Dynamic Balcony

What urban dweller doesn’t dream of a piece of outdoor space… We are so cramped in our tiny boxes, even a little balcony would make our lives brighter. But we all know that any step outside the dimensions of your apartment is an expensive luxury. But maybe there is a way to make that step without paying a fortune. Dutch architectural firm […]

Cross Stitch Kit for iPhone

Technology and craft meet in this ingenious kit! This highly customizable cross stitch kit ($24.20) by Purl Soho comes with a 33 by 69 grid cross stitch case, three colors of thread, a needle, and a booklet of designs. Get creative – we love the idea of making this with a vintage cross-stitch pattern for a wonderful juxtaposition of the […]

Booster Brolly

Vodafone’s Booster Brolly is an umbrella that uses on-board solar cells and a micro antenna to charge your phone and boost its 3G signal. The umbrella, which is sadly just a prototype at the time of writing, is the result of a collaboration between Vodafone and University College London. There are 12 silicon solar cells integrated into the canopy; together […]

Paper Virtual Sketchpad

One of the most common complaints about tablet computers is that their touchscreen keyboards make real note-taking impractical. Now, Paper, an iOS app introduced this spring by design studio FiftyThree, is bestowing upon iPad owners a more effective, and elegant, way to take notes and a more appealing mode of reading them. The virtual sketchpad allows users to scrawl, draw, […]

Womb-Shaped Sleeper

There are some times that all you want to do is curl up in a ball and hide out somewhere. Your mom’s lap can feel like the safest place in the world when you are upset or scared. Taking this devotion to an almost pathological level is the desire to be inside her womb again! If you are one of […]

Hug Light

This quirky little gadget is designed to give you a warm, comforting hug when no one else is around. But will it really make a difference? It may seem like a weird idea, but designers Park Jinmi and Kwak Jinsub created the Hug Light to offer owners heat and light therapy to mimic a hug when they’re feeling a little […]

BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 137

  Almighty Cooking Board Designer Jaewan Jeong’s Almighty Board is a multifunctional tablet that suits any kitchen. When placed flat on a counter, the double-faced concept device’s scratch-proof glass surface can be used as a cutting board. For an enhanced cooking experience, its touchscreen system will concurrently display the food’s weight, … Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 137 >>>   […]

Tyent Touchscreen Water Purification System

Tyent created a touchscreen water purification system called the ‘Under Counter Extreme 9000T Water Ionizer.’ It’s equipped with high-technology with a built-in screen that takes form of a smartphone. The touchscreen controls enable users to choose different types of water that perform variety of tasks. The pH of the water provides users with levels as low as 2.0 up to […]

Milkmaid Clever Jug

You can always depend on Quirky for clever home appliances and a recent collaboration between the cool gadget site and General Electric brings us a handy jug that keeps its owner updated about the quality and quantity of the milk inside. It’s called the Milkmaid and it works by monitoring the pH levels in milk and then sends the owner […]

Lamborgini Luxury Tablet

Lamborgini will be releasing two new luxury gadgets, an Android smart phone and a tablet. The gold-plated smart phone will be the TL700. The phone is equipped with a 3.7-inch, 800×480-pixel screen faced with sapphire glass, and runs Android 2.3 and will only cost you about 1,821 bucks. Meanwhile, the tablet is going to be the Lamborghini L2800. The tablet […]