Not Your Mama’s Flatware

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According to the Red Dot Award-winning designers at LÚCID, “Magnòlia is a cutlery set with soft and classical ergonomics that are combined with an artist’s touch that makes it even more modern, its style lines break flowing surfaces creating changes in its plans which directly affect the usability and function of the pieces,” which is just a fancy way of saying this flatware set is freaking awesome.

Quite simply, it’s very attractive. But, it’s also thoughtfully imagined. It takes inspiration from the agricultural tools of our not-so-distant ancestors and grandparents. Imagined for use with consumption of red meat, it combines the shapes of some of these traditional farm tools to achieve an all-new, sharp shape with a nod to a pastoral past.

Designer: LÚCID DESIGN AGENCY for Cutler

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The Kangaroo-inspired Incubator

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An excellent example of applied biomimicry, Magnolia explores marrying the concept of “kangaroo care” with the common incubator in order to prevent a variety of infant disorders while promoting health and well-being post birth.

Medical professionals are beginning to understand the importance of close contact between parents and newborns. Feeling the parents’ heartbeat, hearing their voice, and being exposed to their body heat has a myriad of benefits ranging from cold-prevention to psychological stability. Magnolia not only mimics this type of closeness when baby is left alone in the incubator, but also makes it easy to transition from the new parents body to the device with a convenient, removable pouch.

Inside the incubator, newborns can hear and feel the parents heartbeat. Temperature and humidity can also be customized and controlled to exact specifications. The result is absolute comfort, calm and health of body and mind.

Designer: Na Yeon Jang & Eunsong Han

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Vizio’s high-end 4K TVs are on sale at (some) Best Buy stores

After more than a year of waiting Vizio finally opened up orders for two models from its "Reference Series" line, and now it's expanding the rollout. At Best Buy's Magnolia Design Center locations (they're a bit more limited than the regular Magnol...

Kaleidescape revamps Cinema One movie player with easier setup in mind

Kaleidescape intros revamped Cinema One movie player

Kaleidescape's Cinema One player has been many things to movie buffs, but "accessible" isn't one of them -- limited distribution and an emphasis on custom installs has kept it out of reach. The company is widening that scope with a redesigned Cinema One that's almost as easy to install as an off-the-shelf Blu-ray player. It's a tad more advanced than that, of course. The Cinema One integrates with most home automation systems, and it stores up to 100 Blu-ray quality movies (including Kaleidescape Store downloads). Viewers who need more storage can attach a second player or the older DV700 Disc Vault. The revamped Cinema One is still expensive at $3,995, but it's at least easier to buy than its predecessor -- Kaleidescape is selling the new media server as a walk-in purchase at Magnolia and other retail stores.

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Tizen 2.0 SDK and source code emerge from alpha, bring slew of new features

Tizen 2.0 SDK and source code emerge from alpha, bring slew of new features

Sure, an early version of Tizen 2.0 Magnolia may have first emerged last September, but now the SDK and source code have dropped the "alpha" designation for a proper release. After a few months of incubation, the open source OS has been laden with enhanced support for HTML5 and a beefed up Web UI framework that enables full-screen and multi-window features. Developers can now leverage new hardware APIs for Bluetooth and NFC support, and access a device's call history, calendar and messaging "subsystems." Support for background applications, text-to-speech and IP Push have also made it into the operating system along with reference applications including the likes of a calendar, gallery and phone app. In addition, a native IDE and a spruced up web development environment have been released with the latest code. Hit the source link for the full skinny and appropriate downloads.

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