Centripetal Notion: category

“Where forward thinking terrestrials share ideas and information about the state of the species, their planet and the universe, living the lives of science fiction.”

Hyposurface is a large lighted display surface that physically moves in three dimensions. Tons more, and far better quality video on the website.

While still in pre-production, the KeyPort is designed to collect all your keys into one compact unit. You can make copies of your original keys on special blanks and program the built in wireless remote for your car. Other features include RFID and an LED flashlight.

Cool furniture concept from Anima Causa called “Feel”.

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Created by industrial design students from the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. The honeycomb material is made of recycled paper, and can stretch from 30 to 720 cm (almost 24 ft.), seating as many as 16 adults.

In a recent independent study, various laptops were tested for their levels of toxic chemical contamination and among them Apple’s MacBook Pro scored as one of the worst. The “Green My Apple” campaign is in response to this, and although targeted at Apple will no doubt shed light onto the greater issue of these chemicals being used in abundance regardless of manufacturer.

Two t-shirts with functioning graphic equalizers that react to sound in their environment.

The Buro Vormkrijgers design studio, in addition to their clever Pong clock, designs innovative furniture and lighting.

There is a lot of interesting work right now in the way of music interface design — with focus on creating ways for multiple people to collaborate in mixing and composing in real time.