Relentless invention sets Dyson apart. HEPA filtration unimpeded by leaks, machines that turn on a dime, edge-to-edge cleaning and vacuums engineered to withstand abuse. A lot of abuse. DC41 has twice the suction of all other vacuums*, and Alex Knox, Director of Engineering at Dyson, explains how Dyson machines are endurance tested to stand the rigors of US homes.
Month: August 2013
Pleygo toy rental service
A Netflix-like rental service for Lego® sets. Get unlimited sets for as low as $15 per month. No charge for lost pieces, Free shipping, Clean and sanitized
Drinking Water out of Air
Mayo DraftFCB says it dropped the billboard along the Pan-American Highway to inspire young Peruvians to study engineering at UTEC while simultaneously illustrating how advertising can be more than just an eyesore.
“We wanted future students to see how engineers can also solve social needs in daily basis kinds of situations,” said Alejandro Aponte, creative director at Mayo DraftFCB.
The city’s residents could certainly use the help. According to a 2011 The Independent piece ominously titled “The desert city in serious danger of running dry,” about 1.2 million residents of Lima lack running water entirely, depending on unregulated private-company water trucks to deliver the goods — companies that charge up to 30 soles (US $10) per cubic meter of H2O, or as The Independent notes, 20 times what more well-off residents pay for their tap water.
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Food Innovations
10 Crazy Cool Food Innovations
Transforming Micro-Apartment
Launchpad, the 325 square foot, transforming micro-apartment built by Clei and Resource Furniture is part of the groundbreaking exhibition “Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers” at the Museum of the City of New York. Available at Resource Furniture.
The world’s tallest slum
The world’s tallest slum: poverty-ridden Venezuela’s Tower of David. Squatters took over this very unfinished 45-story skyscraper in the early 1990s, and they’ve been there ever since. The tower was originally intended to be a symbol of Caracas’ bright financial future, complete with a rooftop helipad, but construction stopped because of a banking crisis and the sudden death of the tower’s namesake, David Brillembourg.
Reebok Checklight
Reebok CHECKLIGHT™ is a device that is worn on the head during sports and fitness activities with or without a helmet. It will indicate when the device has sustained an impact above a certain threshold. The device is made up of three parts: 1) an electronic unit, 2) a skullcap and 3) a power cord to recharge the battery. Reebok CHECKLIGHT™ uses LEDs to indicate various functions of the device. The Green blinking light indicates that the unit is on and functioning. A Yellow or Red blinking light indicates that the CHECKLIGHT™ device has received a moderate (yellow) or more severe (red) impact. An Amber (dark yellow) blinking light indicates that the battery needs to be recharged.
For more info. and additional benefits of Reebok CheckLight go to – reebok.com/us/content/checklight
Mosquito-fighting Kite patch
Kite Patch from SPARKHOUSE on Vimeo.
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