The glowing umbrella- poetic companion for the rain

Reminds me on a Design we did some time ago
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from: http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2007/11/the_glowing_umb.html
Hid your cables!

Here are two cool products: Rotaliana charging stations with the approach to be costumed as an ordinary object like a flowerpot or a book. NICE!,…but when do we finally get rid of the cables themselves,..??
From: http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/06/multipot-combines-led-lamp-with-charging-station/
and http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=Rotaliana
New cool costumisable concept phone

This concept phone by Nils Siegel takes personalising on the old fashioned way (no wallpaper or colourschemes). It’s a clamshell handset, with a grid lattice on the exterior into which you fit coloured squares to create your own pixel-tastic designs.
from: http://techdigest.tv/2007/11/all_hail_the_pe.html
Hikari Pro920 pocket-sized projector

Since long time there are talks about real portable projectors.
The pocket-sized Hikari Pro920 projector from Oculon is available in both VGA (around £150) and SVGA (around £200), each with the ability to drop a front-projected image onto any white surface. Not huge images either - 12-inches diagonal from 1 foot or 24-inches from 1 metre is about all you can hope for. But it is small,……so we wait for the next generations.
from: http://techdigest.tv/2007/11/hikari_pro920_p.html
Santa is coming soon,…

First cool Christmas product spotted for this year, the Senario digital Christmas ornament: the 1.5″ screen and slide show feature allows you load photos of your loved ones and watch them as a nice Christmas tree decoration.
From http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2007/11/senario_digital.html
Mobile Devices and Solutions for Healthcare

There are a number of companies that are focusing on wireless applications and services for the healthcare industry. One of them is ‘HealthPhone‘, a company that is improving healthcare through connecting patients to their caregivers, health organizations to each other, and people to their own health information.
Source: Click
This source is an interesting blog from Bill Crounse, a Worldwide Health Director for the Microsoft Corporation. Keep an eye on this blog.
Another interesting blog about technology in the healthcare is http://www.ihealthbeat.org
That one reported that virtual health coaches and other electronic devices are being developed to help increase communications between patients and providers, and reduce hospital admissions and illness.
An example of a virtual health coach is ‘Laura’ that can ask patients questions and remind them to take their pills or exercise.
Source: Click
Duo sim card phone

Just came across this duo simcard phone. Interesting, isn’t it?
Quote:
For those that travel internationally, the concept of a dual SIM card phone is intriguing. With the Korean-born DUO Atom, the bar is raised even further. It has a built in gravity sensor, and can tell which direction the phone is facing. Why is that important? Depending on which way it’s facing, the phone will choose the appropriate SIM card. It even switches the screen and keypad around so you can avoid the embarassment of having to noticably hold your phone the wrong way. Just don’t go jogging, mountain climbing, bicycle riding, skiing, or anything else that involves the phone possible being turned the wrong way.
Source:
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/11/20/which-way-is-up-this-phone-knows/
http://www.wndtelecom.com/en/mobile/Atom-Duo/
Another one from the same company:
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US : sustainable design from SONY DESIGN
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Digital products that use kinetic energy. Aimed at children.
http://www.sony.net/Fun/design/activity/sustainable/odo.html
US : Internet Accessory? “flip” video camera from California
Upload of video is simple - capture should be simple. My friend is working at this California company. The idea is to make a YouTube/Flickr friendly device with very simple controls rather than a complicated video/stills camera. The interface with PC is an important part of the physical design. Part of a trend to make simple and single purpose devices or “internet accessories”?? The internet application is now the most important thing
www.theflip.com
toothbrush intelligence

The new Oral-B Triumph from BRAUN gives a new horizon to you dental care.
The wireless toothbrush tells you things like how hard you’re pressing on your teeth, with a friendly screen….
from: http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2007/11/shiny_review_br.html