Hasta La Ideas

We’re seeing some interesting stuff coming from the Samsung group these days, and whether or not any of these products become hits outside of their native Korea, we’re glad to see at least one multinational conglomerate designing products that break out of the box in some way.

Engadget first brought word of their upcoming 9-series LED 3D monitors, which manage to not be a boring black rectangle:

To enjoy the 3D you’ll need special glasses. Samsung teamed up with eyewear maker Silhouette to produce these sleek frames:

Their gargantuan Hauzen Smart Air Conditioner comes with a rather bizarre sweepstakes-style marketing campaign in Korea–select units have been seeded with some kind of powder inside of them, so that if you turn it on and a cloud of yellow dust comes out of the vents, you get a cash reward. I swear I’m not making that up. (If it was the ‘States and your air conditioner shot yellow dust out of the vents, you’d sue the company and get your cash reward that way.)

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