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Separate yolk with a cup

Filed under: DAILY LIFE — 200702 at 3:36 am on Sunday, September 30, 2007

This cup is actually a egg separator, you could pour yok and egg whites separately.

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Frog bot

Filed under: IT — 200702 at 3:35 am on Sunday, September 30, 2007

This weird robot from Tokyo University could jump like a frog. It’s jumping way is vividly, just like a real frog.

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Hang your cellphone

Filed under: DESIGN — 200702 at 3:34 am on Sunday, September 30, 2007

This concept design gives you a better way to charge your cellphone. You can just hang it on the wall and charge it at the same time.

Designer: Maxie Pantel

Animal corn holder

Filed under: DAILY LIFE — 200702 at 3:32 am on Sunday, September 30, 2007

Holding corn with a pig/cow, it’s a cute design. But, please remember, you won’t have any pork.

Price: $12

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Bird in fishtank

Filed under: WEIRD — 200702 at 3:31 am on Sunday, September 30, 2007

This fishtank has a built-in bird cage, so you can keep birds and fish in the same container. Wait a minute, is that means the birds gonna be the pet of fish? It’s funny.

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What’s this?

Filed under: WAHT'S THIS? — 200702 at 5:50 am on Saturday, September 29, 2007

A metal stick with a red fabric on the top. You know what is it used for?

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Chair for prayer

Filed under: DESIGN — 200702 at 5:49 am on Saturday, September 29, 2007

This is really a funny gadget which could let you more relax while praying.

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Bug eyes for satellite

Filed under: IT — 200702 at 5:48 am on Saturday, September 29, 2007

This weird camera looks like a bug eye is develop from a research team of Sony and the University of Alabama. It could make the satellite picture better. It is claimed that this camera could image an area of up to 10 square kilometers from a 7.5 kilometer altitude and the precision of the picture is up to 50 centimeters per pixel from that height.

Ocean tubes make the earth cooler

Filed under: WEIRD — 200702 at 5:47 am on Saturday, September 29, 2007

James Lovelock, the originator of Gaia hypothesis,and Chris Rapley, a space physicist and director of London’s Science Museum have developed a new theory which might fix the global warming.

They aimed to put many tubes in the ocean which could pump the nutrition and cold water in Deep Ocean.

Alghough others may not agree with this theory, it is still an innovative way to fix the global warming.

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Interactive LED coffee table

Filed under: ELECTRONICS — 200702 at 5:47 am on Saturday, September 29, 2007

The LEDs of this coffee table could be light up following the motion of the object above it.

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Robot playing chess with you

Filed under: IT — 200702 at 5:45 am on Saturday, September 29, 2007

If you can’t find anybody to play chess with you, you might like this robot. It could play with you just like a real person. Plus, it could also recognize you by your face.

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Gutter cleaning robot from iRobot

Filed under: IT — 200702 at 5:45 am on Saturday, September 29, 2007

iRobot just launched this cleaner robot. It could throw all the defoliation in the gutter by the rotating of its head.

Cool drainage system from Germany

Filed under: WEIRD — 200702 at 5:44 am on Saturday, September 29, 2007

This is a house from Dresden Germany. It has a cool drainage system. You like it?

Side-by-side tandem bicycle

Filed under: WEIRD — 200702 at 8:47 am on Friday, September 28, 2007

This weird bike is designed for two persons. But you two should sit side by side, so it’s very funny. Video after the jump

Radar watch

Filed under: DESIGN — 200702 at 8:46 am on Friday, September 28, 2007

Well, while looking at the this watch, what are you thinking? A radar? Hey, dude, you got it.

This watch aimed to counterfeit into radar. But, actually it’s still a normal watch except for the display way.

The interface is very simple, with a minute hand on the outside, the hour hand on the inside, and the radar grid dividing the circle into twelve sections. So, you know what time it is, huh.

Price: 6,090 YEN

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Speaker/headphone combo

Filed under: IT — 200702 at 8:46 am on Friday, September 28, 2007

This gadget from Jabra looks like a ordinary headphone, but you could use it as a speaker.

Indoor rainbow

Filed under: DAILY LIFE — 200702 at 8:45 am on Friday, September 28, 2007

This rainbow projector made from LEDs could give you fantastic feeling although in your room without raining. The motion-activated sensor let you to turn on and off the rainbow with the wave of your hand.It’s magic

Price: $30

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Infobars 2 cellphone launched in Japan

Filed under: IT — 200702 at 8:44 am on Friday, September 28, 2007

This Infobars 2 cellphone is a fairly cool phone. It looks like a balloon. But it won’t be broken by puncturing.

Use your credit card with your voice

Filed under: IT — 200702 at 8:43 am on Friday, September 28, 2007

With the built-in voice recognition chip, this credit card named Beepcard could be admitted by your voice. But, I don’t know what gonna happened if someone records your own voice in order to use your credit card.

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Stylish Kitchen scale

Filed under: DAILY LIFE, DESIGN — 200702 at 8:43 am on Friday, September 28, 2007

This weird gadget is actually a scale. If you wanna weight ingredient, just put it in the container and then slide the button.

Designer: Hannes Mayer

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Table or chair?

Filed under: DESIGN — 200702 at 8:40 am on Friday, September 28, 2007

These two chairs look normal. But you could assemble them into a single table. It’s a good idea.
Designer: Joel Hesselgren

Two in one shaker

Filed under: DAILY LIFE — 200702 at 8:38 am on Friday, September 28, 2007

This is a cool gadget for cooking. It has two shakers for pepper and salt.
Moreover, it’s really beautiful.

Price: $100

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Porsche for baby

Filed under: KIDS — 200702 at 6:42 am on Thursday, September 27, 2007

This cool thing must make your baby be the coolest one. But you should pay $2,500 for it.

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Box or lamp?

Filed under: DESIGN — 200702 at 6:40 am on Thursday, September 27, 2007

This odd lamp is made from box. You could carve it into any shape.

Melting snow in winter with summer heat

Filed under: WEIRD — 200702 at 6:39 am on Thursday, September 27, 2007

Researchers from Fukui Snow Management and Construction Technology Research Center have developed a magic way to melt snow on the bridge in winter with the summer heat.

This system could store heat in summer and then use them to melt snow in winter. It is said that this kind of system could result in one-twenty-fifth the carbon dioxide emissions compared to conventional electric snow-melting equipment.

DIY battery-less dice

Filed under: ELECTRONICS — 200702 at 6:37 am on Thursday, September 27, 2007

This LED dice could light up randomly without any extra juice. Actually, it’s based on the Faraday principle.

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Kam Kam mobile alert

Filed under: DAILY LIFE, DESIGN — 200702 at 6:37 am on Thursday, September 27, 2007

These two cute guy could wag their tail after detecting the incoming mobile phone call within five feet.

Price: $30

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MP3 player just like a credit card

Filed under: IT — 200702 at 6:36 am on Thursday, September 27, 2007

This super thin MP3 player is a cool gadget which is only thin in 4.3 mm. Oh, my God! You can just put it in your wallet like a credit card.

The 2GB gadget retails for $ 42.

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Mygo interactive cane

Filed under: DAILY LIFE — 200702 at 6:35 am on Thursday, September 27, 2007

This cane with a wheel could make the blind feel like touching the road and it’s camera and sensor could feedback the accurate road level. You won’t need seeing eyes dogs anymore.

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What’s this?

Filed under: WAHT'S THIS? — 200702 at 6:03 am on Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Sure, it’s a rug, but this rug have another use. Do you know what is it?

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