Sanya Arts Space

If you’ve ever tried to plug something into a socket in the dark (or without looking) you know that it’s damn near impossible! The LOL socket (named after the markings on its surface) is an incredibly simple and clever solution that uses grooves to guide the user’s hand and the pins effortlessly toward to the socket holes. Needs it!As a bonus, the square plate extends slightly out from the wall so the extra length of cords and wires can be moved out of the way.

Designer: Devraj Bhadra

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This clever device, called PowerPlant, gives users a visual (and organic) reward for using less energy at home. Wireless transmitters fitted to the main power and water supplies regulate the amount of water the plant receives- the less energy used, the more regular watering the plant receives! The emotional link people have to the living plant (AKA the Tamagotchi effect) is sure to motivate awareness of their individual carbon footprints and help them track their environmental progress. 

As for the device itself, it’s constructed of 80% recycled and reclaimed material.

Designer: Liam Higton-Shirt

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What if we used the kinetic energy from fast moving vehicles to change a magnetic field to generate electricity? Apply the same methodology to high-speed rails and you’ve got yourself a new power source sort of speak. Benefits? Higher efficiency of generating electricity, relatively simple installation and infrastructure, no pollution and it’s not affected by most weather conditions.

Designer: Fang-Chun Tsai

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C’mon noise can never be good or pleasant for anything! This pollutant give me enough grief when they tear down an old building and bring in them drill machines and saws! The only way I’m going to like them is if something useful like sound harvesting is done! Something like the Eco Noise, where these special tiles absorb the noise and convert it to energy to power up the gates with mesmerizing lights display. The idea is sweet, but I’d much rather power just one lamp than have a fancy fence.

The Eco Noise is a Lotus Prize entry.

Designers: Luo Lide, Chen Songrong, Li Daiyan, Lin Haoting & Xu Junwei

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It’s completely brilliant! Can you take this idea apart? This is a portable spring driven power generator design concept by designer Satoshi Yanagisawa, one that says you’ll be able to recharge your daily portable gadgets anytime anywhere without further negative impact to the environment. Sounds alright! The name of this project is “Cyclus,” and it’s a spring driven personal electricity generator. A hand held device that, when its bottom is twisted, provides 30 minutes of energy via the inner located spring via “rotation energy.”

The energy generated, Yanagisawa says, is enough to drive the DC motor (in the upper part of the device) to produce energy approximately equal to 6.6V 3W. Yanagisawa envisions this device as a catalyst for the next generation of ideas that generate social togetherness as well as electric energy.

Designer: Satoshi Yanagisawa

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Whenever a bit of tiny design draws inspiration from gigantic architecture, it almost never goes wrong – and almost certainly goes so very right. This is an example that’s completely lovely. A light switch that draws inspiration from traditional Korean architecture (and clothing!) These switches (for electricity) are capable of not only switching the lights on and off, they can deliver detailed info about the energy usage of the room they’re installed in via free web or smartphone applications.

Temperature sensors, imaging equipment, and more are available additions to the “nanogrid” structure. That’s what this switch is called, nanogrid. It’s won an award, (see below,) chosen due to its superiority in form, environmental friendliness, usability, and how well the product relates to consumer needs. Well done!

This project is a 2010 Korea Presidential Good Design Award winner!

Designers: Frostdale Co., Ltd.

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With winters approaching in a few months, why not spruce up your house by getting a new modern styled fireplace. The Simplifyre See-Through Electric Fireplace is a perfect amalgamation of contemporary aesthetics, modern thought-process and cutting-edge technology. Given its trendy design, the fireplace also moonlights as a dramatic room divider that creates a surrealistic imagery of glowing ambers from the realistic-looking flickering flame and logs. The fireplace has a generous 27" x 20" viewing area and can be plugged into any any 110 volt outlet. Starting at $1,369, the Simplifyre See-Through Electric Fireplace can be ordered online from here.

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Rocking chairs are always a great addition to your home but the model I am presenting you today is all the more interesting. Designed by Shawn Kim, the Rocking Chair in the images above comes with an innovative "Watch Movement" mechanism, which is made of a generator, and a kinetic system that can capture energy resulted from all that rocking movement. The resulting energy can be used to power up some of your mobile gadgets and the Rocking Chair comes with an integrated LED light source and a 2-channel stereo speaker. All you need now is some good music, a great book, and lots of rocking to enjoy a pleasant afternoon in your own home. So, what do you say? Are you ready for an eco-friendly Rocking Chair in your life? Via Coroflot

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Simply called "Pig Lamp" this product was inspired by the thought of saving electricity, a current issue for most developed nations in the world. The curly tail is in effect an energy saving light bulb in this cute design that is shaped like a piggy bank. Price: $89. Buy the product: here.

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Remember the Cash for Clunkers program? Well, the government is at it again, this time implementing a program – aptly named Cash for Appliances – that offers consumers rebates on new, energy-efficient appliances. Refrigerators, washing machines, and other household appliances manufactured prior to the 1992 inception of the Energy Star program use twice as much [...]