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You still remember hamster ball? It is a horrible video game; you need to keep balance while running by typing the arrow keys. If you are good at it, you might think it is a piece of cake and need some harder stuff. Then I think you will like this.

What you have to do is sitting in this so-called buzzball and drive it with the two trigger. Oh, sure, you have to close the door. Then you will have a chance to play a real hamster ball, or we should call it human ball.

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This is a popular YouTube video recently. It is apparently faked. However, since holograpihc is not a new technology and projector has even been a part of cellphone, we have reason to believe that, in the future, iPhone will be capable to send and receive holographic text message.

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Suit is apparently the most common clothes in office. T-shirt is nor acceptable in many companies. If you wear a funny T-shirt like this, I bet both you and your colleagues will be comfortable. But, you’d better prevent meeting with your boss.

It’s really funny. Huh?

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It is said that some martial artists can use an umbrella as their weapon. I guess the umbrella they used is not gonna be a common one, at least it should be as strong as this one.

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If you happened to have a electromechanical lock, you’d better to pay attention to this video. You lock is gonna be fairly vulnerable facing a magnetic ring like this.

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Yes, I know what you are thinking about. It is pretty weird. However, the shape is not merely used to attract your eyes, but to record better sound. These two ear-shaped mics can collect sound wave in the similar manner as human beings so that you can get realistic sound effect while playing back.

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For those always working in front of the computers, lacking exercise is one of the most severe problems and is easy to be ignored. If you have a fit chair I think you have to take more exercise.

This weird chair gives the old gym-ball a new place in the office. It will apparently provide more exercise chances and might be more comfortable than other chairs, but you should remember that if you share a desk with others please do not use your fit-chair like the guy did in the video after the jump

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Although you may not like others to attach an leaflet like this on the outside of your door, you have to admit that this is very clever. At least the moment you saw it through the peephole, you will remember this pizza store.

Another water-saving design, but this time we are saving the water of clothes-washing. It is actually a new washing machine from University of Leeds in UK. It is pretty amazing that the water consumption during the washing process is only a single cup of water. The secret behind this is variety of unique plastic chips. When the dirt is dissolved by the heated water, the chips can absorb the dirt from the water and then your clothes are all clean again.

About 2 kg chips are needed for every load. But don’t worry, they can be reused up to 100 times. It is said that this washing machine only costs 2 percent of water and power of the traditional ones.

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Water is apparently one of the most important natural resource and nobody can live without water. However, in the opinion of some people, water just means water bills. But we have to realize that water means life rather than merely money. So, just save water in your daily life.

This urinal is a unique design. It provides an extra layer which actually acts as a sink on the top of traditional urinal. So every time you finish your pee you can flush the urinal with the water of hand-washing. It’s so brilliant.

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RiSe is a new robot developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA in conjunction with several universities. It has six legs, each of which is powered by two electric motors. The variety built-in sensors can detect the surroundings based on which the onboard computer control the legs to fit for different vertical terrains, just like a real gecko, except for the number of the legs.

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Playing golf is a good way to relax, but if you happened to drink too much water, you might need something else beyond relaxing. Bathroom, for example. However, as is know, you have to walk a long way to get a bathroom in the golf course. What will you do to resolve this problem?

Wait a minute, be gentle, please. Don’t do the dirty things. I recommend this unique UroClub. Just do it like the guy in the picture. It gonna be OK.

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You may experience the water slide and the roller coaster, however, I guess you never ever realize that one day your body can be a roller coaster to rotate in a sealed loop.

In order to gather enough speed, this new game from German needs you to stand up on a trap and drop you straight down. Then you will slide to get a complete loop and come out in a pool at last. It gonna be amazing. You want try?

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In commonsense, airbags are designed to decrease the damage to the drivers and passengers in accident. In other words, you should at least in the vehicle. However, what if the car hit a pedestrian? You still think the guys in the vehicle are those who most need to be protected? Absolutely not!

This new car from Toyota provides unique airbags on the outside of the car. They work in the same way as traditional inner airbags, but they can give the unfortunate guy some extra protections. Maybe this is save his life.

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There have been so many stylish iPod cover. However, I bet you never realize a cover can be made like raw meat.

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If this robot has an extra turtle shaped cover, I bet you cannot tell the difference between it and a real turtle.

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It is hard for common people to realize how difficult it is to make a art coffee like this. But you can buy a coffee printer to help you get a cup of art coffee.

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You can’t realize that this is a USB drive at first glance. Nevertheless, IT IS!

Wanna know how to get a similar one? Just DIY by following the instruction here.

Made by a math professor, this musical instrument allows you to play it by tapping the 24 strings on the 24 frets.

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As a part of the promotion campaign, Japanese branded Onitsuka Tiger offered a unique vending machine Carnaby street in London.

Each vending machine provides 24 pairs shoes of 6 different sizes.

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How, you may wonder, do Tetris and wrestling connect with each other? You should watch this video after the jump. It is fairly funny.

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This trashcan-shaped robot can walk like a crab. Plus, its action is very funny. When you are bored, you can get some happiness from him.

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These cupcakes are dancing waltz, you wanna join?

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To reduce camera shake when take pictures, we generally tripods. But there is actually many other smarter resolution beyond tripods.

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Would you like to have a lamp like this on your desk, in the dark?

Designer: enPieza

This is a huge 4m x 3m, 1000 kg album designed by Hitomi Toyama, a Japanese photographer.

This is actually the world’s biggest album.

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This is a combination of Guitar, Bass, Banjo and Mandolin. It wonder who can play it?

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Not everyone has a chance to be famous, but we still have some characters similar to the famous ones. Height and weight, for example.

This mirror gives you a chance to measure your stature and with a scale of celebrities’ height.

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With a similar structure to the snake robot we mentioned before, this surgical endoscope can enter the vessel without damaging any tissue.

Moreover, because of the 102 degrees of freedom, it will surely make a better performance.

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As one part of promotional campaign for the new Agila minicar in Holland, beauties attended a party by wearing high-heel shoes in the shape of Opel Agila.

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