Alert Nappies No more wondering if your kid has given in to natures urges.

This is a very simple idea and would not be to cost prohibitive. You would have a simple sensor in the lining of the nappies that would react to moisture associated with the expulsion of bodily waste. When your baby dropped his guts the sensor would go off and start to play a musical tune. The tune mechanism would be much like the kind of thing you have in musical cards. Also on the plus side the nice musical tune would keep the baby from immediately bursting into tears and give you a chance to change the nappy unimpeded.

I also thought about an adult version for the heavy drinker. A subject close to my heart. But I wasn’t sure if I would want to know whether I had lost control or not. For sure, I wouldn’t want everyone around me to know either:

Ping, ping ping, ping ping ping ping…

…“Oh god, he’s done it again”

—benindubai, Jul 01 2005

http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Alert_20Nappies

not sure if they could separate the water and the sensor properly and safely enough though...

Wet and wild

So Scott is almost 7 months old now. His poops have evolved from “wet and wild” to “firm and smelly.”

http://www.manandhisbaby.com/

Also looking at this site -

http://www.diyfather.com/

Caring home dads and products

Role model...

caring, loving, nurturing, supportive, happy, confident ...

Ben Affleck - stay at home dad??? I guess when he's not working.. Our target market used to work, and now is still getting used to the transition from full-time working to stay at home dad.

Some products that a stay at home dad would surround himself with...

masculine, simple to use, rugged, use of one colour with greys and black

Stay at Home Dads

This is a link with a list of stay at home dads who blog about their day to day life.... http://www.rebeldad.com/index.html

Storyboard

Michael Alvisse @ Powerhouse

We went to the Powerhouse Museum yesterday, and were just in time for a talk from Michael Alvisse (Schamburg + Alvisse) about eco-sustainable design. He talked about how he started in his small company and how they still only have 6 people, but are making quite a difference, with relationships with major corporations and international success. Their main focus is to use materials and manufacturing that does not harm the environment in any way and protecting the people who live around the forests where deforestation occurs. He is about leading by example and by following his values and not being influenced by the big retailers.

We were all SOOOOOO impressed with his talk, as he was so inspirational and encouraging. It was only around half an hour long but he left a huge impression on us.
Here he is with his work, and Schamburg, his partner!

tee hee
Found this article about them... although it is not in English, his work can be seen


This was at the place where he talked to us about..hanging over the table. Laser cut spirals.
The table and chairs were made from recyclable materials
Super comforable chair by Arthur Koutoulas!!!! The grey part is foam, brown is corrugated cardboard.

Fast biodegradable coffin -> what about those metal handles? but quite clever, very creepy
yay!

mmmmmmmmmmm.....cardboard jordans

Coffee Culture

Anyone who knows me will know that i luvvvv coffee, so i was totally stocked when I saw this from Designboom, from Shenkar College of Engineering an Design. They looked at the culture of coffee and the rituals involved with it, like the pouring of the coffee and how its a sociable thing.

c8- h10- n4- o2 by gilad davidi

This one is my favourite. Absolutely no idea how they made it though. It's about the molecule shapes. No one ever looks at the sugar stirrer but its good how they made this one not disposable and match the glasses. Huge contrast between the clear glass and the dark espresso.

tea= time by erez bar am

This student designed the sugar to slowly dissolve. The three balls are connected and they will slowly disintegrate and dissolve, to remind the user to take their time. However, this is impractical because the tea/coffee would probably get cold by the time the sugar dissolves.