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Entries for November, 2009

Look, a shinning shoal of fish!

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You know what? There is a new kind of fish that looks particularly beautiful in the night. They’re not real fish, as you may have guessed, but artificial fish with built-in LEDs. So when the evening comes, a shoal of fish will swim about in the water, giving out red, green and amber light. What a splendid scene that will be! Ok, I’ll get a shoal. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Strata Flower Pot

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In my opinion, there’s no pot on earth more eco-friendly or nutritious than average soil, oh wait, it is rightly where the plants are originally belongs. And that’s why I really intrigued by Strata Flower Pot. It is no different with normal flower pots except that it still supports the flower even when the flower is planted in the soil. That means, you can smash the Strata Flower Pot and bury it into the soil to supply the plants with needed elements. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Zoku Quick Pop Maker

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Hello, boys and girls, ‘I New Idea’ has prepared special gifts for you guys, Zoku Quick Pop Makers! Yes, that’s where these delicious fruit pops shown here came from. Merely costing 7minutes, the Zoku Quick Pop Maker allows you to make real fruit pops in quite an easy way. And the best part is that, with Zoku, you can make pops catering to different tastes. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Tamrac’s new ZipShot tripod

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Do not look down on the role Tamrac’s new ZipShot tripod can play. Exactly it is an ultra compact and light gadget when folded up, measuring 38cm long and 312g weight. But the moment it opens, the little guy then turns into a 112cm-high tripod and support DSLRs up to 1361g in weight. Well, I have to admit, both its portability and practicability are just what an ideal tripod should have. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Controller Ornaments

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Nintendo, PS Xbox, Wii, they’re well-known for the coolest machines, lots of new games, and an important part you may not have noticed, their personalized controllers. And here, the designer has taken those classic controllers down from the machines and uses them as ornaments, sounds interesting, right? Take your favorite one home then. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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What’s this?

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One, two, three…totally four rings on one end, and a handle on the other end, what on hell is the product? You know? Sure? Then leave me a comment. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Artikcar by Ben Wilson

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Missed your childhood again? So did Ben Wilson and that’s why he has invented the Artikcar, seemingly the same as a child’s wooden toy car. Far more than that, Ben Wilson also adopted an innovative technology to illuminate the pedal-powered vehicle. So if you’re living near to Ben Wilson, you’ll see a glowing circle moving on the road, especially brilliant in the dark! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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4Fitness: A foldable big gym

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What dose fitness mean to you? Strong physique, slim figure, or anything else? Certainly, fitness always promises us a healthy, pleasant life. Unfortunately, not everyone has the opportunity to go to a gym, due to the high membership fees or other reasons. So to allow everyone an everyday fitness at home, the 4Fitness is therefore designed, providing strength, endurance, balance, agility and mental training. Especially for small home, the 4Fitness also features a comprehensive platform that could be folded up into a quite small size. As you can see from the pictures, it’s even thinner than a cabinet. Click Youtube Video Here. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Bamboo Slips For Picnic

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As a practical usage of bamboo, the ‘Bamboo Slips For Picnic’ presents the collective wisdom of students from JiangNan University. It is a green collection of spoons, knives and forks, which all come inside a thin sheet. Exactly the type of thing you may need whenever go on a picnic.

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The locator tells where the luggage is.

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Check this out. It’s a luggage locator, coming with a remote control, which ensures you pick out your luggage from many suitcases, even if they look like the same as yours. So after a long flight, the most beautiful voice will come to you, “Hey, I’m over here!” even if your bag is 45 feet away. Of course, you may prerecord other messages as you like. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Slim Plugs

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Ok, we have Macbook Air, so the PC is slim enough; we also have SAMSUNG SGH-U608, so the phone is slim enough. But what about the electric plugs? Not slim enough, however. Well, that’s no longer true after the birth of the ultra-thin, foldable plugs. Superb!

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Double Cup

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Hey, man, don’t rejoice too soon, the Double Cup is not the same as you may have imagined. Seemingly like two separate cups stack together, it’s actually one cup, which goes clearer when you pour in some wine. By this means, the designer wants to warn us: wines is nice, but never indulge yourself too freely with alcohol. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Paper Ball

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I love this game —— balling up the paper and throwing it into the dustbin, just like you kick the football into the net or shoot a basket. Joys are everywhere, and you may also feel them even with waste paper. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Fireworks Projector

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From Sega Toys, the Uchiage Hanabi fireworks projector has come to present you a full fireworks show, with colorful fireworks exploding all over the ceilings. Plus, you can create your own fireworks by drawing on special plates.

Click here for a video demonstration.

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The shopping cart turns into a go-kart.

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It has been a common dream for boys to attend an auto racing, and now the coolest way to make that happen is to get a go-cart modified from a discarded shopping cart. A student from MIT did make a shopping cart run at a speed of up to 45 miles per hour, by equipping it with batteries and an engine and replacing its wheels. That’s cool! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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