For OXO, the principles of Universal Design mean a salad spinner that can be used with one hand; liquid measuring cups that can be read from above without bending over; a toilet brush that bends to reach out-of-the-way places; a backlit oven thermometer that can be read easily through the window of an oven door; kettles with whistle lids that open... - http://solita.tumblr.com/post...
social innovation flourishes when two contemporary conditions are given: when society is facing difficult problems and when some new technologies, having spread in it, open new and (partly) still unexplored possibilities. - http://solita.tumblr.com/post...
I’ll admit to crying real tears while watching this. A truly remarkable human being – Kim Peek (the inspiration behind Dustin Hoffman’s Rain Man performance - has just died aged 58 (via Jordan). - http://solita.tumblr.com/post...
The Copenhagen Wheel is an MIT project. The bike captures kinetic energy during braking and stores it in an electric motor pinched to the back wheel. It also uses Bluetooth to transmit data about speed, distance, pollution levels, and location to the rider’s iPhone. - http://solita.tumblr.com/post...