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Vehicles

Electric Rolls-Royce Phantom Coming In 2010

9:37AM Rosa Golijan | While we don’t have the official price, we’re reading that the electric Rolls-Royce Phantom will run just a bit higher than the current $US380,000 gas-powered model. Let’s round that to about half a mill and daydream together. More »
Design

Mons Lavabo Sinks: Monstrously Eco-Friendly

4:20AM Mark Wilson | The best thing about these Mons Lavabo concept sinks isn’t their charming, monster design. It’s that they’re eco-friendly, promising to prevent children from wasting water. So just how does that work? More »
Design

The Unibody Coca-Cola Can

12:51AM Jesus Diaz | It doesn’t only look beautiful and it will make Jon Ive and Steve Jobs wet, but this naked Coca-Cola can would help save energy while reducing air and water pollution. Would it really make a difference? Let’s do some maths: More »
Design

Solar iPhone Charger Concept Has Another Use

7:20AM Jason Chen | Although it’ll be awkward to have this iPetals solar charger out on the street, taking advantage of the sun to keep your phone charged is just smart. More »
Gadgets

NEC’s New TV Remote Uses No Batteries

12:51AM Jesus Diaz | It will be some time before it reaches couch potatoes’ hands, but NEC’s new TV remote prototype promises eternal power and no battery changes. Ever. How so? It doesn’t use any. How is this sorcery possible? More »
Design

The Best Of Samsung’s Young Design Awards 2009

11:40AM Sean Fallon | Like many of the design competitions in recent memory, the theme of Samsung’s Young Design Award for 2009 centred around energy conservation and sustainability in the home. These gadgets were voted best of the bunch. More »
Gadgets

PowerZoa Would Be Great To Remotely Turn Off Your Stove

9:19AM Sean Fallon | Why? Because you could use the device to remotely cut power to any gadget that is plugged in to an outlet. More »
Screens

Australia Getting A Proper TV And PC Recycling System

11:07AM Nick Broughall | It’s taken a while, but it looks like Australia will be getting a proper national TV and PC recycling system within the next couple of years. Finally! More »
Vehicles

The World’s Most Efficient Electric Car Is Destined To Fail

6:53AM Jesus Diaz | According to Gordon Murray — the ex-McLaren’s Formula 1 designer responsible for the T.27 car — one day we all will be driving one of these vehicles. And wearing clown costumes. I don’t care that it’s the most efficient car. It won’t work. More »
Science

Cheap, Printed Solar-Powered LEDs Could Change 1.5 Billion Lives

12:40PM Rosa Golijan | Photovoltaic cells printed on sheets aren’t news, nor are LEDs and ultrathin lithium batteries. What’s news is a combination of the three which can help give light to 1.5 billion people who live in impoverished areas without access to electricity. More »