Nice idea… From now on, your paint brushes will be as nimble as your fingers. And more importantly, you can work with three or five brushes at the same time! When launched in Japan, the Popcorn Yubi Fude was quite popular and 6,000 units were sold in its first month of release alone! So what are you waiting for? Click the Japan Trend Shop and get one set! [Read the rest of this entry...]
Nowadays water kettles in every kitchen can sing to alert the users that the water has been boiled. But what about water or soup in your pots, you still have to wait aside? Well, let the Boil Buoy help you then. The smart kitchen accessory, which is used in your pot of water, will start ringing when the water has come to boil so that you can spare much time with other affairs. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Who says you’ll have a bad fall when slipping on a banana peel? Correct them with the interesting banana shoes. Shaped like bananas, the high heels will certainly make you the most attractive person in any fancy dress parties. [Read the rest of this entry...]
To provide a new way for recycling waste paper, a China based design team has come up with the P&P Office Waste Paper Processor, a smart device that “eats up” useless paper memos and then offers a pencil on the other side. Really magic idea! [Read the rest of this entry...]
What if your glass windows can work as speakers? That sounds really amazing, right? But before that, you should firstly learn something about the “Glass Speaker”. Measuring four feet tall and weighing 80 pounds each, the transparent speaker can produce a full 360° of sound and that’s about as perfect as other speakers. So how does the speaker work? According to the folks from Greensound, the base of each speaker can vibrate and the different areas of the glass slabs can create different frequencies of sounds, and hence a 360° of sound is produced. As mentioned above, you may one day see the window act as a speaker, too. Let’s just wait and see. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Make sure that your time spent with books and documents is as pleasant as that with nice food like Sushi. [Read the rest of this entry...]
You must have noticed that body parts can be used as measurement devices, so there is ‘a foot’ and ‘an arm’s length’ to describe the distance between two items. Inspired by that, Choi Hyong-Suk, Jung Ji-hye and Yoo-Jin Park have collaborated with the “Smart Finger”, an innovative measurement device that caps your two fingers and uses the signals relayed between the two points to bridge the gap. After that, the measured distance will then be displayed through LED. [Read the rest of this entry...]
When there were no wires or chains, humans used to bind things together or hold something in position with ivy. But when the same ivy is used today, it is deemed as a decorative accessory rather than a tool. Designed by Sono Mocci for ‘Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010′, the new lock for bikes comes with a green and fresh look, and it appears the same as real ivy you’ll find in the nature. Hopefully ducks and chicks wouldn’t mistake that as their meals… Just for kidding. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Will kids and adults enjoy as much fun as that they have when seeing fish swim freely in the water, if they’re actually in such a frozen aquarium? Maybe everyone has a different view about this. But at least we’ll all agree that the idea of preserving over 450 specimens of marine life in ice is bit of cruel, right? After all, a place that is full of iced fish can not be named as an “aquarium”, but a cold storage instead. [Read the rest of this entry...]
One person needs merely one bench and two friends can share one bench, but what if there’re more than three people looking for a seat at the same time? They need the Sliding Bench. Designed for public places like parks or squares, the Sliding includes a set of chairs can move on the bars to meet the users’ different needs. As a result, you can still have a private space in the public place. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Urchin Softlight, just as its name implies, is a soft and stylish light that be transformed into different shapes. It can even be folded into booklet when not in use. Made of white textile that has 5-15% recycled content, the lamp is recyclable and thus leaves fewer footprints to the environment. It also uses LED lighting sources and hence your electricity consumption will be reduced. So whatever you may need—an eco light, a stylish light, a changeable light or a low-energy-consumption light, the Urchin Softlight always seems to be your best choice. [Read the rest of this entry...]
You’ll never pick up any clean clothes from washing machines unless you take exercise. That’s what we may have to face when China based electronics company Haier launches its Pedal-Powered Washing Machines in the future. Shown at IFA 2010, the eco machine is really simple but practical: the charging battery will power the machine to wash clothes when a man pedals on the exercise bike. And you don’t have to spare too much time, as basically 20 minutes of work can wash one load of clothes on cold cycle. Since the human-powered washing machine would save your money and keep your figure, will it be taken back to your home?
Bicycles play an important role in our daily life: they offer an eco way for transportation, our body benefits from exercises of pedaling, and according to designer Eungi Kim, the bikes can also become lovely pets. Having that in mind, Kim created “Horsey”, an attachable bicycle ornament, to make your bikes look horsey. So next time you’d like a riding on the horseback, you can simply start a travel with your bike. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Incense sticks are widely used in the east, and countries like China, Korea and Japan all have a tradition of burning incense to worship the God or ancestors. But the incense here is not made for burning, but for lighting. Charged by a base station, the “Scent” lights can be placed individually or collectively, to offer you soft warm light in the night. [Read the rest of this entry...]
For all kids that dream to be as strong and brave as sharks, or for those who’d like to swim as well as a shark. [Read the rest of this entry...]
