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Honestly I’ve completely forgotten the invention of matches after the day there is cigar lighter on the world, but quite surprisingly I still wanted to have a try of these Stormproof Matches once I saw several keywords about them: windproof, waterproof and stormproof, burning for up to 15 seconds… That’s really attractive, and all those features make the matches especially useful for camping, fishing, boating and emergency conditions.

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Nowadays industrial designs seem to have gone into a strange circle, which means while someone is trying to make things thinner and slender, others are busying redesign those removed parts into a full-functional accessory. Have a look at all those kinds of gadgets made for your thin smart mobiles and you’ll know what I mean. But anyway, to design something is always better than to destroy something, so when seeing this “LandingZone” I still thought it is a good product. It can sit on your desk, hooking up to power, a monitor, an Ethernet cable and four USB devices, thus providing you with a more convenient way to control both your laptop and other gadgets.

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There’s new development in the camera manufacturing industry: Camera ‘HS NIR 8k’ by Teledyne DALSA. It not only provides enhanced sensitivity at near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths, but also ensures improved speed and low noise due to the utilization of time delay and integration (TDI) technology. With all those advantages, the Camera ‘HS NIR 8k’ perfectly meets requirements for low light applications and would be widely used in solar cell test, electronic equipment test, large web application program, food and medicine test.

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It’s never impossible to see robots act as flexibly as human beings, because there’re many more techniques created to endow robot machines with powerful abilities, and the Elastic USB Cable is rightly one of those great inventions. The new cords turn to be really flexible, capable of being stretched by a factor of 1.5, and thus ideal for producing clothes built with electrical devices or the skins for humanoid robots.

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Sharp’s 12.1-Megapixel, 1/3.2-inch CMOS camera module is rightly what many cellphone manufacturers are waiting for, as it would help to create slender designs in the future. Announced to be the world’s thinnest CMOS module, the device is merely 5.47 mm in height while supports full HD (1080p) video capture and also high-level optical image stabilization. Sample shipments will begin from December 2, 2011 and volume shipment from January 10, 2012.

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Cleverly combining light and shadow together, the giant OLED mirror collaborated by rAndom International and Chris O’Shea would feel the human’s movement and thus to interact in the term of either light or mirrors. Stand still, and the panels act like mirrors, but when you’re on the move, the OLED pixels then light up. The other interacting type is totally different, as wherever you go would become mirrors with the left parts still act as light. It’s very magical, and now the You Fade to Light has been produced in a limited edition of just eight units, each is selling for €140,000. So if you don’t think it’s exciting enough to watch them in the video, you may consider getting home one such piece.

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Seemingly many manufacturers are designing and producing unique and practical accessories for the iPhone, iPad and other devices from the Apple Company, and shown here is just a new one added to that long list. It is Mobislyder, a combination of a roll track and a skateboard that offers low-level roll track for filming and a steady support for photographing as well. Announced as a portable roll track especially designed for iPhone by many websites, the Mobislyder actually can be mounted to many kinds of smartphones, camcorders and compact cameras.

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The beautiful scenery is not the only reason that encourages us to go picnic in the open air, sometimes an intriguing tent plays a bigger role too. Created by British designers, these Exclusive Tourist Tents are rightly something individual and unmissable, printed with interesting patterns on exterior surfaces and thus make them completely eye-catching when used in the nature.

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Robots are no more solid and cold machines as we’ve ever known. From Harvard University, the new robot is an ambidextrous automation featuring flexible polymers. Its inspiration comes from starfish, worms and squid, and thus the robot is built with inflatable chambers within its legs and central spine to help it move.

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How are we going to live the future? According to Philips, in the next few years we should be using wall-mounted vats of bioluminescent bacteria as night light. That sounds bit of weird? Not exactly. Good news is that you don’t need to pay for the electricity bills any more, but instead you have to feed the bacteria with some household waste (which has been digested by other bacteria to form methane gas) so that the bacteria will provide soft green light at night.

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Your Little Printer, unveiled by the Berg, is a smart portable printer that helps you to print out simple content. It can get connected to your cellphones, gathering the information sent out from your mobile and printing the pictures, puzzles, coupons and other stuff out. Well, I’ve already seen the happy days of printing out coupons and using them anytime and anywhere, but pity that the tiny printer won’t be available until sometime in 2012.

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A good design should be something considering the human’s real needs and trying to accomplish a simple but practical function, just like this Angle Measuring Cup by Umut Demirel. The device contains not only ordinary volume makings but also diagonal lines that indicate quantities during pouring. With the Angle’s help, you can then pour out the required measure in an easier way.

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Which is the most eye-catching swimsuit in 2011? Apparently it is the one rightly on the screen. Featuring clever and interesting pixel design, the Pixel Swimsuit has successfully attracted everybody’s attention while never lets you see the female’s secret. Wow, when wearing such a hot swimsuit on the beach, will the sea water become hot too?

The treatment for cancer may soon find a more effective alternative, as scientists from Japan and America have collaborated with a new reagent that makes cancer cells glow and thus visible to human’s naked eyes.

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