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silver surfers

Jive is Hardware-Based System to Get Grandpa Social-Networking

I thought silver-surfers were one of the fastest rising 'netted sectors of society, but designer Ben Arent thinks there are technophobic grandparents who could do with a helping hand. His Jive system integrates hardware-based social networking gizmos with a simple router to make everything a bit simpler. The idea is that instead of using a mouse, you simply slot in a physical key to the "Betty" unit and it'll do the online status updating automatically for you. More »

11:00 AM on Tue May 20 2008
By Kit Eaton
3,212 views, 6 comments

Latest by tokiwartooth: @infmom: The key really is explaining that they're unlikely to fuck anything up. Once my older students (informal this-is-the-internets, this-is-the-google classes only) realised that, they were off. A 5 year old doesn't really care if it gets fucked up, or they're more »

gadgets

EnergyTree—Forget to Recycle, Kill a Living Thing

Ben Arent, a creative young designer, has proposed the EnergyTree. Basically it's an actual tree that is connected to a processor that monitors your in-home environmental habits. And depending on your energy/recycling routines you will either feed your baby tree water & nutrients or poison. That's right, if you are bad to the planet you will see the effects in your very own home, as your tree begins to die. More »

6:18 PM on Mon Apr 30 2007
By blongo3
1,632 views, 16 comments