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What have you done to accomplish your dreams of slam-dunking? You kept playing basketball day and night? Then you must need the Glow-in-the-dark Basketball Net, something especially designed for an overnight use. Powered by the sunlight it absorbs and stores during the daytime, the net could illuminate for about 8 hours.

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What have you done to accomplish your dreams of slam-dunking? You kept playing basketball day and night? Then you must need the Glow-in-the-dark Basketball Net, something especially designed for an overnight use. Powered by the sunlight it absorbs and stores during the daytime, the net could illuminate for about 8 hours. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Ji-in Byun, Cho Jung Seok and Oh Seul Ki have sent in images of their latest project. They cooperated to create a new kind of trash bin to promote the conventional rubbish can. Specially designed for bench, the trash bin comes with a streamlined base, which could be easily pitched into the sand for stability. That means bins are handy and you can use them more conveniently. We’re not sure when it is available, but leave your comments below if you think it is a cool-looking trash bin. [Read the rest of this entry...]

You needn’t have to search for matched bookmarks for your book covers, they’re already there. Just as the designer has claimed, “it would be great if we can use dust jackets and bookmarks together to create a unique image of a paper book.”

More pictures after the break. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Primarily, we endeavored to produce mini-sized USB flash disks since we wanted to take them everywhere. But also due to their small size, we find it difficult to find the USB flash disks when we urgently need one. And that’s why some manufactures have decided to launch large-sized USB flash disks, such as the Glasses USB Flashdisk shown here. It is not a real pair of eyeglasses but merely a USB flash disk shaped like that. It stores 2GB of data in its 2mm frame which also doubles as a bookmark. If they could work as real glasses, we bet the Glasses USB would be more popular. [Read the rest of this entry...]

What would the personal vehicle look like in the future? Nobody could give us an exact answer but we could get a preview with Sergio Luna’s ‘2028 One’ car. Coming from the Michelin Challenge Design 2010, ‘2028 One’ is a single-seater for inter-city transportation. Based on the Segway mechanism, the lightweight vehicle is compact enough for an easy driving. Though it adopts a joystick, the car could also be entirely controlled by a computer. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Also coming with a key hole as doors do, the cool watch is specially intended for those perfect moments you ever wished to lock forever. That sounds attractive, right? As you can see from the pictures, the outer circle works as the minute hand and the inner key hole is actually the hour hand. You’ve gotten that? Good. It is available in three different designs, all simple but nice. [Read the rest of this entry...]

You think table lamps are too boring? You won’t think so after checking out the Bop Lamp. Apparently, Baita Bueno has drawn an inspiration from the classic toy ‘Bop Bags’ and endows the lamp with a similar shape. The most interesting part is the design of concrete ballast on the bottom enabling one to set the lamp into motions while using it as a light. It is made from injection molded ABS thermoplastic. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Combining several scissors all together, the creative gadget works effectively as a hand-operated paper shredder! And compared with the electronic conventional shredders, the ‘Shredder Hand’ is more convenient to use and allows you to easily take it anywhere. On paper it sounds good, huh? You’ll find it better after you use it! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Still remember the Jumping Light? Similarly, the battery charger designed by Jooyong Kim and Sungkyung Kim also makes a full use of the kinetic energy generated when you jump the rope. Put the rechargeable batteries into the rope’s handles, close the caps, keep jumping and then you’ll get full-charged batteries. That’s so easy! Ensuring you to master the latest information of the calories you’ve burned, the available energy to charge the batteries, etc, the device also comes with a screen on the handle. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Stylish, smart and elegant, the 12″ x 6″ wireless keyboard is a latest product of Microsoft. It features some arched keys to ensure you an easier typing. The Arc Keyboard uses the 2.4GHz wireless band instead of Bluetooth, and therefore allows the users to control their computers within a long distance of up to 30 feet. It is expected to be on the market next month for $59.95. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Ryan has built an in-wall computer for his kitchen! In his blog, Ryan explained why he has that idea:

“For years my wife has been on at me to put a computer into the kitchen where she can manage her recipes, shopping lists, to do lists and access the internet for looking up various things.”

The computer mainly includes a touch screen, an interface cloned from the iPhone and runs Windows XP. With such an appliance inside the kitchen, Ryan and his wife could conveniently check out the weather, recipes and other information via the Internet. We have to admit, the computer has added more fun to the cooking time. So you want it, too? Click the website after the jump for a full tutorial and install one in your kitchen then. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Hello, everyone, we’d like to introduce you our new friend, the Nyago Cats, creative robotic toys from Japan’s TakaraTomy. Just keep clapping your hands and these lovely kitties will then start to roll and roll. If you’re considering feeding pets while not planning to spend too much time taking care of them, the Nyago Cats are obviously your best choices. [Read the rest of this entry...]

‘Unfold Wall Sticker’ is a latest series of design from PEGA. Inspired by origami, these designs could serve a specific function when unfolded on the wall. For example, when you unfold the gramophone, certain broadcast programs will then be turned on and you will find the gramophone is actually a radio. The functions of the wall stickers also include a floor lamp, a scent diffuser and a table lamp. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Memopad and USB seem to be unrelated to each other. But a Japanese company has successfully combined those two things together into the so-called ‘Memopad USB’. It is a 2GB USB flash disk with 100 pieces of scribbling paper for people to take down messages. Sadly the product is only sold in Japan and it is priced at 2680 YEN. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Sweet chocolate always comes with an impressive packaging and therefore it’s no surprise to find that most package designers have kept up with this trend. And today, we’d like to show you three surprisingly cool chocolate packaging designs.

Let’s take a look.

【Chocolate Pie Chart】

Designed by Mary& Matt, the packaging has shown us detailed proportions of each ingredient: 70% milk + 20% dark + 10% white chocolate = 100% Chocolate Pie Chart. [Read the rest of this entry...]