I absolutley love Mindstorm. Its one of those things on my neverending shopping list. We have one at University and its fantastic. Last (academic) year a studio in the degree (Francoise Girardin) were using it on their architectural models. They were working with Interactive Installations and part of the brief was to integrate mindstorm into their models. The results were fantastic.

Its just wonderful thinking of all the potential moving away from traditional architectural model making.

Off course, these can be used real scale too.

Check out this interesting project: Monument (If it Bleeds, it Leads) (2006)

Top 10 LEGO Mindstorms Creations (Via techeblog)

Very cool transparent speakers. Plug in your bluetooth transmitter and you can play music off your phone, computer or mp3 player.

Site seems to be down at the moment, keep checking ..
Plug & Play Wireless Speaker System by Per Brikstad

Via (oneandonly) gizmodo

Here is a truly beautiful site about our earth.
It calls itself the "Earth Guide" and  is made by the Japan Science and Technology Agency. The site is arranged around a "question map" which covers different topics and areas. You can find out a lot about the blue planet starting with its location in the milky way going to the depth of the oceans and the relative areas of land.

The site is beautifully animated, although the flash navigation can be a bit confusing at first...

It comes with a range of funny noises to enhance the tranquil feel of the site.

Something for a little evening browsing or a break over lunch :)

Enjoy here...

You just can't help but get excited about times ahead. With more networked digital road signs its inevitable this will be a common occurrence.

Can't Wait! :)

Via techeblog

I have been searching for an interesting USB memory stick for a very long time and I still haven't got one. I rely on my Treo 680 phone with SD card or my MacBookPro that i carry with me all the time. These USB stick are such a great opportunity to explore conceptually. Unfortunately, a very large majority of USB sticks out there are just so disappointing.

Here is a few USB Memory sticks that I found. I think these look very cool.

Lego blocks USB Flash Drives (via engadget)

I absolutely love these. I think they are wonderfully simple and they come in lego colours ..fantastic! you can get them here.

Beabrick USB Memory Sticks (via FarEastGizmos)

I am a big fan of designer toys. Bearbricks are truly fantastic designer toys. If you haven't heard of them, check them out here. Unfortunately, these USB sticks are not available yet, but see FarEastGizmos for more info.

FlashBag USB Memory Drives

Now, these look fantastic. not available yet, but definitely to keep an eye on. Finally someone is exploring this opportunity to do something exciting with USB drives.
These actually blow up when you are running out of free space - cool!
Read more here.

How Cool Are These? (via eglobe1)

...but do they exist?

 



and finally, these, designed by Vicky Wei (via yankodesign)

Memory Infinite has a USB male connector at one end and a female connector at the other, providing an “add up” concept for USB finger discs. By connecting one Memory Infinite with another to add up the storage capacity, the user won't waste the old storage capacity when getting a larger one. The user can choose to combine or separate Memory Infinite, making the usage of USB finger discs more convenient.

Anyone know any other funky USB memory sticks?

Fantastic vintage computers photography produced for the book Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers by John Alderman. Check out Mark Richards website and navigate to "Core Memory" section.

Mark Richards

(Via BoingBoing)

Book Description
An unprecedented combination of computer history and striking images, Core Memory reveals modern technology's evolution through the world's most renowned computer collection, the Computer History Museum in the Silicon Valley. Vivid photos capture these historically important machines including the Eniac, Crays 1 3, Apple I and II while authoritative text profiles each, telling the stories of their innovations and peculiarities. Thirty-five machines are profiled in over 100 extraordinary color photographs, making Core Memory a surprising addition to the library of photography collectors and the ultimate geek-chic gift.

To buy from Amazon.com go here

To buy from Amazon.co.uk go here

Check out this movie about a suitcase-turns-into-bicycle.

A cool gadget for the weekend city breaks, as long as it doesn't weigh too much.

A neat idea nonetheless...

watch the film here...

Not sure if you've seen these, but BMW has launched a new advertising campaign and these ads look amaizing. "'See How It Feels'"

Directed by Warren & Nick

Check out the clip here

I saw another version of this ad on TV but i cant find it anywhere on the web. Anyone know?...

What would we do without keyboards, eh?... there have been numerous attempts to change the way we input data ...a mouse was that second invention but the keyboard always stuck around ... and i really wonder how many people actually use voice recognition ..anyone?..

So, i am not sure if you've head about Optimus Keyboard, but this little piece of kit will set you $1564. You can pre-program all the keys ..and i am talking about actually programming the letters that appear ...each key is a mini screen.

The description and detailed specifications will be published on May 20, 2007 at 3 p. m. Moscow time. On the same day they’ll start accepting limited pre-orders.

Production schedule:
Beginning of December 2007—200 keyboards
End of December 2007—200 keyboards
January 2008—400 keyboards

i will personally settle for this for the time being...but if you still think Optimus Keyboard is your thing ..then go here.

Here is another one of those products that you have to love!  I have been thinking of picking up one for a while now but never got around to it. I just love the "penelope" headset in maroon for a skype phone and it looks amazing. I think its also hilarious to use it as a hands free for your mobile phone ...imagine pulling this out in the street..

Check out the shop here ...

For blog here ..very cool products and updates...

for mocoloco review, go here