
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