Here’s a first: an innovative chair that makes use of the kinetic energy generated “while leisurely rocking.” Meet the Murakami Chair. Best of all, during daylight hours, the unused energy gets stored in a battery pack. Continue reading for one more picture.The chair, designed by Rochus Jacob, rightfully shared first prize at the DesignBoom Green Life Competition.[via Gizmodo - Unplggd] Via Techeblog

Called Sniff, this creative installation consists of an “interactive dog that follows you around, discerns your gestures as friendly or aggressive and tries to engage you in a play.” Video after the jump.With Sniff, you don’t have a choice: he seems to like you, but you physically can’t take him home.[via Gizmodo] Via Techeblog

The Acer AspireRevo was one of the first nettops to promise NVIDIA ION graphics, even if it took a while for the ION LE version to show up in the US . Now the little desktop is getting another spec bump in the US with Windows 7, a dual core processor, and NVIDIA ION. Here’s a run down of the specs for the new Acer AspireRevo R3610-U9012: OS: Windows 7 Home Premium Processor: 1.6GHz Intel Atom 330 dual core Graphics: NVIDIA ION (full version, not ION LE) Memory: 2GB Storage: 160GB

This Samurai Warrior is a freaky dualshock game controller that fits the PS3, PS2, and PCs. It’s equipped with freaky LED green lights for the Samurai Warrior eyes and has Chinese symbols for the button pad. Click ‘ Read More ‘ for more pics You can also remove the Warrior’s mask! (via gizmodo )

What’s gives companies the better marketing ROI, the better channel for building trust with consumers — email or social media sites?  Did your guru tweet you and say, “Social media, dude”? According to a new study, people using the internet would rather share personal information with marketers using email than sharing on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook .