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A Wooden Radio That Works

designgid team — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:12:45 +0000

Created by Solene le Goff and Christophe Gouache Log radio might just be the world’s “greenest” radio. The Log Radio features a long, thin solar panel that charges it with energy, and if there’s no sunlight available, it also has a built-in dynamo, that will keep it running with minimum energy. The bottom left button, the one with the finger hole in it,handles the dynamo, the top left one turns the radio on and controls the volume, while the top right button is used as a tuner. This amazing radio needs no wires or batteries and was conceived as a statement against the use of plastic and metals. Incredibly enough, 80% of the Log Radio is made of wood, while the other 20% is made up of basic radio components.

Human Antenna - the carpet radio

designgid team — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:43:57 +0000

Human Antenna is a carpet radio that uses body as an antenna. And you can walk on the carpet to change the radio frequency. A carpet made of looms from conductive thread. By standing on it, your body acts as an antenna. The carpet picks up the radio waves, which your body receives and makes them hearable. When walking on the carpet you can tune it to a certain frequency, like the tuner of a radio.

World’s Smallest USB Microwave

designgid team — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:51:48 +0000

It is the world's smallest, portable microwave and can be powered via a link to the USB port on a laptop computer. The turquoise device -called the Beanzawave - has been created in partnership with Heinz to allow workers tied to their desks to create a warm snack, or hot drink, to see them through the day. However, it might also sustain a hard-working student through the many hours of lonely revision. And the convenience of powering it from a laptop computer means you could tuck into a hot snack while flying on holiday or even on the train. Apart from its size, the key breakthrough is the use of a combination of mobile phone radio frequencies to create the heat to cook both on the outside and within in under a minute.