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The two common kinds of watches separately has their own advantages—digital watches tell us the exact time directly and clearly, while mechanical watches also double as fashionable accessories for success men. So what about combining them two together? Apparently, the result is the 4N watch. It features the quirky disc-based mechanism, which rotates the numbers to deliver the time as the digital watches do. Leaving aside its high-quality material and fine workmanship, simply the limited run of only 16 units has confirmed our speculation that the watch must be quite expensive! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Not all the hands on watches are used to indicate the time. Sometimes, they’re just designed for decoration, or merely for fun, such as Stas Aki’s watch. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Especially designed for specific designers, the wonderful eVouse concept combines two important functions in one: a mouse for laptops and a pen sensor for design works. Its unique triangular design not only means appalled comfort, but indicates great convenience. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Compared with conventional digital mouse, the “SPHEREtouch” from OreObject not only features a distinctively circular shape, but integrates a large horizontal scroll wheel and two touch-sensitive buttons, allowing you to use it more freely and easily. Finished in steel ($155), titanium ($175) and platinum ($225), “SPHEREtouch” is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Mac OS X Leopard version 10.4. Both right and left-handed people will find great convenience with the mouse. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Creative Factor: The digital mouse becomes an integrated part of your body.

Who has ever thought that one day we could wear the digital mouse on our hands just as we’re wearing the gloves? But that’s not merely an exciting concept and Canadian firm Deanmark Ltd has come up with a radical wearable mouse- the ‘AirMouse’. It integrates the right and left click-buttons in the palm and uses an optical laser for operation. Since every part of the ‘AirMouse’ fits the ligaments on your wrists and hands so well that the cool mouse also ensures you enough flexibility. As a result, you won’t have to be bothered by the painful rollers any more. Besides, the users could easily type on the keyboard without removing the mouse. You love it? Then you’ll be glad to know that the revolutionary mouse will be on the market by the end of 2010 for $129. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Human Media Lab at Queen’s University in Ontario has developed these interactive OLED gaming tiles, which are surely to challenge current toys on the market. By connecting different tiles to each other, you can easily change the gaming background and participant members. And for extra fun, you can flip the tiles to create some unique effects: for example, when you flip the tile full with water to another tile, the water will flow into that tile, just as you can see from the picture on the right side. [Read the rest of this entry...]

At an earlier time, we used to look up words in dictionaries, and nowadays we turn to the electronic dictionaries for help. But there’s still too much work we need to do, say, we have to key in every hard word from time to time, and therefore we start to look for something better.

Possibly it is rightly the Unichal Dixau DX3 Digital Dictionary that we’ve been expected for years. Equipped with a camera, DX3 can take a picture of any word you want to define, look it up quickly and show you the definition on its screen. Sounds great, huh? Well, thanks to the development of technology, we can study and work more effectively nowadays. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Given by the name of SQ28m, the cute mini camera is a new product from Japan, which is famous for advanced electronic products. Measuring 53×23×19mm and weighing 21g, the camera is so compact that you can easily put it inside your pocket, therefore to free your hands. Available in red and blue, SQ28m was firstly launched to the Japanese market on December 12, each costing 70 dollars. [Read the rest of this entry...]

‘Conserve water’, ‘conserve water’, almost everyone has had that at heart, but what do we actually do? We just incidentally waste water time and time again. But next time you use the water, you’ll have to think twice as the ‘Twist’ faucet will make things difficult if you use too much. Controlled by an aerator, the tap won’t give out any water unless you twist it to a certain degree, and the more water you use this time, the more work you’ll have to do next time. Just look at the digital read-out, you’ll know clearly how much water you’ve used. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Milky Way, as Henrik Amberla named his new design, is an innovative alarm clock that features a turning motion to trigger the snooze function. That means you no longer need to open your eyes and seek for buttons on an alarm. When Milky Way alarms, you only have to reverse it and then go on with your sweet dream. [Read the rest of this entry...]

“Hello, this is saya, and who’s that?” When we were still kids, most of us had the same experience to call others, not through telephones but two cups attached with a long piece of string. And it is rightly the classic toy that brings us much fun. That’s also why we may feel quite familiar with the “Cup Communicator” presented here. But obviously the new product is based on the digital technology. When you want to talk to your friends, just tune into a certain channel and then a conversation is allowed. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Are you lost again? Turn to the nearest manhole for help then. I’m not kidding as we’re showing you an innovative design here, the ‘Eco Sign’. It is a digital manhole that provides information about location of public transportation. Simply put your left or right foot on it for 2 seconds, the manhole will then refer you to the nearest train station or bus stop. More amazingly, it is powered by rainwater. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Presenting here is a refreshing computer mouse named as “Demat Mouse”. The new product is designed with almost no more components except a base, a ball and two thin buttons, reducing much weight of the mouse. As a result, “Demat Mouse” works in a different way from regular ones. When you press the button on to click, it will then send a signal to the hardware and therefore implements your instructions.

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Inspired by the fantastic movement of planets revolving around the sun, designer Kenneth has found his way to conceptualize wristwatches with the Eclipse Wristwatch. Though still maintaining the mechanical aspects of traditional watches, Eclipse features an exceptional way to tell time. As the two rotating discs rotate clockwise, seemingly as if the planets are revolving around the sun. The time is referenced via the two time marks on both dials. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The “Infinite Book” by Ewald Neuhofer is a new kind of electronic tools that helps to transform paper into digital media, still satisfying your reading needs to paper copies. Therefore the book allows you to look through digital newspaper by flipping pages, just in the same way as normal books. What’s more, when you flip the previous page backwards, the content is renewed while the pre-content will be restored if you flip the page forwards.

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