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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
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 »
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
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 »
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
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 »
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