Sometimes being able to take your media with you and showing off some cool tech stuff is always a good thing. Roku has come out with a product that does just that, the 3M Streaming Projector ($300). This palm-sized box features a single HDMI input that comes occupied by the company's Streaming Stick, providing it with instant access to Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video, HBO Go, and more, anywhere you can find a Wi-Fi hotspot. It's built in projector uses DLP Cinema technology to provide a WVGA picture at sizes up to 120", and with help from a built-in speaker and a rechargeable battery that runs for over 2.5 hours on a single charge, you can create a theater-like experience pretty much anywhere you like.

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Welcome to Bikespiration Part 12.  The image above is just awesome! It give you all the best reason why riding your bike is just healthy and provides happiness and freedom.I hope that you can find some inspiration in this post. Happy bike hunting!

If you find any bikes out there that you think would be great in Bikespiration series. Please send me an email at pdragon65[@]gmail.com.

Check out the other installments - Part 1, Part 2, Part3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11

The Bicymple is a simple unicycle that removes the need for a chain. This working prototype was created by Josh Bechtel and Scalyfish Designs. The design is made of a CroMo Steel frame that is just two simple bars that run above and between the two wheels.

"By removing the chain, the number of moving parts and overall complexity is significantly reduced. A direct-drive, freewheeling hub joins the crank arm axis with the rear-wheel axis, shortening the wheelbase and minimizing the design. "

If your still wondering how do even ride this thing, then check out the video below and it will clear up a few things and demonstrate the interesting possibilities rear steering adds to your ride.



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Here is a bike that I thought about putting in Bikespiration Part 12 but I thought it needed it's own post.  This  Thonet Bike was designed by London-based architect Andy Martin and was designed using bent wood.  The reason behind the name is because Thonet's steam bending process was used to make this bike and was originally developed in the 1930's to make chairs. This bike was one of three developed but this one was chosen due to the aesthetic beauty and modest connection with the heritage of the company. The Thonet Bike will be available in limited edition and will cost you about $69,505.00 dollars. If you want to read more about the bike go to mocoloco.com

This awesome sculpture was made of resin and recycled computer keys by Babis Cloud and it sure is sweet looking. The piece is titled Hedonism(y) Trojaner, derived from the giant mythological Trojan horse.  I'm just assuming that on some level he refers this horse to the negative aspects of technology (viruses, irrational dependence on computers), but you can read a bit more explanation over on iGNANT.



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Welcome to Playlist-42 on The Collective Loop.  In this months installment we have some new music by Tycho, Frightened Rabbit and more... Take a journey into the beginning of Fall and enjoy the smells and feel of the chill air.

If you want to check out any of the other Playlist then click on Archived Playlist in this post or on the right hand side of this blog or in the menu.

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I have always enjoyed Kayaking but I don't have room for it in my car and I don't want to spend money on a top rack that could mess up my car. So San Francisco-based designer Anton Willis designed the Oru Origami Kayak ($TBA). You can now take your kayak with you anywhere you go. When fully expanded, the Oru folding kayak is about 12 feet long, and weighs about 25 pounds and takes 5 minutes to assembly.

 

NPR has been kind enough to stream the new album by Flying Lotus, Until The Quiet Comes. The record is due out on October 2nd on Warp, but we are given a special opportunity to hear it first. You can preorder your record here, and as always support good music.

Adam S. Doyle is the creator of these beautiful bird paintings. Its like he just took his brush once in small strokes and made these incredible pieces.

"Yes, what you see is what it appears to be—strokes of paint. I’ve always loved unfinished paintings because you could see the alchemic process of surface and paint transforming into a living person. With my paintings, it does take quite a bit of working and reworking to arrive at the place where every brush stroke fits into a fluidly flowing whole. It’s important to me to find a balance between an elegance of form that holds both visible marks of paint and a representation of ‘energy within’. I’ll just add that the painterly craft of my images, which I consider secondary to investigating ideas and concepts, came about after a lifetime of expressive image-making, followed by doggedly exploring the aforementioned transformation in grad school. I realized during that same formative period that I was also captivated by trying to visualize energy, which I was quite familiar with having grown up with a dad who practiced Eastern medicine."

Doyle most recently had a show at Skylight Gallery in 2011 and is now currently working on a new body of work in Hong Kong. You can see much more of his work on his website.



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