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	<title>PSFK &#187; Sam Biddle</title>
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		<title>Re-vive Legs Turn Any Surface Into a Table</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/re-vive-legs-turn-any-surface-into-a-table.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
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The Re-vive Table Legs, created by UK design firm Cohda, offer a way to reclaim discarded materials and offer more functional flexibility than many traditional, non-sustainable solutions. The product consists of four patented, vice-like clamps that secure legs to any flat, rigid surface, converting that old piece of plywood in the garage or beautiful oak door found in the alley into a new table suitable for any use. If use dictates new needs, the legs can simply be removed—without any tools—and reattached to any other surface. It&#8217;s a wonderfully intuitive solution and a beautiful way to make new objects from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Hoping to Bring Back Golden Age of the Album</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/apple-hoping-to-bring-back-golden-age-of-the-album.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
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While online music distribution avenues like Apple&#8217;s iTunes have had moderate success in keeping the music industry alive in the wake of the disintegration of CD sales, the new music consumer still prefers downloading the best or most popular tracks off the album, leaving the rest behind. Some music traditionalists and certainly record labels bemoan the death of the physical album as a complete, physical package, and not just for the fatter sales tapes, CDs, and LPs procured for the latter. Beyond the simple fact that stores and labels could charge more for albums, the sentiment persists that there was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milan&#8217;s Design Supermarket</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/milans-design-supermarket.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
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La Rinascente, Milan&#8217;s landmark 150-year-old upscale department store, recently received a much-needed shot in the arm from retail aesthetic guru Vittorio Radice. Radice renovated a floor in the store&#8217;s lower levels, unveiling La Rinascente&#8217;s new &#8216;Design Supermarket&#8217;—an upscale, affordable selection of masterful Italian design objects, arranged in an approachable, minimalist retail setting, with entire shelves devoted to esteemed brands like  Kartell, Alessi and Nespresso. The store&#8217;s prices are meant to be as friendly as its interior, with design items available for as little as 9 euros.
[via The Moment]


By Sam Biddle &#124; ©  PSFK, 2009. &#124;
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		<title>Projection Paints Dazzling 3D Surface Onto Building</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/projection-paints-dazzling-3d-surface-onto-building.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
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In a brilliant work of perspectival illusion, the projection artists at Urbanscreen have transformed O. M. Unger&#8217;s Galerie der Gegenwart in Hamburg into a surreal plane of shifting form. The project, inspired by the concept of a &#8220;dreaming&#8221; building, truly does ascribe a sort of material consciousness to the structure&#8217;s facade; giant hands press and pull bricks apart and around, walls collapse and expand, and vivid multicolored forms swirl and merge. The optical effects are fantastic to behold via the video alone; we can only imagine what the experience would be like in person.

555 KUBIK_ extended version from urbanscreen on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Augmented Reality Business Card Packs Wealth of Information</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/augmented-reality-business-card-packs-wealth-of-information.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
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Navigating the line between augmented-reality-as-buzzword-of-the-moment and the technology&#8217;s genuine utility can be tricky of late, and Jonas Jäger&#8217;s new Augmented Business Card technology is indicative of the problem. On the one hand, the concept is certainly cool—enriching a traditional paper business card with a rotatable quasi-3D image of yourself along with live Twitter updates, contact links, and gesture-controlled media. But beyond the undoubtedly slick presentation, we have to ask ourselves; will this have any relevance once the gleam and polish of augmented reality wears off, and the crumpled shrink wrap is on the floor? Augmented reality is melding functionality and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treasure World Sends Gamers on Mobile WiFi hunt</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/treasure-world-sends-gamers-on-mobile-wifi-hunt.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/treasure-world-sends-gamers-on-mobile-wifi-hunt.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
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As gaming systems become increasingly integrated with the physicality of the gamer, developers are seizing upon the intricacies of our actual environments for new ways of having fun on-screen. Aspyr&#8217;s Treasure World for Nintendo&#8217;s DS and DSi handhelds is one such attempt to bridge the gap between the real and the pixelated, launching players on a virtual treasure hunt that requires exploring one&#8217;s surroundings for actual wireless networks. Real-life WiFi spots are converted into in-game &#8220;treasure,&#8221; which can be traded in for items. The game can even be played with the handheld closed—at which point one is literally just wandering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Split Stick USB Drive Keeps Work and Play Separate</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/split-stick-usb-drive-keeps-work-and-play-separate.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
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Last month we told you about Quirky, a crowdsourced product design site that lets the community collaborate and deliberate about each step of the conception and manufacturing process. We&#8217;ll admit that we were a bit skeptical of the whole process, and Quirky&#8217;s first release, a universal cord retractor, didn&#8217;t exactly blow us away. But the Quirky crowd&#8217;s newest idea, the Split Stick USB drive, gives us hope that the crowd of amateur innovators has the potential for truly good ideas matched with a powerful new distribution model.

There are already a dizzying number of USB flash drives already available, from goofy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Botany Building&#8217; Raises Structures From the Earth</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/botany-building-raises-structures-from-the-earth.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/botany-building-raises-structures-from-the-earth.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
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A team of young German architects is envisioning a new method of construction that challenges our very notion of building materials. Many a design plan strives for an &#8216;organic&#8217; or &#8216;natural&#8217; appearance, one that seems to blend into and coexist with its environment, but Oliver Storz, Ferdinand Ludwig, and Hannes Schwertfeger, are constructing buildings from the environment itself, bending and grafting trees around and into each other to form sophisticated structures. The architects build their &#8216;arbo-architecture&#8217; structures around metal support frames, which guide and constrict the growth of young trees into set forms. Once they mature, they are pruned so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcycling Billboards Into Bags</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/upcycling-billboards-into-bags.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
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As ugly as most advertising billboards are, what&#8217;s even uglier is that most of them are made out of non-biodegradable vinyl, and that over three million billboards&#8217; worth (that&#8217;s 10,000 tons) get thrown into landfills every year. TerraCycle and Yakpak, who will be turning discarded vinyl into durable backpacks and messenger bags. The material happens to lend itself exceptionally well to tough conditions—it was used for the outdoors, after all—and accordingly the bags come with a lifetime warranty. Yakpak is going to great lengths to ensure the manufacture of the bags is ethically sound—they own their own factory in El [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Target Book Club Launches Titles out of Obscurity</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/target-book-club-launches-title-out-of-obscurity.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/target-book-club-launches-title-out-of-obscurity.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
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Target, which has long built its reputation on its eye for good design, is further distinguishing itself as a purveyor of finer taste (by big box retailer standards, at least). The 1,700 location chain is using its &#8216;Bookmarked Club Pick&#8216; program to turn its loyal shoppers into rabid readers—and catapulting unwitting authors into significant sales territory at the same time. By positioning Target-exclusive editions in prominent shelving locations throughout stores, authors like Tatiana de Rosnay—whose initial dud Sarah&#8217;s Key went on to sell 145,000 copies through Bookmarked—are finding themselves with a second chance at a literary career.
The Bookmark displays are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(Pic) Oxfam Gets Graphical New Look in Spain</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/pic-oxfam-gets-graphical-new-look-in-spain.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
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Oxfam International, a non-governmental group dedicated to the fight against poverty and social injustice, tapped Spanish design study Hey for a series of promotional shirts, posters, and other cause-worthy accoutrement. The studio&#8217;s designs use clever iconography, typography and vivid color for a look that is as visually arresting as the important issues behind them. More images from the commission can be seen at Hey&#8217;s project site.
[via notcot]


By Sam Biddle &#124; ©  PSFK, 2009. &#124;
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		<title>New Money: 10 Virtual and Alternative Currencies</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/virtual-alt-currencies-renmibi.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/virtual-alt-currencies-renmibi.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Image Credit: Getty Images, Hunter Wilson Photography/Flickr
No matter how complex and diverse our online communities are, and how sophisticated and evolved the new ways in which we interact with one another seem, buying and selling still remains at the fore of the online world. Though the basic act of commerce has not changed, many entrepreneurial minds have envisioned new ways to facilitate our transactions, and bring business beyond cash and coin. Here are ten currencies we&#8217;ve been tracking:
The Renmibi
In China, the QQ Coin—a currency attached to the massively popular QQ chatting and social networking service—has broken out of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ThinkIndie Pits Independent Labels Against the Music Giants</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/thinkindie-pits-independent-labels-against-the-music-giants.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
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The commercial offspring of an alliance of independent record shops staring down the barrel the new reality of the music biz, ThinkIndie is an online music store that proffers hand-picked, DRM-free, high-quality MP3 files from a dizzying variety of independent artists, positioning itself as a cultural alternative to mainstream music emporiums, both online and off.
The selection ranges between famous acts like Sonic Youth and David Bowie, critic&#8217;s darlings like Animal Collective, and of course a host of lesser-known acts that have been vouched for by the curators behind ThinkIndie. ThinkIndie&#8217;s prices don&#8217;t seem to be standardized, and it&#8217;s certainly not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reeve Rocks Aims at Young Philanthropy</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/reeve-rocks-aims-at-young-philanthropy.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
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The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, at the forefront of philanthropy toward the benefit of spinal injury research, is facing an image problem, as their namesake founders no longer carry the same cultural currency with an increasingly younger crowd interested in good causes.
To combat the threat, though still on the horizon, of diminished generational relevance for an affliction that pays no attention to generational boundaries, the Reeve Foundation is aiming to convert itself from a face to a mission; the cause itself must take precedence over the famous name attached to it. Hoping to boost awareness accordingly, the foundation is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PecoBOO Detects Your Presence to Save Juice</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/pecoboo-detects-your-presence-to-save-juice.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics & Gadgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web & Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy saving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy usage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[verypc]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.psfk.com/?p=39157</guid>
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Using computer energy saving settings is certainly far better than the alternative, but at best they are rough estimates of one&#8217;s personal computer usage—how long we&#8217;re likely to be staring at our screens without stirring our cursor, for instance. But there are still those times at which we watch a movie or stare at a particularly complicated document, only to have the display annoyingly dim or turn off entirely. New software from VeryPC, a British company that specializes in energy-efficient computers, aims to address this problem with an elegant facial recognition solution. Rather than using a set of timers—a rather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tin Can Lids Add Function to Refuse</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/tin-can-lids-add-function-to-refuse.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodegradable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Bresnahan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tin cans]]></category>

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Usually, the most we can expect from a discarded tin can is that someone will be thoughtful enough to make sure it winds up in a recycling bin—but either way, it&#8217;s trashed. Recent design school graduate Jack Bresnahan has a better idea, and has devised an ingenious method of adding a new functional life to empty tin cans with a set of biodegradable plastic lids. Each lid from the set of nine repurposes a can, converting it into a soap dispenser, toothbrush holder, or vase, among others. The lids have currently only been exhibited at the New Designers show in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capcom&#8217;s Resident Evil Promo Tees</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/capcoms-clever-resident-evil-promo-tees.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising & Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resident evil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T Shirt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zombie]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.psfk.com/?p=38878</guid>
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To create buzz for its forthcoming Wii title in the ever-popular zombie-splattering Resident Evil franchise, developer Capcom is bringing some much-needed innovation to the traditional promotional t-shirt. Giveaway t-shirts, particularly those tied to a video game, are often embarrassing enough to be donated to Goodwill immediately, if not relegated to the closet—perhaps only to be brought out while eating a messy plate of nachos by oneself. Capcom has, however, done something novel and very cool with its new Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles tees: emblazoned on the front is a generic-enough spooky font slogan: &#8220;LET YOUR DARKSIDE OUT&#8221;—but flipping the front [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Longer Empty Reclaims Vacant Storefronts for Art</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/no-longer-empty-reclaims-vacant-storefronts-for-art.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[installation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vacant]]></category>

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Vacant retail space is always a bit of a bummer, and now more than any time in the recent past, spots are closing their doors and clearing out as business diminishes and prospects dim. Seeking to make the most of the recession&#8217;s real estate pummeling, non-profit art group No Longer Empty is reclaiming empty storefront space and converting it into temporary art installations. The group describes their mission as one to alleviate bear market anxiety during the moribund New Gilded Age—to place beauty in the spatial vacuum of the crash. The project&#8217;s first two sites are in the lobby of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cardon Copy Gives Bland Neighborhood Fliers a Professional Redesign</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/cardon-copy-gives-bland-neighborhood-fliers-a-professional-redesign.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/cardon-copy-gives-bland-neighborhood-fliers-a-professional-redesign.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fliers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graphic design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[redesign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[typography]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.psfk.com/?p=37858</guid>
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Yard sales, lawn services, dubious residential daycare establishments—advertisements for myriad local low-end services can be found affixed to trees, telephone poles, and walls in our neighborhoods. What most of them have in common is their indifference toward graphic design—and can they be blamed? one puts up a flier because one&#8217;s cat is missing, not as part of a RISD portfolio. If they are typed at all, they are done so without any regard for typography; Comic Sans and clip art abound, and as a result many are ignored entirely.

In steps Cardon Webb, responsible for the Cardon Copy project. Webb identifies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sparkle Labs Circuit Business Cards</title>
		<link>http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/sparkle-labs-circuit-business-cards.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Biddle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronics & Gadgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DIY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LED]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sparkle labs]]></category>

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Last month we showed you Sparkle Labs&#8217; new DIY &#8216;Discover Electronics&#8217; kits, for both learning and play. The company has shrunk the spirit of fun conjoined with scientific exploration into a wallet-sized package with their new printed circuit business cards. The cards, a wonderful union of charming graphic and electronic design, can be printed from PDF onto any heavy stock paper, and then, using materials from the Discover Electronics kit, turned into a functioning circuit that lights LEDs when exposed to darkness. Sparkle Labs says they are working on more small paper circuits.
[via Core77]


By Sam Biddle &#124; ©  PSFK, [...]]]></description>
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