Arts & Design

Enfucell, a Finland-based company, has announced a flexible thin battery called a “SoftBattery”. Only measuring 0.3 � 1.0 millimeters thick, the SoftBattery can produce a peak power supply of 4mA/cm�, which we’re guessing is an impressive total. But who are we fooling, we know nothing about energy output. All we know is that this is a hairline thin battery that ...

For a very brief moment of time each day, the Time Cube is a complete geometric cube block. The rest of the time, the clock is a geometric abnormality, dedicated to making time reading in need of a mathematical proof. The clock forms star-shaped shapes when it is not 12 a.m. or p.m., with a series of layered triangles revolving ...

Coming to a European street near you, these Solar Trees illuminate the night using stored power generated from the sun. Each “tree” contains 10 solar powered lights, each one containing 36 solar power cells. The Solar Tree was demoed outside of the Vienna Design Week festivities and actually looks very cool. And while these aren’t the type of trees you ...

Peggy is a concept which allows for easier nights of alcoholic drink mixing. Equally equipped to both open up liquor bottles and measure out the amount of a certain liquor you put in your drink, Peggy is sort of an all-in-one bartender gadget. With New Years Eve coming up and Christmas Day just hours away, we see some serious drinking ...

Power strips can often be a major pain in the ass do to the fact that if you don’t have them on a stable surface at arms reach (which would really sort of defeat the purpose in our opinion) that you need to contort your body in gymnast poses and use both hands just to plug in a new addition ...

Much like the Anti-Theft Tea Mug protects from co-workers using your mug while you are busy, the Brassknuck Cup provides a different kind of security. The kind of security that involves metal smashed into someone’s jaw. If anyone thinks they can steal a sip of your beverage when you are unaware, they have a violent message heading their way. And ...

We’re sure you remember your days as a tot, when crossing the street meant a manly woman dressed in crossing guard garb and a suicide run across a yellow ladder pedestrian line. School Zone is a concept crosswalk that hopes to improve on safety and design for both children and drivers. The School Zone has an elevated platform design which ...

� Apparently there is a problem in England. A serious one. You see, people just can’t go on eating baked beans without warm toast. Where is the humanity in that? No, we’re not kidding. And either is Heinz with their new Turbofan Toaster which promises to toast bread in 50 seconds flat. The use of titanium fans spinning at a ...

As the rate of obesity grows, so does the number of people with diabetes.� After watching an 8 year old clunking around a bulky insulin pump, designer Nicole Schmeidel figured there had to be an easier way to administer the life-saving fluid. The fruits of her labor yielded this Insulin Watch concept, which not only keeps the insulin pumping, but ...

Soomi Park’s Digital Veil Project works on one of the major world wide epidemics…plastic surgery. Covering the face with an LCD device which displays black and white animations in conjunction with the human face, the screen takes the focus off of facial beauty, while incorporating dynamic animation. That is sure a mouth full, but doesn’t it look really cool…whatever it ...