http://www.inewidea.com Inventions, patents, designs, creative ideas and products. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:40:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's a dress and it's a boat, Canada-based designer Jacqueline Bradley's artwork features a surprisingly perfect combination of two commonly irrelevant things and accomplishes an impressive visual effect. But there's still one thing I really want to know: will the dress float on the water just as regular boats do ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/06/44658.html "Descender", announced as "the very first of its kind", is an innovative piece of sport equipment that's really hard to define: it's not a regular sled or a skateboard, but seems quite like a small tank, as all its wheels are wrapped by treads. That unique design not only ensures ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/06/44655.html New good things in and old good things out, undoubtedly we're now living in a throw-away culture nowadays. But instead of throwing those unneeded items away, there's actually a better way for us to deal with them: to recycle them via the Swap-O-Matic Vending Machine. The machine comes with thirteen ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/06/44646.html "So what is the weather today?" Wait, wait, I'll soon tell you something about the temperature with my hands to feel the Cryoscope. It's not for kidding, as industrial design student Robb Godshaw's Cryoscope is indeed an intelligent device that allows you to feel the weather with hands rather than ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/06/44643.html Stroke is one disease that ranks top on the list of "most dangerous threats to human health", but pity that there was no completely useful ways to cure or monitor the stroke, until these days when scientists from Mayo Clinic in Florida have developed the wearable head patch. The device ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/06/44640.html These notepads are especially impressive because, more often than not, we may just feel sleepy rather than hungry when seeing or using some notepads… Not everybody loves to study hard, but they do all prefer to play hard. So if you want something unique on your desktop, you should never ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/05/44631.html Yes, yes, my house is very charming, with bright white walls, good-colored floors, well-designed furniture, and Rooftop Ceiling Lights!! Though the ceilings used to be easily ignored by people, they will never act that way anymore, after Hamburg and Berlin based company Lightboys have brought us with these delicately-designed ceiling ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/05/44621.html Using an electric circuit, two razor blades, a 3D printer and an LED light, Brian Beebe has successfully created a wire stripper all by himself. The smart device is very clever: when the blades have made it through the plastic sheathing to the metal wire beneath, the circuit is then ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/05/44616.html How to effectively treat burns with fewer efforts? It seems that scientists from all over the world are offering us with different solutions, and the Biomask is rightly the one put forward by the USA military. The mask is built with sensors, actuators and a regenerative elixir inside, which would ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/05/44613.html Designed to look like a transmission tower, the Nanton Coat Rack by Palette Industries not only comes with a unique shape, but some profound meanings: a good design can work like a transmission tower, to carry good ideas and important information from people to people. Designer: Palette Industries http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/04/44607.html Art is an energy-costing and time-costing work: to finish these Paper Collage portraits, artist Nathalie Boutté has spent much time in splitting old pages of books into strips and then arranging them into remarkable artworks carefully. The process to make each artwork takes really a long time, but the result? ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/04/44595.html As your little babies grow up day by day, their cradles are no more needed but simply left in a garage full of dirt. To solve that problem, designer Martin Price has come up with this Convertible Rocking Cradle that can be divided into two rocking chairs for average-sized adults ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/04/44590.html No refrigerators or other alternative devices, you can now enjoy cold drinks anytime and anywhere simply by opening your cans and pressing a tab on the cans. Although many companies, like Pepsi Cola, have been focused on the self-chilling technology for a long period, this self-chilling can finally comes from ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/04/44587.html Although I think smartphones are already cool enough, some people are just trying to make them cooler: for instance, you can connect a Xappr Gun onto your smartphones and convert your mobiles into a virtual gun! Claimed to be available this Spring, the Xappr will actually be compatible with iOS, ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/04/44584.html Really quite a long time has passed since we were informed that computers or other advanced devices could detect human’s brain activity. And to push that technology forward to a newer level, scientists now claim that they can use a computer to decipher brain activity too. In other words, a ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/03/44581.html As the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games are soon to begin, the London government is now busying with many projects to make the city good enough to welcome guests from all over the world. One of those projects is the LCD smart recycling bins built in London's streets and ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/03/44574.html Hey, what's that up in the sky? Is it a superman? Not really, as it is RcSuperhero flying mechanism indeed. Measuring 78-inches tall and weighing just 3.3 pounds, the RcSuperhero looks very eye-catching in the sky, making it one of the most-wanted gifts this year. So would you like one ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/03/44562.html BangBang handle, a unique door handle rightly in the same shapes as pistols. Hence whenever you open the door, you may feel that you're holding a pistol…Isn’t that exciting? And that's not dangerous at all. Designer: Nikita Kovalev http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/03/44559.html With its concept and technology becoming more and more widely accepted and used, the augmented reality technology has already been adopted by designers and scientists to create something unique, just like this "Mirracle" project. Led by researchers from Technical University of Munich, the project is actually an updated version of ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/02/44556.html During January 26 to January 29, 2012, the spectacular Ghent Light Festival held in Belgium and showcased several fantastic light art pieces submitted by designer from all over the world. One of those interesting projects is this cathedral made from no less than 55,000 LED lights. The art installation is ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/02/44544.html Why haven't we realized that even the bottle corks may have lives before? Fortunately it's still not too late for us to know that truth, and welcome you to this new world of bottle cork animals. They're made by two Israeli design studios, who packaged all the required body parts ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/02/44529.html Utilizing a photochromic screen-print composition, designer Solenne Morigeaud has constructed the "Hide-and-seek with the Missing" floor that will reveal a vivid color palette whenever exposed to UV light. By designing such a color-changing floor, Solenne aims to bring the public with the awareness of many floral species extinction threat, as ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/02/44522.html Quite commonly we say that there's valuable knowledge in books, but sometime there's a comfortable soft pillow inside it too. It is disguised in the same appearance as a dictionary, allowing you to trick others for fun and to enjoy a sleep anytime and anywhere you may want. So how ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/02/44517.html A new paint made of carbon nanotubes and fly ash is announced as a cheaper and easier way to monitor facilities like bridges, mines and wind turbines. The development is put forward by researchers from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, who explain that the nanotubes' conductivity will change if ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/01/44514.html The future of weapons is indeed quite unpredictable as scientists are developing and launching new devices with at a really fast pace. Recently the Sandia National Labs has just tested a prototype laser-guided bullet that can steer itself and home in on targets. It doesn't look like a bullet, as ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/01/44511.html Undoubtedly everyone loves coffee – while most of us are used to enjoying a cup of coffee every day, the American company Virus is intended to produce comfortable base layer fabric that traps heat close to the skin, using recycled coffee grounds. The new fabric is announced capable of increasing ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/01/44504.html Those days you carefully kept your various tools in drawers or cabinets have already passed, and from now on we'll need to show off our delicate tools by hanging them on the wall – this not only lets you use your tools as wall decorations, but allows you to find ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/01/44490.html "Watpack" is a pet shelter concept that can be molded into various desired shapes to offer your pets a personalized house. It's stylish in looks and easy to use, and thus offers us a simplest way to build the pets a unique home, one that is different from others on ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/01/44487.html Let our opinion become clear and unbiased now: PC games actually can offer something more important than the great fun we usually get – it provides us with creative inspirations too! Look at this Ultimate-battlefield PC Case: it's designed and made by a PC gamer, with a really cool appearance, ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/01/44479.html White, square, square, white, why is every outlet so similar to others? Can't they have their own personalities?  Of course they could, with the aid of these stickers. Printed on glossy vinyl, you can combine them in any number of ways to give your outlets an attractive look. Selling Price: $4.95 Buy ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/02/01/44474.html With a long 8 years' development and improvement, the New Zealand-based Rex Company have finally come up with this robotic exoskeleton, which can help wheelchair users to stand and walk independently. The artificial exoskeleton is comprised of 29 on-board computer processors to control its movements and keep balance, thus to ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/31/44461.html "Secure Magnet" is one of Apple's new patent applications. It works in quite a similar way as the fingerprint-recognized devices: each cellphone or tablet will be built with a magnet that operates a switch, and it will only be activated when a "correlated" magnet inside a key-fob touches it. Once ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/31/44458.html MITI System's micro-needle is a medical instrument that can function in both beauty and medical fields. It is perfect to make beauty instruments that are widely used by skin-care specialists with the micro-needle, which will not only ensure a better absorption of cosmetics into skin, but solve skin problems like ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/31/44451.html Avalanche airbags backpacks? Not any more, as we now have these avalanche airbag clothing developed by The North Face. This innovative vest has integrated a nitrogen-based airbag system from German manufacturer ABS, and it is built with airbags in both the front and the back, to provide the wearer a ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/31/44441.html Because it's not the first foldable guitar we've ever seen or introduced here, this one from designers Shlomi Daniel and Uri Nir must have gotten its own unique features, e.g. its tension release mechanism that promises the guitar a perfect timbre even after it is repeatedly folded and unfolded. Still, ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/31/44431.html "Moon river, wider than a mile", and there's a boat candle floating on the water… Designed by Slovak designer Roman Ficek, these candles are inspired by folded paper boat and each comes with a cute bright color. All handcrafted, the candle can burn up to approximately two hours. Designer: Roman Ficek http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/31/44428.html Fashionable, durable, except for those existing ones, we now have another new reason to explain why we all love jeans: because they smell pretty good, good like raspberries! That's rightly the unique feature of these Weird Guy Scratch n' Sniff Raspberry Scented jeans from Naked & Famous. They're made with ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/30/44424.html According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a driver's inattention is one of the main factors that may lead to a car collision. So while you're with your airbag to offer protection, you still need something more efficient, like the new Mobileye 5-Series. It comprises a camera and ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/30/44421.html Researchers from the Purdue University have created a Bass-powered medical implant that can utilize sound waves as an energy source. This new pressure sensitive microelectromechanical system has a vibrating cantilever that's receptive to sound within the 200Hz to 500Hz frequency spectrum. By applying such smart technology into producing medical implants, ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/30/44418.html "Give me a place to stand, and I will move the world", even though Archimedes' Lever Law indeed hasn't been used to move the earth, it does have served us quite much in various ways in our daily life, and this Kuhn Rikon Ratchet Pepper Grinder is rightly a clever ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/30/44415.html Instead of rebuilding the roads damaged by the harsh winter in London, a guerrilla gardener Steve Wheen has planted some miniature flowers and trees to create sanctuaries of tranquility in broken urban places. These mini gardens, though not that attractive as normal gardens, has successfully brought the old city and ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/29/44392.html While more and more wallpaper designs are pursuing brilliant patterns and luxurious colors, Young & Battaglia's wallpapers are striving to bring us back to a pure and simple world. These wallpapers, available in "stone angels", "bookshelves" and other patterns, each features light color and simple designs, to make you feel ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/29/44380.html Based on clever design and accurate arrange, the Rozetkcus Wall Socket comes with 9 points to allow you to plug in various shapes of devices effectively. It not only solves that problem that we usually need to insert several different types of plugs in one socket, but also promises endless ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/29/44375.html Traditional methods to make real-world objects invisible are usually based on materials that route incoming light around the hidden object, but researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have employed plasmonic materials that can affect the electric and magnetic fields the incoming light used to offer us a new ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/29/44371.html Argus One, named after the Greek god Argus who was the all seeing god with one hundred eyes, is a new airship design that features automated control for individual body modules so as to improve its flight stability and aerodynamic control. Besides, the Argus One has come with other characteristics ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/29/44362.html Located in Villa Escudero of Quezon Province, Philippines, the Waterfalls Restaurant is quite well-known for its delicious local dishes and the sparkling waterfalls as a background. The moment you step into the restaurant, you'll feel spring water running over your feet, and then you may feel that you're much closer ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/28/44349.html Tardis, used to be the Doctor Who time machine police box made famous by the British television show, is now a smart safe that can only get unlocked by your smartphones. The Tardis Safe is easy to operate: simply insert your cellphone into the dock and type the password, and ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/28/44337.html Bondi is a smart little hanger with astonishing multi functions. According to your real needs, the Bondi can be used to hold a wide range of things, including your cellphones, keys, or even your books. With its flexible but practical design, Bondi can be used anywhere too, such as in ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/28/44323.html Quantum dots, tiny particles made of semiconductor crystals, have reached a new level of development since the Japan-based Photonic Network Research Institute of NICT has managed to make them more stable and with a higher optical frequency. By using these new quantum dots as the light source or amplifier in ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/28/44319.html Scientists of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in California have succeeded to create super-hot solid plasma burning at 3.6 million degrees Fahrenheit (about two million degrees Celsius). That's not only hotter than almost everything on the earth, but even hotter than the temperature of the Sun corona. That's also something ... http://www.inewidea.com/2012/01/28/44316.html