This is a cool baby carrier, which can fold and unfold itself in matter of seconds. The whole process is totally automatic. In addition, all the power is coming from a small generator that recharges with every feet which makes the stroller more eco-friendly.
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This odd clock is from University of Cambridge. Unlike normal clock, it does not have any dial hand or digital display. Instead, as the escape wheel moves, darting blue LED lights behind the openings pause at the correct hour, minute, and second.
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Want to have a sit? You’d better have a partner and you guys should cooperate to balance the seesaw. You can get additionally happiness while relaxing.
Fish tanks are usually made from transparent material, glass is an example, and so it is a good innovative element which could be integrate into other furniture. The Moody Aquarium Sink comes with a sand bed and built-in lighting and filtration to keep your fish happy and healthy. Absolutely, you will happy and healthy too.
Price: $4700
Simplicity and multifunction are two major trends of modern furniture design. Biombo chair is a good example. Sure, it is very simple, but where’s the multifunction?
More pictures after the jump, then you will got the answer
Tapeworm is a strip made from high yield strength of material and so you can just slide it into any roll of tape fro an instant tape dispenser. You do not need to take a knife just for a cutting tape.
Designer: Paul Sandip
If you do not have enough room for guests, a foldable bed is a smart choice. But traditional foldable bed is usually made from steel and so it is not easy to move. So, you need a cardboard one like this. It is made from 7 mm thick cardboard that is folded like an accordion. When you need a bed just unfold it and the room underneath the bed is pretty good for storage.
This is an interesting design, which seems like a normal mini bulb. As a matter of fact, you do not need anything else rather than a lemon to light it up. Just following the instruction of the picture, everything is gonna be OK.
Thicker hanger is usually better for clothes. However, in common sense, thicker means heavier and so it won’t be easy to carry around. But this inflatable hanger is a light thick one.
It can be blown up like a balloon to support clothes and deflated when not in use.
Elegant design usually lacks utilitarian feature. But this hanger inspired from swan is an exception. Apparently, its shape is very beautiful. Still, it can be put in different position to meet different usage.
Panic Button is very common in public area, but what if a Panic Button-shaped thing comes with the words ”Don’t Panic” printed on it?
Actually, it’s a condom dispenser. Sure, you should not panic to while asking for a condom.
Designer: Rafael Morgan
Rotator bath/shower is a space-saving design, but it is not fit for normal family. This new design is better.
It comes with a rotor and so the tub can be shift into a vertical position, accordingly save much more space.
Designer: Dominik Chojnacki
Street light will make you city more beautiful but not everyone is innovative. Interactive projector can be a good alternative. Certainly, it is merely a decoration rather than a functional product.
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This lamp, whose appearance is covered by a lot of balls, is very impressive. The point is that the so-called balls are actually real egg shells. Although egg shells and a lamp seem unrelated, brilliant designer can combine them together into a single product.
Designer: nosigner
Traditional watch is only a time telling tool. Rather than eschewing the conventional division of a day into 24 hours, the dial plate is divided into unites of median daily routine. So you can read the schedule not merely some digits.
Designer: Crispin Jones
It is hard to get a perfect refrigerator for students. Although living in the same dorm, everyone wants a single space and the number of the students in every dorm is not the same. Besides, you can not lock your own space to prevent your milk from being stolen.
But this brilliant design from Electrolux Design Lab competition 2008 is give us a good solution. The fridge consists of a base station and then you can stack modules on it. The number is totally based on your own demand. The most important is that your milk will be safe because you can lock your own mocule.
Designer: Stefan Buchberger
If you are struggling to buy innovative gifts for your friends, you should have a look at this so-called spirit candle.
Sure, it is almost in the same shape as any conventional candle, but if you light it up the candle will melt down. Sure, it is still the same as normal ones. But an odd copper buy will come out from the candle. Surprise!
Price: $39.95
While winter is coming, many people must be thinking about piling snowballs. Although we cannot play snow right now, the snowball candle is still available.
This candle is shaped like a snowball.Accordingly, along with the flame, the snowball is melting down.
Price: $6~8
Eat paper? Are you kidding?
As a matter of fact, they are new food similar to potato chip, but this so-called Slim Chips do not contain any calories and so you won’t get fat. Still, eating paper is a little bit weird.
If you’re a Tetris fans, every thing inspired from Tetris will attract you eyes. This tile is a good decoration for you. But you’d better first make sure the Bricklayers can accept this complex product.
At first glance, this sofa has no difference with normal ones. But its backrest can be unfolded to function like a screen and then you can get a privacy area in public. It’s good for those like to read a book in lobby.
Sure, iPhone’s multi-touch screen is pretty cool, but it is indeed not good for word inputting. Blackberry’s Qwerty keyboard is much better. Really? Touch screen is not equal to fast typing? You should have a look at this new technology dubbed Swype, which is one of the top winners of TechCrunch50. It’s fairly fast…
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This is a futuristic concept which is based on the heat that generated through electromagnetic induction. Although induction cooker is very common, I bet you never saw a product like this. It has many metal stones in the ceramic bowl, so you do not need any extra pan, just throw the food into it, everything is gonna be OK.
Designer: Kihoon Yoo
This might be the weirdest way to get a ride. Made of three giant suckers on the belt and another sucker functioning as a handle, you can hitch onto anything. I have a question, if the car never stop, how can I hitch on it?
Designer: Robert Nightingale
A foldable umbrella occupies only a little room, somebody still uncomfortable with it. Maybe this inflatable one is better for them?
It can be used in the same way as a balloon. Oh, more strong for sure. It can be inflated easily with the help of a hand pump and deflated at the pull of a handle. In order to make you more attractive, it comes with several LEDs which can light up you and the road around you in the dark.
Designer: RKS Design
As a matter of fact, the business card is not useful per se. What we really need is the contact information printed on it. This is the reason why we usually copy the name and the phone number on the telephone book.
However, this gadget can free you from those manuscript contact information. The built-in scanner can shot the picture of a standard business card and if you wanna check the information, you can get it through the OLED screen.
Designer: Sungwoo Park & Bongkun Shin
Doorbell is not limited in the function of warning any longer. Geeks can use the doorbell express their unique idea. Wanna enter the room? Press the Enter key!
Traditional helicopter is driven by spinning blades, but DARPA is developing a new kind of helicopter which comes with a spinning disc rather than blades. When the blades star spinning fast, they are retracted into the disc and the disc will continues to rotate which will make sure the helicopter keep stable. It is said that this kind of structure is good for higher speed VTOL and hover capable vehicles.
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Although it is easy for most of us to open a bottle cap, it is not so easy for old people. Then this u-cap gives us a brilliant resolution, which is only a curve on one side. True, this is merely a little change, but it is very useful.
Designer: Jeong Hoon Cha
