i love innovation

I stumbled across this today at Webappers. I think it looks potentially pretty cool. Like a lot of technologies, I am sure it could be abused if put in the wrong hands–anything that autoplays is evil–but, it could also be used for really cool stuff too. Muxtape for example, is a pretty sweet site that uses similar technolgy (I think).

Description from the SoundManager 2 site:

SoundManager 2 is an attempt at providing the sound API which Javascript has been missing. It’s a Javascript library which wraps and extends Flash’s sound capabilities, bringing cross-platform audio functionality to Javascript.

SoundManager 2: Javascript Sound for the Web

This isn’t really innovative, it’s just dang sweet. A sink shaped like a shell so the water spirals down the drain. Very cool.

• Nice pictures and description from Trendir
• Actual Product Page

Two things it seems that you always need to have near are a pen and a fork (or spoon/knife). Here’s a wonderful solution! These were designed by a group of designers from Italy for a design contest at Designboom.

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