1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple's Future - Apple - Gizmodo

I really liked this article in Gizmodo, "1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple's Future - Apple - Gizmodo". They show a definitel link between the modern designs of Jonathan Ive and the designs of the 50s and 60s by Dieter Rams at Braun. Very cool!

I Wanna Shake Table

Nine years after Dan Reznik's (and John Canny's) Shake Table (er, "Universal Planar Manipulator"), it is still way cool.  Has any progress been done on this idea in the commercial sector? I'd like one that is quieter, faster, and bigger! 

Reinvent the plug!

 


Great design by RCA's Min-Kyu Choi on a new design for laptop plugs. This design makes the plug as thin as our thinnest laptops (imagine storing it inside the laptop!)  [article and image from iconeye.com]