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The BD LOVE seat doubles as a public seat and a lamp, comes in a range of colours and opens up new territory in furnishing concepts for internal and external public areas. The ROSS LOVEGROVE design is made from rotation moulded polyethylene and is both very sturdy and flexible in its usage in that it can be filled with either water or sand to secure it in a public space. The seat's generous dimensions enable it to seat up to four people at once plus allowing children to have a whale of a time. The BD LOVE seat retails for approximately $5200 inc gst Read More
Combining all forms of media into one all-powerful interface seems a daunting task, but a logical one. Imagine the control of all your DVDs, CDs, Mp3, picture files, as well as TV shows, news and weather services, all available to you at the click of a button as you sit on your couch. Well, this is the future of technological control that data lifestyle management company Meedio LLC is working towards. Read More
Once upon a time, air conditioners made hot air cold but new ideas will mean that the air conditioner of the future will do far more than just regulate air temperature. Fujitsu is taking the air conditioner concept and injecting new life with advanced filtration techniques and additives such as Vitamin C to offer a healthier home and office environment. Read More
Society is changing, and adopting new ways at an unprecedented rate - the recent launch and success of several subscription services to "life goods" indicates that society is re-evaluating every aspect of modern living. A socks subscription service and a toothbrush subscription service have shown promise by offering subscriptions to common everyday objects which require regular replacement. Read More
An interesting house concept was presented by Marcin Panpuch at the 2003 Royal Institute of British Architects' Future House London Exhibition. The Exhibition showcased a range of innovative housing concepts for existing London sites. The designs emphasised social, environmental, aesthetic and structural factors in various ways. Panpuch's house design is a relocatable sphere, which can either float on a water location or be lifted by crane and fixed to a tower beside other such spheres. The purpose of the spherical shape is to minimise the surface area of the house and thereby minimise heat loss to the environment. Read More
There's a definite relationship between caffeine and technology, so this latest built-in, fully plumbed, totally automated, all stainless steel, self-cleaning Profi-Coffee Centre from Küppersbusch was a natural Gizmo. The on-board computer is like having your own live-in Barista to control the complex process of coffee making while at the same time guiding you through an assortment of user-friendly programs. Read More
One of the more interesting developments in entertainment technology over the last 12 months has been the D-Box ''motion simulator'' for home theatres, and its development into the gaming arena. The unique, patented D-BOX Odyssee system brings a whole new dimension to entertainment by synchronising the movement of the viewer's seat to the action on screen thanks to four small motorised actuators that sit under the chair/sofa-rising, falling and swaying in perfect time with the on-screen sights and sounds. Read More
We missed an important birthday last month. The colour television turned 50, and as surprising as it seems, it’s only half a century since the first colour television set was manufactured by RCA and the invention began its march to ubiquity in many countries. Read More
Electrolux, the first company to bring a robotic vacuum cleaner to market in the Trilobite, has released the first second generation vacuum, the Trilobite 2.0. The new Trilobite 2.0 can be programmed to clean at a particular time, has an active infra-red stair sensor and improved navigation algorithm. Read More
Sony’s DVR/PC concept features a terabyte of storage and seven television tuners. Whereas previous DVR machines have been portrayed in terms of the number of hours of TV shows which can be recorded, the Type X appears to be based on an entirely different premise – that if you record everything, you can discard the bits you don’t want later. Read More
