Gizmodo: Domino

Collapse Of Berlin Wall Recreated With 1,000 Giant Dominoes

Rosa Golijan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:40:00 EST

On November 9, 1989, thousands rushed through the ruins of the Berlin Wall, celebrating the unity of East and West. 20 years later, millions across the world watched as one thousand seven-and-a-half foot tall dominoes fell marking the occasion.

About six months ago, those Styrofoam dominoes were sent all around to world and painted by school children and artists. Today they were reunited in a 1.5km line where the Berlin Wall once stood. And just like the wall did so many years ago, they fell to deafening cheers. [Dominoaktion and news:lite]

Giant Dominoes Made of 30,000 Dominoes, Fall Like...Falling Dominoes

Kit Eaton — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:45:00 EDT

"Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em,
And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum."
Alright...so these are just 30,000 dominoes stacked up in blocks to look a bit like giant dominoes, and tipped over to create a fab tumbling dominoes-made-from-giant-dominoes video, but you get my point. It's Friday, and the video has a cat in it and makes for good watching. [CollegeHumor]

Domino Flash Drive Great For Storage, Gambiling and Toppling Not So Much

Sean Fallon — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:40:57 EST

Unlike many of the flash drive designs these days, the Domino concept by Marcos Breder adds adds a little extra fun and functionality into the mix. Each domino can be split into two separate drives, with the white dots indicating the remaining storage capacity. The problem is that playing an actual game of dominoes with these drives would be damn near impossible (so gambling is out) —and putting enough of them together to form a proper toppling pattern would require countless drives. Not that it matters all that much given the fact that this product doesn't actually exist. [Yanko Design via Oh Gizmo]

Domino Cellphone Concept

Mark Wilson — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:28:46 EDT

We love us some cellphone concepts around here, and Syntes Studio's Domino phone is no exception. The dialing buttons are setup with domino dots to designate value, as opposed to the primitive, fashionless numeric system. Plus, it's super sleek and thin, just like your favorite anorexic super model (but sexy).

We especially like that you get five extra phones with each purchase, just so you can set them up to fall. Hit the jump for some more shots.

From now on I'm just claiming that all concepts are from overseas, since in either case we'll pretty much never see them. – Mark Wilson

Design Page [via coolhunting]

More VoIP From Big Players

tgrumet — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:25:06 EST

It may be time for conventional phone service to start hanging up their hats because VoIP is fast becoming a revolution. And to make that point in bold letters, IBM and Siemens have joined forces to offer Internet phone service right from Lotus Notes and Domino business software. So you'll soon be able to launch VoIP phone calls and conferences with one click from your email, Web conferencing or instant messaging sessions. Look for this easy and classic telephony crippling technology around summertime.

Siemens, IBM to team up on Internet telephony [Reuters]