I saw this over at the Yanko Design Blog. A very clever solution to a problem that I think we all probably experience, but don’t really consider fixable.
Raise Me Up is an electric powerstrip designed to make it easy for one handed operation. Normally you would have to brace a powerstrip with one hand while pull the plug with the other. Raise Me Up uses a simple lever switch to connect and disconnect plugs.
Designer: Yoo-Kyung Shin
This one’s a bit hard to explain, it’s best that you just watch the video real quick.
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Using accelerometers, vibration motors, and sound, a mobile device can convey it’s contents to you through tactile and audible feedback. So if you get an e-mail, that e-mail is represented as a metalic ball in the device. Shaking the device makes the ball bounce around, producing sound and vibrations. Multiple messages cause multiple sounds, and different senders can create different tones.
It’s not completely practical as presented… I can’t imagine walking around with unread e-mails, making jingling sounds, but to me, the concept is extremely strong.
Via: Engadget Mobile
Via: NewScientistTech