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iYo

iYo Rocks the Baby Then Charges Your iPhone

Swedish designer Peter Thuvander likes yo-yo's so much that he designed an iPhone charger concept around them. Called the iYo (what else?), the device charges its lithium ion battery cell with an OLPC crank that's turned using the spinning power of a yo-yo. "The remote control needs only 30 cranks—which is nothing when you yo-yo," he said. Just 30 cranks and your dignity, Peter. I kid, of course, being someone who sleeps with a Duncan yo-yo under his pillow. The video demonstrates what a good idea this is: More »

3:30 PM on Sun Sep 21 2008
By Jack Loftus
6,630 views, 22 comments

Latest by DisposableInterloper: @DaiWalka: Spin it, remove the cap, plug in the USB cable. No offense intended, but it's not rocket science. more »

solar power

Flippable Solar-Powered Lamp Keeps Track of Energy Consumption via Wi-Fi

This unique "Spark" lamp concept comes from the far away land of Sweden where the government is planning to install smart energy meters on new homes. The meters are designed to keep track of energy consumption and relay that data over the internet for customers. The lamp uses Wi-Fi to tap into that data and changes colors for a 3-second interval to indicate how current levels of consumption match up to the monthly goal. More »

1:40 PM on Tue Sep 16 2008
By Sean Fallon
2,368 views, 7 comments

Latest by SemiAnarchist: If and when this concept comes out, I will happily purchase it. Just because you ignore energy consumption doesn't more »

airplanes

Jumbo Airplane Hotel Allows Mile High Club Experience on the Ground

Back in 2006, Oscar Diös heard there was a dead Boeing 747-200 built in 1976 on one of the runways at Arlanda Airport, the largest international airport in Sweden, north of Stockholm. It was once owned by a Swedish company called Transjet, who used it to fly muslim pilgrims to Mecca, as well as doing charter flights around the world until it was grounded for "organizational problems" in 2002. The noble Jumbo was in a bad state, but Oscar saw the possibilities right away. Probably after way too many glasses of akvavit that day, Diös thought he had the perfect idea: to buy the 747 and convert it into a low-cost hotel.
I was getting ready to expand my hostel business in 2006 when I heard about an old wreck of an aircraft for sale at Arlanda. Since I had for a long time wanted to establish my business at Arlanda I didn’t hesitate for a second when this opportunity struck.
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7:53 PM on Sun Aug 31 2008
By Jesus Diaz
84,751 views, 33 comments

Latest by Paxrail: This is amazing. This is very similar to what is done to railroad passenger cars that are being refurbished and more »

gadgets

Manodo Display Makes You OCD About Your Home Energy Usage

If you enjoy observing and controlling the minutiae of your daily life, down to how much CO2 your last shower emitted, consider moving to Sweden and taking part in the Manodo project. Nordic start-up Manodo has created the ultimate smart home gadget, which tells you everything you'll ever want to know (and maybe some things you don't) about the resources you're consuming. More »

9:30 PM on Sun Apr 27 2008
By Elaine Chow
4,451 views, 23 comments

Latest by mfaerber: Once upon a time, before Nintendos and Legos and people and kittens and horsies, the world was covered in plants! more »

internet

40-Gigabit Granny Used World's Fastest Connection to Dry Laundry

The most famous story to come out of Sweden in 2007—besides the death of celebrated cinema pioneer Ingmar Bergman, who I thought was already dead—was the 40-gigabit internet connection of the septuagenarian Sigbritt Löthberg. Giz reader speculation that she was going to "host her knitting circle as an HD interactive webconference" was close: in fact she used the hot-as-hell connection to dry her laundry. More »

10:33 AM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Wilson Rothman
17,248 views, 17 comments

Latest by GundamSLR: omg i wonder how much this connection cost this man lol... more »

cellphones

Monitor Heart Safety By Turning Your Cellphone Into an ECG

Most of us would never need an electrocardiogram embedded into our cellphones to monitor our hearts, but most of us aren't recovering from a heart attack. For those people that are, this Swedish invention that turns any old cellphone into a monitor that can automatically call a doctor or the hospital if your heart explodes is something they'd pay loads and loads of Swedish kronas for. Or meatballs. We think they're pretty much interchangeable. [The Inquirer]

3:08 PM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By Jason Chen
2,898 views, 19 comments

Latest by nutbastard: @razordu30: i nominate that for COTD. spot on. more »

rumor smashed

Gizmondo Is Dead, Dead, Dead. DEAD and Not Coming Back

We received half a dozen tips earlier today from our Svenska readers talking about "Gizmondo coming back." The story went from a vague November 2007 quote by ex-convict Carl Freer into a morning internet craze, all fueled by a flash animation in a domain registered through an anonymous service. A bit of fact checking, with the help of a few Swedish journalist friends and whois, reveals that the rumors of a Gizmondo reappearance may have been greatly exaggerated. Actually, there's probably enough material to completely smash them.

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Feature

11:20 AM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Jesus Diaz
41,322 views, 19 comments

Latest by ChiboFR: hasnt this been dead for the last 2 years alredy -ChiboFR more »

cellphones

Mobile Phones (Not Bitch Ex-Wife, Damn Kids, Idiot Boss) Cause Insomnia

Extensive studies conducted by universities in the US and Sweden show that a certain dose of radio frequency before bedtime causes insomnia. While there is plenty of number crunching yet to come to determine the exact relationships between exposure to 884MHz RF and loss of sleep, the key message from one of the scientists was this: "If you feel you have trouble sleeping, you should think about not talking on a mobile phone right before you go to bed." More »

10:08 AM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By Wilson Rothman
3,455 views, 32 comments

Latest by Inspector Gadget: Would this apply to wifi etc as well? more »

pants

When Pants Attack: A Cautionary Tale of G Suits and Planes

You may or may not have read reports last week about a Swedish fighter jet crashing in the Arctic Circle. So far, so what, you're probably saying—after all, there were no fatalities. And so began the questions. What caused the accident&madash;was it pilot error? The wrong kind of snow? Maybe a flock of seagulls flew into the engines. Well, with those haircuts, it was a miracle the pilot survived... More »

4:00 PM on Thu Apr 26 2007
By Addy Dugdale
6,573 views, 15 comments

Latest by BigDanInTX: Wow... no one has said this yet?? A bulge in his pants cause premature ejectulation!! more »

cellphones

3G iPhone May Come January 2008 Says Some Swedes

Feel free to place this alongside other unfounded Apple rumors, but the latest talk says that a possible 3G iPhone will be available as soon as January 2008. A Swedish firm reports that their contact at Apple gave them assurances that there will be a European 1st gen iPhone by September, and a followup 3G version in very early 2008. More »

6:30 PM on Fri Feb 23 2007
By Jason Chen
8,893 views, 20 comments

Latest by Twinnie: Has this rumour been dispelled yet? more »