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A Japan-based shoe manufacturer recently announced its new running shoes targeting at the youth market. It, similar to pedometers released by Nike, features a wrist watch that allows the users to obtain their exercise details conveniently. The sensors built inside the shoes can be easily activated when you touch your shoes with the watch. Since the pedometer is specially designed for kids, it also uses animation techniques to attract their customers more effectively. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Three separated halves have made the Alex Bottle quite unique among the same kind products on market. Its caps and halves are all changeable, which not only allows the users to wash their bottle more easily but helps them change the bottle types according to their different needs. More importantly, you can pile the two main halves up for an easy transportation. Just click the following links to get your Alex! [Read the rest of this entry...]

What would tables be like in the next few years? Recently the Media Computing Group from Germany offered a possible answer with their BendDesk. It is a clever combination of common tables and computers, featuring a vertical display and a horizontal larger one. Frequently used devices like mouse, keyboard, paper-based documents and others are all built within the two areas, which promise an effective interaction with the users based on multi-touch technology. [Read the rest of this entry...]

We see telephone booths everywhere but they do not all come with an interesting or creative appearance as these shown here do. Mixed up with various popular elements like Hello Kitty, Twitter and aquariums, each phone booth is now radiating new vitality and adding new beauty to the prosperous cities. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. recently announced a new hybrid energy harvesting device that can convert both heat and light into electricity. Different from other devices that generate electricity from heat and light with the help of other devices, this one from Fujitsu can manage that process all by itself. Furthermore, the hybrid device is also believed to “pave the way to the widespread use of highly efficient energy harvesting devices” due to its low cost. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Italian artist Franco Recchia is a man with great curiosity. When taking apart old computers, he suddenly realized that it may be interesting to make some sculptures with their component parts and thus these mixed-media sculptures were brought to us. Each featuring rich details and clean lines, these sculptures here present a new look of Central Park, Manhattan, Boston and Pittsburgh and they’re all full of imagination and creativity. Really nice work, Recchia! [Read the rest of this entry...]

The disposable BBQ is a clever alternative to aluminum trays and forks. All its components are combustible, minimizing the operation time and saving your energy. It is also chemical free, leaving no footprints to the environment. So when finished with the picnic, you can simply throw the devices into the fire and therefore to lighten your bags. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Wireless chargers which were developed years ago have recently appeared in the market. And the one we show here weighs merely 300g but can charge up to 6 devices at one time. To wirelessly charge your phone you need a unique protective coat which is put onto the device to “receive” electricity energy. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Though simply removing the front wheel and mounting two wheels under the handlebars, design graduate Berk Asal has succeeded in having the three wheeler work in a totally different way. That is: Triblean’s wheels would tilt into corners for a quick conversion when running on the roads. As a result, riding a bike will be more exciting, right? [Read the rest of this entry...]

Outside apartments there’s good grassland for us to relax in the nature and to ensure enough comfort you’ll also need the multiuse mat. It is foldable and lightweight, allowing for an easy transportation. More importantly it can be molded into a back cushion and is built with several storage shelves so as to meet your various needs in the open air. [Read the rest of this entry...]

In form the clock designed by Daniel Weil of Pentagram is something like a spinning-wheel, but it’s actually a digital one running on single AA battery. It also tells time in a different way, displaying minutes on the outside and hours on the inside of a nickle-plated ring. So you think the clock is quite special, right? Hopefully the architect who would receive it as a gift would love it too. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The play of imagination gives a new life to an old cooking stove, which now turns into a fantastic household acoustic apparatus with four 6.5-inch loudspeakers, one 7-inch touch screen and something else. Doesn’t that look good on the pictures? I even couldn’t wait to make my own one. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Smaller in size, the new wind power generator however performs much better in producing electricity. And it comes with a nice name, the “Wind Cube”. Made up from blades, a generator, a telescopic shaft, an electric power plug and a switch, one single device can generate 21.6 kilowatt-hours per month and 15 such fans can support one family with four people for a month. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Fascinated by Chinese characters and Rubik’s Cube, as many of us are, Taiwan artist Shaun Chung combines aesthetics with movement for a new cube that forms verses from a traditional children’s poem. Each character was laser-etched from wood coz the designer believed it still be fun to go back to the old technology even though it is much easier to print something from computer nowadays. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Portability and simplicity are two design elements in the Portable Door Lock. It can be quickly installed on right or left hand doors at home, dorm and hotel, therefore to ensure you more safety and privacy. It also features emergency quick release. [Read the rest of this entry...]