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Bee3POD
Bee3POD, the new bike accessory for supermarket shopping, was launched on TV programme ‘The Apprentice’. London-based entrepreneur Paul Thomas, one of the founders of design company Spring3Design Ltd , presented his new socially conscious design solution that is destined to revolutionise supermarket shopping by enabling users to do substantial shops by bicycle.
The Bee3POD is a simple solution for carrying heavy shopping loads on the rear of a push bike. The device clips onto standard bike racks and allows the user to hang a large reusable bag on either side of the rack. It can also be clipped onto a shopping trolley, enabling the user to directly load the Bee3POD when checking out. At home, the Bee3POD can be easily unclipped and brought indoors for unloading. The Bee3POD and the empty recyclable carrier bags can then be rolled up and stored for future use. This intrinsically supports shopping bag reuse.
Breathe Easy
Breathe Easy is an aeroponic growing system designed to improve home air quality. Breathe easy won a Design for our Future Selves 2008 - Help The Aged Award for Independent Living. Breathe Easy cleans the air of toxins or volatile organic chemicals (VOC's) which are caused by synthetic materials used in the construction of buildings such as chipboard, paint and MDF as well as chemically formulated personal care products, carpeting and fabrics. All of these factors teamed together create a chemical pea soup and resultant complaints of poor indoor air quality.
Breathe Easy is designed to be used in the bedroom and is aimed at people who often find it difficult to sleep due to the room's environment and those who suffer from breathing difficulties such as asthma. Breathe Easy achieves this by using toxin absorbing plants as researched by NASA such as Orchids, Boston Ferns and Snake Plants, and an innovative aeroponic watering and extractor fan system to catch toxins in the plant's root system where microbes turn them into food for the plant.
YuType
YuType is a compact computer peripheral that sits on the keyboard in the user’s eyeline, displaying words as they are typed. Designed to improve speed and accuracy, it avoids the need for less accomplished typists to keep switching their focus from keyboard to monitor. YuType was developed over a ten month period as part of Helen Hamlyn mentored inclusive design programme. It won joint first place in the Toyota iQ Design Challenge 2009 and a Design for our Future Selves Awards in 2008 (Helen Hamlyn award for creativity).
YuType aims to promote hunting and pecking (two fingered typing) as an alternative method of using a keyboard, as not everyone has the willingness, dexterity or inclination to learn to touch type.