music is a little ” inceptionist ” but it is cool. Have fun…

The WVIL camera is a concept camera envisioned by Artefact design team. It answers the question: “what’s next for camera design?”

WVIL system takes the connectivity and application platform capabilities of today’s smart phones and wirelessly connects them with interchangeable full SLR-quality optics.

via Artefact design team

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Mercedes-Benz F800 StyleMercedes-Benz just released official news and photos of their F800 style concept that will debut at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. A unique feature of the concept is an all-new multi drive platform, which accommodates electric drives with fuel cells (enabling ranges of almost 375 miles) as well as the use of Plug-in Hybrids that can drive for up to 18 miles solely on electricity. This also might confirm the rumor that a Hybird CLS is in the works.

via channel.asus.com.tw

If there were a tripod equivalent to the hoverboard, the Monsterpod would be it.

What is it? Only the coolest freaking, gravity-defying, mind-boggling tripod ever created! Monsterpod is a Viscoelastic Polymer-based tripod that’s the stuff of science fiction. This marvel sticks to and peels right off just about anything.

Really, we mean anything. We tried this thing on brick walls, trees, marble, cement, steel, sheet rock, wire fences, metal poles, plate glass windows, upside down, in the heat, in the cold, on furniture, street lamps, and on a car. It sticks to over 1,000 things, and it’s the closest thing to magic we’ve seen.

Just screw your camera (up to 20 ounces) onto the adjustable pivoting tripod mount, then use your hands to mold the Monsterpod to any surface or object. It’ll hold its position from anywhere for 1-10 minutes (even longer, in our experience.) When you’re finished, gently peel the little guy off. Dirt can simply be washed away with water!

So let’s have a look at one of the choices of table-wares for our daily life from Japanese Wasara , and also it is better for our earth.

from Wasara website;

“Selecting a tableware that best suits each ingredient or cuisine is a common practice for the Japanese.  Among all the scenes of the world’s food cultures, no other nation cares as much about its choice of tableware.  The richness of its food culture, received as one of the most refined in the world, has been clearly affecting its tableware culture.

Enjoying meals with vision as well as taste, sensing seasons with ingredients and plates, we present WASARA as tableware to add beauty to a casual gathering of congenial people that creates a rich and warm atmosphere.”

from Wasara website;

“Fitting comfortably in the hands, having a sense of stability, and accentuating food and drinks, WASARA’s form and texture make it clearly distinct from other disposable ware.  The organic forms that can be accepted comfortably and the texture that gives a handcrafted feel are functional beauty rooted in the Japanese custom of holding dishes as we eat.  WASARA’s rich individualities are articulated in their subtle forms.”

some interesting lines from Wasara website

” Japanese creative tradition

WASARA is a product of idiosyncratic Japanese sensibility, but how was this sensibility developed?  We can find a clue in traditional architecture and manufacturing.  For example, Japanese culture has the technique of shakkei, which interprets the landscape seen through a window as a part of the interior.  It represents our spirit of living in harmony with nature.  A lattice and a shoji screen create a certain type of beauty with a repetition of simple patterns.  The resulting crisp atmosphere, a source of refreshment and comfort, has been integrated into people’s lives.  The simpler the form, the more accuracy is required in crafting techniques.

WASARA is paper tableware inheriting such spirit, artifice and aesthetics in our manufacturing philosophy. ”

The best part comes last (;

“Eco-friendly
As a fate of paper tableware, a WASARA can serve its purpose only once.  Yet, it is designed to minimize the environmental burden,  a global issue of our time.  Therefore, WASARA employed reed pulp, bamboo and bagasse (sugarcane waste) for its material. Reeds and bamboos have strong life force, and are in no danger of extinction.  And produced after extracting juice from sugarcane, bagasse is sometimes discarded, but its intrinsic nature is perfect as a paper material.

Hence, by replacing wood pulp with non-wood materials such as baggasse and reeds, resources can be used efficiently.  WASARA is tableware that blends with the natural practice of reducing waste.  It is eco-friendly tableware complimented by spiritual richness.”

“Earth to Earth

As paper tableware, the WASARA series is ephemeral.  The materials, reeds and bagasse, will return to soil in the end. Since ancient times, human beings have lived side by side with nature, conversing with and learning from it.  Everything – human beings, animals, trees and weeds – returns to the earth from which new life springs.

After serving at people’s gatherings, WASARA also returns to the earth. WASARA, a one-time-only paper ware, plays a role in enriching one’s mind, despite its ephemeral nature. ”

via wasara

Mini E Facts

Acceleration to 100 km/h (62 mph) / 8.5 seconds
Top speed / 152 km/h (95 mph)
CO2 Emission / Zero

Equipped with a 572-pound lithium ion battery of unknown capacity, the MINI E reportedly has a range of 150 miles after an 8-hour charge. Its electric heart beats out 204-horsepower and 162 lb-ft of torque, which should be plenty to make this MINI scoot. Indeed, the run to 60 should take a bit over 8-seconds and the top speed has been limited to 95 miles per hour. The entire car weighs in at a bit over 3,200 pounds and regenerative braking is used to extend the range. Body modifications are minimal, with unique badges and paint separating the E from its gas-powered siblings. On the inside, the gages have been switched up, with a multi-function unit in front of the driver, though the speedometer is still front and center in the middle of the dash.
The MINI E is the future of mobility (and Minis) – and creative use of space at its best! And is here, right on time for the Mini 50year – Anniversary. Fancy driving one?

Impressive and inspirational…  Have a look at Microsoft’s Future Vision Montage…

For the 5-minute long version of the video visit here (:

via officelabs.com & istartedsomething.com & blogs.msdn.com