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Honestly we seldom see laptop bags redesigned with many new functions, not to mention a bag that actually serves as a charger as well. This amazing design comes from Brad Ascalon, which utilizes wireless charging technology to convert a laptop bag into a charging machine. Now have a look at the bag: its inner tray is in fact the charger and its carrying strap actually contains USB male connector at one end and a plug on the other. So once connect the strap end to another computer or an electrical outlet, and then you can get your laptop recharged wirelessly. That’s not all! The same USB port allows the laptop bag to work as a thumb drive on its own too.

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After quite a long time without introducing any innovative packaging designs, it’s really exciting to share with you 9 interesting packages at one time. They’re created for different products including milk, toys, pizza or shoes, but they’re all functional to attract the customers and therefore to promote the sales.

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There’re too many yoga centers in your city and you don’t know how to beat others off? Well, have a look at this creative business card Kapil Bhimekar designed for yoga instructor Danielle Abisaab and you may get some good inspiration. It involves the twisting of body in yoga exercises, featuring flexible paper printed with personal information on both sides, thus the users need to twist the card to read the entire message. Just simple as that, but the result is quite awesome, coz enquiries and new students kept flowing to Danielle Abisaab after the release of this card.

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Magic time… By combining two round plates, one thread and several simple patterns together, D-BROS from Japan has cleverly created some interesting but impressive scenes including the “a horse drawing the cart”, “a cycling man” and “a weightlifter”.

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Draw a picture with the tissue, to let you see how super water-absorbable the new paper roll is… Every detail, though actually are finished with the tissue on fruit juice or milk, seems to have been created with a functional pen.

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Although computers are still designed without emotion or spiritual excitement, they now at least can read your emotions. The new computer system is developed by researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, who have looked at 60 acoustic parameters including the tenor of a user’s voice, the speed at which one speaks, and the length of any pauses, in order to let the computers understand the change of your emotions. Besides, based on predictions of where the conversation may lead, the system can even adapt its speech accordingly and therefore to go through a good conversation with the human users.

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“Catch” features a temperature-resistant construction, performing well to prevent the grease or sauce from splattering whenever you rest it flat on a pan or use it as a barrier around the pan. When not in use, simply fold it up and put it in the drawer, and that wouldn’t require too much space.

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“The Bridge School”, running through an old village in Fujian Province in China to connect the two sides, wins Li Xiaodong this year’s “Aga Khan Awards” due to its special structure and multi functions. Contrast to the old village is full of stone-built houses, “The Bridge School” utilizes modern and frugal steel and bamboo as main materials, giving the building a refreshing and stylish look. Except for serving as a school, the structure also doubles as a public library and a performance space as well.

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Everything is gonna to be easy with creative ideas and concepts from genius designers. And this time you’ll find binding writing paper or print paper is quite a simple thing with Seonyoung Choi’s Hole Punch Binder. Implied by its name, the conceptual device is a clever combination of a punch machine and a binder, allowing you to directly punch a hole while filing the sheets.

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How small do you think an electric vehicle would be? Scientists from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands have created the world’s smallest electric vehicle that is made from a synthetic molecule. The EV comes with four motors too, and powered by electrons to make it move forward. There’re some limitations to this micro-EV of course, as it could only operate at low temperatures and the molecules need to be kept still by a vacuum before they are activated.

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How thin do you think the package of a daily disposable contact lens could be? In my opinion, the “Magic” from Japan’s first and largest contact lens and care product manufacturer Menicon is rightly the answer we’re looking for.

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Another design that we would say “why nobody has come up with it earlier”… It is the 30-degree Slope Bowl by HO Chang Da, who creates the gadget especially for people with trembling hands. With a 30 degree slope at one end, the bowl can still stand on table steadily even when your hands suddenly tremble.  Also, its wooden handle makes taking up hot bowl no longer a difficult thing. That’s so sweet!

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Hello you housewives, what about your dinners today? What, the pepper fall onto the table again?! Well, you should throw those traditional mills away and have a try with this no-spill one. It features a movable cap connected to the handle, thus the cap will protect pepper spilling when you stop working with the device.

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Phill, completed by Romanian designers Nuca Studio in Bucharest, is a meeting place for the entire family. It has a playground, a multipurpose room and a small café at the ground floor, and the restaurant on the upper floor. Thus before dinners, kids can play games and parents can have some coffee on the ground floor, without needing to wait through a boring time. The house is delicately decorated with bright colors and animated patterns, which make Phill also a nice place for people to relax themselves.

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My passion for cleanliness and organization finally drives me closer to this Corner Power Strip designed by Herald J. Ureña – Umaña. It features a triangular composition, which allows the gadget to be neatly placed in any corners. Plus, its clever design also ensures the power cord to face the direction of the outlet, so as to make it really convenient for use.

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