Last weekend in Tokyo, Sony unveiled its new eco-friendly “odo” line powered solely from good old fashioned human-made power. For instance, the odo Digital Camera is powered by putting your fingers in the viewfinder holes and spinning it until it’s ready to take your picture. (via core77)
Six years from now when the iPod was launched, not many believed in the success of this device. This can be seen clearly in this thread on macrumours that started after the announcement of the iPod.
I still can’t believe this! All this hype for something so ridiculous! Who cares about an MP3 player? I want something new! I want them to think differently!
Why oh why would they do this?! It’s so wrong! It’s so stupid!
Outsourcing is already a big word for big companies. But also for individuals it is possible to outsource almost anything from planning your wedding to illustrating your book. This article describe the ups and downs and how to deal with it.
Besides being very practical and cheap it also encourages people to pay much less than a work is worth.
Designer Jamie Wieck presents a business card that helps you being remembered. When watered it will grow alfalfa or cress.
The SECCO shop (SECCO stands for Sustainable Economy Collection Company) sells objects and accessories made from waste materials.
These USB stick kinda devices from QiGO are meant to carry a unique key that allows the user to access specific content on the internet. For example a buyer of a new CD could access bonus material such as photos and videos on the web. Besides it helps the record company keeping track on their customers. The device is a lot cheaper than a normal USB stick.
The above is my name written in “Self portrait as a font”. Paul Chan designed fonts that express more than simple letters and maybe more than you want them to say.
“What is it like to write like me? You don’t even know me. Lowercase letters are phrases I think I say in conversations. Uppercase letters are parenthetical comments based on what I think I say in conversations and common mistakes I make when writing. Numbers are names of friends, family, and former lovers. Punctuations are incidental words I use to feign interest, confusion, or indifference.”
James D. Watson, who helped crack the DNA code half a century ago, last week became the first person handed the full text of his own DNA on a small computer disk. But he won ’t be the last. Soon enough, scientists say, we will all be able to decipher our own genomes for as little as $1,000. (article in NYTimes)
Another glimps on how important the packaging of a product is you get if you take a look at the process of a packaging design documented here.