We were setting up our wireless router in this our new house when we made a startling realisation. Our wireless hotspot doesn’t need to be limited to boring names like LinksysN or 2Wire1969, they can be messages to our neighbours that they see every time they connect to their router. Here are some that our crack team of jerks have come up with. More »
Concept gadgets are great because they offer a possible vision of our future while showcasing the potential of outside of the box thinking. The one problem is that many of the designers out there are not even on the same planet as the box. The trick is to come up with an interesting, marketable idea that may actually be possible to build sometime in the not so distant future—ideas like those featured in the gallery below.
This year’s award winners tend to fall into two categories: old, at least to up-to-date gadget hounds like y’all, or not there yet, with no good way to figure out when they will arrive. That doesn’t mean they’re not the epitome of great design, though, and it doesn’t mean they’re not worth having a gander at. I put eight of the more self-explanatory items in the gallery below—including urinals!—but if you want to see the long string of crazy shit, you’ll have to visit BusinessWeek.com. galleryPost('BWIdea2007', 8, 'BW Idea 2007'); More »
