Archive for category Inventions
Kamin Maxx wall-mounted fireplace
Posted by Daoco in Great Ideas, Innovation, Inventions, Unique Designs on March 22, 2010
The dream of a romantic fireplace comes true!
Enjoy the atmosphere of a real fireplace – smokeless, soot-free and without harmful emissions!
The Original Kamin Maxx! The romatic highlight – for a cosy home!
Clean burning and odourless! Just enjoy romantic evenings in your home! Spending romantic, relaxing and cosy evenings in front of a warming fireplace – with the new Kamin Maxx it comes true!
The Kamin Maxx is easy to install, can be placed almost anywhere and only needs low-priced and environmentally-friendly bio-ethanol! No vent or chimney is required!
The Kamin Maxx wall-mounted fireplace recreates the glow and shimmer of a real wood fire without the expense and work involved in maintaining it! With its distinctive and unique style, this is a very special enrichment for your home!
Details:
- Without the need of any approval
- No vent & chimney necessary
- No harmful emissions
- Soot-free
- Unique style
- Measures: 60 x 13,4 x 45,5 cm (23,6 x 5,3 x 17,9 inches)
What do your get?
- 1 wall-mounted fireplace “Kamin-Maxx”
- 1 fire extinguish plate
- Material for an easy wall fastening
Source: Teleshop 24
Popularity: 3% [?]
Igendesign’s Flow light harvests wind power for sustainable lighting
Posted by Daoco in Great Ideas, Innovation, Inventions, Solar Power, Unique Designs on March 21, 2010
Eco Factor: Lighting concept powered by the wind.
The Flow is a concept lighting solution for far-flung places, especially sea shores where sourcing grid electricity is not that easy. Designers over at Igendesign have come up with a sustainable solution in the form of a biodegradable light that harvests wind energy for illumination.
Source: EcoFriend
Popularity: 5% [?]
Martin Jetpack Flying Machine
Posted by Daoco in Gadgets, Great Ideas, Innovation, Inventions, Technology, Unique Designs, Videos, Wow!!! Factor on March 16, 2010
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Well, by both common usage and science it is a jet. We already have jet ski and jet boat. I do not believe that an aviation engineer will be able to convince all those owners to start calling their devices a ‘water pump propelled boats’.
In the end we found that 95% plus of people call it a jetpack when they see it, so why fight that ?
If you have a very narrow view of what a ‘true jetpack’ is (i.e. that it is a pure jet) then none have ever been built. The closest would have been the Bell jet belt, but again this was not a ‘true jet’, it was bypass ratio gas turbine powered. In fact I cannot think of any ‘true jets’ in the GA industry, most are Fanjets.
Perhaps now you see that the ‘correct answer’ is far more complicated and debatable, so much so that normally it is not worth even starting the discussion, because the ‘correct’ answer relates to opinion not fact.
Source: Martin Jetpack
Popularity: 6% [?]
Hydrofloors enable the client to exploit the surface area of a swimming pool
Posted by Daoco in Gadgets, Great Ideas, Innovation, Inventions, Unique Designs, Wow!!! Factor on March 16, 2010
Hydrofloors® vertically movable floors enable the client to exploit the surface area of a swimming pool by converting the associated terrace or indoor pool room for other uses e.g. recreation, social events, for dining and dancing.
The system is near invisible, flexible, rapidly adaptable and safe, being in compliance with relevant national safety standards. The concept is that the floor height of the pool may be elevated to set at any pre-selected water depth such as wading depth for children or a depth suited to those with special needs. This makes the pool itself diverse and multifunctional
The highest elevated position of the floor is that of the pool surround, at which point the water is out of sight beneath the floor. When fully elevated, the entire area becomes totally safe and secure for children to use. Additionally, since the pool is fully closed, energy costs for heating are greatly reduced.
Source: Hydrofloors
Popularity: 4% [?]
Portable Wind Powered Turbine
Posted by Daoco in Gadgets, Great Ideas, Innovation, Inventions, Solar Power, Unique Designs on March 10, 2010
The central column telescopes out in three stages to take advantage of the wind and the feet and wire guys keep it nice and steady. The base of the central column stores the wires and the batteries and although it’s made of lightweight materials like carbon fiber and aluminum, it will take two or three people to move and set up.
Source: Coroflot
Popularity: 3% [?]
FX Bike part bike part motorcross
Posted by Daoco in Great Ideas, Innovation, Inventions, Unique Designs, Videos on March 9, 2010
JetLev Water Propeled Jet Pack
Posted by Daoco in Gadgets, Great Ideas, Innovation, Inventions, Unique Designs, Videos, Wow!!! Factor on March 8, 2010
Our unique training system is designed to advance your flying skills quickly and efficiently and help make your first and every Jetlev flight experience enjoyable. The basic training program for end users includes:
- A high quality training video that can be viewed online on our website and other sites, or at a rental agency before your Jetlev flight session.
- A radio communication system whereby your instructor can guide you through the on-water training program.
- A remote control system whereby the instructor can take over control of your throttle at the outset while you focus on learning nozzle angle controls. When the instructor feels that you are ready, he/she can remotely hand the throttle control back to you.
The training video will show you how Jetlev works and how you can learn to master the basic skills to enjoy unassisted solo flight in as little as six minutes on the water. Some student pilots will take longer.
Source: Jetlev
Popularity: 4% [?]
Hoppa two legged dog
Posted by Rich in Great Ideas, Inventions, Videos on March 7, 2010
Hoppa the dog was born four years ago without his two front two legs. He was lucky enough to be adopted by Avi Kozi, chairman of Israel’s Society for the Protection of Animals. “From the moment I took him to my house, I knew I had to build something that would help him to move.” Kozi said.
Though it’s not uncommon for dogs to lose the use of their hind legs, problems with the front legs are much more uncommon. This presented a special challenge for Nir Shalom, the art student and animal lover who kindly offered to take on Hoppa’s case.
And take it on he did. Once Hoppa gets the hang of his training wheels (shown in the video below), he will then transition into one of the most advanced dog prostheses around.
Source: What the…
Popularity: 3% [?]
New Zealand’s home-made ‘hoverwing’ flies 5 feet above water
Posted by Daoco in Gadgets, Great Ideas, Inventions, Unique Designs on March 5, 2010
Look! Down on the lake … is it a boat, a plane … it’s neither. It’s the “hoverwing”, a hovercraft that flies. New Zealand mechanic Rudy Heeman spent more than 11 years of his spare time (and tens of thousands of dollars) building the hoverwing, a wing-in-ground-effect vehicle that flies on a cushion of pressurized air created between the wing and the water’s surface. Hoverwing can reach an optimum height is 1.5m (4-5ft) above the water and has a current top speed of 98kmh (61mph).
Heeman told the The Nelson Mail that the “hoverwing”, which is almost complete, has drawn local residents from their houses and cars to watch test flights over the Haven in the town of Nelson, at the northern tip of New Zealand’s south island.
Heeman is no stranger to hovercraft – he’s built and sold them for some time. But the hoverwing is his most ambitious project. So ambitious that an early test flight resulted in a crash landing. But it wasn’t enough to deter him from completing the project.
The hoverwing is powered by a modified Subaru car engine while the body comprises most fibreglass.
Source: Gizmag
Popularity: 3% [?]
Ionator – turn your ordinary tap water into household cleaning juice
Posted by Richer Dao in Gadgets, Great Ideas, Innovation, Inventions, Technology, Videos on February 25, 2010
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The Science Inside the ionator.
The ionator HOM™ and ionator EXP™ are virtually the only cleaning and sanitizing products in the world without chemical-related health warning labels. The technology driving the ionator products has been used for decades in food processing plants, four-star restaurants, and large hotels. We’ve simply taken this technology, miniaturized it, and made it affordable for everyday use.
1. Charging
A water cell applies a slight electrical charge to the tap water.
2. Transforming
The charged water passes through an ion exchange membrane, creating an oxygen-rich mixture of positive and negative nano-bubbles.
3. Cleaning
The ionized water now attracts dirt like a magnet and lifts it from the surface, enabling it to be easily wiped away.
Source: Active ion
Popularity: 6% [?]
