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Hang Your Smartphone Anywhere with Bondi

Hazel Chua — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:37 +0000

Sometimes, I call my handbag the “Handbag of Doom.” It’s a huge, spacious tote with numerous side pockets and compartments. While these are normally useful, they turn into side pockets of doom when I happen to be looking for something in a rush–like my ringing phone.

I’ve missed my fair share of important calls while rummaging through my bag, which is both frustrating and annoying. If you’ve gone through similar experiences – not just with bags, but when it comes to missing calls because you’ve misplaced your phone – then the Bondi can help you out.

The Bondi is an adorable little anthropomorphic smartphone hanger. It basically has two arms, two legs, and a hook that resembles the ones you can find on clothes hangers.

You can bend the limbs of the Bondi in any direction you want to. In fact, it’s the Bondi’s arms and legs that make it multi-functional in the first place: it can hug your smartphone in place, reach out so you can hang your keys and other stuff on its arms, and so much more. The Bondi is available in 10 colors and retails for $20 (USD).

Portaledge Hanging Tents Seem Handy, A Bit Scary, And Not Very Comfy

Hazel Chua — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:30:59 +0000

I remember going on camping trips with my dad during the weekends when school let out. Not only was it a good way to bond with my dad and my sisters (we’re all girls, so we didn’t really do any extremely rough activities while we were out there.) But anyway, the point was, it was fun. However, I don’t think my eldest sister enjoyed it much because she’s the girly-girl type and absolutely hated it when insects would sometimes come crawling about into our tent.

I’m not a very huge fan of insects either, so I thought the portaledge was a pretty cool and neat idea when I first saw it. A portaledge is described as “a deployable hanging tent system” that’s generally recommended for use by “rock climbers who spend multiple days and nights on a big wall climb.” In other words, they’re hanging tents.

The images you see above are actually from people in portaledges at High Ropes Forest in Germany. They look extremely cool and sort of romantic, if you think about it. They just add a certain little something that might make the camping or climbing trip a bit more special. However, if you’ve got a fear of heights, then portaledges probably aren’t for you.

[via Dvice via LikeCool]

Orchadia Light Mobile: Art + Technology Come Together

Technabob — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:28:39 +0000

Sculptor Rodger Stevens and designer Mark McKenna created these flowing modern mobiles which embed elegant modern illumination into their design. Originally designed as a large-scale art installation, a smaller version of their Orchadia mobiles are now available for purchase.

Each sculpture is made of varying sizes of metallic teardrops which hang from the ceiling. A special printed circuit construction technique shapes the illumination system, pushing low-voltage current to super-tiny incandescent light sources.

Amazingly, even though they’re not LED light sources, they’re rated to operate at up to 100,000 hours (about 11.41 years) of continuous use. While the final production version (shown below) is a little less delicate in design than the original installation, it’s likely to be more sturdy in real-world applications.

While one Orchadia mobile is simply stunning on its own, they look even more amazing when hung in multiples. But at $590 each, I’m guessing not everyone will be purchasing numerous fixtures.

[via Blue Ant Studio]