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The Compact Circular Kitchen - an award winning design!

10 August, 2008 (15:51) | design, home & garden | By: editor

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A must have for space limited dwellers. Also quite a breakthrough in design. So, design-lovers might want to get one for the fun of experience it on a first-hand basis.

Main features of this circular kitchen from clever circular kitchen:
1. Relocate-able kitchen, complete with all its facilities.
2. For conviniecen: bottom unit can rotate 180 degrees and top units can rotate 360 degrees.
3. It’s lockable and close-able so you don’t have to show cluttler to your guests.
4. It encorporates its own lighting, electrical sockets and water disposal system.
5. Generous space that “contains the equivalent of twelve cupboards from a conventional kitchen”
6. Can fit for built-in refrigerator, dishwasher, microwafe, coffe machine, cook-top, range-hood.
7. Designed by Alfred Averbeck.
8. Priced between $6,500 - $15,000.

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Digital waterproof Mirror TV - another high tech invention to furnish your home.

10 August, 2008 (15:15) | design, home & garden, shopping | By: editor

When I look at MirrorMedia.com and Séura, Inc. producing this cool gadget, I think it’s such a sweet invention to share with, especially if you are an interior design fan, or just a design fan like myself!

It’s basically an LCD TV hidden in the mirror, it’s camouflaging really well so that when it’s not on it’s plainly look just like a mirror, but if you press the on button, then it will start displaying that hidden LCD, it can be for a TV or for a media (as in for computer’s screen)

I find it quite useful if you like a clutter free environment. Because to be honest, TV isn’t an easy item to be incorporated in a good clean-type interor design/staging, especially in a living room that encorporate a fire place to be feature as its focal point.

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There’s even another cool TV it’s called a holographic TV look at the picture bellow and for more info read here.

Kindle from Amazon for book lovers and readers out there.

10 August, 2008 (14:41) | design, others, shopping | By: editor

I think this is a necessity for those who love to reads and hate clutters =)
The good thing about it is you can hold so many books but won’t let you have the clutter, especially if you only have a little space to spare. To summarize all the feature in brief I guess pin points will be:

1. Paper-like Screen
2. Wireless Access with Whispernetâ„¢ (You won’t get that monthly bill, it’s included)
3. Only 10.3 Ounces
4. Shop the Kindle Store Right from Your Device
5. Search - easy to search your library, just use the keyboard feature and search
6. Built-in Dictionary & Wikipedia access
7. Adjustable Text Size

For more detail features see here.
Be in the news with Kindle Newspaper subscriptions - It is delivered automatically and wirelessly to your Kindle, so it’s waiting for you to read first thing in the morning, isn’t that a very FAST delivery?

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Kindle is an e-book (Electronic Book) reader created by Amazon.com, its a device which allows you to download books, newspapers, blogs and magazines wirelessly without a PC. And there is nobody better to tell you exactly what Kindle does than the people who made the device.
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It holds hundreds of books and more with a San disk. Books are purchased through Amazon and transfer via wireless Wispenet. I can bookmark and keep notes on the Kindle. It comes with Dictionary look up and free access to review and update Wikapedia without connecting to a computer. I can choose to receive the morning newspaper or a magazine, wireless, to the Kindle.
I can even subscribe to my favorite Blog site. ( 99 cents/month)
and/or
listen to Jazz music as I read. It plays Mp3 music files.
Its Perfect for me!!
I just wish it wasn’t so ugly
and so
Freaking Expensive
($359.00)
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Find out more of Kindle Features and what it has to offer here (very detail and complete info)!

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There’s a talk about kindle v 2.0, find out more pictures and mock-up models here: http://www.blogkindle.com/2008/02/kindle-v20/

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Above illustrates one of the many mock-up of kindle v 2.0 ideas

Do you want a car that can run at 230 mpg? You’re in for REAL with APTERA!

8 August, 2008 (00:20) | design | By: editor

Aptera, a new car invention that cover safety, comfort and efficiency zones all in one.

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With an amazing vision and commitment, Steve Fambro and his Aptera team created the Aptera Typ-1, which has been refined into a production ready vehicle. So now you can reserve your self an Aptera Typ-1 a vehicle that can run at 230mpg with a cost about US$ 27,000 for all electric type and US$ 30,000 for the Plug-in Electric type. Don’t get overly happy though because the reservation is strictly for CALIFORNIA residence only at this time. Don’t really believe this kind of car in existence? check out the video bellow.

By now I hope you’ll be hook with this little invention. so check out the big features:
- 3 wheels vehicle
- charge over 2 - 4 hours time and only cost at about $2.00 for this entire charging time.
- It can accomodate 2 adults (accomodate a person for up to 6′5″ in height)
- It still has a room for an infant though!
- can run at about 85-90 mph
- fuel efficiency at 230 mpg
- White exterior color only at this time
- Will be in production by late 2008
- Cost at about $27,000 - $30,000
- Aptera by the way means “Flight without wings” in Greek

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all pictures and information are taken from aptera website.
and also slightlywarped.com has become a good source to this posting.

Summer 2008 Olympic Gardens in Beijing, China

7 August, 2008 (23:00) | design, event planning & entertaining, garden, home & garden, travel & leisure | By: editor

Enjoy this view of manicured gardens that are prepare solely to celebrate the 2008 summer Olympic event in Beijing, China. What an amazing landscape greetings, aren’t they really promote the Olympic spirit?

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This is the one that depicts athletes and spirit of competition.

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What an idea? Amazing cut-out with lots of people, a globe and a map image.

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Look at the incorporation of waterfall into the landscape, how pretty.

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Ofcourse you have to have the symbol where Olympic originates after all!

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Is this Zeus as in the famous Greek mythology? WOW they’re really into the origin.

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Such a peaceful and serene view =)

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This is amazing, don’t you think? Those vegetation really floats up there.

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Oh my my, how long will it take to crave that whole mountain?

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I would want to have this romantic bridge for myself too, would be a cool photography spot!

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This is so cute, reminds me of the art of KUNG-FU

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So, Welcome to the Summer 2008 Olympic in Beijing, China. Let’s get it started!

Thanks to this site who provide all above pictures. Please visit the site for more pictures.

Sending online greetings the new way =)

2 August, 2008 (13:16) | crafts & hobbies, design, family & kids | By: editor

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Have you get bored of sending online greeting cards? well if you’re bored already try this new way of sending greetings to meaningful people around you. With Flowers2mail.com you can send greetings with flowers instead of just a greeting card. It’s even worth doing for the fun of it, so make your experience of sending greetings an easier and more attractive one!

This is quite fun to do especially for kids, you just drag and drop! You can pick a vase shape and color, also the kind of flowers you want, the kind of leaves you want, and the greeting tag, just type it in and you’re done.

So grab your kids and teach them to compose a virtual flower vase with greetings for their grandparents, or even for your spouse on his/her birthday perhaps you can remind them to send something nice for their parents.

The great thing about this site is it’s built for fun only, so it has no commercial goals - how wonderful!

Amazing natural art from Pooktre the Tree Shapers

2 August, 2008 (12:49) | crafts & hobbies, design, garden, home & garden | By: editor

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This is such an amazing sight found while browsing around the web, so thought it will be a good thing to share it with all of femtalks readers.

With an idea of growing a chair, Peter (pook) Cook make a living art into a reality that other could enjoy. Later, partnering with Becky who has a very strong design and art background, he bring this tree-shaping concept idea into a next level.

For more info go to pooktre.com.

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all images are taken from pooktre.com

Bomomo digital art

22 July, 2008 (22:31) | crafts & hobbies, design, family & kids | By: editor

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This is really cool especially for designers, artists, and lover or digital arts!
this bomomo.com site will allow you to experiment on creating any shape you like
with tools that are readily available there and very flexible.
If you like what you create you can even save it =)

bomomo created by Philipp Lenssen 2008. Internet Explorer version by Nikolai Kordulla.
Feel free to share any image you create in any way you like… it’s yours!

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Fun kayaking with the transparent see through canoe

12 July, 2008 (01:52) | design, travel & leisure | By: editor

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If you’re not too afraid of height and water, then you might enjoy this idea of floating above the water in a transparent shell. It’s like sitting your self in a bubble canoe / kayak boat. You have the ability to see the water world under you with perfect clarity.

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This hard shell transparent canoe provides 100% visability. It weighs only 40 lbs., and is lighter than most aluminum or wood canoes. Price: $1,475 + $175 Shipping

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source link here.

The Gummy Bear Chandelier

12 July, 2008 (01:45) | design, food & cooking | By: editor

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Can you believe it? every piece of the chandelier made from gummy bears!

thanks to yopp for discovering this cool pic.