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Kiiroo taps OhMiBod to build a better connected vibrator
Bridging the Gap
The Fuse chair is so named for the way it stylishly brings together old and new materials to bridge a generational gap in design. Inspired by this gap is a literal gap in the back! The wood front leg/arm combination represents a time when almost all furniture was woodcrafted while the rest is stainless steel and represents modern design trends. Together they form a svelte and handsome accent piece. DO want!
Designer: Devendran Draguian
An iphone case for juice and jpegs
Remember that god-awful battery case Apple released for its phones? I’ll have you know that there are A LOT of better cases out there that can provide your phone with some emergency juice. The Fuse case, boasts of doing that and a bit more. Designed to cater to the iPhone users who love to photograph (let’s face it, the guys at Apple have officially made the best mobile phone camera in the business), the Fuse adds the battery pack at a place that complements the ergonomic requirements pf a photographer. Designed to feel like a point and shoot, the fuse makes for better grip during photography, a reliable extra battery for when you desperately need that shot, and not to forget, its construction also gives your phone protection against the bendgates and breakgates out there!
P.S. Did you look at those colors!?
Designer: Damian Hernandez
Art exhibit turns tweets into a colorful sphere of emotion
A Friendlier Fuse Box
Fuse is a fresh approach to the design of a product that has remained largely unchanged since its inception. Consumer units, or fuse boxes, are the focal points for electricity installed in a building. They serve to distribute power and interrupt the supply if an electrical fault is detected. Fuse has been carefully designed for both the electrician and the homeowner, irrespective of electrical knowledge. The smart display and accompanying app provide a new level of consciousness in active monitoring of energy consumption, and enable improved identification and simpler rectification of system faults. The use of standard internal components ensures that the installation and configuration of Fuse is in line with industry standards.
Fuse was awarded Silver at the 2015 Braun Prize and also won a RedDot Award.
Designer: Daniel Salisbury
Shockingly good design!
There are so many objects that rarely see any design intervention because they “are just fine the way they are”. A designer with a keen eye can pick out such design opportunities and really shake things up for the better. Dan Salisbury’s Fusebox redesign is exactly what I’m talking about. The design is a beautifully integrated layout of switches and even an e-ink display that helps you identify not just what each switch is for, but also the power consumption and load-bearing percentage. The switch gets lowered when the circuit breaks, in a way that makes it look elegant yet easy to identify. Lights out? No problem, each fuse switch has a backlight that goes on in the dark.
Just to sweeten the deal, the Fuse concept comes with a dedicated app that gives you all the info bundled into a slick, beautiful interface!
The Fuse concept received the Red Dot Award and the BraunPrize in 2015.
Designer: Dan Salisbury
Fuse Digital Demo is coming on May 7
Microsoft launches Socl into Beta, brings the part(ies) to social networking
Microsoft has unleashed Socl into beta for all comers to probe, bringing it out of the experimental stages and a step closer to a full-fledged site. We first heard about the project back in July when it was dubbed Tulalip, and MS Research's Fuse Labs officially launched it internally and into some universities back in October last year. The site carries the Windows 8 tile-like look, and Fuse says that imagery is emphasized over "blue links" for search, helping democratize the site "even for people who speak different languages." That lets you find others via posts, a people gallery, or someone's page -- where new posts, people and interests can be viewed all at once. A nav bar allows articles to be created by topics like web, videos or news, and users can create "parties," where they can chat, create playlists or watch videos with others in a similar fashion to Google Hangouts. The project was coded using Redmond's Java-hued Typescript to allow for rapid coding changes, according to Fuse's blog in the source below. To try it out for yourself, check the "more coverage" link.
Filed under: Internet, Microsoft
Via: Techmeme
Source: Microsoft Research FuseLabs
Dish Network settles Voom HD lawsuit, AMC comes back on the air tonight
Dish Network customers have been without AMC and its family of channels since July 1st, but thanks to a settlement between the satellite company and Cablevision's former Voom HD unit, AMC will be back on the air starting tonight. The possibility of a settlement leaked out late last week via a court filing, and it looks like Dish CEO Charlie Ergen will avoid taking the stand Monday after all. According to the terms, Dish will hand over $700 million in cash plus its 20 percent stake in Voom, and receive 500MHz of video and data spectrum licenses in 45 areas. In a separate deal, Dish and Cablevision spinoff AMC Networks have a new multiyear deal that should bring back AMC (on channel 131) in time for The Walking Dead to air tonight, and all of its other channels (IFC, WE tv, Sundance and for the first time, Fuse) starting November 1st. While Dish had previously claimed the channel deal was being held up by AMC's distribution of its shows via iTunes, Netflix and Amazon, now that lawsuit is over those concerns seem to have faded away.
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Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD
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