Author Archive: Henri
Water-Resistant Circuit Boards Might Save Phones that Fall Into Toilets
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If you can believe it, people drop their phones in toilet bowls fairly regularly. It happens so often that related goods like drying packs and gadget rescue kits have made an appearance in a lot of online retailers.… |
April 21st, 2012
Ninja Time: Stare Into the Eyes of the Ninja to Tell the Time
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If you have a constant need to check the time on the sly, then you absolutely need the Ninja Time watch. Or something that’s similar to it, because it’s not yet being made commercially for now.… |
April 20th, 2012
Have Dinner and Sleepovers on the Same Piece of Furniture
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This isn’t the first time that we’ve seen a convertible piece of furniture (remember the Land Peel?) Anyway, designer Matali Crasset’s “Sweet Talk and Dream” is more straightforward and conventional, though.… |
April 20th, 2012
Snoozebox: The Only Hotel in the World with No Permanent Address
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Over the years, hotels have become more than just places where people sleep while they’re on business or on vacation. Rooms now have graffiti on their walls (like the Panic Room) and some aren’t really rooms anymore, but pods (like the Bubble Rooms).… |
April 19th, 2012
Wacom Realism Stylus Samples Colors from the Real World – If Only It Were Real
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I went and bought a stylus a few weeks ago, when I got hooked to OMGPOP’s Draw Something …game. The craze has since subsided, but I still use my stylus a lot to doodle and just draw simple sketches on my tablet. |
April 19th, 2012
Facto Royale Salon Has Limbs Poking Out from Their Walls
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Just last night, I had a nightmare where I was at a salon and zombies (who, coincidentally, looked like the ones from The Walking Dead…) were just plowing their way through the walls. |
April 19th, 2012
Koban Police Station: You Have the Right to Remain Happy
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When you think of police stations, you’d probably picture a plain building with a standard sign looking all hostile and foreboding, wherever it may be. And just when you think you know what to expect from a police station, out (or in?) comes the Koban Police Station – looking bright, sunny,… |
April 18th, 2012
Pebbles Carpet Lets You Walk on Rocks in Comfort
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I recently visited this spa that was literally full of rocks. Rock treatments, rock decor, and a rock-covered pathway. I don’t know what it is about walking on rocks, but it was kind of relaxing and therapeutic. And you can get the same experience every time you walk across your living… |
April 17th, 2012
Hotels Let You Sleep In Your Own Bubble in the Woods
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Some people keep to themselves so much, that others describe them as living in their own “worlds” or “bubbles.” But you don’t have to be an introvert to actually live in a literal bubble in one of the two hotels that offer plastic rooms in France: the Attrap’Rêves and Sky River.… |
April 16th, 2012
Nao Matsumoto Flips the Bird to Atomic Energy
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When harnessed properly, atomic energy can probably be used to meet the world’s energy requirements and then some. Despite its potential, nuclear energy is also very dangerous. So dangerous, in fact, that New York-based artist Nao Matsumoto distributed thousands of middle finger candles that he had molded earlier to show what he thinks… |
April 15th, 2012
