Archive for category Unique Designs
Nomix European Toilet
Posted by Daoco in Great Ideas, Innovation, Unique Designs on March 17, 2010
If you’ve ever considered the humble urinal, you might have noticed that it uses much less water than a toilet. It only makes sense – since they don’t receive any feces, urinals don’t need all the water necessary to carry such solid waste through to the sewer line. When you use a toilet and just urinate, however, you’re still flushing away just as much water as if you, uh, went “Number 2.” If you were using a NoMix toilet, however, the Number 1 and Number 2 would go separate places, with the flushes being needed for solid waste only. It’s a good enough idea that in a recent pilot project, users in seven European countries gave the device a thumbs – or should that be bottoms? – up.
The device
The NoMix has what is essentially a urinal in the front half of the bowl, near the top. The urine runs from there to a storage tank. The back half of the bowl is like a conventional toilet, where the solid waste lands and gets flushed away.
Source: Gizmag
Popularity: 10% [?]
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: 26% [?]
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: 15% [?]
Ironing board with integrated fan and two settings, inflation or suction
Posted by Daoco in Gadgets, Great Ideas, Innovation, Unique Designs on March 13, 2010
We’re delighted to introduce the Leifheit StarLine Airbase, the next generation of ironing board. Set to revolutionise ironing, saving you time at the board and giving perfect results, we couldn’t believe our eyes when we saw how it worked, and you won’t either. Its secret is an integrated fan hidden inside, just plug the board into the mains – yes, plug it in, and choose between suction or inflation mode.
When the board is in suction mode:
- it holds garments in place, preventing wrinkling to give perfect, crease-free ironing
- unlike traditional irons where steam condenses, leaving clothes damp, excess steam is drawn down through the board so clothes stay dry, ready to be hung away.
Flick the switch to inflation mode and:
- the fan blows air upwards through the board, causing delicate garments to balloon so you can hover your iron over the surface to steam creases out without contact
- it’s ideal for smoothing out fiddly areas like collars, cuffs and darts
- with no condensation, once ironed, items are left bone-dry with no danger of re-wrinkling.
The steam-permeable, machine-washable cotton cover has special foam padding, a pull-cord and a tension clip for a wrinkle-free fit.
Source: Lakeland
Popularity: 9% [?]
The unique bicycle travel case equiped with air protection
Posted by Daoco in Gadgets, Great Ideas, Innovation, Unique Designs on March 11, 2010
The unique bicycle travel case equiped with air protection
Once you’ve packed your bike and accessories, you simply fill the case’s inflatable protections. It’s as easy a pumping up a tire*. A conveniently located opening on the side of the case allows easy access to the inflation valve. When you are all done and ready to go, simply throw the pump into the stowage compartment, conveniently located on the side of the case.
* A pump is included with your Helium bike case
Popularity: 8% [?]
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: 11% [?]
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: 15% [?]
Cloak Camera Bag
Posted by Daoco in Gadgets, Great Ideas, Innovation, Unique Designs on March 6, 2010
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: 8% [?]
