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Dancepants Kinetic MP3 Player Makes You Run For Your Music

1:40AM November 19, 2009 | Danny Allen

Shortlisted in Designboom’s Green Life competition, the conceptual Dancepants Kinetic Music player would “motivate you to move your feet in order to hear your music”. Better shuffle about while taking that breather, or no pump-up tunes for you. More »

Rocking Chair Powers Its Attached OLED Lamp Just By Rocking

10:20AM October 16, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

The Murakami chair’s attached lamp is powered by kinetic energy produced from the chair’s rocking back and forth — deliciously simple and elegant. Oh, and that lampshade? Not a lampshade. That’s the actual OLED light source, shaped like a lampshade. More »