Sunbath lying on a sandy beach is a possibly the most common and popular activity to spend a weekend in coastal areas. And if you have a music system alongside to enjoy your favorite tracks and a lounger to lie in comfort, you cannot ask for anything else. The “hi-Sun” is an innovative accessory that combining a beach towel with a speaker system allows an entertaining beach vacation. Compatible with iPhone, iPod or any other player... [weiterlesen]

If you are one of those who have drifted away from their real passion, designer Lars Rosengren has come up with an innovative device dubbed the “Reconnect” that monitors your online behavior and interrupts you with fitting proposals randomly. Ideal for people with an information addiction, the device lets the users rethink their priorities, be it snowboarding, golf, photography or anything else, through positive change in behavior. Keeping an eye on your online behavior, Reconnect becomes an innate... [weiterlesen]

Here’s an exclusive peek behind the scenes of our greener electronics work from our self confessed policy wonk Melissa Shinn. While you might see Greenpeace climbers swinging from buildings, our policy experts like Melissa are a crucial part of Greenpeace for delivering campaign victories. One thing we often see being a `policy wonk´ is that a very effective technique to stop a proactive proposal for a law is to play passive aggressive. Our politicians - especially the ones that are more... [weiterlesen]

We normally don’t realize how wonderful the inner intricacies of a particular tool are until we see them. It is therefore an endeavor of many a soul to bring forth the hidden beauty of the mechanics involved in seemingly simple objects. And what greater way to illustrate my point than the “Sprout” pen concept. Russian designer Igor Lobanov has injected a green soul into a pen, and has thereby delivered novelty for an object that normally does not... [weiterlesen]

release date: 24.12.2009 Crazy Gift It’s Christmas! Capitalist’s favourite season! And as usual, Crazy-Language delivers what best the World Wide Web has to offer in terms of grade-A Electronic music. A nice recap of what was released throughout 2009, and perhaps a little taste of what’s to come in CL, cycles through 24 songs and countless BPMs. You’re visited by old collaborators, showing off their evolution and newcomers alike, proving that electronic music is spawning everywhere, with fresh ideas... [weiterlesen]

Apple's new tablet PC -- the awkwardly named iPad -- has much of the internet's gadget and IT bloggers in a frenzy today. It looks like an oversized iPhone to me, but there's much more to the iPad than the device itself. There are already a few stories about the environmental impact of Apple's shiny new gadget. CNet was first out of the blocks with this green angle, and Inhabitat asks "Still, few... [weiterlesen]

If you’re one of those who need to show everything you were up to during the holidays at 1080p, then MSI is the company to look forward to. The company has unveiled a unique Projector PC that just needs a keyboard and a mouse to start beaming high-resolution imagery onto anything. ... [weiterlesen]

Conceived by Yugoslavian designer Ana Kukric, the “TREE ambient lamp” is a multifunctional shelf or lighting that brings the idea of nature into your living room. Spreading its branches like a natural tree, the storage other than providing ample space for your books, CDs/DVDs, photos or anything you like also illuminates your place with an integrated ambient lamp. Finished in plexiglas, the functional unit touts a transparent surface and looks more like a trendy piece... [weiterlesen]

Envisioning a future where you could smell, touch and taste anything before buying or playing with it, CD&I Associates is set to evolve your net surfing and shopping habits or trends, allowing technology to build new interactive media which can be accessed anywhere, anytime. Designed as a part of “La Fin Du Design” Exhibition, the “Sense” is wireless device that allows consumers to have a closer approach with their favorite web sites, movies and games, creating a... [weiterlesen]

Harman Kardon may have attracted adulation with its cool looking transparent GLA-55 2.0 speaker set, but the whopping $1,000 price tag for the speakers with no subwoofers seems too demanding to attract the buyers, unless you are one of those “high-end consumers” who is ready to shell out anything to maintain their trendy desks and bedroom nightstands. But the GLA-55 touts Atlas AL and CMMD Transducers, Slipstream Port Design, COE (Computer Optimized Equalization) and OCT (Optimized... [weiterlesen]