Hound Sneakers

It's my last post as part of the ame massive :( and it's a special one for Big Red (and Sally). enjoy...

These shoes are anatomically correct- with special inserts for the back paws, which are smaller. Comes in all sorts of colors, and in a wide range of sizes (there's a sizing chart available). $68 at the Shoo Shop. (Mia)

Nick Meek...

Really nice colours in Nick Meek's minimal photography. Great website too!

PaperBot

Chris loves robots. Even low-tech specimens such as this guy. The Dragonaut is a student project from the Parsons Making Wireless Toys class, created by Kan Yang Li -- it's a cardboard robot that uses an Arduino kit to give him life: "after you use a key to start him up, his arms raise and lower to proclaim 'awesome!'" Click the link to find out how to make your own...

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Top games of 2007

It's important. But who won? There's no label for video games... Chris?

Inverted Clocks...

I like the idea of these Inverted Clocks by Jason Linde. The hands don't move but instead the clock face turns lining up the appropriate numbers. Dead simple, not the greatest execution i don't think, i'm not sure of his choice of typeface for the numbers...call me a type geek, but i like the colours chosen and the hand forms.

Casa Herringbone...

I don't know much about this house or the architects...but its mega sweet and one day i will live there!

via Platforma Arquitectura

Chocolate Hard Drive

This an interesting take on a portable hard drive by Sang Hoon Lee. Basically it's a bunch of flash drives attached a touchscreen hub. Files are shunted around via the touchscreen.

The 20 Worst Album Covers of 2007...

Pitchfork have revealed their opinion of what are the 20 worst album covers of 2007. They are pretty bad but i'm sure there are worse. Above are covers by Status Quo and David Karsten Daniels. They actually do loads of good rundowns of the year. Also up right now are 50 best music videos of 2007 and Guest List 2007 where bands are asked their favourite records of the year. Interesting stuff.

Vista takes damage from XP

The word from Akihabara (Japan's world HeadQuarters of New Tech) is that disgruntled nerds are going through great difficulty to have their new PC's downgraded to XP from Vista. Proof of this recent trend, is the otherwise unremarkable new Toshiba T31 notebook. This ships with both Vista and XP DVD's. Sorry Redmond, maybe you should have picked a more flashy name... something like Leopard??

Get out of my PAN Man!!

This is the new Eco Sensor phone from Nokia. It's only a concept so it's won't see the light of day but maybe some it's features will. Like many wearable technology concepts before it, it uses the idea of a Personal Area Network to increase functionality:

"The Nokia Eco Sensor concept includes a wearable sensor unit that will house a number of optional sensors to monitor environment, health and local weather conditions, a dedicated mobile phone and a set of dedicated mobile software applications and services. The carrying strap made from solar cells will power the sensor unit and all the devices will "talk" to each other via low power near field radio technologies."

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Apple Remote (Not by Apple)

Justin Roebuck has designed these remote control concepts. Intended for a family they sit together and carry indivual users own pre-sets. Sadly, they also employ such ubiquitous concepts such as induction charging and motion sensing, but aren't they pretty?

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DoCoMo Think of the Children

Here at ame we are always interested in products that enable personal safety - witness our work for Connexion2 It is therefore good to see Japan's gadget-loving top mobile phone co. announce FOMA

In an emergency, the child can quickly switch on the phone's 100-decibel alarm, which produces two types of noise alternately. When the alarm is activated, the phone also emits a bright light (high-intensity LED) that is easily visible to people in the surrounding area. The phone can be set to automatically notify loved ones when the alarm is activated, and provide the handset's current location as well. In addition, the child can discreetly message their location to a registered imadoco search user by simply pushing a button on the side of the phone.If the phone's power is switched off, a presetting can enable the handset to automatically turn back on (in as little as five minutes) and message the incident and the phone's location to a registered DoCoMo phone. An amulet-style remote controller worn by the child can be used to make a misplaced phone beep if within a range of about 10 meters (may vary with usage environment). If the user moves even farther from the handset, the phone can automatically lock (requires presetting). If the handset remains out of the amulet's range for more than five minutes, a message can be sent automatically to a registered DoCoMo phone.

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PLEO Please.

It's about two years since PLEO started getting press coverage. Finally it's here and it makes Aibo look like total dump (no sh*t). The best news is that they are only £250, probably less than a real dog - certainly less than a real dinasaur. Engadget have got one of these guys on trial if you want to know more.

Ping My Ding-a-Ling

This is one to please both TEAM TECHNICAL and BD. It's a USB powered mechanical contraption that rings every time your website or blog gets a hit. You'll have to look here to find out how to build one and if your website is like TGLP it's gonna produce one long, continuous tone...

Chrsitmas is coming...

Found this on fffound and thought its a nice seasonal image for you. What a great website, its a shame the images aren't bigger, this one is though, click on it to get a large one.

Micah Lidberg...

I really like this project by Micah Lidberg. It reminded me of a project i'm currently undgergoing based on the things i love. For Micah's project, he asked his classmates to tell him what they loved and he would illustrate them a 'perfect scene'. His illustrations are really simple but pretty descriptive. He has loads of good work on his site

via its nice that

Oliver Griffin...

I was shown this site by my photographer friend Seb. He actually told me about a fanzine this guy, Oliver Griffin, had done entirely dedicated to photocopiers and i'm trying to seek it out. Until then i've got his site to look at, which includes the project ''Televisions' The Evaluation Of Space: Part 2' or 'I See You In My TV Set'' which is basically a really nice collection of photos of Old TV sets. I'm not sure what draws me to them, but they're great! Also check out his Architecture photos, they're pretty sweet too.

Gamper Martino...

A really interesting (and some a little bizarre) collection of furniture designs by Gamper Martinio. alot of of the pieces are created entirely from reusing old pieces of furniture, which i know some people will think look shabby, but i think it just adds charm and alot of contrast. Not for everyone, but i really loved looking around the site.

Nigel Peake...

I couldn't resist posting this as soon as i saw it. I've wanted to blog Nigel Peake for ages, his drawings are so detailed and i don't think i've seen a bit of his work that is crap really. I think i've been drawn to The Broken Camera Club zine due to my collection of broken cameras as well as the numerous drawings i seem to have done of old cameras, but i can't wait to get hold of this booklet!

via Fecal Face

Daniel Eatock...

To follow on from yesterdays post with felt-tip pens, it reminded me of this i saw a while back from clever design all-rounder and creator of Idexhibit, Daniel Eatock. Its a nice concept and there are loads loads more on his website.

Fernando Brizio...

With my love for felt-tip pens, i couldn't resist posting this, the 'Painting with Giotto #1'. The vase which is made by embedding felt tip pens into the edge of a ceramic bowl results in the bleed of colors which makes each vase unique. Its a concept by Fernando Brizio produced in a limited edition of 20 pieces.