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Innovative Gadgets Powered by Renewable Energy

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Designed by Elium Studio for Lexon, these innovative gadgets are all made from sustainable materials like the corn bio-plastic and bamboo trim. The new range includes a crank-up radio, a calculator, a pocket flashlight, and several clocks. These gadgets are all powered by renewable solar energy. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Peugeot B1K is a bicycle that doesn’t have a handlebar.

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You love the bicycle, right? Sadly it is only an interesting concept issued by Peugeot. Anyhow, it still attracts everyone, due to its simple and elegant design. Not only that, the “B1K” bicycle will also change the way you ride a bike as it doesn’t have the handlebar. So if you’re to ride “B1K”, you’ll have to be in an upside position. The bike is made from carbon fiber and features a chainless drivetrain. Using a tension cable to connect the seat and the head tube, the designer also ensures the bike not to be easily broken when it is on the move. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Match & Munch makes bread into an interlocking puzzle.

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Using Match & Munch to cut the bread, you’ll easily make your kids fall in love with breakfast, as they’ll find great pleasure in interlocking the bread while eating it! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Creative Garage Door Stickers

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Even an ordinary garage will draw as much attention as a super star does if you decorate the garage door with these 3D stickers created by the German company StyleYourGarage. Finished in high-quality material, these garage billboards will not become deformed even they’re exposed in the sun or rain. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Liquid Glass

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What you’ve seen in the picture is not water, but Liquid Glass designed by the German company Nanopool. Anything will be kept away from bacteria and dirt if they’re covered with merely a 1000th-of-an-inch-thick layer of the stuff. Even better is that the Liquid Glass is also waterproof and resists UV rays. You’ll find the clothes and shoes are much easier to clean if they’re sprayed with Liquid Glass. The Liquid Glass also works as good as the bleaching cream, if you use hot water to clean those items. Best of all, the stuff is totally eco-friendly and results no harm to the environment. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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‘Hua’ Vase Inspired by Chinese Character

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Ancient Chinese poems were always endowed with profound meaning or thought. In one famous poem, the poet told us that any beautiful flowers will finally turn into nutrition to support the next generation to bloom. And that’s just where Mike Mak has drawn the inspiration of the innovative vase-’Hua’. When filled with fresh flowers, the vase just indicates the process of blossom. But when the flowers die off, the vase then signifies that they’ve transformed into nutrition for the next blossom season. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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3D Stiletto Police Heels

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Just imagine how cool a woman would be if she is wearing a pair of high heels like these. Named as “Stiletto Police”, the high heels have the same outer decals of a famous Italian patrol car, and comes with a bumper in the front and two back mirrors on both sides. Moreover, there’s still a LED light that shines blue and red lights to warn those bad boys not to interrupt you. Want to take the center stage of a theme party? You should try these wonderful shoes. Believe me, girls. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Pencil Printer

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Print your documents with a pencil! Yes, that’s just what the ‘Pencil Printer’ is intended for! You don’t think that is practical? Well, put a pencil into the hole on the top right of the printer, start the machine, and then you’ll see the device printing on paper using the pencil powder…Wow, cool! To top off the great design, Hoyoung Lee also adopts eraser to erase off the printed paper so that you could use the paper again. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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LED Squeezable Lights

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I cannot think of a rational reason why I love these squeezable LED lights, but I just know clearly I do. Diana Lin’s d°light Bubbles are silicone LED lights that give out a ‘whoo’ sound when you squeeze them. Apart from decorating your stylish room, these lights also seem like a better way for you to spend a tiresome evening. Just squeeze, squeeze and squeeze! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Displax Thin Film

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What if you could change the window glass, the table surface, or even a piece of plastic into a sensitive touch screen? That sounds attractive, right? Then you’ll be quite interested in the thin film invented by Displax. Easily stuck onto common materials like the glass, plastic and wood, the film could turn most flat surfaces that are range from 3-inches to 120-inches into touch screens. It features a transparency rate of up to 98 percent and comes with an outstanding ability to detect 16 fingers on a 50-inch screen. The first thin film will be available in July. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Electrolux Double-O hides an extra cooking space.

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If you love cooking then I’m sure you have a great collection of cookers: frying pan, stock pot, sorts of tablewares, as well as an electromagnetic oven. Or two, or even more. But you also need a spacious kitchen, so I bet you’ll need the Electrolux Double-O by Victor Ong. Targeting at small house users, the device not only integrates a compact cooking system for single appliances, but creates an extra base for another pot when you slide it.

Dimension: 34cm ×34cm ×8cm (W× D× H) [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Hershey Kisses CD Rack

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Are you dissatisfied with your current CD cases? Luckily you’ll have a new choice, the Hershey Kisses CD Rack launched by Hidden Art. Certainly they’re not edible chocolate, but colorful racks made from aluminum. With one or two such racks on the table, you’ll easily find your favorite CD without messing up all the CDs on the shelf. It is priced at £11.5, in black, red, green and blue colors. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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SoundBite System Worn in the Mouth

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Good news for people who are deaf in one ear! SoundBite System solves your hearing problems by transmitting sound via the teeth. It consists of two parts, one unit worn behind the ear to receive the sound and the other in the mouth to transmit sound to the inner ear. And you may have guessed right, the system is simply based on the ‘bone conduction’ principle. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Smelly Fire Alarms

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Conventional fire alarms work effectively to warn people of the danger by sounding an alarm. But that means nothing to hearing-impaired people as they could hear nothing. So what could wake up hearing-impaired people in time? The unusual fire alarm designed by Kobe-based fire extinguisher company- Air Water Safety Service and the Tokyo-based Bioventure Seems looks like a practical solution. It is based on hearing impaired people’s keen sense of smell and warns them by releasing wasabi stench. The new fire alarm also works effectively, for example, one 8 in x 3 in unit could alarm people within an area of up to 50 square feet in less than three minutes. The smelly fire alarm is bit of expensive at present, each costing about $560. But a reasonable price of $225 will be possible after further improvements.

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Tree Hotel

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Swedish architects Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter have collaborated to bring forward the ‘Tree Hotel’ concept. It is a 4m× 4m × 4m lightweight aluminum shelter built around a tree trunk. Its exterior is covered with mirrored glass, which reflects the surroundings and the sky to make the hotel become a part of the nature. And the interior is all made of plywood. Providing a comfortable environment for two people, each shelter comes with a double bed, a small kitchen and bathroom, a living room and a roof terrace. In case birds fly into the windows, transparent stickers (visible to birds) will be added to the facades. To get into the shelter, you need to use a rope ladder or a rope bridge. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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