Alarm clock is full of innovation. We also have introduced so many creative alarm clocks. But all of them have the same genetic, which is to wake up you by disturbing yourself.

Unlike those clocks, this tyrant alarm designed by Alice Wang will not focus on the user but his contactors. It will actually hijack your cell phone and start calling random people in your phone book every three minutes until you wake up.

Designer: Alice Wang

Conventional umbrellas come with a fixed surface. Although it is changeable, you cannot replace it easily. This eco-friendly design is more flexible. It is actually only a collapsible umbrella skeleton without any surface. So you can put anything such as newspapers, plastic bags or whatever you want to serve as the protecting surface.

Designer: Shiu Yuk Yuen

Usually the sun umbrella is in the same shape of traditional one used in raining days. But sun umbrella is a good accessory rather than mere a tool. Therefore, most people intend to take umbrellas on the shoulders. This is what the new umbrella doing.

It comes with a weird palm-shaped surface which allow the users to get the shadow while putting the umbrella on the shoulder.

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The tuning part of conventional radio is a small slider which could be moved in the device. But this one is different. The radio itself is transformed into a slider which could be moved through the caliper liked rack.

Designer: Mikael Silvanto

To be frank, feeding fish is a tedious job which is absolutely fit for robot. So you should just try this robotic fish feeder. What you should do is to fill the container with bait, then it will do the rest job for you.

Designer: Ran Xiangfei

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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Because of the unique structure of this scale, it can be used in two ways by turning it 180 ْ. Both the bowl and the flat surface of the bottom is available when you want to weight the ingredients.

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Extractor hoods are in general as big as the top of kitchen range to prevent steam from spreading. But this HurlyBurly extractor hood gives us an clever way to do this. It is only in the same size as a normal pan, and what you should do is to slide it on the top of the pan.

Unlike other ones, this extractor hood does not have a steam outlet. It guards the steam from infiltrating the room with its smell by using an activated carbon filter.

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Light is usually located besides the bench in the park. If you need romantic atmosphere this kind of lighting is apparently not enough. A company named Frellstedt released a lighting bench like this. It will be light in the dark by the built-in LED. With its LED technology using only 95 watts of electricity to operate, you have no need to worry about the energy consumption.

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The electric has been the most popular product of eco-friendly trend. As a matter of fact, except for the power source, reducing the weight of car is also a great idea to save energy. What is the lightest car in the world? Japanese says 150 kg.

The so-called Huvo car is made of steel, aluminum, carbon fiber reinforced plastic and ABS resin. According to the CEO, other companies trying to manufacture a comparable car would only be able to produce a vehicle weighing as much as 300kg.

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You may have your own opinion on the futuristic car. One of the most popular trends is that cars driven without oil. Beyond the basic common idea, shape is the most significant point. Maybe the shapes are out of your imagination, but you have to admit that, in the era of rapid development of technology, nothing is impossible.

This concept car called Ozone gives us a good example. I think I am gonna be like clothes rolling in the washing machine while driving. Its two wheels are driven by separated motors which are powered by fuel cell.

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Its two screens can display the book at the same time just like a real one and you can flip pages by opening and closing the whole book. In addition, the two screen can be separated.

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It might that you will be attracted by the cool shape of this car at first glance.

But the point of the car is its multiple source of power. Gasoline is sure the first choice, although oil price is more and more crazy. But because of the super-light weight, which is only 270kg, its fuel efficiency is about 150 miles per gallon. As you can see, the solar panel is another energy source. What’s more, you can even charge the battery by cranking the pedals when sunlight is not so strong.

The best part of this 3 seats car is that it only costs 20,000 dollars releasing in 2010.

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The new model OPEL vauxhall insignia cars releasing next year will feature a new safe system. The new system comes with a eye camera. Unlike most of the existed lane departure warning system, this camera can also recognize signs as far as 100 meters.

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No matter what shape is the sink of modern time, it should at least has an drain hole. But this is apparently an exception. Actually, it is used in the manner of old basin. The water won’t flow into the drain hole automatically, because it doesn’t even have one. In order to clear away the dirty water you have to pour it out from the bowl.

Designer: Maja Ganszyniec

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In order to maximum the efficiency of your bathroom, many ideas might have been carried out. The previous spacesaver is a perfect one. But I bet you will like this one. It is actually a modular bathroom and all the modules can be on its own rack. So you have not need to worry about lacking space.

What you should do is to slide the modules, including the shower, toilet, sink and cabinet, totally depending on your favor.

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?

Price: $20

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Conventional power strip is only used to supply power. But this new product named CheckTap can save up to 70% energy with its USB-programmable features.

Plug it into your computer via USB port and then use the software to save energy in some very conditions. Then your computer and peripherals will be shut down when not in use and saving energy accordingly. In addition, the built-in virtual tree can reveal the condition of your energy consumption.

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Although it is not clever to take a lot of baggage while traveling, in some conditions, you have to do this. This liveluggage is designed for those unclever guys.

The unique anti-gravity handle can translate 85% of the gravity to the wheels which can get extra power from built-in motors. Thanks to the help of the sensors, the motors can detect the direction of the luggage and then provide assistance. In order to save energy, this system won’t be started until the weight is more than 7 kilo.

The motors are powered by a rechargeable 12V NiMH battery which will run for about 2 hours on a single charge. What’s more, while not in use, the wheel can function as a generator when the assistant system is not required.

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At the first glance, there is no difference of this cup from normal ones. As a matter of fact, you can read time from it.

Because of the magnetic dial hidden under the base of cup the floating balls in the cup and the saucer can respectively function as hour hand and minute hand.

-Hey, what time is it?
-Ask the cup!

Playing hokey game is not an easy job for people, but how could a robot do it? A team of engineering from Nuvation, a hi-tech company, will give you the answer. You’d better think twice before you say that you will sure win this robot.

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Lacking enough space for washing machine is a usual problem for those without a big house. But you can still get some extra space with your intelligence. This spacesaver is a good example. It is actually a simple combination. Just put the sink on the top of the washing machine, your bathroom is gonna be bigger.

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It is said that this washbasin is inspired from a unique fossil of cephalopods which was in the spiral shape. In order to make it more vivid, this washbasin is made from concrete to form a old effect.

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Although there have been so many different kinds of portable toothbrush, I have to admit that this one is indeed a good alternative.

At first glance it just seems like a matchbox, however, one end of the box contains several disposable toothbrushes which can directly be covered on user’s finger and the other end comes with a unique toothpaste cake. You can use the brush as a fingertip to dip the toothpaste cake. Then brush your teeth!

Designer: Yuanyan Li

Looking for a toilet when your natural calling you loudly is not a good experience. If you have had it, I bet you will be interest in this unique box. As a matter of fact this box is an portable toilet. When natural calls, you can spread it and use it like an normal toilet. Each box comes with ten degradable poo bags.

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For most people taking the economy class, to have a good sleep might be an impossible task. The severest problem is lacking of a comfortable pillow to support her heads. And this is what this two design intending to resolve.

The first one acts as an safety belt and because of the pillow besides her head, this lady is gonna have a good dream. The second one is a little bit funnier, but it is sure more comfortable than normal pillow.

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Huge display is not unusual. But most of them cannot provide HD videos. Recently, Comcast unveiled a massive HD wall display in their Philadelphia center. The whole display put together with 10 million pixels which could provide videos clearly enough.

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It is easy to put an light among pipes, but if you want to find a light to go with this unique condition, conventional light is apparently not the best choice. As a matter of fact, the best way to go with a given atmosphere is to make a similar or even the same object as the existed ones.

In this very case, set an light in the shape of pipe among pipes is a perfect choice.

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Taking bath if easy for you, but not for the old people and it may even be dangerous for them. But once you have a bath lift like this, you grandfather and grandmother gotta be safer.

Its unique lift structure can help the old people safely get in and get out of the bathtub. Video after the break

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This is a brilliant idea. It seems like a normal piece of straight plank. However, because of the four sturdy angled joints, it can transform into a coffee table. So it won’t take up too much space while not in use.

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Beijing Olympic game is coming so sport factor is more and more popular. This design from Russia designer Yar Rassadin is an Olympic factor. Which plug would you like to put on the top stage?

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iPod, cellphone, wallet and even a checkbook are very common for a person to take with. But I bet you will be bothered by them because of lacking enough space, especially in summer. And this belt is designed to solve this kind of problem. Come on, you can take more gadgets, if you have.

Designer: Nathan Leon

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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Oil price is nearly crazy now, and electronic bike might be the most popular transporting way in the future. This design from a China designer is pretty innovative. It actually is not an independent bike, if you have partner who has a same one, you can assemble your bikes into one and drive together.

Designer: Jiang Qian

Many people like to read and use computer by lying prone on the sofa or bed or even on the floor. Since you have to support your upper body with two arms, it won’t be easy to last for a long time. But if you get this unique cushion from Thanko, it gonna be easy.

However, ladies have better to prevent from using it too long, or your breast might be angry.

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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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Taking a bath gotta be one of the best relaxing ways after one day effort. If you need more, wine and music are good. But for those prefer visual experience, this new gadget might be better.

It is just officially announced by Sega toy. You can get a planetarium while bathing. If you’re not content with just stars, there are other modes availale.

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Not everyone can have a chance to live in the forest, but I guess many people intend to do so. Now, you can get the this magic experience in your own home.

Look, there’s a nest on the top of the bed.

Price: $15,000

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Having many different gadgets seems to be something to be proud of. Sure, you can get more convenience than others lacking of these gadgets. But you may also have other troubles. For example, in order to use these gadgets anywhere, you have to take several big adaptors except for the gadgets themselves. If there is a general adaptor which can adapt every gadget, it gotta be a perfect solution.

Westinghouse is engage in an adaptor like this. It can automatically detect the electronic requirement as soon as it is plugged into the device. However, it also needs the support of the device manufacturers. A unique firmware should be installed to send the requirement to the general adaptor. Although this might be a little bit complex for the manufacturers, customer will gain benefit.

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Before you read this article, first check out your office desk. Is it chaotic? If it is, keep on reading, if it isn’t then ask yourself whether you need more space for so many different stationeries? If you need, keep on reading, if you don’t need, you will, so keep on reading too. Haha…

This is a good idea for those lacking of enough desk space. Not only the vertical storage can keep things for you without occupying any desk space, but also the magnetic board itself can hold staples, pens, clips vertically.

Price: $35

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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.

Price: $3899

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Unlike other garlic chopper, this one is a very interesting gadget. It has similar structure as conventional ones in the market but the extra two wheels will give you more happiness during the cooking. Just put the garlic into this chopper and then roll the device around on your kitchen counter, it’s gonna be OK.

Price; $9.75

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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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In sunny days, most people prefer to close the curtain to prevent strong sunshine. Sunshine is blocked but we lost energy at the same time. Is there any way to prevent this kind of energy from being lost?

This curtain is a good idea which comes with a lot of solar panels. Since all of the solar panels are soft, these curtains just like normal ones. But thanks to the sunshine, you will get up to 16,000 watt-hours of electricity by transforming household curtains into flexible, semi-transparent, solar collectors.

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I bet you won’t believe that a man who can afford a private airplane will care about the tiny space of airplane storage. Maybe they do, however.

This foldable airplane is design for these weird millionaires. Because of the foldable wings, it can save much more room than a conventional private airplane. It is soooo cool. But I’m afraid that this guy will retract the wings while flying in the air, and then…OH, My God!

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Fridge is absolutely the best way to serve a cup of cold drink, but what if you just get a bottle of drink from outside? Maybe the ice block is an good alternative. However, somebody does not like to add any water which will impact the flavor of the beverage. Therefore, you need this drinks chiller.

What you should do is to put it into your freezer and when you need a cup of cold drink, just pour the drink into the top and collect it at the bottom.

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Temperature taking is intrusive and will upset the child. So you cannot use the adult way to take the baby’s temperature. And you need a clever gadget like this to help your baby.

Thanks to the nipple shape, the problem about which you have to worry is how to get it out from your baby rather than get it in. What’s more, in order to help you realize the situation of your baby it comes with an indicator which can alert you whether your baby is in fever.

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As one of the most popular traditional decorative material, glass is very beautiful to form a gorgeous surface. Now it will be more popular because of new technology emerging recently.

This keyboard is actually a conventional glass, but the new interactive technology change it into a keyboard. The built in lighting and camera could form the keys and even track the motion of your fingers so that you can type words with this so-call keyboard. Wow~~

Designer: Kong Fanwen

Kids are in general feared of liquid IV, and some children even begin to cry as soon as they saw this liquid. Actually, most of the liquid IV is water and saline which is similar to our daily food. So, why not just make the liquid IV seems like food?

Next time you take your baby to hospital, you can tell him, “You’re eating.”

Designer: Sungwoo Park

How can a robotic hand see the object before touching it? May be built-in camera is an acceptable explanation. But scientists provide a better way to do this.

Using electrolocation, the fingertips of the robot hand sent out a weak electrical impulse, and approaching objects interfere with than impulse, which allows the hand to form the object before touching it.

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If you like exercise you may want to have a fitness room in your house. But a room big enough might be a problem for you. Now, you don’t have to worry about this kind of problem. With a closet like this, you will have enough exercise in your own house and will not occupy large space.

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At the first glance, it seems that your wall has been tear down and the light is shot from the outside of your house. Although it is very beautiful to give an atmosphere like this, I guess you do not want to hurt your house.

However, you will get the secret by checking out the last picture after the jump.

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The shelf speaker we mentioned in daily life is a speaker which could directly fit for your shelf, but this shelf speaker we are introducing is a speaker in the shape of a shelf. What’s more, it can play music in an interactive manner which allows you to gain more happiness from it.

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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.

Soap in general not function as gift. But it can still be used for gift package. This gift soap is translucent which make it very beautiful. But only translucent is not a reason at all to use soap as gift. As a matter of fact, the gift is hidden in the soap. You won’t get your gift before consumed all the soap.

Designer: Yoon Kuk Hyun

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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Oil is so expensive that we have to try our best to cut the mileage. Although hybrid car is a cheap alternative, we still have to pay for it depending on driving mileage. Bike is different. Because the only thing you have to burn is your fat, it is very healthy than any vehicle. What’s more, you can also get many different creative ideas from bikes. This weird one is an example.

It comes with a bubble generator at the back wheel. While you’re driving, the wind goes through the tube to generate bubbles. Imagine that every path you just went by is full of bubbles, it is fairly romantic. The bubbles are generated from the similar position as the tail gas, but give a totally different feeling to pedestrians.

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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Vase is a good decoration for house, but it usually comes with only one piece. A vase with two separated piece is generally seems as two vases and has no additional meaning. But this one is a little different.

The additional piece does not function as a container but is merely used for a brilliant idea. The two pieces combine to show a whale spouting water. The water is actually your flower.

Designer: Alessandro Beda

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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This is a interesting design. It is supported by 100 gas shock absorbers, each of which is adjustable individually. Only after sitting on it, will the cubic be in the shape of a chair. After the getting the desired shape, you can block it to prevent ongoing transformation.

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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Unlike normal ones, this radio is covered by linen fabric and all the electronic components are located in a foam rubber frame which could protect them from collision. The point, however, is not the material but its weird tuning way. Whenever you need to tune into a station, just slide the needle over the fabric until you find the station you want. And then stick the needle in.

Designer: David Gillblom

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Therefore, you said, just forget about it. What a pity！ So, I bet you need a series of sensors and switches like these ones from Enocean, a Germany based company. You wanna know why? Just check out the video by yourself.

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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The projector for handset has been developed for about one year and is expected to be released within this year. However, if you want make a presentation, laptop is apparently more useful than a cellphone, what’s more, laptop’s battery life is longer. So, I bet you would like to own a laptop with a built-in projector.

ASUS, a Taiwan based PC maker provide a good choice for us. It comes with an mini-projector on the top of the LCD display and you can rotate it to adjust the position to get the best image.

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Computer is absolutely one of the most important things for us. If you have a computer connecting to internet, you can get almost every knowledge and information you want. But knowledge sometimes comes with such negative aspects as improper positions. This design is said to be the world’s first anti-slouch shirt. It can remind you when you sit hunched for a long time with the help of the built-in sensors. It’s as if there is someone who would constantly remind you to correct your position.

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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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Although sofa and bed are very good places for relaxation, you won’t be pretty comfortable when you get some weird position. You don’t know what weird position is? Then take a look at the way your girlfriend is sitting on the sofa, you gotta know.

In order to make your girlfriend super comfy, you need a chair, which I take a leave to call it, like this. From the retailer, it is describe as below:

This super-sized pillow by Sumo is the ultimate solution for all your relaxing needs. We’ve come up with 10 ways to use it, but some people say we lack imagination!

Sumo Beanbags are made from space age rip-proof nylon and come filled with top quality Sumo Beads. Omni is 4.5′ x 5.5′ and it only weighs 18 lbs!

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Walking on the road is a common thing for a normal person but it will be dangerous for the deaf. Because of lacking the ability of hearing, they won’t be warned by the horn of cars. And this design is going to tell the deaf about the potential danger.

It comes with a pair of rings and a wristwatch. As soon as the device detected some preset sound, the rings will warn the user by vibration. As regard the mean of the sound, he can check it out from the screen of the watch.

Designer: Kwang-seok Jeong, Min-hee Kim and Hyun-joong Kim

Red light means you have to stop to wait for walkers. However, there always been some evil drivers intending to run a red light. But this ratio will sure decrease if this virtual wall is installed.

It is made up of plasma laser beams which can depict pedestrians and hence to give more warning.

Designer: Hanyoung Lee

Unlike normal ceramics, this series of design is actually translucent. The shallow carve is very beautiful but not transparent.

Designer: Eeva Jokinen

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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Although the first-class cabin is absolutely more comfortable than economy class because of the higher price, we still hope to be happier. This Cozy Suite is going to be installed in all Boeing 777 and 767 economy class aircraft by 2010.

Because of the staggered layout, it can increases privacy and rest your head when you are tired.

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If you have any problem to walk, I mean maybe your leg muscles are a little bit weakened, and then you might need an assistant device like this.

This is a new device which comes with flat brushless motors and a control system developed by Honda. Therefore, a small device like this will give you extra supporting while walking.

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In order to make it similar to conventional lamp, this lamp is shaped like a normal bulb. Thanks to the transparent cub cover, a bulb will stand up!

Price: $48

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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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As the most popular storage device, USB drive is necessary for many people. If you have to take it wherever you go, why not just choose some fashionable ones?

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You wanna a long shower but still afraid of wasting water and energy? Then you gotta like this Quench Shower system.

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As one of the most eco-friendly vehicles, bicycle is very popular all over the world. Yet parking space is a problem. Therefore, we need a space saving parking machine.

This unique parking system from Japan can store all the bikes underground. The whole process to park your bike will only cost less than half a minute.

NO! I’m serious, not kidding. This is a new nanotechnology developed by researchers from University of Glasgow. The scientists worked to created the molecule-sized switch and hence to increasing the storage density.

It is said that this technology can increase storage capacity by 150,000 times. That is something like 500,000 GB on a single chip and inch square.