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Camera Lens Calendar by Sharad Haksar

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The ‘Camera Lens Calendar’ designed by Sharad Haksar must have made every photographers who saw it here feel excited and they may even have the impulsion to DIY one such calendar with their own cameras. It uses the four rings to separately stand for the year, the month, the week and the date. But there’s no information about by which the calendar is powered. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Lovepot Humidifier

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‘Lovepot’ is the name of these cute humidifiers featuring a tissue ball made from laminated wool. Due to the wool material, the Love Pot is an eco-friendly humidifier that absorbs water from the air fast and makes full use of the limited water to maximize evaporation for the whole room. Still better, the design is in no need of energy supply.

And the best part is that all the profit of the pot will be donated to Nanum Project as a charity to provide educational scholarships to impoverished children. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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TMT Tactical Wallet

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Obviously the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ has deeply affected both the designers and the consumers, and the former are developing compact products that come with more essentials these days. The TMT Tactical Wallet is just one of them. It is a small wallet, but includes almost everything you may need, such as a compass, tweezers, a toothpick, a pen, a glass breaker and a couple of hidden compartments. Sadly the wallet is already 0.5 lb without your money or cards in it, and it doesn’t seem that convenient for you to put it into your pocket. But who cares? We could use it as a toolbox rather than a wallet. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Color-changing Milk Boxes

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Similar to the ‘Labels Indicating Freshness’ we introduced before, the innovative milk box also indicates the freshness of your milk by changing into different colors. As time passes by, the white box will gradually change into dark orange. And when the milk box is totally orange, it means that the milk is expired. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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‘Switcle’ Concept Design

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So you always forget to pull out the plugs but simply turn off the electrical appliances when not using them any more? Well, my friends, you’re wasting both the energy and your money. And aiming to help you form a good habit of switching off your electrical outlets, Daun Yun and Junil Choi have brought the ‘Switcle’ Concept Design to us. It is a combination of the switch and the receptacle, making the outlet look like a big switch and all that is expected to call for your attention to turn off the outlet. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Brain-cooling Motorcycle Helmet

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ThermaHelm is a helmet that could stabilize the temperature of the brain, and believed by its designer Jullian Preston-Powers, the helmet “has the potential to save thousands of lives around the world every year”. It contains two lightweight chemical packs— one is filled with water and inside the other is ammonium nitrate. And you may have guessed right, the two will mix and trigger a ‘cooling’ reaction when given an impact.

Jullian Preston-Powers said that, he got the inspiration after sustaining an injury during a game of basketball. When playing basketball with his friend, Jullian Preston-Powers accidentally hit his friend’s head with the elbow and then someone handed them ice-packs for their injuries. “It was so cold I couldn’t hold it for very long,” Mr. Preston-Powers said, “So I placed it in my friend’s motorcycle helmet and he accidentally put it on while the pack was inside. He was surprised by how good it felt and that’s when I had that eureka moment.”

An $815 version of the ThermaHelm also comes with video cameras, GPS and Bluetooth and it is expected to be launched in the UK in May this year. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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A Climbing Tea Bag

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Look, what the man is doing?! He is endeavoring to climb up the cup to share your tea! But isn’t that interesting? Merely by adding a rock-climbing boy to the tea bag, the designer has made the tea time more entertaining. I love the idea! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Flair Hair Visor

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Flair Hair Visor is a product especially designed for bald-headed man. Compared with usual visors, the cool item adds some hair onto its top and therefore having your dome covered while protecting your eyes from the sun. It is available in various types and check out the website below for more choices if you’re interested. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Sixpack by oooms

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If you love the ‘Conjoined Twin Cups’ or the ‘8 cups’, you’ll surely feel excited about the Sixpack designed by oooms. It allows you to hold up to 6 cups of beer at one time! You could DIY one if you do appreciate the great idea.

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Shark Fin Tea Infuser

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The Shark Fin Tea Infuser will surely ensure you a funny time during the tea-making process! And similar to tea infusers you’ve ever used, the Shark Fin Tea Infuser also effectively prevents tea leaves from blending with the liquid and therefore allows you to enjoy a ‘pure’ tea. You’ll find the liquid somewhat weird if you’re making black tea, as your tea is turning ‘bloody’! Wow, that’s the most ‘violent’ tea infuser we’ve ever come across.

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Cut the pizza with an electric saw!

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Using an electric saw as a pizza cutter?! Crazy! But it is a real product, a small-sized electric saw specially designed for cutting pizza. Though somewhat unnecessary, that still saves us much time to cut the big and thick pizza, right? [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Football Sausage

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A football? For sure? Nope, that’s not really true. It’s an edible football, the Football Sausage. Made from fresh beef and pork, it is the most delicious football you may ever have tasted! Imagine your friends asking what is prepared for lunch and you take out a ‘football’ and cut it into slices…Sounds interesting! As the sausage seems like a real football in both shapes and colors, you also need to remind your kids not to mistake them with real ones. That’s a football for eating, not for playing. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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O, Opener!

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A good design doesn’t always need to feature an improvement on the functions, but should always make the users feel happy and satisfied. And the “O”-shaped opener is definitely another product that makes you smile when using it. Yes, nothing would represent a bottler opener better than to shape it like the first letter of the word “open”. O, it’s an opener!

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KeyThing keeps keys.

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Door keys, car keys, as well as various keys to open those cabinets both at home and office, oh God, which key on hell is the key you’re really looking for? It disappears. But when you don’t need it, the key then appears again. So you really need something to help you keep those keys in place and our suggestion is the #8 KeyThing, a piece of rubber full with grippy port holes. As a result, you can find your keys easily as long as you remember to mount them in place. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Solar System Wall Clock

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Not merely a timepiece, the Solar System Wall Clock is also an educational appliance for your kids to learn about the nine planets in an interesting way. Made from metal, the wall clock is powered by a ‘AA’ battery. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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