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Entries for August, 2010

Diamond Lights

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Who would resist the luxury diamond light? Its delicate design, luxury sculpt and perfect cutting have made the light the most elegant one in the world. But it’s not that expensive, as the bulb can be yours for only 29Euro. Well, that’s much cheaper than a real diamond, right? [Read the rest of this entry...]

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RACER Interactive Video Game Installation

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If you don’t have enough money to spend on racing cars but still want to experience high speed, you should at least possess certain wisdom. Because with the power of invention and imagination, everyone can make an awesome interactive race course, just as the sputnic guys have done. Using old paper board, these guys created a RACER Interactive Video Game Installation that allows the players to drive from a first perspective as the small RC car that’s equipped with a wireless video camera is running on the track. So even if you’re simply sitting on a chair, you can still feel like that you’re driving a real car! Really cool! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Orbital Washing Machine

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Orbital Washing Machine, which takes the very name from the fact that it has a spherical drum spinning on two axes, is an eco-friendly home appliance that would save you great amounts of water and energy. When the machine works, its spherical drum will spin on the two axes to move the clothes in all directions so that they can get washed with little energy and water. Besides, the spherical drum can also be used as a laundry hamper for dirty clothes as it is removable. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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You Hide A Treat and Your Dog Seeks It.

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Now let us play hide and seek with the naughty dogs when they’re enjoying their food. But before that you need to have a look at the Seek-A-Treat and learn about the rules. The new feeding device has 5 hidden compartments to store biscuit pieces and other goodies, and they’ll be opened to expose a tasty treat when your dog moves the two wheels. So simply put the delicious food in the compartments, wait and see your dog find the hidden treats, isn’t that funny? Hopefully the dogs won’t get mad with the game. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Echo Keeps Your Secrets of Growth Up.

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Everyone has a secret, and so do the kids. They’re growing up, learning something new from their parents and teachers every day, and at the same time they’re experiencing the growing pains. To help children aged between 6 and 9 effectively cope with stress and fears, Emi Schenkelbach has designed the cute toy named as Echo. It has an acoustic pipe running from its ear to the belly, so as to record and repeat the words that the kids have said to it. Since the voice will be modified in the belly, no one else would know clearly what Echo is saying so that the kids can keep their secrets. Besides, the voice from Echo will also create unique sound effects to make the children laugh heartily. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Plane Hangers

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Chetan Sorab would like to share some playful thought with you adults who still want to enjoy the same fun of the kids. Or even more fun. The new designs are colorful cloth hangers that have the same shape of the early World War aircrafts, and therefore each of them features an ergonomic handle for the users to hang ties or scarves. Also, those handles enable the users to reach for and carry the hangers more easily. Smart, colorful, lightweight and durable, this cloth hanger is surely a playful alternative to store your clothes. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Amazing Ribbons That Resemble Animals

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Better presents than those involving packaging are obviously gifts with such cute animal shaped ribbons rather than regular pedals on top side of the boxes. They’ll surely make your presents look quite unique, and hopefully the gifts you’ve chose for your friends are amazing, too. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Maverick Flying Car

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The Maverick Flying Car is not something that you can merely see in the sci-fi (science fiction) movies, as you will see them in the skies of the United States or England during the next 12 months. It features an integrated ground and aerial controls, making it a cool personal mobility that can be used in two modes. The Maverick Flying Car is also built with a unique wing deployment system, which provides lift when the propeller generates thrust.

But to drive such a car, you have to own both a civilian driver’s license and an S-LSA/E-LSA certification. So have you been ready for it? [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Bottle Cap Punch

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The smart Bottle Cap Punch is designed to cut holes in the metal caps of soda-bottles, so you can suck in cola via a regular plastic straw without having to open the caps. And more importantly, you needn’t worry that the beverage would spill out and leave a mark on your trousers any more. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Tools In The Box, And Tools Make The Box

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Not like most tool boxes that are simply used to store the tools, this one created by Tim Oelker also makes the tools part of the box. Look, the hammer is cleverly placed into the smart box and servers as a handle for easy carrying. Really good work! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Faucets That Resemble Penguin, Rainbow and Violin.

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Why do we always say that all creative designs have life as their source? You’ll soon get the answer after checking out the following pictures. Each of them shows a faucet designed by Canada-based Fluid Faucets, as well as common things like penguin, rainbow, violin and Doric column—they’re rightly where the design inspirations come from. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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3D-printed Clothing

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3D technology is an important emerging technique developed quickly during the past few years and it has been widely applied in the fields of advertising, furniture and electronics. And recently, three designers have even collaborated with a new 3D printer that can spit out fabric structures for clothing. When three-dimensional body data is fed into the computer, certain software will then start to work and have the printer produce fabric structures, just as what you can see from the video below. On the other hand, the new technology will also result in great changes, such as much better efficiency, less needed labor and various customized fabric structures. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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DryMate By Nico Kläber

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If you’re using high temperature to dry clothes, you should realize that the heat may damage your delicate dress and shirts. But we can guarantee that problem wouldn’t arise again if you have the DryMate designed by Nico Kläber. It uses a new vacuum technology to dry clothes at much lower temperatures than 100°C, and the lower the air pressure the lower the temperature is needed to evaporate water. Therefore with DryMate, less energy will be consumed and less damage will be made to your clothes. Besides, the new clothes drier also features a rounded exterior and a wide mouth that is tilted up by 9 degree, making it a stylish device for convenient using. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Amazing House With Tree Shaped Interiors

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The ceilings of Tokyo houses are not always leveled, as the Mount Fuji Architects Studio has designed a new house with a spiral shaped roof for a couple in the local residential area. You’ll know why the house comes with such an interesting ceiling once you step into it: there’s a giant cylinder resembling a tree stem in the middle of the house and the structure gradually fades out into a spiral shape when going towards the ceiling. So you may still feel that you’re living in the country or more exactly in the forest, even though your house is in fact built in the city. Really fantastic. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Drawing Lamp

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More doesn’t always mean better, and that is a most important law for the creative and energetic designers. And today we’d like to show you what the Austria based designer Thomas Feichtner has recently created: a table lamp that is constructed from merely a steel tube. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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