Look! Best Tech in Small Cool 2008 -- Part 3
And off we go again on our tech tour of this year's Small Cool spaces. Over the past week we've been looking at creative ways this year's Small Cool finalists have incorporated technology into their h...
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Look! Best Tech in Small Cool 2008
If you haven't checked out the pads in Apartment Therapy's Small Cool 2008 contest we strongly urge you to. Hot damn there are some good ideas and some are on the tech front. We'll be posting some of ...
Best Solar Powered Emergency Gadgets
We hope you're prepared with an emergency kit or two around the house. Better safe than sorry (and living in California, you'd be foolish not to be prepared for earthquakes). But while we've got our e...
Kill A Watt Monitors Your Energy Usage
Ever want to do your own home energy audit? Energy costs are moving on up like The Jeffersons, so it might be a good idea to investigate what's sucking up all the juice around the home. The Kill A W...
NTT Firmo Enables Data Transfer Through the Skin...
Wowsers. We are not sure what the long term effects of this are, but it could end up being a major way that info travels around. The skin would be like a USB cable that moves info to/from a computin...
GREENHOUSE Eneplug USB to AC Outlet Adaptor
Wanna power up your USB powered digital audio player without the need for a separate adapter or your computer? The GREENHOUSE Eneplug comes in a 3 pack of Starburst candy fruit flavours and provides 5...
GE Develops Lite Brite Wallpaper
While it won't got to market for years, GE recently revealed that it had developed a cost effective way to make organic light-emitting diodes, which are used in some televisions, portable screens, and...
The Artecnica Wirepod
Aaron over at ATNY sent us the info about this wild four plug outlet electrical power strip from Artecnica revealed in Milan, one in a series of products in their Wiremore line. The baroque shape isn'...
LED Green Street Address Numbers
When it comes to architecture, you rarely hear of people obsessing over the font or design of a home's address number. Is it because the options in this category are limited? Or is it such an overlook...
Kitchen Power Grommet PCS34; Not Just for the Kitchen
The Kitchen Power Grommet PCS34 from mockett.com is a little trick that we love not just for the kitchen, but also for the home office. Sure, it is designed to avoid spills, but it also hides away a...
Anthro eNook Compared to the Ikea PS
The eNook and the Ikea PS are two very nice wall mounted desks with once very big difference, price. ...
Neoball-Z Real Pride Bulbs From Toshiba
Sounding like something between a Japanese manga trading card game and a mixed martial arts fighting league, these new Toshiba Neoball-z Real Pride lightbulbs are level 12 grapplers. These are 12,000...
Bluelounge Sanctuary Charging Station
Here's a charging station that's figured out exactly what you need. Perfect for anyones landing strip, the small box comes with 12 built-in connectors and lets you charge just about any gadget....
Lightway; Lights the Way, Powered by the Sun's Ray(s)
The Lightway is a new concept from an Australian Industrial Design student named Damien Savio. It converts the suns rays during the day into light at night....
Consumption Feedback Switch
Here is a switch that is similar to the glowing socket we saw yesterday. Instead of simply glowing however, this one sparkles with your energy usage. ...
Glowing Socket: Keeps You Aware of Your Electricity Use
Glowing, energy monitoring devices we have seen before with the orb being one of the more familiar ones. But while the orb indicates the current load on the grid, the glowing socket concept changes b...
Green Idea: Paint on Solar Panel
We have seen solar panels that look like leaves, integrated into roof tiles and even disguised as window shutters, but this is the first paint on solution we have come across. ...
DIY Charging Box
We've uncovered lots of ways to make your own version of the ubiquitous charging box, but this one stood out as a cheap and easy to create solution....
Light Switch by Tobias Wong
We seem to keep coming across different ways of turning on and off lights. This wireless, acrylic wrapped switch by Tobias Wong takes the traditional light switch out of the wall and lets you put it w...
Current State Concept: Handheld Energy Monitoring With Your iPhone
Categorize this concept as a "we want it NOW" idea. Using transmitting/receiving "Plug-Ends" inbeween your outlet and appliances, the Current State system would allow for both remote control and monit...
DIY: Table of Light, Warm But Not Bright
The 20-Watt Halogen Low Voltage Accent Light Kit is made by a lot of different companies in a lot of different configurations. We got a three puck design from Home Depot and installed it, along with ...
Eject Powerstrip
On one hand, we think this concept is great as we always find ourselves stepping on the other plugs in order to keep the powerstrip down when pulling out an individual plug. On the other hand, incorpo...
Lutron AuroRa - Lighting Automation Made Simple
We first heard about the Lutron AuroRa system at CES and thought that this would be the perfect way to get lighting control without having to call in a professional, and expensive, home automation in...
Good Questions: Portable, Solar, Laptop Charger
Dear Unplggd, I'm looking for a good portable solar charger for my laptop. Any suggestions? Thanks! Jessyca...
Belkin Mini Surge Protector with USB Charger
Hmm, this might actually be pretty useful for our own home entertainment center for recharging USB peripherals while also giving us some minor surge protection without the bulk of a full size surge pr...
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