A collapsible wheel chair with a commode: Challenging the limits

Tags: commode, Designer, Julie Clyde, wheel chair

Last week, I wanted to take my grandparents out to visit the woods for their 50th anniversary but swore that I would never do that again. Now, I am not an unruly grand daughter but it was a momentous task to carry two wheel chairs, the old lovers and my doggie Danny together on my bumping old vagon.

Thanks to Julie Clyde, I will be able to take my pals out in near future. Ms. Clyde truly deserves our applaud for having designed Freemode, a chair that helps people with disabilities gain more convenience.

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Dining Table with Chairs Invisible, at Your Command

Tags: Brian Lee, Chairs, Chubby Brothers dining table, Designer, Furniture

No matter how rich we get, the homes are getting smalller and smaller. And a medium sized appartment in your favourute locality may cost you a fortune. Would you mind having a dinner table that hides the chairs when not in use? Imagine how nice it would be if your kids have a little additional space to run around, specially not ahving to bump into the dining table. The Chubby Brothers dining table can be made into an elegant piece of art when not in use and whenever you want, four comfortable chais would be at your service!

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‘Aliens’ Now Hooked to Chess

Tags: Alien chess, aliens, Chess, chessboard, Designer, James Cameron, movie, Oscar, Product, Sigourney Weaver

Some things are difficult to forget. Truly, the Hollywood flick Aliens would be one of those things for all of us who watched the film. There are a number of animation games inspired by movies but it is very rarely that one gets to see this kind of art and brains at work. Perhaps the need to be different explains why the developers chose to design a chess board bringing alive the characters out of the movie. This exclusive Aliens Chess Set recreates the magic by having space marines and the aliens together. It is based on the fight between queen alien and the marines who want to out wit her. Having figures out of the movie in shades of bronze and gold, this is a sure shot collector’s piece.

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Sit the Way You Wish To, With OF Concept

Tags: Ben Collette, Chair, Concept, Designer, Dinner, Furniture, OF concept, Table, TV

If you are tired of your bulky dining table and want to try something that fits in the nuclear families and even single people like me, OF is the best option for you. The OF concept has a table and chair that can be rearranged in different ways depending upon place and mood. It is the perfect dining table when you want to eat in front of the idiot box. It can also serve as a spacious work desk for you. Since it is designed keeping in mind comfort and comfort alone, it pampers you in the best possible way. So, from now on, you need not make your sofa your make shift dining table because OF can fit in anywhere without compromising on royal meals.

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Compose Music Tablet Lets the Musician In & You Out!

Tags: Compose Music Tablet Concept, composition accessories, Concept, Designer, Gadgets, music accessories

If ever I get a chance to meet Designers Ouyang Xi, He Binbin, Zeng Li and Li Bo, I would ask them if they are telepathy experts. Yes, the thing is that I am a jack of all trades and music is no exception. I can hum good tunes but do not know how to write it down. Ever since I discovered my talent in music, I have been praying for a magic wand that turns my music into notes, without me having to learn it myself. My magic wand came in the form of a pen that is a part of Compose Music Tablet. Now, I can use the pen as a microphone and be a Mozart by making my melodies immortal.

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T-6 Car Lets You Take Your Office Where Ever You Go

Tags: Alexander Zhukovsky, Automobiles, car, Concept, Designer, office, T-6, Volkswagen

Designer Alexander Zhukovsky takes us in the future with his design for the T-6 concept car. Coming from the house of Volkswagen, it is a combination of great looks and wonderful features. “T-6″ is more than a car ever claimed to go, it promises to be your office for you when you are caught in a deadly jam and can’t make it on time. It’s so comfortable that you may even shift your office full time, inside your T-6. By turning the conference feature on, you can practically manage your office waiting for the lights to turn green. The space of the passenger compartment can be reasonably increased to fit in extra people and equipments if need arises.

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Mo Ville is the Green Solution to All Automobile Problems

Tags: automobile, car, Concept, Designer, Mo Ville, Moville, Peugeot, Peugeot Design Contest

In the 2008 Peugeot Design Contest, upcoming designer Woo-Ram Lee of France conceptualized a single seater vehicle that is truly futuristic. Mo Ville is designed in the shape of a tear drop. The most impressive thing about it is that it is eco-friendly and does not cause any pollution. The plastic body of the car is unpainted and it comes along with fitted solar battery chargers. Like a family member, the welcomes you with open arms (or doors) when you come near it, but beware because that happens only when you are the rightful owner.

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AQUA Lets You be a Dolphin

Tags: 2008 Silver Idea Design Award, AQUA, Aqua submersible watercraft, Concept, Designer, futuristic, Products, Sungchul Yang, Woonghee Han

Sungchul Yang and Woonghee Han may look like your next door T- Shirt wearing college goers but the duo has designed a wonderful submersible water craft that has bagged them a 2008 Silver Idea Design Award.

The design of the watercraft, rightly called AQUA is completely futuristic. The aim of the design is solve the space crunch and add a little bit of zeal in your life by making it possible from you to be a dolphin once in a while. It is moving one step ahead of people living on shikaras in Dal Lake in India. It is a one manned ship and intends to run very fast both on and under water. The designers though have not disclosed as to what source of power it will utilize. If the design succeeds, it will allow one to float on water as well as take dive into it, like a mermaid/ merman.
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A Bed of Fantasies: Fly Away on MotoArt

Tags: Airplanes, bed, design, Designer, Flight, Furniture, Mile High Beds, MotoArt, Sleep

MotoArt has been known for giving wings to the fantasies of people. Earlier they have provided us with treasure troves such as B52 Stratofortress Ejector Seat Office Chair and the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet Engine Cowling Reception Desk but their new offering beats it all. The Mile High Bed launched by them is a sure recommendation for people who live and dream about aviation. The bed measures 11′ in length and 7′ 6″ in width, and is fabricated with two DC-9 (passenger jet) rear stabilisers and a C-130 (military cargo aircraft) inner flap.

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Headphones for People with Hearing Disabilities

Tags: Brain, Brian, Concept, Deaf, Deal Helmet, Designer, Earphones, Hearing Aid, helmets, Infrared, Product, Sensor

If technology can help us cross our limitations and be productive to people in need, then it has be the technology that ‘Hearing Aid’ hopes for. The designer, who is the ‘brain’ behind this concept, is Brian. Brian is giving an insight into how future can be, with deaf people being able to hear. The concept is based on the fact that what lays beyond our field of vision influences our hearing perception. What we don’t see can be made sense of, when we hear what’s coming from there.

It comes with five infrared sensors that beams along with sound microphones, which replicate the perception, felt in this blind spot area. Though it cannot be compared to the real hearing experience, it is close enough to it and one day, by improving upon the technology, we might be able to cross all the limitations.

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