BackTpack

I always keep nagging when I just carry this Lowepro backpack for cameras, because of instant and frequent access I need and it doesn't provide. So it is so helpful for the back if loads are devided into sides instead of back. BackTpack promises to improve posture and strength. besides all the benefits of Tpack, there are some points to take more serious: what if right bag is more loaded? and also I dont see free hands when I am carrying Tpack. It seems a bit more functional. Since back no more plays role in carrying the bag, I guess it should have been called "Sidepack"!

First all-electric sports car

Presented at British Int'l Motor Show, it is to be the first all-electric sports car. Lightning GT, the car with a carbon-fibre and aluminium chassis, gets its power from a bank of batteries that can be 'quick-charged' in just 10 minutes for a range of between 180 and 200 miles. Due to be delivered in 2010, there is some underlying concept behind Lightning design, and that is:" if you really want motorists to switch to green, electric motoring, you have to make it exciting." But guess what their major hurdle: the car is too quiet!. So they are about to add some noise to the lightning, maybe some sound of thunder, just to keep people away from it!

microNeedle

We have all suffered from pains of injection in different ways, but it is about to become more encouraging that you would head to the clinic to have lovely injection! Mimicing how mosquitos suck blood(only females bite, I mean moquitos!), providing microelectromechanical pump!, some people from India and Japan, have created microneedle, for easy, painless injections. It's got the size of 25 microns* (inner diameter) and 60 microns(outer diameter) as big as mosquito's mouth! It is made of strong Titanium. I wish it had been designed in my childhood! more we get closer to natural practical solutions of nature, more we get powerful.

* 1 micron= 0.001 mm

DesignMind

Frog has discussed "collective instinct" in us for making collection of things and thoughts. Understanding this collective mind of users and related underlying "meaningful stories" of ordering ideas and information is definitely helpful for designers because "we are responsible for understanding users’ extant relationships to information and ideas". In the end of the article it is concluded that the act of collecting is "an unspoken language that narrates one person’s unique relation to the world". I guess it is one of the best and practical ways to design user-centredly.

WIDD in IRAN

at the entrance of conference hall

lit-up WIDD candles together reads DESIGN

last pic of all the participants of WIDD gathering in Tehran, Iran

WIDD

Happy WIDD

VerticalMouse

At least it is a different perspective on mouse. WOW-PEN joy is claimed to be more ergonomic PC mouse since it provides position of hand-shaking; but I guess if you have to keep your wrist in some upright position, in comparison to the traditional flat hand, then may be you would put more energy to keep it that way. Especially when your hands are idle, still you have to maintain the upright position. there are some other upright PC mice. May be if there could be less material to grip (flat or vertical), then less energy would be consumed; I am talking about the future PC mice.

PHilips gaze-tracking shop windows

Well it would be a practical way to predict everything at the point of purchase instead of doing lots of field studies and psycho-analytical researches to see what drags buyers to the shops. so

this gaze-tracking shop windows system by PHilips works well to convince buyers to have a look inside the shop. it is based on gaze durations on different products in the shop window. having calculated the most looked at product, relevant information - audio/visual - would get appeared on special shop window display, just let you know more of the attractive product to your eyes. If it helps to boost sales and profits - having tested gaze-tracking system in practice - then it could be a good startng point to consider market trends and buyer impulses to buy. PHilips says it could also be applied in mueums and art galleries.

LifeSaver

It removes out 99.99999 % bacteria from all sources of water and also other over 99 % percent of other microbes, and this is all done by LifeSaver, the world’s first all in one ultra filtration water bottle. 750 cc of pure clean water out of LifeSaver is not too much but helps you not to be thirsty while you need clean water in unexpected situations or distant places(though if you find any source of water!). Michael Prichard (again British) video describes his invention and design. He is interested in aid market and he has made a great step toward that, but the price of 230/195 £ is too much expensive for third world countries or charities, since they are target people who are in need of clean cheap water!

Lightest Wheelchair

Again britons are making history in the world of product design with presentation of the lightest wheelchair . Free Spirit weighs 6.3kg and is made of carbon fiber composite which has made it the lightest, yet stiff and strong. Except from its high price (₤2595), that would bring comfortable, easy experience for those who are moving around with wheelchairs.