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Check out this incredible set of chairs called The Manhattan Collection from Frank Peter Siciliano. It is composed of 10 six foot tall chairs displaying 40 landmark buildings from the New York City skyline. The chairs are made of Cherry wood and they were built sometime around 1987 (based on the buildings represented). I don’t know if I’d want this set in my living room but they’re super cool nonetheless.

The chairs are arranged in regional groupings so buildings located near each other in real life are on the same chairs. Based on my extensive local knowledge (really! finally it’s come in handy) I’ll attempt to identify many of the buildings for you, feel free to fill in the blanks or correct me in the comments.

Above you can see the Citicorp building (with it’s wedge shaped top), Chrysler Building, Lipstick Building, Grand Central Terminal.

UN Building, Solow Building

GE Building (Rockefeller Center), St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Woolworth Building, Trump Tower

Met Life Building (Pan Am Building), Helmsley Hotel, Sony Tower (AT&T Building)

World Trade Center (Twin Towers)

Empire State Building and Flatiron Building.

According to researches, a tiny system beams a keyboard or menu onto the user’s forearm and hand from a projector housed in an armband. Tapping the “buttons” causes ripples to run through your skin and bones. An acoustic detector, also in the armband, then calculates which part of the display is to be activated.

Already there are twenty volunteers who have examined the gadget said they found it easy to navigate. The system could use wireless technology like Bluetooth to convey commands to many types of device — including phones, iPods and even PCs. According to the researchers we will begin to see such interfaces emerge within the next five years.

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USB Air Conditioned Shirt

Blowing cold air into the shirt is seen a lot in DIY related blog, finally this idea has caught the eye of a Japanese company. They have since produced it and is on sale in Japan now. This shirt is powered solely by your powered USB drive and is great for any hot office or room, or even for portable action with a laptop or other device. This is something worth to add to your wardrobe.

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Nopopo Eco Water Battery

Nopopo mean No pollution Power battery. This is another move by Japan to promote an Eco-friendly environment. This battery is amazing, it can be recharge by almost all kind of water. For example water, beer , cola and the inventor also mention human urine!! Once the battery is fully charge it is capable of powering up a LED flashlight. If the battery is flat, simply use a syringe to suck your liquid of choice up and then squeeze it into the battery. That it. very simple.

Specifications

• Two sets of two batteries (4 AA batteries in total)
• Proprietary NoPoPo hydro-electric battery from Aqua Power Japan
• Holds charge up to ten years
• Also charges with beer, sake, cola, or even urine
• Size: 9.65×2.75cm (3.75×1.08 inches)
• Current: 60mA-300mA
• Capacity: 1.6Ah-0.6Ah
• Voltage: 2.1V
• Can be charged up to five times
• Manual: Japanese

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Notepad toaster

Write your note on the message board and it will burn onto the bread. This idea was created by designer Sasha Tseng. It is a good idea for family who like to leave note in the morning for other members. Hopefully they do not finish the bread half way then realize there are note on the bread.

Zuse Toaster

This idea was inspired by a dot matrix printer, it can toasts 12 x 12 pixel images onto the bread. The toaster can be attached to the wall.

Art toaster

This toaster come with 6 interchangeable plates that allow you to toast different images onto your bread.

Dark lord toaster

Last but not least is the Star wars toaster. The toaster will bring an image of Dark Lord onto your bread. Die heart Star Wars fans will not want to miss out on this gadget.

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Solar Power Bra

Few month back i have posted a unique bra (Konkatsu Bra) also from Triumph, it a a bra with a timer showing how many days are left for the wearer to get married. This time round Triumph has introduce a “Solar Power Bra”, this is a move by then to promote environmental friendly. The built-in solar panel that captures and redistributes the sun’s power and can actually generate enough electric energy to power a cell phone or an iPod! At the moment it is still a concept, moreover lady cannot just wear bra without a clothes over it and start walking on the street right?

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Not only is Japan making new improvement in their robot technology, researchers from various European countries have invented a robot with bones that move like you do. Their project, the Eccerobot, has been designed to duplicate the way human bones, muscles and tendons work and are linked together. The plastic bones copy biological shapes and are moved by kite-line that is tough like tendons, while elastic cords mimic the bounce of muscle. As this is only in their early stage of design, they are confident to make the robot to interacts with the  environment in a more human manner.

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Lemon battery label

Insert a 1cent coin into a cut on one side of the lemon. Then push a galvanized nail into the other side of the lemon. The nail and penny must not touch.

4 Lemon battery

Usually a single lemon battery will produce voltage of about 0.906volts so when you connect 4 of them into series circuit it produce roughly 3.5volts. This is more than enough to make a LED glow. If you fail in your first attempt try to experiment with different zinc and copper (The 1 cent coin may not be purely copper so try experiment with different coin).

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