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 possibilities of how to configure your devices according to their plugs’ shapes. Except for the 9-point socket, the Rozetkcus is also available in a 16 points version.

Designer: Art Lebedev Studio

【Via】

Special tool for special use, the “Rhythm Slim” is rightly something that can combat muscle aches and slack skins. Put it under your chin, push down on the top piston, and hold it down for ten seconds – repeating that process for several times every day, you may then the difference after a period. Will the Rhythm Slim machine really work? We bet it will, if you can persist on the exercise for a long enough period.

Selling Price: $136

Buy it here

Basically an outstanding paper-cut artwork is always related to the masterly craftsmanship, while sometimes it is actually all completed by an electronic machine, such as the Silhouette CAMEO. When connected to your PC via a simple USB cable, the electronic cutting tool will then automatically cut out the pattern you’ve chosen on paper, cardboard, vinyl, fabric or other materials.

Selling Price: $269.99

Buy it here

Certainly we’re all different: some people simply enjoyed the rock music, while some others were converting the music into electricity with their “Sound Charge” T shirts. T- Shirts?! Completely right, and the high-tech tee each can generate about 6 watt-hours of electricity to power two mobile phones or one smartphone, with a modified piezoelectric film that acts as an oversized mic by absorbing sound waves and some interlaced quartz crystals that converts the acoustic signals into electricity.

A trailer that can accommodate up to 20 kg of articles, a booster that makes bicycles zoom off with a speed of up to 19 miles per hour, all those are brief descriptions about  the Ridekick. It can easily attach to most bikes, with a 500 watt battery that could get reenergized in four to six hours. On a single charge, the Ridekick can get the riders to any places within 12 miles, which is basically enough for a short trip.

Selling Price: $699

Buy it here

Measuring merely four inches thick, this solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) can generate electricity from gasoline to diesel fuel to natural gas, featuring a power-to-size ratio that’s 10 times better than other fuel cells, and thus it’s really a high-efficient fuel cell that may surprise the users. Of course there’s still disadvantage of the SOFCs, which is that you have to heat the fuel cells up to 600 degrees to get them to work. But with further development on the SOFCs, we bet they’ll soon come to the market to serve us better.

Though claimed “zero waste” or “no waste”, these earthCell batteries actually are not something decomposing completely in the earth and leaving no footprint to the environment. Instead, they’re introducing to us a new way of selling and using batteries: since the used earthCell batteries can be returned to the company where they may get re-used again, the company and consumers would cooperate to reduce the amount of throw-away batteries, and thus to ensure the environmental friendliness. On the other hand, the earthCell features a good performance of rechargeable, as each pre-charged LSD-NiMH battery can last 30-50% longer than alkalines, even in high-power devices.

【More Information Here】

As nobody could get something without offering anything, we humans are expected to care about our cats much more when we’re enjoying the happy time accompanied by them. So the eSleeper is rightly what both you and the cat need. An infra-red beam is built inside the cat basket, sending data to an Ethernet Arduino to accomplish certain tasks. Thus when a cat walks into the eSleeper, the infra-red beam will be broken and then the Arduino turns on the RGB LED and a light to offer your cat with a comfortable resting location; as the infra-red beam is broken again, the Arduino would turn off the LED and tweet the cat’s sleeping information to people.

Designer: Samuel Cox

“Ministar” is a portable electric guitar featuring both a smart body and a full function. It’s only nineteen inches long, composed of a neck and head while lacking a guitar body. Even so, the guitar can still perform well in creating beautiful music, just as you can see in the video below.

【Source】

Why are designers so innovative? Almost every time I met some new designs I would ask myself that question. So you know, that question emerged again, after I accidentally saw the AudioBulb, Wireless Speaker Light Bulbs that bring both light and music to your home. It’s easy to use: simply replace ordinary bulbs with the AudioBulb, insert you iPod into the included dock, and then you’ll hear beautiful music coming from any places of your house. With warm light filled with your rooms, the AudioBulb is certainly the best thing related to the word “romantic”.

Selling Price: $299.00

Buy it here

Smart and cute, these electrical outlets not only feature an outstanding appearance, but also come with new functions: their little “arms” can be used to hang your plugs until they’re in use again.

Researchers at the University of Michigan are currently busying with their cyborg insects that would be used in small spaces or nuclear disaster locations to assist people to collect information or do something else. These insects are all installed with sensors in their bodies, which are powered by the energy generated from their own wing motion. When fully-developed, these insects can help to investigate hazardous environments that are dangerous to humans, thus to find their application value.

Pull and fix to provide your electrical appliances with enough electricity, to use an outlet is just as simple as that. Composed of 5 pods along a 15 foot-long cable, the Pod Power is an extension cord that brings the outlets to you, and in the meanwhile keeps your cables tidy and organized. With adhesive stripes included, the Pod Power can be stuck onto walls or tables once you’ve already adjusted the distance between the pods.

Selling Price: $34.99

Buy it here

Launched by Japan-based Panasonic, this is the world’s first LED bulb that uses clear glass to show the light source. It features a single filament, coming with a power of 4.4 watts while lasting for over 40,000 hours. Requiring no time to get prepared, the bulb offers 100% of the light once you switch it on, and thus quite ideal for public places like the stairs and toilets. As a bonus, the bulb is announced to get a high efficiency, even remaining high lumen of 70% at end of life.

The bulb received the gold award in the “Japan Good Design Award 2011″.

No doubt we people are selfish to some degree, because we really want everything belonging to us is exclusive, never the same as others’. ‘Artist’ Phone Case Printer, exhibited on ‘The Korea International Sign&Design Show (KOSIGN 2011)’, is rightly a device that prints out our own cellphone cases. It’s similar to ‘Photo sticker machine’, printing out your favorite pictures on a leather or silicon case within two or three minutes.

This is a unique electrical switch designed for your books. It is subtly hidden inside your books and turns your light on when you move the book, while it doesn’t bring any damage to the books. So what do you think, pull out your favorite book to turn a light on or turn on a light to find your favorite book?

Selling Price: $50

Buy it here

Magical Blow On/Off Light Switch is something especially perfect for lazy people like me. It can attach to any electrical appliances and then lets you to switch on or off them via an easy control of the device. That means, if you sleep with a Light Switch besides your pillow, you can conveniently turn on the light when you need to get up in the midnight… Cool, I love the idea.

Selling Price: $15.99

Buy it here

Nest is a new thermostat put forward by Tony Fadell, who used to work in Apple Inc. and brought us with the iPod. Designed to be a smart thermostat that can learn about your schedule of changing the temperature and thus makes temperature adjustments based on that, the Nest comes with a stylish metal body, a touchscreen as well as a rolling wheel controller. It features a energy-saving modes like Auto-Away™ and Energy History too, so as to help the consumers reduce down their electricity consumption.

Designer: Tony Fadell

Selling Price: $249.99

Order it here

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.

Designer: Herald J. Ureña – Umaña

【Source】

Anything that comes with an outlook nothing to do with its functions is usually interesting. And the Pistol Hairdryer shown here is rightly a good example. It is shaped like a pistol, however shots no bullets but hot air instead. If possible, I’d like to try it.

Buy it here

Can solar cells become as flexible as paper or fabric? The answer from a MIT group is “yes”. Instead of producing solar cells, the researchers actually printed solar cells onto fabric or paper substrate, thus making the cells quite flexible. On the other hand, this technology reduces the production costs as well.

With more and more electronics on my table, there’re actually less and less power outlets to plug them all in. So it is obviously the time we need to use one power outlet to serve two or more gadgets. The FlipIt USB Charger is a clever tool that can leech off an existing plug to draw about 1Amp of current for your USB devices, while not troubling your other gadgets to get reenergized. Pretty great!

Selling Price: $15.99

Buy it here

With battery-powered vibrations and gentle heat, the device is an ideal gift for ladies who want to improve the condition of their skin around the eyes. It’s easy to operate, simply lay them under your eyes and you can then enjoy comfortable massage to have your eyes rid of annoying lines.

Selling Price: $132

Buy it here

Amazing… I mean, these plugs come with really cute look that can make us smile. Additionally, they also feature a good function to help us unplug them from the sockets easily and conveniently. Simply push the knob on its back, and then you’ll see your plugs out of the sockets slowly. Just think of the practicality!

Designer: Jeong-woo Han & Seul-gi Oh

【Source】

Ever felt it bothered to bend down to pick up those dust particles on the floor? Calm down and have a look at this CUUM Electronic Wastebasket. It is a clever combination of an electric appliance with a vacuum cleaner, which would suck all the dust in when you sweep it to the bottom of the device and turn it on. So how do you like it? Everything gonna to become easy.

Designer: Jun-se Kim, Yonggu Do & Eunha Seo

【Link】

You may get bit of promiscuous, because the concept hub designed by Qi Weijia looks really the same as taps you commonly see. Actually, however, it merely supplies electricity to charge your computers or cellphones.  Simply connect your tablets to the hub via a USB charger, turn the tap, and then you’ll see your items reenergized.

Designer: Qi Weijia

【Link】

Bookmarks and dictionaries are two necessary tools for bookworms, and obviously the item shown here has cleverly combined them together. Named as Electronic Dictionary Bookmark, the gadget comes with a quite simple look but extremely powerful functions.

It is crammed full of 38,000 definitions from the Collins Gem English Dictionary 15th edition so that the users can key in any word they don’t know and check out what it means. On the other hand, when not used as an electronic dictionary, the item can also serve as a bookmark.

Selling Price: £19.95

Buy it here

With the innovation of design concepts and the progress of technology, remote controller is now approaching its new period that features great changes in both appearance and functionality. The Leaf Grip Remote Controller by Murata is a creative one that requires the users to control their TVs with a bending and twisting motion. Furthermore, it is built with a photovoltaic cell, providing the device with a battery-less feature.

Designer: Murata

Wanna to experience any modern but comfortable ways of cooking? Have a look at this 3D Food Printer. It utilizes an electronic blueprint system called “FabApps” that not only allows people to print out their food but also to design something with their imagination. All the “ink” this printer uses is edible, including melted chocolate, cheese or cookie dough. Once the users draw up the food’s design on a computer, the blueprint will then show the printer what goes where, and finally builds up your food with prepared materials. It is said that the 3D printer would soon be launched to market, helping both families and restaurants to customize interesting and healthier dishes.

Designer: Cornell Creative Machines

German LCD maker HANNspree recently launched its Lounge TV 70 on International Funkausstellung Berlin 2011, which is announced as both a windows PC and a white board except for acting as a HDTV. Even though the device is just a prototype at the time, it would no doubt bring the TV designs to a new age.

Link

Nissan Leaf, as the first all-electric production car, has long been concerned during the past days. Recently Nissan issued its 24kWh battery that can power a Jananese house for up to two days, to support a faminly when their electricity power goes out. According to the company, the new battery will come into production at the end of this year and then be tested at the beginning of 2012.

Weed Spinner, a weeder that works together with electric drills, is a powerful device removing weeds with their roots. It is made of carbon steel and therefore tough enough for a long-time usage.

Selling Price: $19.99

Buy it here

Sascha Pohfleep’s Blind Camera is an interesting design that features its unique function of sharing photos instead of taking photos. It has no lens, sensor or optics, but still has a button. When you push its button, the Blind Camera then shows you pictures taken by others at your location. If you’re not that good at taking photos, the Blind Camera is obviously your best choice.

Designer: Sascha Pohfleep

In spite of living in different times, we’re actually sharing so many same things in our childhood. Paper plane is rightly a good example. But nowadays kids are playing with paper aircrafts much better than us, because they have the Electric Paper Airplane Conversion Kit.

It clips to a plane’s front, with the prop sticking out its back and then the device can drive your plane to fly in the air for up to about 90 seconds. Amazing.

Selling Price: $19.99

Buy it here

Jennifer Lewis & Jennifer Bernhard, two professors from University of Illinois, have collaborated with a silver-ink pen that will greatly change the way we draw working circuits. The new pen will leave ink on paper or cloth, which will then dry into silver trails tough enough to survive bends and folds so as to keep its function of conducting electricity. In other words, you can sketch circuits on anything that can hold the silver ink, isn’t that amazing?

Designer: Jennifer Lewis & Jennifer Bernhard

Nowadays we’re living in a world full of USB-powered items, including our cellphones, music players, laptops and many other things. As a result, we all need this U-socket USB Wallplug that converts 110 volts coming out of wall outlets into 5 volts of USB power to recharge our devices. It is really convenient for use.

Selling Price: $24.99

Buy it here

If you’re looking for a special electric guitar – one that only belongs to you, you may get an inspiration from these modular guitars. Their bodies are made of different kinds of materials, as the designers provide customized guitars according to clients’ various requirements.

The future of TV has arrived!! No need of remote-controllers or touching screens, simply wave your hand in front of the display and you can change channels and adjust the volume.

The amazing TV was unveiled by Panasonic, who says it is “the world’s first gesture-controlled TV”. On March 18, you’ll find these Gesture-controlled TVs on market, at a price of $640.

Via

Designer Xie Chen Chen wants to save your trouble with messy wires with this Plug Socket, which not only has a multiplug to hook up to three plugs, but features a foldable design to hold your items when they’re on charge. It’s not the most complex or most delicate plug we’ve ever seen, but we do like that the Plug Socket keeps it simple while ensuring us a more convenient using.

Designer: Xie Chen Chen

One Swedish company recently released this PowerTrekk, a portable fuel cell charger that utilizes water to produce electricity energy. Over ten milliliters of water, either clean water or domestic sewage, is announced enough to have a cellphone or flashlight to work well. Good news is that you’ll soon find it in market and use it everywhere.

More Information Here

The Edison Alarm Clock, although involves the great scientist Thomas A. Edison, actually is an innovative work by David Krawczyk. But the designer does have drawn some inspirations from Edison, and eventually he used electrical current to control the clock: the alarm will be turned on when you insert the bulbs into desired time slots, and the timepiece will be illuminated at the same time. Isn’t that fantastic? Edison will surely love the design too.

Designer: David Krawczyk

Who says not everybody can make a fancy cake? Surprise them with a nice cake and the Electronic Cutting System that offers beautiful decorations for it.

More Information Here

You’ll never pick up any clean clothes from washing machines unless you take exercise. That’s what we may have to face when China based electronics company Haier launches its Pedal-Powered Washing Machines in the future. Shown at IFA 2010, the eco machine is really simple but practical: the charging battery will power the machine to wash clothes when a man pedals on the exercise bike. And you don’t have to spare too much time, as basically 20 minutes of work can wash one load of clothes on cold cycle. Since the human-powered washing machine would save your money and keep your figure, will it be taken back to your home?

The action of pushing in or pulling out a plug seems really simple but not that pleasant, coz times and times again there’re people getting shocked when plugging in and out. So to save your fingers from electrified discomfort, designer Luofang Jun has come up with an innovative and practical plug that has a collapsible coat at the end to keep your flesh away from the metal prongs, and still ensuring you to easily have the plug in or out.

Designer: Luofang Jun

Sculptures, advertisements, cars, here on INewIdea we’ve introduced you to many innovative collections on different issues, and today we’d like to show you nine cool refrigerators collected from the world.

Transparent refrigerator from Japan allows the users to check out their food directly, without needing to open the door.

Have you found the fridge? It’s integrated with the cabinet.

Via

Cool fridge for men who love beer!

Via

Outdoor refrigerator that also doubles a shelf.

More Information Here

Why not build a fridge in your car?

Via

Retractable fridge changes its height when needed.

Via

Glass Door Refrigerator is also popular.

More Information Here

Smart refrigerator from Samsung also offers weather information on the screen.

Via

Egg shaped refrigerator designed for Google.

A safe power strip should at least conform to the following two requirements: electric shock resistant and water resistant. Therefore the Wet Circuits Power Strip is just a safe power strip. It is designed to work under water, so you will neither get shocked when carelessly sticking your wet fingers into the holes nor cause burns if accidentally spilling water or coffee onto the strip. Moreover, the power strip will still be safe even if you stick a metal object into the outlet when the device is operating under running water! Come check out the product demonstration video here if you love the design.

Selling Price: $35

More Information Here

Let’s start the article with a familiar situation: we go out to tour around, record the beautiful sceneries using a digital camera, click, click, click…then suddenly the camera runs out of power! That always makes us feel rather depressed. But fortunately that wouldn’t happen again, coz Weng Jie has come up with the Solar Camera Strap, a camera strap built with solar films on the surface to harvest the sunshine as energy for your device. The idea is really simple, but also practical.

Designer: Weng Jie

Designer: David Boyce

Just see how greatly the high technology has changed the world, coz even your plants have to rely on the PC for life. Integrated with several sensors, a processor and unique software, the ‘Click & Grow’ is an innovative planter that takes the computers as its energy source. Simply connect the device to your PC, put some seeds into the pot, fill it with water, and upload the proper growth program, then you can have the growing system to take care of your plants. But that doesn’t mean the plants no longer need your attention, because you still have to water them when the notification lights are on. The system is expected to hit the market this year, at a price of €17.

Selling Price: €17

More Information Here 

Flattery must have gotten you everywhere Mr. Lufdesign and I’d like to describe your concept as ‘a stylish cord that lets us see the electricity leaking’. The product is meant for warning the users to pull out the plugs so as to reduce the power waste, through a visible and direct way. Named as “ECord”, the design mainly attributes to the PVC covering that changes colors when a specific range of current (from 1 to 15W) is provided.

Designer: Lufdesign