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Entries for July, 2009

Stop the Time with a Switch

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“Almighty God, please stop the time!” Whenever we have to separate with the dearest or hand in those unfinished projects, we would wish that time were to stand still. Well, perhaps Harc Lee, form New York, has experienced too many such occasions, he designs the switch-wall clock to resolve the time frustration of most people. You can stop the time by turning the switch off and see the actual time when it’s turned on.

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Public Lawn Lounge Chairs

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Made from metal brackets and covered with artificial grass, these lounge chairs are designed for public spaces such as their current owner, the Breda Park in Netherlands. Lie on the arc-shaped lawn chairs, we can stretch our exhausted bodies totally to enjoy a wonderful time closet to the nature. Mm, really comfortable!

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Helper To The Blind

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It’s not a far-fetched dream for the blind to walk independently, since the blind helper is developed to assistant the visually impaired people to identify the road condition using visual sensors. Either to amplify visual stimuli (including contrasts, colors, etc) or to turn visual information into auditory information, the system, collaborated by many engineering schools and universities in Europe, is applicable to both people with visual disturbance and those totally blind persons.

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Protective Coat

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How to persuade people with autism to go out of their own world and blend into the whole society gradually? It’s an awkward and urgent problem to most people. So why not try this protective coat specially customized for the autistics? Though it looks ordinary, it’s certainly the best coat to protect them. The close-fitting design can take away the pressure to prevent a sudden outbreak of anxiety, and the accessory earphones could reduce high frequency noises such as alarms, scrapes to keep their moods unaffected.

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Origami Dinnerware

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Pure clouds, blue sky, gentle breeze, and the wide open sea, a leisure time on the beach is one of those dreams you really wish you could afford to realize so that you can relax completely in the fast-tempo society. Then you must need the origami dinnerware! Inspired from the origami ship games, the origami dinnerware, shinning with bright colors, will suit your leisure beach time perfectly!

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Mobile Camera

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The mobile camera, with an extra sensor than ordinary ones, could be fixed on the head and hunt for the predetermined object to take photos automatically. Pay attention, the sensor and camera should be fixed on two separate people! When it’s started, the camera will follow the sensor source to adjust its filming angles to shoot accurately.

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Compass Table

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Best gift for children and adventurer! The table, though it looks as ordinary as others, actually could tell you directions with the attached compass function. Isn’t it the most utilitarian teaching aid for family education?

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Fruit Memo Pads

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Have you ever seen any memo pads more verisimilar than these? They look so delicious in those bright and healthy colors that I even couldn’t help eating them! We believe that, with such fresh fruit memos on your table, you will certainly have a good mood and feel briskly cool even in the hot summer!

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Colorful Bath Installation

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Creativity is everywhere even inside your bathroom, and the colorful bath installation is a new one to challenge your tactile sensation! Equipped with 480 LED modulator tubes behind each of the 480 nozzle, the shower head creates a romantic atmosphere with varied colors, including 9 monochromatic light effects and 2 polychromatic light effects.

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Equalizer speaker

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We’ve been use to regulating the equalizer on most music systems to find the best sound effect, and then how about controlling the equalizer by moving our speakers? Believe me, it’s not one of tat Arabian nights, but a unique speaker integrates equalizer with the sound boxes. Move each speaker, which looks like button on an equalizer, you can also easily find the equilibrium model for your each favorite tunes. So convenient!

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The Light Pillow

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Cute! The light pillow is so odd and pure that it is the best decoration to change up even a normally plain room. Made of 100% cotton, its cover is completely removable and easily washed, so you needn’t worry about your naughty children playing with it. No matter you toss it onto the floor, place it on the bed, hang it on the wall, or even use it as a chandelier, the light will always help your rigid room to display great vigor.

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See the sound with the speaker!

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We were taught that sound is invisible as the air since our childhood, but is that absolutely right? Not necessarily. Recently, the designers have broken the stereotypes of contemporary square speakers, and invented a new one that allows you to see the sound. When you play the music, the rings on top of the speaker, shinning blue, will start moving, vibrating to the rhythm of music and thereby let us to see the sound. Magic!

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Bench with Kennels

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Why do dogs like running around your feet passionately when you’re home from work, and why do they lap your face when you’re asleep? The only answer is they want you much closer! Getting closer, closer and closer to their big guys is the common way for dogs to show their loyalty and intimacy. The bench with kennel, from Korea, is a shared resting tool for you and your dogs. May you also wish to try it? Your dogs must like it!

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Annular CD Rack

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Wanna a breath of fresh air in dog days? Well, what about the fan-like CD rack? Given the fact that it’s actually used to store CDs, with such a big fan-like fitment on the wall, you may feel it rotating to generate cool breeze with your favorite collections.

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Muscle Strength Tester

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The muscle tester, an achievement from bioengineering Institute of Rice University, is developed to fix palms, separate each figures, and measure the strength of certain hand muscles accurately. In that way, the device makes it easier for doctors from neurology department and surgical department to check out their muscle recovery condition of the patients.

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