Author: James Mowery

Furniture these days is getting, well, boring. It’s the same stuff everywhere — the same look, the same feel, the same basic design rules. Where’s the fun in that? What does that express about you? Imagine, if you will, furniture that can morph into completely new styles and designs. Imagine being able to change a simple sofa into something far more exotic than you’ve ever seen before. The Confluences sofa may one day enable all this. Winner of the “best of the best” Red Dot Design award, the Confluences sofa is a design concept that could one day transform the way in which we think about furniture….

Meow! What’s better than a cute kitty? A cute kitty with a webcam, of course! Pet Vision. A new concept by TOOUT Industrial Design hints at a future where pet owners can check up on their pets at anytime by logging into a computer and tapping into the webcam attached to your pet’s collar. In essence, it will give you a first-person perspective of your pet at anytime. Now, we know how popular videos of cute cats and kittens are on YouTube, but could you imagine a world with live webcam feeds of cute kittens? Could you imagine how much time and productivity will be lost throughout the day if this happened?…

The iPad has been declared as the greatest gaming machine ever — thanks to the iCade. It’s an impressive set of hardware and software for the iPad that will enable you to play your favorite old-school arcade games. When you purchase the iCade — courtesy of the folks over at ThinkGeek — you’ll receive a hardware iPad arcade cabinet that allows you to slide your iPad in to turn your iPad into an arcade-like screen, and the iPad slides into a 30-pin connector that allows the hardware to control the iPad with the classic  joystick and big red buttons. Following that, you’ll then launch the iCade…

You’re one of the millions who is intrigued by the iPad, right? Well, we wanted to help you out, so here is a roundup of some of the most reputable reviews of the iPad. PCMag gave the iPad a 4.5 out 5 and is — overall — impressed: I’m curious to see who actually buys the iPad, apart from Apple enthusiasts. But I can tell you that when my laptop eventually dies, I’ll be getting one. USAToday (Edward Baig) acknowledges that it isn’t perfect, but it is worth it: Apple has pretty much nailed it with this first iPad, though there’s certainly room for improvement. Nearly three years after making a splash…

We did get insurance on this thing, right? We will miss Sunken, our luxury yacht that provided us numerous hours of joy and fun.  We can’t help but recall the star-filled nights with only the moon to guide us and the bright sun-shiny days that forced us to layer on the sunscreen. We lost her far too soon… Whoops. You weren’t supposed to see that! Ah, darn, the secret is out — okay, so this isn’t our yacht, and it obviously has a design flaw (or feature) built into it. You see, some guys with some creativity (or insanity) decided they would build a yacht that gave the impression that it sinking to the deep…

Everyone is excited about the iPad, and that is to be expected. I’m excited too. I want the iPad to be great and to foster in a new class of device that hasn’t performed in the past. That said, I’m not buying one, even if this thing is declared the greatest device ever invented. Is it because I despise Apple products? Absolutely not. For the record, I own an iPod and a Macbook, and I also enjoy the thought and design that goes into Apple products. I have no qualms with Apple, beyond their sometimes restrictive policies towards application developers. Furthermore, I believe the iPad has great potential…

Golf carts are interesting and fun. They get you from point A to point B without having to walk. And while you can’t take them for a stroll down the highway, they are useful for short-distance transportation. Some people — no matter how short the distance — must travel in style, and the golf cart rarely screams style. That is, until now. The Garia Soleil de Minuit is Porsche’s answer, and it will surely turn heads at the golf course or your backyard. It will cost around $52,000 for the pimped out version — including a built-in refrigerator, aluminum wheels, custom exterior color, heated…

Asus isn’t planning on settling for Apple to take over the tablet market without a fight — the PC maker believes that they can compete by differentiating themselves from the competition. Asus is planning on creating at least two tablet devices, and considering Google’s Chrome OS and Android platforms and Microsoft’s Windows 7 platform to run on them. The company stated that they prefer open software solutions instead of closed systems like Apple’s. The focus will be enabling great multimedia experiences for consumers on these tablets, as it is one of the most appealing reasons for owning…

If you love creepy crawlies, you’ll love Putrefashion. It’s a bangle-like bracelet that allows living insects to crawl and live within. The bracelet is designed with plastic materials, and it has airholes that allow the insects to breath while also enabling to move around and crawl — likely freaking out anyone around you in the process. In this case, its creator prefers to use mealworms, but you could put whatever you want inside, if it fits. Want to have one of these bracelets for your own? You’ll need a laser cutter, screwdriver, and a lot of patience. It’s possible though — the instructions…

Some see abstract art as a mess while others see it as a beautiful piece of work, but regardless of the side you favor, this project by a motivated group in the UK is sure to impress any tech-savvy person. Extracts of Local Distance is the work of Benjamin Maus, Frederic Gmeiner and Thorsten Posselt, all of which whom have created something special: a computer software that analyzes vanishing points of photographical architecture, organizes all these points and segments of images, and creates new images based from the contents of hundreds or thousands of other images. The result is an image that…