Innovation

Measuring Time With A Sleek & Modern Watch: The Ora Designer Timepiece

by Fashion Finds

Watches act as a major statement piece for men and women; but men in particular seem to have a love for watches that are aesthetically appealing and incorporate neat features and gadgets. The Ora Watch puts a spin on timepieces, and that's a statement you can almost take literally.

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Nintendo Isn't Kidding With The 'Baby And Me For Wii' Doll Controller

by Steve Levenstein

"Baby and Me for Wii", set for release this December in Australia, is the latest and perhaps the strangest application yet for Nintendo's popular Wii game console. "Bring your baby to life with your Wii remote"... and with that, let the creepiness begin!

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Junaio Adds 3D & AR To Location-Based Social Network

by Ron Callari

When Rod Serling first uttered, "there is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity...this is the dimension of imagination," he might have been giving us a prescient glimpse into the future of Junaio.

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It's A Mattress Made In Heaven When Simmons Gets In Bed With Panasonic

by Steve Levenstein

Mattress maker Simmons and electronics giant Panasonic are set to split the sheets, begetting what might just be the world's most expensive bed. Eleven thousand dollars gets you more than just a mattress, however... MUCH more.

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Walkstation: Transforming American Workplaces From Sedentary To Active!

by Beth Hodgson

With exercise and employee well-being becoming a greater focus in many workplaces, a new company has released something that allows those who typically work at a computer to multi-task in a way that's for their own greater good, and that of the company that they work for. This concept isn't a business idea per say - but it's definitely worth mentioning because it might just set a new trend for workspaces of the future.

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Sanyo Eneloopy Battery Checker Nose When To Recharge

by Steve Levenstein

Meet 'Eneloopy', Sanyo's cute canine battery checker! Eneloopy's LED nose lights up in a range of colors corresponding to how much power is left in your batteries. Bow, er, wow!

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Sony Playstation PS3 Coffee Table Is A Winning Design

by Steve Levenstein

French designer Stephane Perruchon was very impressed by his new Sony Playstation PS3 and, especially, its ergonomic controllers. Following what must have been a a caffeine-fueled all-nighter, he decided to create this eye-catching PS3 coffee table.

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The Droid "Cash For Clunkers" Deal For iPhones

by Ron Callari

With the heightened buying frenzy surrounding the launch of Google's new smartphone, the Droid, it was no surprise that someone would piggyback off of the hype! While Google conducts its first-time TV advertising, Flipswap, a trade-in service aggressively jumped into the foray with a unique offer to swap cash for your old 'clunky' iPhones. ( Where was the Administration on this one?)

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New Battery Technology Promises Recharge Time Similar to Filling Your Tank

by George Delozier

While many people who have looked into battery electric vehicles are turned away due to range limitations, others are more worried about the long recharge time. In some cases, these vehicles can take up to a full 8 hours to recharge, which is too long for some people to live with. However, a newly developed kind of battery may provide the answer to this problem.

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"Social Awareness" To Replace Social Networking

by Ron Callari

The Internet of Things is fast approaching and with it comes Web 3.0, where "social awareness" will replace "social networking." Soon tweets and status updates will become fully automated and generated by the world around us versus us ever having to touch a keyboard again.

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EOps i24R3: The Odd, Little One-Speaker Surround Sound System

by Chris Weiss

Reaching a point where convenience diminishes utility, the EOps i24R3 speaker is an interesting speaker design from Hong Kong that packs an entire surround sound sytem into one, portable package.

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Prescription Ice Cream To ReCharge Your Appetite After Chemotherapy

by Boomer Babe

A tasty, easy-to-digest food product that young and old adore, that would help limit the ravaging effects of chemotherapy on the stomach and intestines, is crying to be developed. But just what might that food be?

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Nintendo DSi LL Supersizes Your Screen, Picks Your Pocket

by Steve Levenstein

Nintendo just can't enough of a good thing and either can buyers of its popular DS-series portable gaming consoles. The answer, in the form of the big-screen DSi LL, arrives in Japan this November 21 but Americans will have to wait until 2010.

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Retweeting In The Wild - Project Retweet Launches

by Ron Callari

November 5: Twitter rolls out Project Retweet to a limited audience. According to their recent blog post, the Twitter echelon wants to see how it will "work in the wild," before offering it up to the Twitterverse.

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Eco-Friendly 'Breathing Chair' Puts Your Butt On The Block

by Steve Levenstein

When is a chair not a chair? When you're not sitting in it, it seems. That's the case with the Breathing Chair, an solid effort from Taiwan's Yu-Ying Wu who seems to have been inspired by a block of springy tofu.

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Pentax K-x DSLR Camera Shows Off Robotic Colors

by Steve Levenstein

Your photos are in color, so why not your camera? That's the question Pentax is about to answer with their new K-x DSLR cameras, available in a rainbow of shades including a limited edition version sporting Robotic Colors.

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Multi-Function Biking: The PUYL Bike Light/Pump

by Chris Weiss

An efficient, multi-functional cycling concept, PUYL provides both light and air, two necessary components for any night cyclist.

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Is Leapfish, Search's Missing Link?

by Ron Callari

Many have tried, but it's been over a decade and none have succeeded in out-Googlin' Google. Yet here we go again, with yet another search engine entering stage right trying to capture our "attention-deficit" attention. Repackaging online search as something new infers the Web has evolved. And while real-time and social search have certainly changed the alchemy of search, what does Leapfish know that has eluded Google et al?

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Pig Lid Pot Cover Gives Home Cooked Meals Great Taste, Good Humor

by Steve Levenstein

The Pig Lid pot cover is a steamer's dream, as everybody "nose". Horrible puns aside, this ingenious Otoshibuta is at once a play on words and a handy way to steam food in an oven-top pan.

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How "Mickey Mouse" Is Re-Branding?

by Ron Callari

While branding oneself takes time and effort to spin out a new product, re-branding can take several washes to redefine that same brand. Take for example the work United Airlines had to accomplish after breaking someone's guitar. Let alone the number of Twitter apologies issued forth by Chris Brown and Kanye West. But when others do it in reverse and run their good-guy image through a darkside wash cycle, the task might be a little easier. Such is the case with the re-engineering of one Mickey Mouse.

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