Moment of ZEN: Touch Sensing Art Mirror

Vanity, taken to a whole new level...

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NapTV Concept Gives TV as Babysitter New Legs

How many times have you been lying in bed taking in a little television when you've thought to yourself I wish my TV was on the ceiling?

Lying down is not an optimal position for TV viewing, so this TV/stool concept was birthed. A crafty Korean student, Sung-kyu Nam, has posted this "NapTV" concept in the portfolio section of coroflot.com, a web resource for companies looking for new creative and designers looking for work.

Pandering parents should go gaga over this tantrum taming tech; TVs have always been babysitters. Although, the name “NapTV” seems too tame, and it makes no sense. Who watches TV while napping? He should rename it “My First Babysitter” and provide a 24/7 Sesame Street feed.

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Techie Tots Rejoice this Season

So you’re three and a half going on thirteen. What are you hoping that synthetic beard wearing jolly man, whom you met at the mall, leaves behind this year? Why, digital cameras, digital picture frames, laptops, and other gadgetry...the same things your parents are hoping St. Nick brings them, duh.

Manufactures of tot friendly editions of popular adult toys, sometimes the only difference being they have Nickelodeon characters all over them, are hoping to outsell sell wagons, Matchbox cars, and other low tech favorites.

I’m all for kids learning computers and technology early. I would most definitely buy a “my first” digital camera for a young one.

Though, you would think, in a day where childhood obesity rate are rocketing wagons would be preferable to toys that teach more sedentary behavior. Although, setting a healthy example by not being completely sedentary ourselves has much more to do with reversing this trend than not buying tech toys, that and getting the wagon too.

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