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Monday, March 30, 2009
Design

Vertigo Self-Heating Food/Beverage Container Is Not A Bomb (…Right?)

9:20AM Jack Loftus | This slick looking concept, called Vertigo, warms a beverage and some food, by way of a hand crank, in just minutes. Just keep it away from airports. More »
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Music

Eco Media Revolution: Part PMP, Part Mobile Phone Defibrillator

7:00AM Mark Wilson | The original Eco Player was a wind-up PMP that offered 40 minutes of music per one minute of cranking. It was chunkier than a nano, but it also wasn’t gonna run out of juice in the Himalayas, either. The new Eco Media Revolution is the sequel, a 4GB A/V player that also packs and SD card reader, FM radio and can charge your mobile phone. Apparently a minute of cranking is equivalent to one emergency call. And if only we had some cool wilderness adventure to go on, we’d shell out the $US240 in a heartbeat for one of our own. [Ethical Superstore via Smart Planet] More »
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