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Entries for February, 2008

Barcode Trashcan

Although there are instructions on conventional trashcans to tell you how to sort different garbage, you still might be confused about them. This innovative design is a good solution. What you should do is just swipe the item with a barcode, the right bin gonna open. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Creative AD of hair salon on escalator

Stick the lower half of some guys face at the bottom of an escalator, and place various hairstyles on the stairs. Customers will get different hairstyle every time they passed by. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Matchstick F1

What can you do with 956,000 matchsticks? In the opinion of Michael Arndt, it is a F1car!

He takes over six years, using 956,000 matchsticks, 1686 tubes of blue to built this full-scale replica of a McLaren 4/14 F1 car. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Eyelid Stickers for snooze

You’re tired? You wanna have a snooze in your office but still worried about your boss? You need this funny thing.

Just stick it on your closed eyelids; you could have a good sleep. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Joy Slippers Version 2

If you have bored of control your computer with your hand, you could try this weird slipper. It is pretty funny. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Amazing staircase

This is an amazing design of Veronika and Sebastian’s rental apartment. With this innovative stair, you could have enough space for your books. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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SmartGuid drill

For those who aren’t familiar with power drill, it is very hard to drill well. This innovative design could provide a better training wheel to help you position better. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Pneumatic Bike

A new graduate James Breaux designed this bike. The rotating of its crank drives the bike by providing compress air. Additionally, when the bike is going downhill, the air gets stored inside the main chamber of the frame through a flywheel system which acts as an air brake apart from providing a boost during uphill pedaling. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Remade—Eco-friendly cellphone from Nokia

The remade concept is the most eco-friendly cellphone. The metallic body is made from recycled aluminum cans and the chassis contain plastic from drink bottles. Moreover, the rubber key pad is made of old tyres. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Hook man stretch

It’s is a funny design, the stretched arm of the men gonna be perfect for your clothes. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Pedalite Pedals

In order to provide safer riding, Pedalite Pedals comes with three LEDs which are powered by the rotating of the pedals. In addition, this gadget has built-in charger, so the lights continue to flash for up to 5 minutes when you have stopped pedalling. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Tooth piks

This tooth-shaped gizmo is actually used for party. One end is a little party fork and the other end a spoon for scooping and spreading. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Boat tea

Different from nomal bag tea, this design could be hung by a boat and the bag tea is submerged in the water just like anchor. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Hands-free Tie microphone

Hands-free speakerphone is a very convenient while driving, however, the mic is usually not so sensitive that others won’t get your sound clearly. This tie up concept is a good solution. It could be used as a tie and the sound is adjustable. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Soup dish with a inclined base

With the inclined base, you could finish the soup easier. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Spice gun

This is a creative idea and it has more fun. After pulling the trigger, the compress air in the air bag gonna push the spice out onto your dish.

Oh, don’t forget that this is not only for fun. You should also care the amount of seasoning. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Tub chair

This unique chair set is in the shape of tub. So that you could relax just like in the bath tub. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Expandable dining talbe

This dining table could be separated into two parts from the middle. It also features a cutlery box, stainless steel plates and cutting board to provide extra functions according to your needs. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Banana wall

This wall is an art project by Stefan Sagmeister which is a combination of 7,200 bananas. It’s amazing. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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4-in-1 hot dog cooker

If you’re tired of complicated cooking, you gonna like this gadget. It’s a hot dog maker, steamer, egg boiler and popcorn maker in one! Since it is very convenient and oil-less your life gonna be better and healthier. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Bedroom hidden in a single box

You might think this box could only be used for containing and you won’t believe that a single box like this could provide you a fully furnitured bedroom. So, more pictures after the break.

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SMS pen

Sending SMS is a good way to communicate with your friends, but you might still remember the era of traditional letter. This innovative design allows you to send SMS and even E-mail by handwriting.

Data transformed via bluetooth between the digital pen and phone or computer. And the status is displayed on the built-in OLED screen. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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DIY nanoscope

Because of the 2 inch QVGA screen, iPod nano 3 is a pretty good choice for portable movie. However, I bet you won’t be happy to watch video with a small screen like this while sitting on the sofa of your house. Certainly, the best way is watching video from your big LCD TV, but it won’t be a good answer for Geeks. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Hidden cabinet for cookers

This is a Chinese style design. All the cookers is hung on the wall as normal ways, however, the rotary design allows them to avoid the invasion of the grease and oil. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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The most beautiful toaster

Although we have introduced many unique toasters, this is still the most beautiful one. video demonstration after the jump [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Multi-functional fruit bowl

Goblet tower is one of the most attractive shows in a party, but it is hard to have this kind of enjoyment in a common family party. So, you need another alternative.

This rack could serve six goblets at the same time and even function as a fruit bowl when not in use. The fountain is a vase too. The best part is that it could also hang the goblets after the party. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Titanic Slide

This is a big gift for Titanic fans. If you wanna have a similar experience of the Titanic disaster, you gonna like this. Oh, maybe it is better for your children rather than yourself. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Straw cup

You will sure need a straw for soda, however, you why not just integrate the straw into the cup?

This cup is actually made by one single straw, the beverage will be sucked in from the underneath and then flow into your mouth via the upper sucker. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Hot-sensitive dish

Made of smart ceramic, this dish could change color and even pattern based on different temperatures. It gonna make life better. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Windows Mobile powered Sony XPERIA X1

This is the first cellphone from Sony Ericsson. It is a pretty good gadget, which comes with a 3-inch touchscreen display, 3.2-megapixel camera, 400MB of built-in memory, a microSD card slot, and Wi-Fi. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Holographic projection display

This hi-tech holographic display from HOLOCUBE is a surprising product. Based on the holographic technology, it could provide perfect 3D movie with the little cube. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Blinking robotic eye

This is a unique robotic art project by Golan Levin and Greg Baltus. It could follow your eyes and blinks after one second of its visitor blinks. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Ping-pong printer

Vern Graner and Rick Abbott of The Robot Group used a Parallax inkjet print heat kit and the EFX-TEK Prop-2 controller board to create this innovative ping-pong printer. You could print message directly onto the surface of the ball. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Expandable surge strip

“Rotating striphttp://www.inewidea.com/2007/10/30/3180.html” is a brilliant idea for the big plugs. However, we might have some easier way to resolve this kind of problems. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Game mouse

This is an innovative idea which integrates a game pad into a mouse. If you wanna enjoy game, just transform the mouse into a game pad. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Control wheel chair with gestures

This system from Japan comes with several cameras to empower this unique cube-on-wheels to understand human gestures. Video after the break

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Soap bank

A tiny soap might not worth too much for you, but millions of tiny soap might be a big problem for our earth, so why not use them up? This weird design is function like a piggy bank, after your soap bar is being too small to be used, just slip the soap into this soap bank, it gonna be more efficient.

It could be sucked onto the wall of your bathroom. And even be used as a normal soap holder. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Salad bud

The two buds are actually eating tools for salad and the pot could be used for preparing salad dressing. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Power-generating Door from Fluxxlab

Sine we all suffering from the lack of energy, why not generate power just by our own. This innovative door from Fluxxlab is actually a power plan which could transform the motion of the spinning door into electricity. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Race car wall clock

If you like race car, you gotta like a this wall clock. With two race car spinning around the super-speedway and even the horn and revved engine sound effects, you gonna be surprised by this gadget.

Volume is controllable. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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