carpets
Toys
Stuka Aeroplane Kit Is a Flying Carpet, Literally
1:20AM Jesus Diaz | My career in model making finished with a P-51 Mustang which ended looking like Dick Dastardly’s aeroplane with an epoxy overdose. Fortunately, this JU87-G Stuka carpet kit by Katharina Wahl doesn’t require any glue. [Mocoloco] More »
Home
This Rug Has Not Finished Downloading
5:40AM Mark Wilson | Remember the days before broadband when images would get all, you know, stretchy and weird? More »
Design
El Luminoso Rug Uses Wool and LEDs to Bring the Galaxy to Your Floor
9:57PM Addy Dugdale | Designed by Esti Barnes, El Luminoso is a made-to-measure carpet that mixes LEDs into the pile. Given that the last rugs I writhed upon with gay abandon wrote about were the Wurst rugs, a selection of sausage-inspired floor coverings that looked like a pool of puke, Esti’s design is bleedin’ gawjus. No idea of the price, but expect it to be hefty, given that it’s a commission-only piece. [Top Floor via MoCo Loco] More »
Science
Smart Carpet Can Help Seniors Who Fall and Can’t Get Up
12:10PM Sean Fallon | Yes, the Life Alert slogan is cliche, but how can you avoid it when talking about a “smart carpet” that can assist the elderly when they fall? The carpet is the brainchild of researchers at the University of Missouri, and it has the capability to electronically monitor a senior’s location and sound an alert in the event of a fall. This is made possible using a new sensor that can be printed on thin, flexible sheets using equally flexible and inexpensive “organic ink.” More »
Gadgets
Cablet Carpet Helps You Hide the Evidence of Your Geekyness
12:40PM Sean Fallon | I’m not all about typing on the floor like the dude pictured here, but I do have quite a few cords criss-crossing the rooms of my home. For the most part, these cords are hidden in a very half-assed manner behind couches and under rugs —resulting in a geeky ghetto look that is as dangerous as it is hideous. My guess is that a scenario like the one I just described is fairly common, which is why Paul Kogelnig and Gabriel Heusser designed the Cablet Carpet. More »
