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Angry Birds are here again. This time they come with a new function, and that’s to work as portable speakers. Still, they are designed to be cute and nice, especially good for people who love angry birds. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Safety and reliability have long been the focus of knife holder designers, but there’re also somebody that go rightly the other way. Thus this dangerous holder was created. Without any wood or metal built around, the holder simply leaves sharp knives held by an embedded-in magnet. [Read the rest of this entry...]

A pencil case that resembles fish won’t be amazing. But if it is made to be too authentic that may confuse people, it is really worthy of recommendation. This Hokke Mackerel Pencil Case looks just like a real grilled fish, showing vivid meat and bones when you open it up. [Read the rest of this entry...]

In iPhone apps there’s a “shake to undo” function that lets users to undo the last action. And now that app is right here for Macbooks. With the “Shake-to-Undo” app, computer users can easily get something undone by moving their MacBooks around. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Seemingly every manufacture is busy with launching new 3D devices, and LG has recently issued its Clip-on 3D Glasses. They’re designed for people that wear glasses and they can function with your regular glasses. All you need to do is to clip them on to your regular glasses and then you can enjoy the 3D movies. No more bothered by “double glasses” thing. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Everybody knows what common vending machines can offer, but they seldom recognize that these machines can also provide some surprising things except for drinks and snacks. Actually, with weird vending machines collected from the world, people would easily get Marijuana, panty, gold, or even alive lobsters too. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Cideko’s Air Keyboard would bring us a new experience with wireless keyboards. It is embedded with a 3D motion sensing mouse, which will detect the keyboard’s motion to control the cursor on computer screen. Thus the users merely need to move the keyboard up and down/left and right in the air, they can then use the device as a wireless mouse too. It is also integrated with an earphone and a microphone, allowing the users to enjoy music or chat online from a long distance. The wireless keyboard is rechargeable, and compatible with both PCs, Macs and Linux computers. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Especially designed for people who ride a bicycle all the year, this new Heated Ergo Tri grip features micro process technology and internal sensors to offer warmth to riders in cold days. The gadget comes with six temperature settings, which can be easily adjusted with a push of a button. Except for keeping your hands warm, the grips can reduce fatigue and maintain finger dexterity as well. [Read the rest of this entry...]

A research group from Tokyo Institute of Technology have recently developed artificial bone using fish scales. In early experiment, the researchers found that “the collagen that makes up fish scales, has a similar structure to the thickest layer of the human cornea, the corneal stroma”. After that they tried to turn the scientific discovery into real products, artificial bones made of fish scales. [Read the rest of this entry...]

These two Big Big Cursors are touchscreen-friendly stylus especially designed for your tablets. Seemingly bit of different from your typical stylus, they’re not that comfortable to use but will add some new fun to your time with tablets. Moreover, they’re even magnetic so you can store it on the metal covers of your iPad2 for an easy transportation. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Till now, the International Funkausstellung Berlin 2011 has brought us many surprising designs and products, and today we’d like to add a new one to the list of innovative electronics. It is Sony’s “Lenticular Sheet”, a thin film that can be places in front of any laptop screens to turn them into glass-free 3D displays. With such a product, 3D fanciers would then enjoy 3D films without needing to wear glasses any more. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The Airsketcher, which looks the same as ordinary fans, actually has an astonishing function that it can automatically “follow” the users and bring them with cool air. How? Because there’s a small-sized webcam built inside the fan, which can track a specially-made flag so as to locate the users. Besides, the fan can also recognize different symbols and act accordingly. Therefore the users can easily switch on/off or adjust the speed by showing certain symbols to the fan. [Read the rest of this entry...]

It is everybody’s duty to keep away from a drunken driving so we may need some special gadgets to accomplish that task. Men should have a try with this Breathalyzer Jacket. It is embedded with an alcohol sensor located in the collar and a simple LED display on the cuff. Thus when you blow into the alcohol sensor, the LEDs will then light up to indicate your blood alcohol levels: the more alcohol you have, the more lights turn on. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Bags to pack, bags to ship and bags to advertise. Nowadays, just as you may have ever noticed, almost everything in daily life has been a medium for advertising. Bags are included too. Some of the bags emphasize the product’s features, some seem to be really magic and some just make the jokes. So which would be your No.1? Rank them out then. [Read the rest of this entry...]

It is a matter of peculiar interest to purify rain water in places where are short of clean water, and the rain coat collaborated by Hyeona Yang and Joshua Noble is rightly a device that would help many people around the world. It seems like cape, with tall collars to collect rain water and built-in charcoal filters and a chemical purification system to make the water safe for drinking. After the water is purified, it will be stored around the shoulders and pockets of the coat. The coat also has some tubes so that people would conveniently drink the collected water at any time and any where. [Read the rest of this entry...]