Microsoft Reveals Boxy New Company Logo

Twenty five years after the introduction of its last company logo, Microsoft decided it’s time for a change. 

The new logo is not a radical departure from the current one. The colors from its previous, “wavy” logo, are the same — red, green, yellow and blue, but the logo is now square, similar to the Windows 8 logo and in line with Microsoft’s recent design direction.

The new logo already adorns Microsoft’s website. Furthermore, it can be seen today in three Microsoft retail stores — Boston, Seattle’s University Village and Bellevue, Wash. — and it’s coming to all of the company’s stores in the “next few months.”

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ECOXPOWER Bike Charger

The Ecoxpower will assure you'll never run out of power on your smartphone or GPS. The genius contraption will charge your smartphone or GPS while you pedal. The faster you go the faster your device charges. Ecoxpower is also a light that can be turned on/off from a handlebar mounted switch. It also includes a mounted water resistant touch screen case for your smartphone/GPS.

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BMW Group Designworks gaming mouse

If you’re a car enthusiast as well as a gamer, you will be delighted to hear that the recent BMW Group DesignworksUSA and Thermaltake concept gaming mouse has been given the green light. Working with the Taiwan-based gaming accessories company, BMW has designed a highly innovative mouse with the competitive gamer in mind — this can be seen in the ergonomic Air-Through ventilation system, a feature that ventilates hot air from the palm and thus reduces fatigue and sweat. Aside from the perforated chassis, the mouse incorporates 3D steering axis movement technology, a highly programmable intelligent software application capable of sensitivity adjustments up to 8200 DPI, and a corrosion-resistant solid aluminum base. The Level 10 M gaming mouse will retail for a price of $99 USD.

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Live Socket by Xu Zhang

" Live Socket ", an iteration that takes away the bother of pulling the plug once we are done with an appliance. Child safe and energy friendly, this design is clever and practical too!

 Designer: Xu Zhang

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UV Reflecting Umbrella With Fan

This is the umbrella with a built-in motorized fan and UV-reflecting canopy that creates a carry-along haven on hot, humid summer days. A button on the bottom of the handle activates a quiet three-blade fan under the canopy that rotate to provide an airflow of 654 feet-per-minute to produce a refreshing downdraft. The fan's blades collapse along the umbrella's stainless steel shaft, maintaining a slim width when closed

The umbrella's shaft and ribs are fiberglass, providing sturdy support, but won't rust like metal. Includes two AA batteries that provide six hours of continuous operation. Auto-open/manual close. Black. Closed: 36" L x 2 1/4" W diameter. (1 1/2 lbs.)

Source : Hammacher

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Intricate Animals Made from Wood Chips

Intricate Animals Made from Wood Chips :

 It’s hard to believe at first glance, but these life-sized animals are made out of small chips and slivers of wood. Their textures look nearly like fur and feather, giving them a much softer appearance than their true woody nature. I mean, look at those detailed, banded feathers!

 55 year old Russian artist Sergey Bobkov creates the pieces using ceder sticks which are about 2-3 inches long. He cuts them down into 100-150 thin slices shaped based on what he wants to create and puts them in water for several days to soften. He then assembles his animals, all of Siberian origin, using precision and skill he has carefully mastered. His wood chip technique is so unique in fact, that he’s actually received a patent on its style. The 15 pieces completed thus far were created for a school exhibition in a local Siberian school in Kozhany, southwest of Krasnoyarsk.

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The transparent tv designed by Michael Friebe

The transparent tv designed by Michael Friebe is a marvelous piece of technology that combines conventional LCD and the latest TOLED display technology. This allows to create non-transparent / solid moving pictures with rich color reproduction and full contrast range from solid black to pristine white.

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