Lenco L-71 turntable.



Right this turntable by Lenco had it’s debut today at the IFA today in Berlin. What  is interesting about this you ask? Well it records straight to a USB memory stick or a SD card. Considering these days one can play a set with just a laptop FAB is all I can say.


Source: Gizmag




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Dj Table.


This was a Senior Degree Project for the Kansas City Art Institute. DJ touch screen interface and gesture interaction concepts of Mr Gerg Kaufman. which took Three months to make.


With a few taps and swipes he has created a board that can mimic turntables. Now all they have to do is show up to the club with a USB stick and they are ready to go.


I hope that when I go to a club featuring this, they better make me want to throw the hair I don’t have…..,yet.  Video after the jump


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John Underkoffler.


If you have seen the movie Minority report, you will of course remember that touch screen. Well the creator John Underkoffler, has not long ago given a keynote speech on the way of computing in the future, which is now. Watch the video after the jump well worth it.


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Lighting.



As the title says, as much as you need.I would suggest that all you minimalist and Apple fans will find use for this lamp. It has that touchy feely thing going on with the controlling, of the lights.


Designer : Hong-kue Lee








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Volkswagen bike.


VW has  been coming out with some funky stuff of late. This earthy bike folds upon it’s self and parks into the spare tire compartment of  your car. It also runs on batteries, hence the term earthy.


Source Slash gear

Video after the jump.


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Shanghai Expo 2010.


The British pavilion. The Shanghai Expo will take place 1 May to 31 October 2010. The Pavilion is being created by, Heatherwick Studio. Led by the internationally-acclaimed Thomas Heatherwick. Watch this space for more pics as they come in. (by the way that is made with 60,000 optic rods,  with seeds at the tips). Right on.


Source:Dezeen




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In der März-Ausgabe der brandeins.de die sich dem Schwerpunktthema Logistik “Die Problemlöser!” beschäftigt, lass ich eine Geschichte einer fazinierenden Idee und ihres Urhebers Simon Berry, der 1988 als Entwicklungshelfer im Nordosten Sambias unterwegs war, als ihm beim Anblick einer Limonaden-Flasche eine lebensrettende Idee kam.

Wie kann man Medikamente und Hilfsgüter in entlegene Regionen transportieren?  In Coca-Cola-Kästen, war die Antwort.


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Geoffrey Cooper.


This is something to tell the time with. I can’t find that much info on him, other than he graduated from Art Center College of Design in 2009. That’s a time piece, if I may say so my self.


Source: MoCo Loco




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Haiti – Die Katastrophe

Als ich darüber nachdachte, wie man helfen kann, laß ich diesen Artikel im Xing-Blog.


Verletzt, obdachlos, traumatisiert: Zwei Millionen Kinder in Haiti brauchen Hilfe


Anmerkung der Xing-Redaktion: Wir freuen uns über diesen Gastbeitrag von Frau Kathrin Wieland, Geschäftsführerin von Save the Children Deutschland, und bitten herzlich um Ihre Unterstützung.


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Nur wenige Stunden nach dem Erdbeben in Haiti haben unsere Teams vor Ort begonnen, die Nothilfe zu koordinieren und Hilfsgüter zu verteilen. Neben Lebensmitteln, Trinkwasser und Medikamenten fehlt es vor allem an Hygienesets, um die Seuchengefahr zu reduzieren. Save the Children wird im Auftrag der Vereinten Nationen schnellstmöglich sichere Schutzzonen für traumatisierte Kinder in den großen Auffanglagern einrichten.


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Technics.

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Update: Panasonic will be keeping the turntables after all. Saying now they have no plans to get rid of them.


Blame those high tech people that now DJ with CD’s or their laptops. Technics will no longer produce the Technics

1200,and the 1210 models due to low sales. Oh well, most people that own these, should give them to those who can, well…………….., DJ


Source : Slash Gear.




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