Cleaning LPs with a bottle of wood glue is hardly an intuitive way to get more mileage out of that bottle of glue in your workshop or clean a beloved LP. The results, however, are quite impressive.Over at the music and audio-gear enthusiast site Audio Karma, one industrious user decided to test the old rumors in the audiophile community that you could clean a record with... [weiterlesen]

Portable gadgets often run short of energy on the go, becoming more of a bane than a boon for the user. Offering an alternative to your bulky chargers, the “Universal Gadget Wrist Charger” is a smart portable device that can be worn around the wrist like a watch or a bracelet to juice up your gadgets anytime, anywhere. Packing a 1500 mAh lithium-ion battery, the wrist charger is compatible with a range of mobile devices... [weiterlesen]

Envisioning the next generation of music players, German design studio Lumio Design is set for a series of players (three) that apart from entertaining the users also combine health care to keep them fit and relaxed. The “LX 0.1,” first in the LX-series, is a ring-shaped music player that modifies the sound to stimulate the user’s mood. The trendy player comes with a docking station to power it and cordless earphones to enjoy clutter-free music. Switching between... [weiterlesen]

Exploring the mysteries of time, designer Yves Behar has come up with a unique wristwatch named “Vue” that lets you feel time’s appearance and disappearance in your life with each passing hour. Developed in collaboration with Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, the mystifying watch only depicts the current hour and subtly fades away the previous hour representing the past and the upcoming symbolizing the future from the surface of the watch, as if pleading with the user to... [weiterlesen]

You must have seen people using hearing aids (or even used yourself) to improve their hearing ability, but what about an aid that instead of boosting the sound lessens the intensity of noise reaching your ear. Definitely, sounding unusual. Developed by Designaffairs Studio, the “Ecocoon” is a reverse hearing aid that protects your ears from the maddening noise at a crowded marketplace or when driving or walking alongside a stranded city road. Switching to the high, middle or... [weiterlesen]

Ever tried canceling a print job in Windows but feel like it takes ages before anything actually happens? It's a common annoyance, and one that helpful Reddit user Shikyo explains and remedies.Photo by The Oatmeal. In a nutshell, Shikyo explains that Windows is unable to cancel print jobs while the temporary file created for the print job is still being used by Windows. The solution: You've got to... [weiterlesen]

Penguin Books CEO John Makinson gave a glimpse into the future of what the possibilities are on the iPad, showcasing a number of ideas for highly interactive content in eBooks. John displays number of content from children’s readings to medical textbooks to highly interactive star constellations maps, which by the way is some intuitive and fun stuff. He demonstrates hoe children can interact with their readings on the iPad by performing certain functions that enable the story to progress such... [weiterlesen]

Slated to be displayed at Gallerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris next week, “The Tank” by American recording artist and producer Pharrell Williams is a chair, which as indicated by its name is based on the theme of war. Developed in collaboration with Takashi Murakami, the unusual piece of furniture features a leather seat on a plexiglass base that resembles the tread of a tank. Presenting a simple and minimal design, the Tank chair rests the... [weiterlesen]

Brewing a cup of coffee during or after a stressed day at work gives a soothing experience, but if the brewing could be done without leaving any carbon footprint, it just doubles the essence of your cuppa coffee. Designed by Patrick Hunt of Therefore Design, here is an eco-friendly coffee machine that not only features a minimal design but also uses zero electricity, making your brewing clean and green. Made in 100 percent recyclable pure... [weiterlesen]

Roomba with its robotic controls has just revolutionized home cleaning. Taking the domestic dusting a step ahead, the “G182” is another robot vacuum cleaner with an IP Wi-Fi-enabled camera + microphone that lets you stay connected with your family from anywhere in the world. Coming from the house of Chinavasion, the robot vacuum cleaner can be driven like an RC toy around the house. Presenting user-friendly proprietary software and an instruction manual, the new... [weiterlesen]