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Entries for August, 2009

Sunny Song

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Stereo systems like speakers have certainly brought us with much amusement and convenience, but they do have some defects, for most of them couldn’t work when not connected to the energy source with a power line, let alone they’re usually not green. That’s why Tryi Yeh has come with the “Sunny Song”. Base on the NXT panel technology, the smart flower speaker is eco-friendly enough as it is powered by solar energy. Still, the green speaker can be connected to players with a Bluetooth technology.

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‘Klaps’ Stool

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Fantastic! Dubbed as ‘klaps’ stool, the new product allows you to DIY a stool by making a full use of your discarded magazines. Simply place a certain amount of magazines between the two wooden pieces and fasten them with the straps, a stool is then completed. With some small wheels on bottom, the stool is easily portable to carry your magazines anywhere.

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Tabbed Bathroom Cabinet

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Probably such a tabbed bathroom cabinet is a common necessary that allows us to sort up different items as well as protects your privacy especially when you have to spare the same cabinet with a partner or roommate. Just as what you’ve seen in the photo, it’s cute, nice, graceful and of course smart enough for even tiny spaces.

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Free Mouse

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Computer, firstly invented for military application, now has become an indispensable article to almost everyone like you and me. But, we gradually find notebooks not that convenient as we couldn’t use it freely with the embedded mouse after years of using a mobile mouse. So what about a detachable mouse? That’s just the main concept of the so-called free mouse. Wirelessly and effectively, the new product can be used as either a mobile mouse or an embedded one, all depending on your choice. Besides, when you turn on the shortcut key on side, the mouse then works as a remote controller that allows you to check emails or open the browsers. No extra charger, the free mouse could be charged automatically when you put it onto the computer.

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What’s this?

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What’s this?

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Hands-Free Flashlight

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Maintenance work by single person often becomes an annoying task for we really couldn’t spare a hand to hold the flashlight. Using a cap lamp? It could of course, but it only works in a given angle. So my suggestion is the hands-free flashlight. Both water-resistant and angle-adjustable, the lamp can be fixed anywhere with a magnetic holder, offering 3 levels of brightness.

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Shake Shake Radio Pen

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Based on Faraday’s Laws of Induction, the musical pen from China can generate power and store it in the built-in battery as you write with it. The shake movements and music has earned for it the nickname “Shake Shake Radio Pen”. For the sake of an effective use, the radio pen is embedded with a volume/channel controller, a speaker and an earphone socket as well. So get one “Shake Shake Radio Pen” and complete your assignments with joy!

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Universal Design for Hammer

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Undoubtedly, hammer is used to drive nails or spikes, but we couldn’t avoid the risk of hammering ourselves. To increase the target area and reduce the danger coefficient, Ji-yun Kim has innovated to bring us the universal hammer that is composed of two parts. Fix a nail under the detachable head, strike the head with a hammer and you can then drive the nail into place in quite an easy way.

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Recipes On Time

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Precision, generally deem to be a target of scientists, is also pursued by cooks. Since accurate cuisine is so important that it is time to design the kitchen timer which works with recipe cards. Simply put the recipe card on the set timer, start it, and the arm will slide down to indicate an accurate cooking time.

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Toothbrush with a Hole

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Here is an amusing design that perforates a hole in the center of a toothbrush. Seemingly obscure, this hole could be used to squeeze your toothpaste out thoroughly so that no toothpaste will be wasted. Cool!

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Clothes Hanger

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Ordinary clothes rack couldn’t bear a heavy load, but we do need to hang those messy like clothes, bags, and hats. To solute the dilemma, presenting you here is the Clothes Hanger by Therese Glimskär. It features a functional clothes rod that doubles as a clamp to hang a heavy bag. Woo, really perfect article for me and I no longer need to worry about crushing the hanger with my heavy bags now.

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Floss Wall Mural

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Cool! Let alone its thick texture and pleasant touch, the so-called “Miranda” floss wall is known as a brush pattern wall that allows you scribble on it in a green way. Based on a silicone wall, “Miranda” is composed of over 65,000 polypropylene fiber surface tiles so that it creates various shades as the hair is manipulated.

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Indoors Lace Fence

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The lace fence specially designed for indoors decoration has come to change the stereotyped image of fences that they’re merely used for protecting our lawns, fields, gardens from outside. With a delicate design, Demakersvan now brings out the versatile lace fence that can work as staircase railings, room dividers, balcony railings and wall decorations. Absolutely simple but really excellent ornaments!

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Ultrathin Aluminum Lamp

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Made from 5mm ultrathin sheet, the 100% aluminum lamp is seemingly quite smart as the thin sheets have been bent and painted white. It features a unique circuitry as well. Rather than hiding it inside the lamp, the designer has exposed the orange circuitry on the “neck” of the lamp, highlighting a powerful visual impact. Certainly, the lamp deserves a smart reputation also because the easy control of its brightness via a built-in electronic card.

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Window Phone

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Do you believe that the thin transparent touch phone could make accurate weather predictions and change its screen backgrounds to reflect real-time climate conditions? Incredibly miraculous, the display seems crystal in sunny days, foggy in rainy days and icy in snow days. Besides, it also highlights a convenient mode change that is simply switched as you blow your breath onto the phone.

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