Student designs comfy and user friendly train seating with DEUTSCHE BAHN
by: Designbuzz : Design ideas and concepts » Product Design, 2012-05-26 12:39:28 UTC
These swish and streamlined seats set up on a train body are as special as they appear to be. An ergonomic T frame and floating mechanism is what gives them an edge. This lightweight and cozy chair designed by the Germany based industrial designer Devraj Bhadra will definitely make a very good travel companion. Some features of the natty seat are given below.
The good thing about the T frame layout is how it takes care of the joints and the materials used to build the seat. The main skeleton on which the chair is mounted allows for easy installation and sliding of the seats. This also makes the sliding, locking and angular inclines very easy. Passengers walking by can read travel related information on the OLED screens affixed at the lateral sides. This way, people who are already seated in their places, will not be disturbed.
Comfort of passengers sitting on a seat as well as those resting behind it has been taken care of. The handle located at the rear of the seat can be used by people sitting behind to hoard items or luggage. Also, the handle serves as a support in case you need to lean over. Another great feature is that the tables and trays are not attached to the backrests of the seats. So, if the person in the front leans backwards, then your table setup will not be disturbed.
The reason why the seats feel so snugly is the use of innovative and long lasting cushioning material instead of ordinary foam. The elastic deformation effect of the fiber reinforced polypropylene plates makes the padding extremely soft. The concentric rings on the seat provide different degrees of cushioning to different pressure points of the body when you sit down. Lamps that can be operated with a touch have also been integrated along the border of the seat.
[Cheers Devraj]
CLIMAWARE Cryothermic Elbow Wrap makes pain management easier at home
by: Designbuzz : Design ideas and concepts » Product Design, 2012-05-28 11:44:57 UTC
Cryotherapy (the use of cold temperature) and Thermotherapy (the use of hot temperature) have been a popular anti-inflammation and pain relief remedy for ages and remains a favorite amongst professional athletes dealing with sports injuries on a daily basis as well as home user looking for at home cure for pain and inflammation management. For people dealing with sports related traumas, post- operative soreness arthritis and joint pains, hot and cold temperature therapies are highly advised as a safe, trusted, easy to operate and well-established option recommended by both patients living with inflammation as well as medical practitioners. The CLIMAWARE™ Cryothermic™ Elbow Wrap is one such home pain management system that makes easing achy elbow joints easier which is otherwise a chore in itself.
Generally an inconvenient and time‐consuming process, the traditional Hot & Cold therapy however is also one of the most beneficial for the region and the CLIMAWARE Cryothermic Elbow Wrap comes with an intuitive Touch Controller and Cryothermic Nanotechnology embedded throughout the wrap that makes the globally patented design so easy to use at home. An ideal long‐term solution pain management, the temperature of the CLIMAWARE Cryothermic Elbow Wrap varies between 2°C to 45°C that ensures that the user’s skin is never exposed to an excess of cold or heat. Alternate heating & cooling cycles can be automatically set with both heating and cooling levels being set at four adjustable levels via the interactive touch-based controller. The user‐friendly design of the CLIMAWARE Cryothermic Elbow Wrap allows it to be very compact and portable and whole wrap stand at ~130 grams without including the weight of batteries.
Created using bio-compatible materials, the state of the art design of the CLIMAWARE Cryothermic Elbow Wrap uses Lithium Polymer batteries that last up to four hours per full charge. The design uses a moist-heat pad specially designed for the wrap to supplement the application of moist heat, provide maximum contact comfort and optimum compression through the ergonomic design. With washable parts, the CLIMAWARE Cryothermic Elbow Wrap retails for around $235.
Via: Climaware Online
Energy-saving Car Air Conditioning System Cools Only Driver's Seat
by: Tech-On! : tech news - straight from Asia., 2012-05-03 05:22:00 UTC
Denso Corp developed a car air conditioning system capable of cooling only a driver's seat for the first time in the world.
Designing Experiences
by: FEED STOP, 2012-05-17 13:00:00 UTC
In Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, Douglas Coupland talks about takeaways; moments which define “what it’s like to be alive on this planet.” (Coupland, 1991) As they are described, takeaways are not things that you can purchase or plan, rather, they are those moments that seem to happen serendipitously or naturally, and they stay with you, and define you, and prove that you’re alive. While Coupland never envisioned takeaways as something to be constructed or planned out, his recognition of such moments is profound.
Generation X was written at a time when we as a culture were just beginning [...]
Revolve water bottles: A substitute for plastic bottles that filters up to 100 gallons of water
by: Ecofriend, 2012-05-30 08:56:05 UTC
Pratima Kalra:
The common practice of drinking water from plastic bottles comes with various downsides. For one, buying a bottle of water costs much more than filling a glass or reusable bottle from a tap and secondly, use of plastic produces negative effects on health as well the environment. As an answer to this problem, we now have the option of using personal water bottles with filters, like the one manufactured by Revolve. It is a BPA free 27oz stainless steel personal water bottle that not only carries water, but filters it as you drink.
Revolve Water Bottle
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Revolve Water Bottle
Revolve designed a bottle to be used with tap water delivered by municipal supply lines and its creators claim it can remove 99.99% of all contaminants from water, including chlorine and its by products, microbial cysts, industrial pollutants, heavy metals like mercury, arsenic, lead, chromium, etc. Volatile and synthetic organics, including petroleum by-products, herbicides and pesticides, all get removed up to 99.99%.
Each filter from of the bottles is capable of purifying over 100 gallons of water. Thus, you can imagine the number of plastic bottles the use of this filter water will save during its life time. After the use, you can replace the filter with a new one without spending on a new bottle and send the filter back to Revolve for recycling. The bottle is available in three colors for $39.95 and you the filter will cost $24.95, if you want to replace a used one or have bottles compatible with the filter.
Via: Treehugger
Hannah Jones on the risks and opportunities of growing sustainably
by: Greener Design, 2012-05-27 09:13:54 UTC
Hannah Jones, vice president of sustainable business and innovation at Nike, talks about how to tap mega trends like population growth, scarcer natural resources and climate change to create massive opportunities for new business models.
Deloitte: Life Cycle Assessments Can Add Value
by: Environmental Leader, 2012-05-31 14:40:45 UTC
Life cycle assessments are an important tool for firms trying to identify the areas of a product’s life that offer the largest potential opportunities for cutting costs and creating value, according to a report by consultants Deloitte. Enhancing the Value of Life Cycle Assessment outlines how such assessments can be used to identify potential efficiencies [...]
PwC Report: How Companies Can Put a Dollar Value on Sustainability
by: Environmental Leader, 2012-05-31 16:45:03 UTC
Companies can measure the value of sustainability and how their environmental efforts directly contribute to profits, using two evaluation methods described in a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The cost of sustainability programs are readily apparent, PwC said. And companies are typically able to determine the short-term value from cost savings, risk reduction or product and service [...]
eyejusters self-adjustable glasses for the developing world
by: Designboom - Weblog, 2012-05-31 17:44:00 UTC
designed for distribution in the developing world, the low-cost glasses use a special, dual-piece 'slidelens' technology to allow users to self-adjust their prescription.
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Promenade Chair by 4P1B Design Studio
by: mocoloco, 2012-05-30 20:40:46 UTC
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