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The Lampster

Design item of the year 2016. The Lampeter for prez, backed! (via Kickstarter.com)

The future of wearables is now, and it’s Disney that leads the charge

MacBook Air Compact Mirror – ttly me

MacBook Air Compact Mirror

Looking for a pocket mirror, this one totally spoke to my inner geekness. Must have.

Let’s See What Curiosity Can Do

Honda Hands is a Channel 4 branded sponsorship film for a new feature series giving insight to technology, design and dreams from an engineers perspective. More info about the campaign at thedrum.com.

Philips Hue – the world’s smartest LED-bulb?

I’m certainly a fan of the proverb “there’s an app for that“, but how far can you really take it? Quite so apparently, Philips now suggest we fill our homes with “smart” LED-bulbs Hue, which will offer app controlled lighting. Basically you can pre-program your bulbs to switch on, off, dim or change color. The press release promises:

Building on its innovation capabilities, today Philips unveils hue, the world’s smartest web-enabled LED home lighting system. Philips hue signals a new era in home lighting both in the way we think about and experience light in our homes. It allows you to create and control the light using your smartphone or tablet. Bringing endless possibilities to help you get creative and help you personalize your lighting to suit yours and your family’s lifestyle, Philips hue is available exclusively from Apple stores from 30th October. A starter pack includes three bulbs¹ that simply screw into your existing lamps, and a bridge that you plug into your home Wi-Fi router. Simply download the hue app to start experiencing light in a completely new way.

Introduction packs start at US$199 / € 199 / £179 while the bulbs themselves retails at US$59 / €59 / £49 and are only available via your local Apple Store. More info on Philips dedicated website meethue.com.

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Minuskull – The awesome little speaker

These special looking little speakers are apparently designed as “an object made for a high-quality sound experience at home or in the office”. They can be used separately or chained together for a 5.1 experience with a subwoofer thrown into the mix. One would hope they deliver on the sound quality with the €1600 price tag. Looks pretty nevertheless. Source: http://minuskull.com/

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Beoplay A3

Stylish iPad speaker galore. If you can afford it. Source: http://www.beoplay.com

The iPad apps you need

The iPad App List of Awesome (or the apps you need for your iPad) – 2012 Edition

I’ve been asked, “Which apps should I get for my new iPad?” a lot lately, so I thought I’d make an effort and put a proper list together. Having had the iPad for over a year (by March 2011), I’ve gone through a pile load of apps with varying quality. The ones listed below are the ones that have stuck and that are now faithful companions wherever my iPad and me goes. The total amounts to about $60 spent but all of them are worth it if you need the specific functionality described. There are of course many free alternatives so start looking around if you feel like you should keep your wallet out of the equation. Also, “universal” means that the apps will play just as nicely with your iPhone if you have one of those as well.

Now updated for the 3rd generation iPad.
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Magnus, the Magnetic iPad Stand

Gorgeous and discrete design iPad stand that will companion your iMac perfectly. $49.90 from Ten One Design.

Thrall’s Doomhammer

Harrison Krix is a master of his craft replicating props as previously seen on his Portal gun. Check out the production process of Thrall’s Doomhammer on Blogspot.

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