Sand Glass Traffic Lights

Sand Glass LED Traffic Light Concept !

Over at YankoDesign, designer Thanva Tivawong has created a cool traffic light system based on LED and hourglass design. This traffic light concept is called Sand Glass, where you can see a dropping sands to count down the time and show drivers the sensible interactive animation of traffic light that switch from Red-Yellow-Green and vise versa. “Sand Glass” the LED traffic lights which inspired from the hour glass, one of the original timer that we’ve uses for over century. Easy to see the light’s color and estimate how long to wait or hurry to go obviously from the dropping pixels interface like a real sand glass. The countdown number, 3-2-1, appears only while the yellow light’s turn on the warn that the light’s color will change in a few seconds. That’s all make Sand Glass is a sensible communication design for everyone.
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Dream Machine Bicycle Repair

Self-Service Bicycle Vending Machine

Cycling becomes increasingly popular in big metropolitan centers around the globe. That is perhaps the reason why new services for bicyle riders start to become interesting business concepts. Bike Fixtation is a DIY bicycle repair station recently launched to serve stranded bicycle riders in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area.

The place offers all equipment needed to get unlucky bicycle riders back on the track. You can buy a tube or patch kit, pump your tires for free, and make simple adjustments using supplied tools. Bike Fixtation is open for 365 days a year from six in the morning to midnight.


















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San Francisco from 100000 Toothpicks

After 35 years and 100,000 toothpicks, Scott Weaver completed this amazing sculpture of San Francisco he calls “Rolling Through the Bay.” We think Mr. Weaver wins.

The piece took Mr. Weaver over 3,000 hours, and as This Is Colossal notes, "The elaborate sculpture is comprised of multiple 'tours' that move pingpong balls through neighborhoods, historical locations, and iconic symbols of San Francisco."

And these aren't just any toothpicks you get at your neighborhood Italian restaurant. Weaver sourced these out from around the world. He says, "I have used different brands of toothpicks depending on what I am building. I also have many friends and family members that collect toothpicks in their travels for me. For example, some of the trees in Golden Gate Park are made from toothpicks from Kenya, Morocco, Spain, West Germany and Italy. The heart inside the Palace of Fine Arts is made out of toothpicks people threw at our wedding."





















































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Evol Street Art of Miniature Buildings

Evol is a gifted designer and street artist from Berlin. He thought that there were too much boring urban surfaces and he decided to transform these. Just by printing repetitive buildings pattern on paper and pasting these to electricity boxes, small planters or other type of street equipments, Evol gives the city an incredible magic effect. Indeed, Evol turns a random electrical installation into a convincing reproduction of the city skyscrapers. He performs his art within different cities, maybe in your streets.








































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