technology

iPod Cases: Styles You'll Love

by Erin Loechner, Posted Oct 27th 2009

Check out this round up of bright and colorful iPod cases

Interactive Furniture: A Peacock Opens Up

by Jaime Derringer, Posted Oct 26th 2009

The Peacock Chair, developed by Interactive Spaces, interacts with your actions by opening its feathers when you sit down. The feathers then retract when the sitter gets up from the chair, and remain closed when the chair is empty. This could be the beginning of a line of interactive furnishings that perform specific functions based on your actions. I caught up with Victoria Fang, president of Interactive Spaces, who explained where this cool peacock chair came from.

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DuPont Launches Corian App for iPhone

by Jaime Derringer, Posted Oct 14th 2009

Now you can find the right countertop right from your phone.

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The New Dyson Air Multiplier Fan: It's Bladeless!

by Jaime Derringer, Posted Oct 13th 2009

Dyson's newest innovation is a bladeless fan.

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Appliances of the Future: Electrolux's Design Lab Finalists

by Jaime Derringer, Posted Sep 23rd 2009

Can you imagine a time when your washing machine is waterless or your refrigerator teleports food to you? Sound like Star Trek? Well, this was the theme of Electrolux's Design Lab competition, which invited undergraduate and graduate industrial design students to dream up appliances for the "next 90 years" in honor of Electrolux's 90-year anniversary.

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Computerized Cabinets: Kitchens of the Future?

by Jaime Derringer, Posted Aug 26th 2009

Don't you wish that sometimes you could walk into your kitchen and say "peanut butter and jelly sandwich" and the proper utensils and food would come right out of your cabinets and fridge and onto the counter. Oh, wait, that's just me? Well, even though we're not quite there yet, AnvilMotion is thinking ahead.

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