Objects of desire
Fly by wire (and USB)
Big detail, small scale
Flat cooling
This palm-sized radio-controlled chopper
Samsung’s ultra-compact
Finally, a way to stop fl atmates
recharges from your computer’s USB
pocket camcorder fi lms in high-
stealing your milk and causing a stink
port, making it ideal for piloting around
defi nition, bringing HD detail
with out-of-date food. This modular
the offi ce. The lightweight mini ’copter
to your home videos. And if
fridge, designed by Austrian Stefan
contains an internal gyroscope to improve
you want to share your movie
Buchberger, won last year’s Electrolux
aerial handling, which could mean the
masterpieces with the world,
Design Lab competition and has now
difference between a playful fl y-by of the
you can upload them to YouTube
been made into a prototype. Each
boss’s head and getting fi red.
at the touch of a button.
resident in a shared fl at gets their own
module, and up to four can be stacked
Tiny USB Rechargeable RC Helicopter
Samsung HMX-U10
on top of the powered base station.
Price: £25 approx ($44) plus postage
Best price: £149
From: http://toys.brando.com
From: www.amazon.co.uk
Electrolux Flatshare fridge
Prototype only
Have dock, will travel
This stylish speaker wouldn’t look out of
place in any audiophile’s lounge, but it’s
actually a rechargeable portable sound
system. Unlike most iPod docks, the
Logitech S315i ditches AAs in favour of a
built-in battery that offers up to 20 hours
of listening on a single charge.
Mobile movies
Logitech Rechargeable Speaker S315i
LG’s latest Chocolate touchscreen phone
Price: £99.99
doubles as a pocket-sized cinema. Its 4in
More info: www.logitech.com
display, with 800 x 345-pixel resolution,
lets you watch fi lms the way they’re
meant to be seen – in widescreen format
(21:9 aspect ratio) without the black bars
top and bottom.
LG Chocolate BL40
Price: £TBC
Stick and shoot
More info: www.lgmobile.com
The Monsterpod is a tripod with a
difference. Instead of mounting your
camera on the traditional three-legged
stand, you get one tacky, mouldable ‘foot’
that sticks to almost any surface at any
angle – even upside down on the ceiling.
You simply bolt your camera to the top,
shape the viscoelastic polymer on the
bottom to the contours of the surface you
want to stick it to, and then whack it on.
Steady snaps from any standpoint.
Monsterpod
Best price: £15.95
From: www.lowpricememory.co.uk
78 October 2009 www.bbcfocusmagazine.com www.bbcfocusmagazine.com October 2009 79
Focus_208_objects_6RB.indd 78 9/7/09 10:14:47 AM Focus_208_objects_6RB.indd 79 9/7/09 10:14:49 AM
Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13