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Peripherals
Art Lebedev Takes Wall Sockets 3D
12:08AM Mark Wilson | Your typical wall socket just sits there defeated by life, making no decent effort to prevent the inevitable pwning by a 10-socket surge protector. Art Lebedev’s Rozetkus socket, however, transforms from 2D to 3D. More »
GPS
Art Lebedev Navigarius GPS Concept Really Belongs In A Spaceship
1:30PM Dan Nosowitz | Art Lebedev’s concepts don’t always come to fruition, but they’re great eye candy even if they’ll never actually exist. This round-screened Navigarius GPS concept is one of their prettiest. More »
Peripherals
OCZ Sabre OLED Keyboard (Unofficial Codename: Optimus Budgetus) Priced At $135
6:40PM John Herrman | The OCZ Sabre asked us to compromise, featuring a sharply limited number of display-integrated keys, so we asked it to do the same: dip below $US200, or else. Today, ZipZoomFly is listing the Sabre at a reasonable $US135.00. More »
Design
Swissarmius: Organise Your Kitchen Utensils Swiss Army Style
2:20AM Sean Fallon | Art Lebedev’s Swissarmius is the Swiss Army Knife of storage containers. As you can see, it organises your utensils in a way that mimics the classic Victorinox design. More »
Gadgets
Gridus BBQ Grill Finds The Best Peace Of Meat With Excel Spreadsheets
11:20AM Sean Fallon | The design team at Art Lebedev has something for number crunchers who are compelled to incorporate math into every aspect of their lives. Enter the Gridus Barbecue Grid. More »
Peripherals
Even a Simple USB Hub Requires Meticulous Planning
10:40AM Mark Wilson | It’s easy to not appreciate the engineering that goes into the most simple of devices, like this Art Lebedev Spectrus USB hub. A few ports, a few rainbow stickers—easy, right? Err…wrong. More »
Gadgets
Art Lebedev Verbarius Word Clock Lightning Review
4:00AM Jason Chen | The Gadget: The Verbarius electronic clock by Art Lebedev, a design firm that’s also given us fancy gadgets like the OLED Optimus Maximus keyboard, icon fridge magnets, folder flash drives and the upcoming Optimus Aux keypad. The Verbarius displays time not by numbers, but solely by phrases like “Twenty-nine past eleven a.m.” or “Half past ten”. More »
Design
Art Lebedev Tackles the Traffic Light: Square is the New Circle
6:45AM Gizmodo US Edition | Ol’ Art Lebedev is a favourite around here. The guy is a brilliant designer, even if his ideas usually seem to get sidetracked or delayed somehow. His studio just introduced its Luxofor prototype, a traffic light replacement that uses very bright diodes for increased visibility. The new square design makes more efficient use of the available space, and can display more detailed signals. Just a concept for now, but the Luxofor is pretty, practical, and logical, so it has just as much of a chance as any of Art’s designs to become real. [Electronista] More »
Peripherals
Art Lebedev’s Optimus Aux Keypad Finalised, Priced at Around $US650
2:25AM Sean Fallon | Art Lebedev has been teasing us with details about their upcoming Optimus Aux keypad (previously known as the Pultius) for some time now, but two pieces of evidence have us thinking that a production version will be on its way shortly. Exhibit #1: A final pre-production photo of the keypad in its aluminium case (Verbarius is in the background). Exhibit #2: The Aux has been priced at around $US650. [livejournal] More »
Peripherals