Gizmodo: wall

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]

The Man Wall

Andi Wang — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:40:00 EDT

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.If you still don't know what you're getting Dad for Father's Day, HybridSpace Furniture has come up with an all-in-one home entertainment "Man Wall," which includes gadgets that are stereotypically man.

A 52'' Vizio LCD HDTV is the wall's centerpiece, with two smaller flat panels, a Panasonic 5.1 home theater system, DVD player, CD changer, iPod docking station, and surround-sound speakers around it. That's not all though—there's also a wine rack, microwave, cigar humidors, and a refrigerated built-in beer keg with a tap for an ice cold brewski. All it's missing is a BBQ grill, porn collection and your girlfriend, telling you to do the dishes while she changes the channel to watch Oprah as your team scores the winning touchdown. [HybridSpace Furniture via ElectronicHouse]

Recycle Years of Broken Hard Drives into a Surprisingly Non-Dorky Clock

Dan Nosowitz — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:00:00 EDT

Instructables has posted a guide to breaking down 3.5" hard drives and creating a wall clock out of the pieces. The guide calls for a bunch of the washers used to separate hard drive platters as well as the innards of a cheapie clock the builder had lying around. It's a pretty easy project, but what's remarkable is how cool it looks by the end. You wouldn't know it's made of hard drives; it just looks like an industrial sort of sculpture that tells time. [Instructables]

Doha's "Wall": The World's First Underground Stadium

Sean Fallon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

When the new "Wall" Stadium set to be built in Doha, Qatar is completed in 2010, it will be the first underground stadium ever constructed. Nicknamed "The Laptop" for obvious reasons, the stadium will have no traditional floodlights. Instead, the lights will be embedded into the architecture, which adds to the clean futuristic look. Apparently, the unique underground design will serve as a natural air conditioning system of sorts, which saves money that could have been spent on a traditional domed, temperature controlled facility.

The Wall is expected to host a number of major soccer events in the future, but with a capacity of only 11,000, I have a hard time believing that will be possible. To be honest, it seems as though the design has taken precedence over common sense here. Why else would you build such a tiny stadium on what is obviously a large piece of real estate? [Times Fantasy Football via Coolbuzz]

Safretti's Latest Wall-Mounted Gaya Fireplace Looks Like a Flaming Mouth

Jason Chen — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:30:05 EDT

Safretti's latest in their line of wall-mounted fireplaces for urban living spaces without proper wood burning ventilation looks a lot like a mouth. A mouth much like the mouths Seth MacFarlane likes to draw on inanimate objects on Family Guy, which is why we picture this thing spewing obscenities, as well as 7.1kW of heat from its alcohol-fueld fire hole. The bad news? That 7.1kW doesn't really measure up against a real fireplace, so this is more for a mouth motif decoration than practical heating. [Safretti via Tuvie via MocoLoco via DVice]

MisuraEmme Wall Combines Home Entertainment With Booze

Jason Chen — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:06:51 EST

When we've got enough money to get what looks like a 1500-sq-ft living room/home theater area, we're going to load one wall up with a MisuraEmme wall system. Not because it classes up the place in a way that cardboard boxes just do not, but because it combines a sliding flat-screen TV with a self-contained home theater unit with a bar. Did we mention that it's classy? Because the rest of your home could be an S&M dungeon, but as long as you've got this to greet houseguests when they first enter, you'll still be able to get on the cover of Drunken TV Monthly. [Trendir]

Erotic Wall of Undulating Subwoofers

Brian Lam — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:20:39 EST

The North hall of CES is like a different planet. Car culture dominates geek culture here, but you still find weird things like this mini wall of 7-inch Kicker solo-baric L7 subs. They were outputting a low roar that felt like a massage or subtle brush against my skin when I leaned in close. I wouldn't say it was erotic, but I wouldn't say that it wasn't erotic either.

Spiderman Suit To Allow Future Humans To Scale Walls, Wear Silly Suit

Jason Chen — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:40:08 EDT

Other than firemen, the military and masked vigilantes, there probably isn't a huge market for a suit that allows you to scale up walls. However, Italian scientists have calculated how much stickiness a suit needs to mimic the ability of insects and spiders to climb up a wall without peeing their pants in fear of falling. Unless the suit injects a good bit of teen angst and pudginess (if this was the third suit in a trilogy), we'll have no part of it. [Telegraph]

Velcro Wall Socket is Kinda Useless

Jason Chen — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:45:12 EDT

This concept Velcro wall socket seems like it would be a good idea on paper, seeing as it attaches Velcro to both the socket and AC adapters so you can keep them close when not in use. But in practice, the fact that you can keep a plug attached close to the wall, instead of on the floor, does very little to act "as a strong reminder to the user to unplug the plug," which would in turn save power. Unless you're really anal about how high your electric bill is, you're not going to be going around and unplugging your electronics after you use them.

Velcro Wall Socket Conserves Energy [Yanko Design]

The Wall Clock

Jason Chen — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:50:46 EDT

Now you can smirk smugly as you tell your houseguests that you've got a "wall clock". See, it's a clock that only has a center piece for the mechanism and the hands, plus twelve dots you stick onto your wall.

Sure, it's kinda cool, but if you ever want to move the clock a foot over to the right it's a gigantic hassle and will take chunks off your wall. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Amazon via Nerd Approved]

Still Life Wall Mounted Fruit Holder

Jason Chen — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:30:37 EDT

This thing is mildly old—it's circa UMAMY Design Groups' 2003 Collection—but it's useful for us now so we thought readers would enjoy it. Whenever we buy fruit from the supermarket, it always sits slowly rotting in the bottom of the fridge, waiting for the eating that never comes. By being mounted on the wall, this thing nags you, like your mother, to eat the fruit before it goes bad. Useful and healthy. – Jason Chen

Umamy Design [Umamy via Neatorama via Shiny Shiny]

Alu Media Wall - Flat Screen Wall Mounting Simplified

Jason Chen — Thu, 18 May 2006 21:44:02 EDT

Bought a new flatscreen LCD or Plasma but don't know how to mount it on your existing wall, or live in an apartment where you can't? The Alu Media Wall is a home entertainment center and faux wall-mount that holds TVs up to 47" and 185 lbs. Avoid drilling holes and calling an electrician but keep the picture-frame look for your TV.

At $1,398, it's not cheap, however a decent entertainment center will run you around that much anyway. The money and time you save by not putting this on a regular wall should cover the difference.

Alu Media Wall [Design Within Reach via eHomeUpgrade]