Mar 05
It’s been over four years since Dyson introduced a fan
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Feb 13
This is some Jedi-level Star Wars tribute art: the Coruscant Tapestry is 30 feet of cross-stitchery chronicling every character, plot point, and detail from Episodes One through Six, framed with quotes in freaking Aurebesh. The Force is strong with Aled Lewis.
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Feb 05
Air conditioners aren’t exactly known for being particularly environmentally friendly, but during a scorching summer we’re all happy to turn a blind eye. Not Thibault Faverie, though. Perhaps racked by guilt, he’s created the Cold Pot, a simple terracotta device that can cool a room using just evaporating water.
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Jan 21
Two Star Trek Fans Broke into the Star Trek: TNG Set in 1988, Filmed a Documentary
Posted in: Today's ChiliYou can’t make this stuff up. Back in 1988, two diehard Star Trek: The Next Generation fans broke into the Paramount lot in the middle of the night and proceeded to film their own awkward and incompetent “documentary” as they explored the Enterprise sets.
Captain Stone of the Stage 9 Interlopers shows up on camera here and there dressed in his Starfleet uniform. At one point he even accidentally breaks a prop. The whole incident is strangely mesmerizing to watch. It begins with this guy posing next to a headless Starfleet officer from the episode “Conspiracy” as they argue about filming styles, and progresses through shot after shot of awkward instructions from actor to cameraman.
I just wish we had more footage. It seems like a great comedy.
[via Laughing Squid]
Sep 15
Everyone has favorite shows. Look at Breaking Bad. Fans are everywhere right now. And like Breaking Bad all shows must meet a noble or ignominious end. But that doesn’t mean we stop loving them. Or hating them so much that we are oddly fascinated and can’t stop watching. That’s why Offerpop took a look at which shows have the most likes on Facebook and how these fans break down.
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Jul 23
If you’re fortunate enough to have access to a lakeside cottage in the summer, you probably won’t lament the fact that air conditioning isn’t included. Most of the time, a cool breeze off the lake is all you need to stay comfortable. But on those particularly unbearable days when it feels like the planet’s melting, these camouflaged wicker fans should do the trick.
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Apr 22
If you love yourself, your kid, your house, your life, you should have a helicopter ceiling fan in your house. We’ve seen aviation inspired ceiling fans before (and even an awesome inverted chopper fan), but this helicopter ceiling fan will always look like it’s flying in your room while it’s cooling it down. More »
Mar 11
You Should’ve Seen the Fly Swatter That Made These Insect Wing Fans Possible
Posted in: Today's Chili
When it comes to design, it’s never a bad idea to see what Mother Nature has come up with first. After all, she’s had a lot more time to perfect her creations than we have. And what could be a better design to steal for a fan than an insect’s wing? It’s lightweight and effective at pushing air, and the only tweak needed was to scale it up considerably so someone could justify charging $50 for it. [Fancy] More »
Feb 28
Beautiful design and utility are, in many ways, paramount when it comes to home electronics. That’s why I was really impressed by the the new AM05 space heater/cooler from Dyson. It’s a completely quiet, blade-less system that comes in a black and nickel color scheme that looks like it fell off of Boba Fett’s Slave 1.
The AM05 is the successor to the AM04 and is 33% more powerful. It has a stock simple remote control, a nice front temperature readout, and a tilting head. In short, it’s a Dyson product – a little expensive ($399 for a fan is wild), a little weird, and a lot high tech.
I tested the device a bit over the past few days and it works a treat. Setting the heater in my cold attic filled the room up with hot air immediately and it looks and feels far safer than similar heaters. This is a fan I’d trust, say, in the kids’ room.
Why is this on TechCrunch? There are a few companies with both design and technology chops. Sonos comes to mind as does Apple. Bang & Olufsen are also in that category. But I think what’s most important about a company like Dyson is that they took commodity hardware and made it alluring. Who hasn’t gone to Target and looked at some off-brand vacuum and stacked it up against the surprisingly expensive yet strangely beautiful Dyson. I like when Dyson makes new stuff because it proves that there are people out there still thinking about the future of things that suck and blow.
Feb 21
Idea International’s new Aero Sphere isn’t quite poised to shake up the fan industry like Dyson’s bladeless offering did. But it still manages to stand out in a boring and crowded market with a spherical teardrop honeycomb design that’s as functional as it is eye candy. More »
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