Satoshi Yanagisawa is a sustainable designer based in Farnham in the south-east of England. He’s developed “Cyclus“, a concept for a wind-up USB charger that will give around 30 minutes juice for a couple of twists. Based on a spring…
It hasn’t been all that long ago (maybe 15 years?) that when you were not at home or in the office, you were out of contact with the world . At least as far as practical communications go. You turn…
In sad news, one of the owners of the Segway company has been found dead after apparently driving his machine off a cliff and into a river. James Heseldon was named by West Yorkshire police in a short statement. He was pulled from…
If you want to get away from it all, then this hotel (motel) room in the Grand Canyon Caverns might be just for you. Over 200 ft down in a vast underground cavern, you’ll be pretty much guaranteed to get…
Continuing the series of insane hotels, I offer the Mirrorcube at the Tree Hotel, Harads, Sweden. It’s a 4m by 4m by 4m aluminium cube covered in mirrored glass hung round a tree trunk. Once it’s in place, it simply disappears…
If you’re a geek and you haven’t yet scored a tablet, you might still need an implement for cursive writing (listen to GNC#603). If that’s the case, then check out the Circuit Board Pen available on Etsy. The polished circuit…
This week’s unofficial style and design award goes to Native Union and their beautiful Moshi Moshi range of handsets for mobile phones, USB VoIP and Bluetooth. There’s four in the range, the first three created by designer David Turpin and…