Replace Expensive Doctors Visits With An App That Analyzes Your Pee
by: fast company, 2013-02-27 16:00:13 UTC
Just make sure you don’t pee directly on the phone. uChek lets you use your phone’s camera to analyze test strips you’ve dipped in your own urine without having to shell out for a test or make an appointment.
In the age of self-quantifying, the human body becomes a carefully managed science project whose inputs are measured, documented, and controlled. Analyzing the outputs, however, is more complicated (and can be a less pleasant endeavor). Even something as common and routine as a urine test requires an (expensive) visit to the doctor’s office as a first step for detecting various ailments.
An app revealed on stage at the TED conference in Long Beach today would put urine exams in the hands of any iPhone user as part of an easy to use $21 kit. The first step would be the same as at any doctor’s office: grab a cup and pee in it. But then, instead of handing it over to a nurse, users of the uChek app would insert a test strip into the urine, wait for it to change color, and take pictures of it with their phone’s camera as prompted by the app, which then analyzes the color of the stick to offer results.
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A Lamp Made From Sugar: SUESSLICHT by Voxel Studio
by: design milk, 2013-02-26 17:00:37 UTC
German design group Voxel Studio created SUESSLICHT, a pendant lamp made of sugar. Each shade is formed in a cone-like shape that resembles a sugarloaf, which is the original form that refined sugar was produced and sold. Partnered with simple hardware and primary colored, textile-covered cords, these lights are pretty sweet (sorry, I couldn’t resist).
The shades are made when sugar crystals are mixed with a water base, then pressed and dried, forming the thin, crystalline shell. They’re thin enough so that the light shines through but not directly. The crystals also make the light shimmer.
The butterfly nut adds an industrial element, while at the same time being functional.
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Get Out! Biknit by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso
by: design milk, 2013-02-27 14:00:26 UTC
Is there anything cozier than a chunky knit sweater? I think not, and this Biknit chaise lounge by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso has the right idea. The boldly woven piece comes in an indoor or outdoor version, perfect for nap time when you want to curl up poolside.
The oversized cords are woven onto a contrasting powder coated steel frame. The outdoor version is made with a soft polyethylene down core that’s covered with a polyester/PVC knit and available in three different color combinations – Honey, Mint, and Fire.
The base is made from a durable, thermo-stabilized ash wood that stand up to the harsh outdoor elements.
Biknit will be coming to the United State for Spring 2013.
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New online guide ranks water filter systems
by: Mother Nature, 2013-02-27 15:03:08 UTC
The water that comes out of your kitchen tap may look clean, but it could also contain all kinds of contaminants. Dozens of systems are available to help you filter that water to make it cleaner and safer, but which ones are the best?
nokia 105 phone costs 15 euro and lasts 35 days on a single charge
by: Designboom - Weblog, 2013-02-26 10:00:49 UTC
the 15 euro device incorporates a bright color screen with clear menus and essential features like an FM radio and a dust and splash-proof pillowed keypad and flashlight.
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Sustainability: 4 Steps to Getting Buy-in
by: Environmental Leader, 2013-02-25 14:08:47 UTC
The good news: There is a business case for sustainability. Several recent studies from leading scholars from Harvard and the London School of Economics confirm that companies with an operating model that integrates sustainability outperform their “old model” peers in the long run. Not just in terms of higher stock market returns, but also with [...]
Visionary Cooking Experience
by: Yanko Design, 2013-02-25 08:01:27 UTC
The Whirlpool Fireplace cooking experience combines the tradition of gathering around the fire with modern tech. The story is built on the concept of cooking with light, where different frequencies of light are used to either create a warm atmosphere or to cook different types of food. The central basin is filled with light pins for cooking & an intelligent interactive table surface that keeps food/drinks hot or cold. The intuitive interface with gestural controls adds to the overall sensorial experience.
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Big Dreams in a Small House
by: Yanko Design, 2013-02-25 16:38:19 UTC
One look at the interior of this mountain lodge and you’d never know that it’s a mere 538 square feet. Using material continuations, like the raw barn-wood floor that extends upwards to the wall at random sections, the space appears larger while maintaining that warm,cozy lodge vibe. Extra tall ceilings and lots of carefully placed windows add to this openness while providing perfect views of the contrasting wild terrain.
Designer: Igor Sirotov
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Bright Bamboo
by: Yanko Design, 2013-02-26 08:01:35 UTC
Inspired by the wood-grass of the same name, the Bambú lamp adopts the form of the bamboo’s iconic, column-on-column shape in a multifunctional lighting solution with a subtle oriental feel. The smaller of the two sizes doubles as a stool, side table or even a bucket for keeping your sake cold while the other is primarily purposed as a planter for larger vegetation. In pure white polypropylene resin, it’s a durable and attractive addition to modern spaces, inside and out.
Designer: Santiago Sevillano
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A Cotton in the Air makes you rethink everything you knew about chairs
by: The Design blog, 2013-02-20 07:33:23 UTC
Back in the good old days, a person who made furniture was called a carpenter and a chair’s design was largely dictated by the materials most abundantly available and the style language of the particular era. That is one great reason why most examples of seats and furnishings from previous great eras like the Victorian era, the renaissance period, etc. have a very distinct style and shape that allow them to be identified correctly to the period that they were made in.
A Cotton in the Air makes you rethink everything you knew about chairsA Cotton in the Air makes you rethink everything you knew about chairs
However, in the modern era, the boundaries between separate eras of fashion and trend are blurred to such an extent that designers often need to create something completely untraditional to allow their product to stand out from the crowd. A Cotton in the Air by Studio JEILPARK is one such endeavor that defy being pegged down to a particular era in the modern age. The shape of the chair is shaped to be a cross between a giant donut and an oval bean bag. The bun like chair is made using strands of spun cotton yarn that resembles shoelaces in its texture though the designers behind it have done remarkably well in ensuring that the otherwise soft and floppy material is chemically treated to be stiff and shape retaining without losing the softness of its visage.
The designers claim that the chair is in fact nothing more than a rough project and is aimed at challenging the boundaries of what can and cannot be used as and named a chair. The single seater is aimed to serve as a piece of patio furniture though the backless design could also make a mean standalone piece for fashionable studio apartments, lounges, lobbies and art galleries though we definitely cannot say how comfy sitting in the backless wonder would be.
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