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Design

Motion-Sensing Transtube 360 Shower Puts You On Display

10:20AM Jason Chen | The Transtube 360 isn’t as packed with features as the Aquapeutics shower, but it does have one thing that’s impressive: a motion-sensing door. More »
Computers

Logitech’s New Mouse. Glass Act.

11:14AM Chris Oaten | Here’s good news for anyone with a glass desk. Yes, you know who you are you Freedom/Ikea tragics, you. Logitech has announced a mouse that works on glass surfaces, and we’re rather enamoured with the science that’s behind this minor miracle. More »
Design

Glass Rubik’s Cube Allows The Satisfaction Of Shattering It

3:00AM Adam Frucci | Sure, this glass Rubik’s Cube is pretty, but is it really wise to make one of the most frustrating puzzles ever out of something so breakable? [Walyou via Geekologie]
Design

This Would Make For An Interesting Coffee Table

10:40AM Jason Chen | As DeviantArt artist DivineError noted: Windows are made glass, so why not glass Windows? Download the wallpaper at DA. [Deviant Art] More »
Design

You Sure You’re 140?

11:00AM Jason Chen | “I don’t know Mary. Even though this thing is supposed to hold 5 tons, you could still stand to lose a few pounds. You know, just for health’s sake.” [Getty Images via Gawker] More »
Design

Glass Foosball Table Has Serious Consequences for Spinnies

4:00AM Adam Frucci | The Teckell Collection is a completely glass foosball table designed to be “Green.” I just wonder if the designers have ever actually played foosball. More »
Gadgets

Hopside Down Glass Will Really Confuse You After a Few Beers

2:00AM Adam Frucci | The Hopside Down glass is an optical illusion you drink beer out of: a glass with a bottle inside. The only downside is that it screws you out of a full pint. [ProductPage via NerdApproved] More »
Games

Stunning Glass-Top Pool Table Dazzles With Its Design And Pricetag

5:20PM Nick Broughall | Forget for a minute the fact that cleaning this Australian-made and designed pool table would be an absolute bitch and just admire its gorgeous industrial styling. Created from the ground up by Adelaide-based Industrial designer Craig Nottage and featuring a glass table topped with a patented transparent surface called Vitrik which mimics traditional felt, the G-1 table is as stunning as a pool table is ever likely to find. Watching sunken balls work their way through the ball return is mesmerising, as you can see in the clip below. More »
Science

Researchers Develop Transparent Memory, See-Through Electronics Next

4:01AM Mark Wilson | A group of South Korean scientists have developed a transparent memory chip that could be the precursor to completely transparent electronics. More »
Gadgets

Harion Glass Speakers Look Like They’re Worth A Fortune, Because They Are

1:45AM Kit Eaton | Japanese firm Hario just came up with this rather beautiful new speaker system, dubbed Harion. So far, so groovy. It’s made of heat-resistant glass (the first to be like it, according to Hario) and the woofer, two tweeters and two mid-range speakers proved so complex to create that it took a small army of companies—23 in total—to work out how to make them. And its hand-made. So far, even groovier. Here’s the un-groovy bit: all that beauty, presumably wonderful sound quality, and custom-made design means they cost $US168,000. Why do you need heat-proof speakers anyway? Go get some glass Sony Sountinas: they’re about 17 times cheaper. [Crunchgear via Gearlog] More »