Who knew that the first version of the game Monopoly was round? The inventor of Monopoly Charles Darrow made 5000 of the vintage boards in 1933 out of a piece’s of oilcloth. Despite its round shape, the design and format remain almost identical to the 275 million Monopoly games that have subsequently sold around the
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Putting a Spin on the Traditional Radio – Radioball 2.0
Flat is boring, round is rich. This is the philosophy behind the re-designed Radioball 2.0. Designed by Ben Collette, and the team from Teagues, Radioball takes the traditional way of tuning a radio and flushes it down the toilet. The premise behind the idea is to take the rather ho-hum-drum way of turning a dial
The Blimp makes a comeback by going Round – SkyLifter
When was the last time you saw a blimp?… no they are not just used in football games. The Free-flying aircraft is about to get a much needed make-over thanks to an Australian company called SkyLifter. The tethered balloon airship has had the same design since the 1900’s and only now has it been realized,
Navigosphere, Rounding the way we Surf the Net
There is a hamster ball on my screen! No it’s actually called Navigosphere, an internet browser that’s specially designed for touch sensitive screens, that puts a new spin on how we surf the web. Navigosphere is a sphere connected to a 2D browser, which allows you to connect 48 Internet links to one search bar.
