Wattson & Habitat Milk : Same Design and more ...

I realized that from the very beginning, but only now I am writing something about it

This is a Clock from Habitat, the famous furniture store from London, UK, created by Terence Conran - Conran Shop & more -

I got it when Clément was a baby, back in 2002, in an Habitat store here because I like its design, now it is in Béa's bedroom used as a simple clock

It is made of a nice white plastic, semi see through, you can see big digital numbers and it has random LED lighting colours inside the top part .... 

Do you see any similarities with a certain Wattson now maybe ?

Time, Alarm, Snooze, and LED lighting Switch

Side DC power supply input

This is the LED lighting: in the dark it is really nice, changing color smoothly every 3 seconds or so

This is the original box : it says: " LED Alarm clock with colour changing night light "

Conclusion: The DIY Kyoto members, when first designing Wattson probably got a lot of inspiration from this Habitat Clock, which is a great thing because the result is awesome - IMO - :-)

BMW i3 - A pretty cool Commercial

Shot in LA and San Francisco, I liked this BMW i3 commercial a lot and thought I would share this with you ...


Redefining urban mobility means thinking far beyond environmentally conscious and agile driving. The result: With its visionary design, the all-electric BMW i3 design defines the automobile of tomorrow. Its innovative eDrive transmission was designed in the scope of the BMW EfficientDynamics technology and is not only emission-free, but also offers an incomparable and nearly silent driving experience. The intelligent ConnectedDrive Services bring you conveniently to your destination.

New Small Electric Buses in Marseille !

During my vacation week in Marseille, I saw the new Electric Bus the city launched few weeks ago

It can take you around the harbor for 50cts only and has frequent stops

That's what I had been thinking of for the last years: replace big diesel buses with smaller fully Electric buses
Marseille did it ! and it is pretty cool ...

Disable very easy access because the bus floor is at the level of the curb and it has a wide sliding door

On-board the mini electric bus in Marseille - Video -

Behind the driver

Talking with the driver, he said they are charged at night only and that a bus charged up in the morning will be usable from 9AM to 3PM and replaced by another wave of fully charged buses doing the other shift from  3PM to 8PM

But when I asked him where the battery pack was located, he guessed wrong saying "under the seats ?", and  I told him that it was actually "on the roof" - I read that online while studying the bus the night before -

Electric Mini Bus Dashboard

This is the 50 cents ticket

I just loved the - fish like - scales on the sides, front and back of the bus, a very nice touch

Website

Electric Bus Line going around the harbor and back