After I went through 3 Xboxes, back to back, due to the “Red Ring of Death” issue, this was just a little too poetic. One of Microsoft’s own Xbox 360’s was suffering from RRoD on the conference floor. The BBC News Tech Blog captured the video of the incident.
Via: Engadget
I still do it the old fashioned way… my mug and CPU are separate, but Jason Farsai has a better idea. His Yuno concept turns your insulated coffee mug into an internet appliance. Think of it as bringing your Dashboard Widgets with you to the breakfast table.
Now that flexible displays are reaching commercial practicality, and wireless data options have saturated our lives, I expect that we will see a lot of exciting concepts like this becoming a reality. Cool concept Jason, and those are some beautiful renderings/composites.
Via: Yanko Design Blog
McBride Charles Ryan has designed a uniquely beautiful house. Yanko Design Blog has a writeup about it:
Anyway you look at this mind blowing wonder of math and the space-time continuum, the Klein Bottle House by architects McBride Charles Ryan, is stunning. For us right-brain thinkers; in Mathematics, the “Klein Bottle” is a non-orientable surface, i.e., a surface (a two-dimensionaltopological space) with no distinction between the “inside” and “outside” surfaces. That being said and hopefully understood, this vacation home located just a few clicks outside Melbourne, Australia beautifully reflects a deep desire to mess with both sides of our brains. By constantly challenging our sense of perception, depth, linear orientation, interior/exterior space and pretty much any notion of what a dwelling should look like, the architects have successfully created a space that is surprisingly inviting and warm.
I especially like how the energy of the home matches the personality of the surround landscape and vegetation.
Via: Yanko Design