If you’re interested in fuel efficiency, material recycling and product design, Afrigadget is a blog about the products of African ingenuity in the face of ‘little means’. Necessity is the mother of invention, and the blog is here to show us how simple adaptations were made from the cheapest existing materials to create utilitarian things such as candles, cordless table light bulbs and even automated fishing”. (from Its Nice That)

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The latest and perhaps realest step forward in the realm of lazy, mouse-free interfaces arrives courtesy of John Underkoffler, who happened to be working in theMIT Media Lab alum when the producers of Minority Report came through looking for face-melting ideas for their movie. They hired him and his idea, and after the years-long, caffeine-fueled sloppy intercourse of Hollywood and Silicon Valley, he and his company Oblong have emerged at the TED conference with an actual spatial operating system.

g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo.

Yes, that crazy designer/inventor/headcase/pr-machine, our very own Jeeves Basu has been at it again. His latest creation is the Impossible Lamp, and you can find out all about it here:

Impossible Lamp by Jeeves Basu from jeeves basu on Vimeo.

The work looks beautiful and I’m brilliant to see one of our Saints creating something so unique, and getting props from the likes of Boards and Cool Hunting, be sure to spread the word about this project and make Jeeves famous.

Check the website too at www.impossiblelamp.com

Mad skills Basu, Saint loves you.

The software they used to create this will soon be openly available for you to try on your own or other open source projects.

Examples, Google project

Twitter Code Swarm from Ben Sandofsky on Vimeo.

Vanishing Point from Bonsajo on Vimeo.

Typically cinematic, feels a little chaotic at times but kind of adds to the charm…

The headset (below) looks like a standard bluetooth-type set of headphones, but has a set of sensors that touch your ear and also one that touches the bottom of your forehead.

After a couple of false starts – at one stage I was beginning to think brain had completely failed – the headset began to pick up readings. It was pretty fascinating to see how the readings changed as I relaxed and then concentrated on a variety of different things. They’ve developed an SDK from which developers can then create applications for the device, and whilst the technology is still in its infancy, its captured my imagination regarding the endless possibilities of this sort of device.

Holler if you want some more information about this, for clients such as the Home Office, NHS, BBC etc. it feels like something that could enhance an experience no end.

Thanks to Si and John for their time.

We really appreciate Phidel coming in to play for us, listen to more of her work here at http://www.myspace.com/phildel

Lovely stuff.