Gizmodo: Sink

Rettangolo Sink Fixtures Rains Like Zeus' Own Ambrosia

Jason Chen — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:30:00 EDT

We've seen some clever bathroom fixtures in hotels, clubs and even people's homes, but this Gessi ceiling mounted sink faucet is really nice. The water comes down from the ceiling, which says to us that there's going to be quite a lot of water pressure if you decide to stick your face under there and get a rinse. Would we want one of these in our homes? Definitely. The next best thing to sharing the shower with Zeus is standing under him when he takes one. [Trendir]

The Fossil Washbasin Will Hypnotize You Into Being Late For Work

Sean Fallon — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:00:00 EDT

We have seen some awesome sinks over the years, and at least one that was inspired by geology and topographical maps. The Ammonite washbasin from HighTech features a similar "organic" theme, but in my opinion, a much more captivating design. Apparently, Ammonites are an extinct species of cephalopods that existed about 400 million years ago, and their shells are prized by collectors. When integrated into a concrete sink, this prehistoric design creates a hypnotic spiral of water.

The Ammonite Washbasin is available in 1200-1590 x 560 mm (approx. 47-63 x 22 inches) dimensions with a basin that measures 64 cm (about 25-inches). There is no word on pricing, but my guess is that it would be very expensive to install. Plus, you may run into trouble with the financing after you get canned for being late to work everyday. You could easily get caught in a trance watching this sink operate as you brush your teeth in the morning. [HighTech via Trendir]

Wet X-Light Surround Basin: The World's First "Musical" Washbasin

Sean Fallon — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:10:00 EDT

At this point we have seen iPod docks fitted to just about everything under the sun, so it should come as no surprise that a company decided to develop a sink capable of playing tunes from your MP3 player. Fortunately for designer Jan Puylaert and the guys at WET, their X-Light Surround Basin should be considered as more than just a gimmick—it actually looks really cool with the transparent, light-diffusing acrylic polymer (PMMA) basin revealing the speaker system underneath. Throw some LEDs on this thing and it would be like a party in your bathroom.

[WET via Trendir]

DIY Case Mod Turns Your PC Into a Gigantic Heatsink

Sean Fallon — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:00:15 EST

Once PC case modder has taken his battle with heat to a whole new level using a design that is 100% passively cooled. That is to say, the entire case is one gigantic heatsink. Unfortunately, numerous problems were encountered during the project and in the end, a faulty motherboard and power supply issues made a proper test of the case problematic. So, even though the mod is flawed, there are plenty of ideas that can be gleaned from the process itself that could result in something a little more practical. Hit the link for instructions. [Metku via Hack n Mod via Gearfuse]

Water Ball Ripple Sink Makes Me Want to Tinkle

Jason Chen — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:30:28 EST

If we were handy enough to build our own sinks, we'd build one exactly like this "The Ripple" faucet, designed by Smith Newnam, which equates relative ball movement to the temperature and amount of water flowing out. Hot water makes the LED glow red, while cold makes it glow blue, and the two hot and cold channels mix together in the open air to make for your desired temperature. Awesome? Definitely. Practical? Not so much. Just try moving that ball around without accidentally touching the scorching water. [Flickr via Yanko Design]

SmartSink Uses Height-Calculating Software to Save Your Back

AddyDugdale — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:45:22 EST

MIT student Leonardo B has come up with an idea for a sink that positions itself depending on the height of the user and adjusts its temperature depending on what you are putting in it. (This is useful when you are nudging 6'0", while your husband struggles to hit the 3'6" mark*, even when he is wearing what he refers to as "gypsy shoes.") Video, plus explanation of how the sink works, below.

As you approach the sink, a camera and custom-built software calculates, using your line of sight, how tall you are. The sink then adjusts its height accordingly, and a second camera clocks the object to be washed, determining the temperature of the water. [TechEBlog]
*This is obviously a joke. J is 6'0" (or 1.80 meters, as they say in Euroland.)

Take-Away Sink Proves that Men are Right

AddyDugdale — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:38:41 EDT

Ladies, when you go away on vacation, are your menfolk always saying, "Coo-er, missus, you've must have packed everything but the kitchen sink in here," when they heft your suitcase into the car? Well, now you can prove them right, with this take-away basin. It's obviously just a concept right now, but what a wonderful idea. Wouldn't it be great to be able to say occasionally, "honey, you are so right," just for a change?

The take-away sink is designed by Jessica Nebel, who reckons it will encourage water saving. [Yanko]

Sink + Toilet Makes Dirty Hippies Happy

Jason Chen — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:30:54 EDT

If you care at all for the environment, you're probably taking 2 minute showers, using recycled paper, and drive a hybrid car, which leaves plenty of water, paper, and fuel for those of us who are too lazy to care. But for you, the environmentally conscious bunch, we present the Sinkpositive. It's a sink on top of a toilet, which uses the tank (is that what it's called?) water for hand washing before using it again for poop flushing.

Of course, we only recommend this for married people, since most non-hippy women would probably bolt when seeing this mounted on your toilet. On the other hand, imagine how much fun it would be to pee into the top and bottom and see urine be used to flush urine. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Sinkpositive via Core77]

Erosion Sink Brings Geology to the Bathroom

Adam Frucci — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:48:51 EST

The Erosion Sink combines the latest in sink-related technology with the aesthetics of topographical maps to give you a unique and badass looking sink for your modern bathroom. Seriously, if I had one of these things I would spend a lot more time washing my hands.

No pricing info available, but it's safe to assume that this is a tad bit pricier than anything you can pick up at Home Depot. –Adam Frucci

Product Page [via Josh Spear]

55-Gallon Drum Sink

Jason Chen — Thu, 18 May 2006 16:00:11 EDT

These 55-gallon drum sinks wouldn't fit in your standard suburban home, but it's perfect for the urban-industrial look that we hear is so popular nowadays.

The base costs $1,790 and the sink basin is $840, for a total of $2630. At that price, we'd suggest you go down to the dump, grab a drum, and build this thing yourself. Hell, an actual barrel of oil only costs what, $1000 now?

55-Gallon Drum Luxury Sink [Bristol and Bath via Neatorama]

Toilet Lid Sink

gizmodo.com — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:25:00 EDT

One thing about apartment hunting in New York City when you are not feelthy steenking reech is that no matter how nasty you think the last apartment you saw was, the next one will inevitably be nastier. We once looked at one in lower Manhattan that had the shower in a what was basically a closet, just off the kitchen, and the toilet in another closet at the far end of the apartment.

The toilet was 300 feet from the kitchen sink, which was apparently also meant to be the bathroom sink. Gross! We wonder if places like this (and there are many in the city) would've looked better to us had the landlords installed something like this $89 Toilet Lid Sink, which saves space as well as water, by using the water you washed your hands with in the sink to flush the toilet.

Toilet Lid Sink [Real Goods Catalog, via Cool Tools]

Space-Saving Stove

tgrumet — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:02:56 EST

This is a hell of an idea, especially for dorms or small spaces (like my first apartment, where I could actually cook right from my bed). The all-in-one cooking sink by Kohler actually has a stovetop built into the sink, spacious enough to put a large pot on, but not big enough to make it look like two appliances. Genius. It's also got a chopping board and it actually looks pretty darn good. You won't be baking cookies anytime soon, but we trust that won't be much of a problem.

THE SINK THAT COOKS [Coolhunter]

AN8: Hotter Than A Crack Pipe

Travis Hudson — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:08:00 EDT

ABIT is experimenting with a pipe to diffuse the heat from it s A8N motherboard. The advantage is that this is a much quieter solution than those noisy fans, which always interfere with the sound of frag grenades exploding. The pipe leads to a heat sink located on the rear of the motherboard, where the I/O shield and ports are. One of the possible downsides is that the size of the heat sink leaves less room for expansion ports. ABIT has included three standard PCI slots, one 16x PCI Express and two 1x PCI Express slots. The shorter 1x PCI Express slots are in place to compensate for the size of the chipset. Seems like a pretty solid board and especially nice for those cooling junkies out there.

ABIT AN8 Ultra - Passively Cooled Motherboard [TrustedReviews]