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These incredibly charming and amusing tea bags are currently popular all over the world, and we’d like to share them with you. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Create an edible calendar with that rolling pin! Designed by Futura 2/2, the interesting Bakery Calendar might be a good gift for your buddies. Just for fun! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Lose your umbrella again? Not likely with the Dangling Umbrella.

It’s a busy world filled with numerous affairs and that means a big risk of forgetting to pick up your umbrellas, no matter you’ve placed them on the table, in the doorway or simply on the floor nearby. Well, you just innocently forget the umbrellas. Dangling Umbrella, however, is an umbrella that wouldn’t be easily forgotten. The umbrella, featuring a sliding handle, could grip the table more stably than ordinary ones also due to the silicon on the underside of the cap. Moreover, the cap will light up with the words “Don’t forget” if it is opened. [Read the rest of this entry...]

At TOY Forum 2010, Sony’s bio-battery has drawn many people’s attention. It shows how batteries generate electricity from carbohydrates. Experiments indicate that grape juice is the most efficient drink for the bio-battery to run on and 3ml of Coke could have an electrical propeller keep working for about 1 hour. Named as ‘ENE’ (Entertainment New Energy), the technology will firstly be adopted to power electronic toys. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Researchers at Nokia Research Center unveiled the ‘Mobile Radar’ during “Demo House 2010″. Using the same technology adopted by the police to give you a ticket for speeding, the device could measure an object’s distance, speed and direction. Therefore, you can control your cellphone via simple gestures without touching it. For example, you only need to wave your hands in front of your phone if you want to adjust its music player’s volume. Check out the video below to see how the ‘Mobile Radar’ is used. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Creative Factor: Cool machine converts office paper into toilet paper.

The Japanese company Oriental has come up with a machine by the name of ‘White Goat’ recently. It is an innovative machine that converts your wasted office paper into toilet paper in about 30minutes. After you put about 40sheeets of paper into the machine, ‘White Goat’ will then shredder the paper, dissolve it in the water, thin the paper out, and then dry it into toilet sheets. Merely costing $0.11 to churn out one toilet roll, claimed by the company, the machine will save up to 60 cedar trees every year. The cool machine is expected to hit the market in Japan this summer, at a price of $100,000. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Designed by American designer Jacob McMurry, Alfa Romeo FastBack Sedan 2017 Concept is a futuristic sedan while “inspired by the design of cars of ’30s competition cars and also by the famous Venice Carnival.” Coming with a glass ceiling and the side panels that can change their degree of transparency, the cool sedan no doubt is one of fabulous cars expected in 2017. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This very sleek watch allows you to see the time in quite a convenient way. Firstly, the Button Watch (it looks just like a button and the watch takes the very name from that only) could be easily clipped to your jacket, you bag or even your hair to tell you the time. Much smaller and lighter than ordinary wrist watches, the innovative Button Watch adopts solar battery panels as its power supply in order to make full use of the natural energy and therefore to save you much money paid for electricity bills. Also using touch screens to display the time, the watch will show the time and date on the glass face whenever you click its surface. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Arina Komarova has come out with a new shower room concept, a shower stall that you would want it to appear in the living room rather than the bathroom. It is shaped like a huge egg, allowing you to stretch yourself with sensuous pleasure in the warm Jacuzzi. Sadly it is only a concept at present and there’s no news when it will hit the market. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Just look at the Wooden Bulb Lamp, it’s obviously another product meant for the most weird of your grocery lists. It features a complex ‘mask’ that is made out of laser cut wood with a burned edge. Apart from functioning as a ceiling lamp or floor lamp, the simple bulb would also spice up your stylish rooms. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Creative Factor: The ergonomics of the furniture and the stability.

You know those movable chairs, tables and stools that are lying about on the floor make your living room look messy? Well, no more, if you’re to use the ‘Shelf Made’ designed by Lies Van Kerckhove. It is a modular rack that hides 2 chairs, 2 stools and a table, which could be easily taken out of the shelf without affecting its stability.

Made from block hdf leicht stab plate, ‘Shelf Made’ is only available in black color and measures 1890 mm X 2110 mm X 400 mm (H x W x D). [Read the rest of this entry...]

Invented by Irish Jane ní dhulchaointigh, ‘Sugru’ is an innovative silicone substance that has eliminated the need of changing your gadgets, as it allows the users to repair hooks, knives and other items easily and quickly. It could form bonds to a variety of materials, including aluminum, steel, ceramics and glass. Compared with other repairing clay, ‘Sugru’ will cure into durable, flexible silicon in 24 hours after a working time of about 30 minutes. Featuring a good tolerance to temperatures, ‘Sugru’ could work effectively in any situations with a temperature from -60°C to + 180°C. It will get colder or hotter according to different temperatures, but never changes its hardness. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Creative Factor: The digital mouse becomes an integrated part of your body.

Who has ever thought that one day we could wear the digital mouse on our hands just as we’re wearing the gloves? But that’s not merely an exciting concept and Canadian firm Deanmark Ltd has come up with a radical wearable mouse- the ‘AirMouse’. It integrates the right and left click-buttons in the palm and uses an optical laser for operation. Since every part of the ‘AirMouse’ fits the ligaments on your wrists and hands so well that the cool mouse also ensures you enough flexibility. As a result, you won’t have to be bothered by the painful rollers any more. Besides, the users could easily type on the keyboard without removing the mouse. You love it? Then you’ll be glad to know that the revolutionary mouse will be on the market by the end of 2010 for $129. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Mini Mix- just as the name implies- is an electric hand mixer especially designed for kids. “By watching kids use a hand mixer”, the designer Carly Hagins said, “I realized that they always use two hands, while the mixer is actually designed to be one-handed.”And therefore the Mini Mix is a handy little tool, allowing children to operate with both their hands. Also featuring two buttons on both handles to activate the device, Mini Mix will protect your kids from hurting their fingers by working beaters. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The most impressive thing is always the weirdest. Correct me if I’m wrong! I bet any hairstylists using such business cards as shown in the pictures will make a deep impression on everybody who has seen it. [Read the rest of this entry...]