Grove Made -> iPhone 4 Case Design (update)

June 7, 2010, at 7:55 am jhsindesign

Along with the news of the iPhone 4 release on June 24th, Grove Made is taking pre-orders on their new laser engraved iPhone case specifically designed for the new model. I wondered how the bamboo case would look given that the new iPhone design has some sharper edges to it… still looks very nice.

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Grove Made -> Laser Engraved iPhone Cases

May 25, 2010, at 7:38 am jhsindesign

I was just speaking to someone yesterday of the apparent fluidity and unlimited potential for the iPad/iPhone/eReader/mobile anything case sub-markets and then coincidentally, later in the evening stumbled upon this interesting company called ‘Grove Made’ who makes these nifty laser engraved bamboo iPhone cases. Pretty slick. I found this on one of my favorite posterous [...]

Leica -> M9 Release

September 11, 2009, at 6:23 am jhsindesign

Classic German camera design company Leica has come out with the M9 which will be replacing the now cult classic M8. The M9 will be selling for a cool 7K, not the most affordable camera on the planet but definitely one of the most desired. Any expert camera sales person will tell you that the [...]

Stussy x Shark -> Classic Watch

July 17, 2009, at 6:10 am jhsindesign

Classic 80s surf brand Stussy has re-released it’s old-school line of ‘Shark’ watches available in three different color variations. The black and grey color style will be available at all Stussy retailers, the Pink/Black style will only at the Zozo Chapter Store and the CMY style only at Stussy Chapter Stores. Set to release this [...]

Asimo Controlled -> Brain-Machine Interface

April 3, 2009, at 12:38 pm jhsindesign

The above video shows us the use of BMI technology (Brain-Machine Interface) that allows humans to control Honda’s Asimo humanoid robot simply by thinking certain thoughts. I discovered this amazing technology on one of my favorite “all things Japanese” blogs Pinktentacle.com.

Here is an excerpt from Pinktentacle’s post that explains how BMI works:

“The high-precision BMI technology [...]

Android YARB -> Robotic Blimp Controlled by Google Android Phone

March 31, 2009, at 6:26 am jhsindesign

This video proves many things:

1. No matter how smart you are, you should probably clean your house up a little before you YouTube your latest tech creation

2. One should probably build a smaller blimp in order to fit it into your line of view (go from 5.5 to 3.5 maybe?)

3. Call a friend to help [...]

Siftables -> Mah Jongg-esc Music Sequencer

February 19, 2009, at 9:25 pm jhsindesign

Siftables Music Sequencer from Jeevan Kalanithi on Vimeo.

I’m really excited at how music and technology continue to merge in interesting ways. It really pleases my inner-nerd to discover a new musical gadget or gizmo. This time in the form of a series of chips or dominoes called “Siftables”, created by David Merrill and Jeevan Kalanithi [...]