Inhabitat: While many green gear-heads argue whether electric vehicles are better than hybrids, Slovak designer Matúš Procháczka has brought the debate one step further. His innovative concept car foregoes these trifling 21st century technologies and fast-forwards straight to the future. Instead of an internal combustion engine, his vehicle is driven by an electric engine that generates a magnetic field capable […]
MAG Concept Car
FingerFood for Your Comfort
One thing that wasn’t listed in the Tiffany’s table manners handbook is the difficulty that comes with balancing your champagne glass and cracker delight simultaneously. Well, surprisingly enough, the answer to this complexity comes from Fred & friends: FINGERFOOD™. Mini plates attached to rings that enable you to wear your food. No need to worry about awkward balancing acts. Just […]
TeachStreet Learning
Springwise: TeachStreet launched in Portland, Oregon yesterday. The site now features more than 55,000 teachers, trainers, tutors, instructors, coaches and classes in the Pacific Northwest, 25,000 of which are in the Portland area. Besides offering existing instructors an alternative to advertising on Craigslist and bulletin boards, TeachStreet aims to unearth hidden teaching talent. Convinced that everyone is an expert in […]
Bicycle Convenience Center
Springwise: Unless they happen to be near a bicycle shop during business hours, bicyclists who break down are typically out of luck if they don’t already have the parts they need to make a repair. Aiming to make bike parts more accessible, two different vending machines we’ve spotted are always on hand with critical parts. Most recently, bike manufacturer Trek […]
Tukaani Cutlery Set
TUKAANI is Finnish for the toucan bird species. The sterling silver TUKAANI is a hand made eating device for Asian food consumers in the West. It may be held as traditional chopsticks. But unlike the disposable wooden chopsticks, TUKAANI is both machine and hand washable and much easier to set on – and use at table. The matt surface and […]
Campus Buzz Hubs
TechCrunch: BuzzHubb is best summarized as bringing the utility of next-gen Yahoo Groups to the mobile college student, but done in a creative, lightweight manner. The first fundamental element of BuzzHubb is that it establishes boundaries around the university campus – you can only join a school’s BuzzHubb community if you are part of the school (a great concept that […]
TEDSBOX
Alaska Journal of Commerce: Alaskan shippers will have a new way to keep goods fresh with a container called the TEDSBOX that is being manufactured in Anchorage by an Alaskan based company. Designed and built at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport by Tednologies, Inc. the TEDSBOX container’s trademarked name stands for Tracking, Environmental, and Deviation System. The developer, Don Harman, […]
CliC Readers
Kevin Kelly – Cool Tools: For anyone requiring reading glasses intermittently, these specs are heaven sent! The frame breaks in the front and clicks together once resting on your nose by way of two magnets. When not in use, they stay out of the way — the glasses have a hard frame ‘loop’ that slips around your neck. As soon […]
Redesigning the Needle and Syringe: The medidome
A new medical trend with the potential for huge impact is the brilliant innovation by Chris Holden, which can completely alter the drug administration procedures worldwide. The medidome has all of the essential parameters needed to eliminate all the fears, discomforts, complications and contamination dangers of the standard medical injections. The medidome comes in two variations, both of which are […]
Cut from a different cloth
The Canberra Times: The frocks are made from pinstriped jackets and floral bed linen. There are trenchcoats patchworked out of safari suits, jackets from vintage corduroy and the panelled denim skirts are sewn from at least three pairs of jeans. These mixed-up designer clothes are known as “refashioned originals” – which is a polite way of saying they are made […]