More and more people with very strong connections with the technology world are turning towards designers to help them give life to their dreams. And one of the key words these days is "green" – not exactly the proper color but the attitude towards energetic issues and eco-friendly sources of energy. And of course, such a trend could have never left the fashion world on the outside: that's why we now introduce to you one of the neatest "green" inventions, the Solar Powered Ski Jacket from fashion designer Ermenegildo Zegna.There are a lot of things to this (apparently common) ski jacket besides its looks. Of course, ski jackets c... [read more >>] It's been only hours that Apple decided to officially introduce its next-generation MacBook portable systems, during the October 2008 Special Event at Apple's “Town Hall,” and some have already had their first hands-on experience with the new MacBooks. Thanks to their reports, we can now have a general idea of what users should expect from Apple's NVIDIA-powered MacBook portable systems. One of the most interesting hands-on experience was reported by the guys over at Engadget, who were interested in finding out how the new graphics switching feature on the new MacBook Pro system worked. As some of you a... [read more >>] While blogging is not necessarily the hardest activity in the world, it does require something that's pretty much specific to living beings in general and human beings in particular: imagination and creativity. However, it would seem that the engineers from Bandai believe that things are rather different, since they've launched a little robot that's actually capable of writing its own blog posts and publishing them online.According to a post on the Bouncing Red Ball blog (by a human, though), the NetTansorWeb, an improved version of the NetTansor from Bandai (which we've presented in an article way back in 2006, if you r... [read more >>] As the entire world so anxiously expected, the Cupertino, California-headquartered Apple unveiled yesterday its new and refreshed lineup of portable computer systems, part of the MacBook family. Aside from the improvements in design, all of the company's freshly launched MacBooks are now featured with the graphics capability of NVIDIA's GeForce mobile graphics processors, which are said to deliver a significant performance boost over Intel's integrated graphics featured on Apple's previous generation MacBooks. With yesterday's launch, Apple has finally refreshed its entire lineup of portable computer systems, f... [read more >>] Sony offered some pretty interesting surprises in the field of Vaios this summer, including here a whole new series, dubbed CS, which targets young people in general and women in particular. We've had the chance to take a very close look at these products and we can certainly tell you that the designers from Sony have managed to do a pretty good job at adapting the Vaio concept for the female audience. And we're not talking just about the colors, but about the external design as a whole.First and foremost, it's important to mention the fact that the CS series includes the CS11-SP, CS11-SQ, CS-11SW and CS-11ZR models, availabl... [read more >>] In case you're the kind of guys who know one or two things about how music should sound, then you know that nothing is (and unfortunately won't be) perfect, not even CDs, which are "round" by nature. Now, in the discerning audiophile world, the less-than-round shape of a CD produces a wobble when it comes to spinning the disc at high speeds, and this wobble induces jitter, thus wrecking havoc through the purity of your sound and rendering the rest of your high-price audio rack simply useless.Something had to be done to eliminate as much as possible from this menacing wobble-thing. And since the audiophile world is full of surprise... [read more >>] We won't quarrel over the subjects diehard audiophiles use to almost fight upon but we must definitely say that the tool we are about to introduce to you is one thing you (and many more) don't meet everyday: a turntable with no less than 4 independent arms, boasting some of the most expensive gear around and of course, retailing for a forkload of money.This striking piece of audio gadgetry has been presented to the public by the notorious and most exclusive New York salon, Highwater Sound.The first time we read about this weird contraption we were stunned, because we thought that all 4 arms were supposed to play at the same time a... [read more >>] 1991 was the year when the Japanese company CEC first introduced their belt-driven CD player, a new and more stable concept, promising to eliminate a lot of the perturbing factors many discerning audiophiles have been detecting even in the operation of their high-end units. All sorts of vibrations, electromagnetic resonance and noises, along with other things commonly associated with the proximity of an electric motor and whose presence was not desirable, to say the least.Seventeen years after that great moment, CEC decided it was high time to bring forth an upgrade to their successful CD player and are now proudly announcing the new TL1N p... [read more >>] The world of computing has changed drastically over the recent years, the evolution of technology making computers increasingly portable, smaller and more lightweight. This led to the appearance of a whole new segment of users, called “digital nomads” or “road warriors”, who tend to spend a lot of time out of the office, while still being connected at all times to the Internet and carrying out their work-related tasks.With the aforementioned market segment in mind, Sony developed and launched back in mid-2008 the Vaio Z Series of notebooks, a family of products that combine an ultra-portable form factor with a very i... [read more >>] Furniture is one predilect field in which designers around the world feel quite comfortable; there are so many directions one idea can go and there is still a lot to be explored, especially as the interiors are changing shapes pretty fast and pretty often. Building on ergonomic designs or simply trying to think outside the box, the most intriguing and fascinating furniture emerges – and if we're talking chairs, recliners and the likes, it really looks like the possibilities are almost infinite.Solid proof in this regard comes from the British designer Matthew Plummer-Fernandez in the body of the SoundChair.Now, the very special c... [read more >>] | 
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