I tend to avoid bottled water—my tap-water's fine and way cheaper—but since millions don't think the same, this concept from designers Brand Image would be a way to reduce the eco-impact of all those nasty plastic bottles. The 360 is a paper bottle, molded from 100% recyclable, food-safe paper, and its simplicity makes even the venerable cardboard Tetra Pak drinks carton look outdated. These things are almost "printed-out," they stack, are re-sealable, and look fab. These ought to be real, and when they are I hope they get the texture of the "lip" right: you don't want fuzzy cardboardiness there....
What an abundance of ugly statistics we’ve seen this past week. An increase in tech sector layoffs and people talking about them. A decrease in chip sales. A decrease in online spending. And now a decrease in corporate IT spending as well. Forty five percent of respondents to ChangeWave’s November survey of corporate IT spending expect their companies to spend less money or nothing at all on IT during the next 90 days. And given the tech sector’s continued desanguination, who can blame them? If your stock’s trading at a 12 or 13-year low, you’re probably not thinking a lot...
Smartphones - and in particular Apple’s iPhone - were the only bright spot in ChangeWave’s November survey of corporate IT spending for the next 90 days, an otherwise dismal forecast that research director Paul Carton described in terms ranging from “huge nose dive” to “historic collapse.” Asked whether they planned to spend more, the same, or less on information technology in the next quarter, the 1,926 respondents came back with answers that were almost universally pessimistic. Only one in 10 said he or she planned to spend more, while 45% said they expected to spend less - this at the...
Imagine a world, made entirely with carton/cardboard? Well, this is the imagination of Ana Serrano. The 62 inch tall (1m57) colorful structure is made entirely with carton with all the details. Click to see more and read the interview with her @ ReubenMiller. And thanks to Reuben himself for the link. @ haha.nu....
More than a third of all consumers (33 percent) who said that they were planning on buying a laptop in the next three months intend to buy one of Apple’s (AAPL) MacBooks and nearly a third of those in the market for a desktop (27 percent) plan to purchase one of its Mac Pros, according to new data from ChangeWave. This, despite an ugly dip in spending that threatens to turn the upcoming holidays into lean ones for all. 59 percent of ChangeWave study respondents say they will spend less in the next 90 days despite the holidays. Just...
Apple and Dell were the only two bright spots in an otherwise dreary report on consumer spending released Monday by ChangeWave Research. In a survey of 3,699 consumers conducted between Oct. 23 and Nov. 3, research director Paul Carton found what he described as a “massive breakdown in consumer spending,” just in time to spoil the holiday season for retailers in about every category — including computers. Only 8% of respondents said they planned to buy a laptop in the next 90 days, compared with 11% a year ago. Even fewer — 6% — said they planned to buy a...
If there's one thing that Charlie Sorrel's tenure at Wired's Gadget Lab has ushered in, it is a daily infusion of posts in which Charlie complains about having his bicycle stolen by rampaging Barcelona junkie mutants, then asks his readers what a fair price is to buy his bicycle back from the same. If you met Charlie, you'd understand: an adult human with the muscular density of a cube of congealed milk scooped directly out of the past-expiry carton, he's effetely British besides, and incapable of the fortitude of will necessary to demand his bicycle back from known thieves...
The Electrolux soft refrigerator concept is both expandable, collapsible. What this all means is you can save power by refrigerating only the space you need. As a bachelor, I love it: I can now optimize my refrigeration to take into account not a stockpile of grocer plenty, but the actual contents... a half package of suspicious scented ham, a shriveled pear and a carton of half-and-half that curdlingly threatens to kill my mother when I try to drink it. Electrolux Accordion Fridge [Cribcandy via Slippery Brick]...
Self-heating meal packs give you hot meals without a stove. Developed by the US military for battlefield use, these 1,200 calorie food packages, known as Meals Ready to Eat (MRE), are also widely used by firefighters and emergency workers out in the field. In theory you could live off two per day. Each meal comes in a complete package of two appetizers, main course, powdered drink, and desert. The main course is contained in a sealed pouch that you insert into another pouch that chemically reacts to produce an intense heat. The meal inside gets steaming hot, surprisingly hot....
Tucked into a hectic street in Phnom Penh, Smateria is an accessory workshop that's helping improve Cambodian lives. Their line of vividly-hued bags and wallets have a positive environmental and social effect, with 98 percent recycled source materials and production with strict accordance to fair trade principles. The Mosquito Net Handbags bags (above right) use one of the most readily-available materials in Southeast Asia. When not providing protection from balaria, dengue fever and other insect-born illnesses, mosquito nets often end up refuse. Smateria uses a clever recycling method to make functional, attractive bags. The Drink Carton Wallets (below right)...
Man, we might have to send our runner out to get another carton of cigarettes — this is getting ridiculous! In addition to our leaked embargoed Storm info for Verizon and Vodafone, we’re also hitting you with the official press release that TELUS will be touch-Clicking their way to a BlackBerry Storm pretty soon. Same shit, different carrier basically. No launch date, no pricing at the moment. We had heard $199 for Verizon with a 2-year agreement, but the Mounties would stop us if we tried to predict a price for TELUS. Press release after the jump, enjoy. TELUS...
On Tuesday we looked at one part of the ChangeWave survey that helped trigger the largest one-day drop in Apple’s (AAPL) share price in eight years. It showed a falloff in corporate plans to buy Apple computers over the next 90 days. (See here.) Today we got our hands on the second part — the consumer part. And while it goes a long way to explaining why Apple’s shares were downgraded by analysts on Monday, it also suggests that the bigger problem is a broad decline in spending on consumer electronics — one that will not only color Apple’s...
Product names don't necessarily reflect the truth of the products. Ever heard of Corinthian Leather? Think New Jersey, not Corinth, Greece. How about Häagen Dazs? Nothing Scandinavian about it. Read on to find out how a product's name can deceive you ... CORINTHIAN LEATHER [YouTube Link] Sounds Like: Fancy leather from some exotic place in Europe - specifically, the Greek city of Corinth. The phrase "rich Corinthian leather" was made famous by actor Ricardo Montalban, in ads for Chrysler's luxury Cardoba in the 1970s. (The seats were covered with it.) The Truth: There's no such thing as Corinthian leather....
Incredible, a pinhole skull camera by Wayne Martin Belger via BBG. 4”x5” camera made from Aluminium, Titanium, Brass, Silver, Gem Stones and a 150 year old skull of a 13 year old girl. Light and time enters at the third eye, exposing the film in the middle of the skull. From the pages of MAKE: Project: Panoramic Pinhole Camera - Lenseless and low-tech, pinhole cameras have always been maker-friendly. But forget the Quaker Oats carton, and go wide with this roll-film, panorama design. Read this article in MAKE: 09: Fringe, Page 92. Read more | Permalink | Comments |...
