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	Urban Camping
	By Ben on Fri Jun 12 2009 \| Comments this

Gear | Other

The 'car tend' looks like a car cover, for urban camping. Cool idea!

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	Samsung Crest E1107 - Samsung Sun-Powered Cellphone
	By Ben on Fri Jun 12 2009 \| Comments this

Gear | Cellphone

Samsung has announced its first solar powered GSM mobile phone, the Crest E1107. Yes, it enables to charge by Sun, perfect for the outdoor use. It is designed to users to save money and energy consumption on traditional electrical charging. The phone has the capacity to provide around provide around 5~10 minutes of talk time with one hour of exposure to the sun. The Crest Solar has other features include a FM radio, a fake call feature(users can pretend they have an incoming call, wow...), MP3 ring tones and a powerful torch light. It alreaedy on sale in India for around $59. The Crest Solar will be available in numerous markets including India, Europe, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, and Latin America from June 2009.

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	RoBe:Do's Three - Netbook-based robot
	By Ben on Thu Jun 11 2009 \| Comments this

Gear | Gadget

The RoBe:Do has released a netbook-based robot, called the Three($399). The Three is a modular chassis which uses a USB-connected motor controller, use the laptop or netbook as Three��s brain. It features the simple design and fast faster motors.
Three is supplied fully-assembled, and in its most basic form has two 6.7-inch wheels with twin 120 rpm motors, powered by either 8 or 16 rechargeable NiMH 9.6V batteries.
"Into the system you can plug an optional three-sensor digital IR navigation array, for autonomous control, or any number of USB sensors, webcams, I/O controllers and other gadgets to adapt the platform. C, C++, C#, Flash AS3, Java, .NET, Python, VBScript and Visual Basic are all supported, among others, and you can use a Linux, Mac or Windows based notebook or netbook."

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	Super Mario and his son
	By Ben on Thu Jun 11 2009 \| Comments ( 1 )

Gear | Pic

Haha, Super Mario and his son!

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	Projects Iridium Color Changing
	By Ben on Thu Jun 11 2009 \| Comments this

Style | Watch

I like this watch! It has no watch hand, just with color! The Projects Iridium Color Changing Watch($119) has an all white lens crystal with cutout numbers that fill with color. The hour is BLUE and the minute is RED. When they're together, such as at 12:00 the colors mix to create PURPLE!
Other features include a soft black leather band and water-resistant to 150ft.

Price: $119 | BUY

	Clockwork
	By Ben on Wed Jun 10 2009 \| Comments this

Gear | Video

The animated short by David Prosser.

	LAIKA
	By Ben on Wed Jun 10 2009 \| Comments this

Gear | Video

By Guillaume Blanchet.
"A 3 min animation using matches & match boxes to celebrate the 10th birthday of a famous bar in Montreal, the Laïka. For the record, Laïka originally was the name of the first earthling ever sent to space. It was a female dog. It was in Russia. In was in 1957. "

	Autumn Whitehurst
	By Ben on Wed Jun 10 2009 \| Comments this

Gear | Pic

The illustrations by Autumn Whitehurst.

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	The Naked Truth
	By Ben on Wed Jun 10 2009 \| Comments this

Gear | Video

Don't be shy, take a peek inside the shower curtain! The "naked truth" is only found by those who look. New installation/stencil works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Cool idea!

	Barbie-Themed Football Table
	By Ben on Wed Jun 10 2009 \| Comments ( 2 )

Gear | Sport

French designer Chloe Ruchon has added sexy to his football table concept, called "barbiefoot", traditionally called ��babyfoot�� in France. The pink table combines the iconic 'baby' doll with table football. Wow, the guys, if you will love it?
Created in partnership with Mattel brands consumer products and babyfoot bonzini. 'Barbiefoot' was on display at the DMY berlin design festival 09.

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	iPhone 3G S has a 600MHz CPU and 256MB of RAM
	By Ben on Wed Jun 10 2009 \| Comments this

Gear | Apple

If you know the first first-gen and the 3G Apple hardware spec? That's 412MHz and 128MB in the first-gen and the 3G. The T-Mobile Netherlands has accidentally posted up the iPhone 3G S specs page listing 256MB of RAM and a 600MHz CPU(Now their site already 'corrected' it... )

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	iPhone Stencil Kit
	By Ben on Wed Jun 10 2009 \| Comments this

Gear | Apple

The iPhone Stencil Kit($17) make you to quickly draw iPhone applications user interfaces. It even comes with a Zebra mechanical pencil.

The kit comes with:
- One iPhone UI Stencil
- Zebra mechanical pencil
- 2 Design Commission stickers
- Downloadable .PDF letter-sized paper template

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	Expand-A-Green Putting Surface
	By Ben on Tue Jun 9 2009 \| Comments this

Gear | Sport

Let's play golf at your office. The Expand-A-Green Putting Surface($130) is over 3' wide, 8' long modular putting green can be rearranged and expanded to create several different putting green shapes.
"This kit includes 2 flags, 2 cups, and multiple pin locations so that you can practice a variety of putts. You can position the cup knock-outs underneath for varying break."

Price: $130 | BUY

	Homemade Solar Quadricycle
	By Ben on Tue Jun 9 2009 \| Comments ( 1 )

Gear | Bike

The solar human hybrid is a street legal quadricycle powered by solar electric motor. It has room for four people and even a spot for groceries and a dog. This project was launched as fourteen year old David Dixon's 8th grade project for the Novato Charter School.
Design goals:
A vehicle with excellent pedaling performance;
An efficient electric motor assist;
A street legal vehicle;
New generation battery technology; and Solar charging.
The vehicle powered by a 24-volt motor is good for 1 horsepower, and a top speed limited 14 mph. Power comes from GreenSaver Silicone Gel Cell batteries fed by 20-watt solar panels. The batteries also run the vehicle��s iPod dock - gotta have tunes - GPS unit and the lights. It costs $6,400 to build, but most of that can be attributed to the cost of the ZEM. They picked it up on eBay for $5,000.

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