Paris design studio 5.5 Designers recently unveiled their series of household items based on your own unique body parts. My personal favorite among these oddities are the eyeball lamps, which are modeled after your very own peepers.
Other objects in the studio’s “Cloning” collection include vases, mirrors and other home accessories, all derived from your own personal body attributes. The series even goes as far as to produce wallpaper based on scans of your own skin, and carpets based on your body hair. Yuck. And what could be more lovely than a pillow based on the shape of your own beer belly?
How about a clothing valet that’s actually structured from the dimensions of your skeleton? It’s perfect for keeping your clothes ready and wrinkle-free for the next day at the office.
Why not have a mirror made from your own personal silhouette? It’s not like anyone else will ever need to look at themselves, right?
I suppose if you’re particularly self-absorbed, you might want to furnish your pad with this stuff. For the rest of us, just chock this up to the annals of the Hall of Bizarre Interior Design.
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Written by technabob on July 6th, 2008 with no comments.
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If you’ve ever complained that the keys on your computer are too small for your fingers, have I got a keyboard for you. This ginormous keyboard is so big - How big is it, Bob? - It’s so big that in order to type on it, you need to walk almost 20 feet to get from one end of the keyboard to the other.
Built by electronics hacker Maurin Donneaud, the huge keyboard rug rolls out onto the floor, and lets your type with your socks on. In order to make the larger-than-life keys work, Maurin had to punch hundreds of individual holes under each letter to ensure that the conductive switches beneath the fabric would trigger when walked on.
The whole thing kind of reminds me of the giant piano keyboard that Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia stomped all over in Big.
[Flickr via Ladyada via Hack a Day]
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Written by technabob on May 28th, 2008 with no comments.
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Nothing sucks more then walking around in the dark and stubbing your toe. It hurts like a @!#*!…The FootLume carpet design should be able to help with that. It’s a high-tech rug with electroluminescent lights and weight sensors. As you walk in the dark, the rechargeable rug lights up and guides you. The light won’t bother those still sleeping and best of all, no stubbed toes.
Two students at London’s South Bank University designed it. The prototype was shown at the Ideal Homes show, where they hoped to find a manufacturer. We may actually see this one on our floors pretty soon.
[Livescience] VIA [Gizmodo]
Written by Conner Flynn on March 26th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Tired of the same old bare floors? Why not cover them up with a little Mario magic? These plush mats lay down on your floor and feature icons from the classic Super Mario Brothers series.
Each squishy floor tile measures 40cm x 40cm (15.74 x 15.74″), and if you’re willing to spend some serious dough, you can cover your entire floor with ‘em. At $23 a piece, they’re more expensive than some schmancy Persian rugs, but for dedicated Mario fanboys and fangirls, money should be no object. After all, you should have plenty of extra gold coins lying around?
They’re made in Mario, Shroom, Goomba, Question Mark Block and Brick patterns, but the bricks are currently sold out, so my dreams of recreating the entire Mushroom Kingdom in my living room have been dashed for now. Made by Banpresto, they’re available from NCSX.
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Written by technabob on February 7th, 2008 with no comments.
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Whenever our audio analyst Tim Gideon reviews an iPod, there’s always one consistent con: the included earbuds SUCK. With one iPod release after another, you’d think by now Apple would either (a) stop shipping its player with crappy earbuds or (b) design earbuds that actually stay in your ears and provide a decent amount of noise reduction.
Instead, it’s taken a Minnesota-based company to improve the iPod earbuds once and for all. Hearing Components came up with the Whoomp! Earbud Enhancers (no relation to the Tag Team song, I swear): foam tips that go over the earbuds and mold to the inside of your ears to provide passive noise reduction.
“I can finally use my iPod earbuds while exercising!” said Sarah Ryder, a senior communications student at the University of Minnesota. “Whoomp! Earbud Enhancers are so soft. They keep my earbuds from falling out, and they block outside noise,” she said, adding that the new product started a buzz in the dorms before finals. The Whoomp! Earbud Enhancers and Comply foam tips are said to be made from patented, high-tech, viscoelastic polyurethane foam that are 30 times softer than the silicone used on factory-supplied earbuds. They’re capable of fitting all Apple iPod and iPhone earbuds, as well as other round earbuds 13 to 15mm in diameter.
They’re available now in white or black for $19.95 at complyfoam.com. Refill foam tip packs sell for $11.95. I’m gonna have to give these a try!
Written by Jen the Weird Hunter on January 4th, 2008 with no comments.
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Have trouble wiping your butt? Or maybe you’re just lazy, or think it’s unsanitary. Whichever the reason, the Ultimate Solution ComfortSeat (SCS-5000) can help you conquer your worse toilet nightmares. It’s a special kind of toilet seat that cleans your butt with the touch of a button. That’s right folks: a self-cleaning nozzle extends from the bowl and washes your butt with a sweeping motion. Best of all, the wash motion, nozzle position, water pressure, and water temperature are all adjustable. Because, well, we only deserve the best when it comes to the potty, right?
The SCS-5000 works with the included remote, which is attached to the side of the toilet seat. It’s color-coded, making it easy to remember which button does what, such as pink for front wash and yellow for air dry. The system is so advanced that it even remembers your preferred settings. For instance, after a good pee, you might like a nice, frontal wash with low water pressure.
The ComfortSeat also features a heated soft-closing seat, a user sensor (so that you don’t get accidentally sprayed if you’re not sitting on the toilet), a warm air dryer, an automatic energy-saver mode, and an antibacterial plastic construction.
Just for the ladies, the SCS-5000 has a rear and feminine frontal wash that features a back-and-forth sweeping motion for, according to the site, a “wider and more effective cleaning.”
You can get all of this loo luxury for $1,099.95. Make sure you select either an elongated or round toilet seat style.
Thanks to Gearlog reader Ed for the tip!
Written by Jen the Weird Hunter on January 3rd, 2008 with no comments.
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When my boyfriend and I moved into our new condo this past summer, I was so excited to learn that we would have a garage. The previous owners had an electric garage door opener, and thankfully they left the passcode with us so that we could change it. The only problem is remembering that passcode–and all the other passcodes and passwords I have for everything else!
For the garage door, at least, there’s the new Master Lock smartTOUCH GDO (garage door opener). Completely fingerprint-enabled, it eliminates the need to remember passcodes and the use for keys to open the door.
The smartTOUCH garage door opener works with any manufacturers’ garage door opener, and is capable of storing up to 20 individual users’ fingerprints. You can even use it to provide temporary access for maids, contractors, or visitors by adding, deleting, and changing user profiles.
To operate it, you slide the cover open and swipe your finger. It doesn’t actually store an image of a fingerprint; instead, when you enroll your finger, the smartTOUCH’s algorithm reads the “unique swirls on your finger to create a unique code, that only comes back to you.” This code is then encrypted and cannot be used to recreate your fingerprint. It’s said to work out of the box and is easy to install and operate.
The device is weatherproof and will operate at temperatures ranging from -30 to 122 degrees Fahrenheit. Those who live in extremely cold areas, though, may want to use Lithium batteries for better performance.
The Master Lock smartTOUCH GDO can be purchased at www.smartTOUCHstore.com or at The Home Depot stores nationwide for an MSRP of $129.95.
Written by Jen the Weird Hunter on December 24th, 2007 with no comments.
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The best thing about not seeing your relatives until after the holidays is that you can buy them gifts during the great after-Christmas sales. One such item you may want to buy for a hip relative is CoreGear’s Limited-Edition Transformers Xip3 Jacket. It’s not just an ordinary jacket, of course. What’s unique about this one (besides sporting the Transformers name) is that it converts into a backpack and a pillow!
First, it’s a jacket: Available in men’s, women’s, and kid’s sizes (ages 6 through 14), the Transformers Xip3 (pronounced “zip three”) Jacket has a breathable, self-cleaning outer shell that utilizes nanosphere technology, which repels dirt and water and drives back the wind. Plus, it’s eco-friendly, constructed of ecoSmart 100-percent post-consumer PET recycled polyester that feels like suede. There’s a chest pocket to fit your favorite MP3 player, and Velcro cuffs for a custom fit.
Unzipper parts of the jacket and it turns into a backpack with plenty of storage capacity for all your traveling needs. It features reflective piping, a bottle pocket, a front pocket, and a stow-away flap.
Last, it can transform into a pillow with one suede-soft side and a nanosphere side for catching some zees on the plane or train.
The Xip3 is available in men’s and women’s sizes (S through XL) for $495 and in kid’s sizes for $395 at www.xip3.com.
Written by Jen the Weird Hunter on December 21st, 2007 with no comments.
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