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Almost everything highly prized by men is closely related to both practical applications and attractive appearances, no matter it is a car, a camera, or a player like the Mint-pass ‘Cube’. It comprises three instrument panels, separately displaying its battery, capacity and frequency. The music player also doubles a radio, which will start to work when you press the key ‘R’. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it, guys! [Read the rest of this entry...]

If you’re someone indulged in old-styled players while still pursuing a modern feeling, you shouldn’t miss the Magnetic-Suspension Record Player. Constructed with a gramophone chassis, a record holder and a red ball that serves as stylus, the record player isn’t that ordinary as you’ve seen. When the player works, the record holder will then levitate in the air due to the magnetic effect. Isn’t it amusing? [Read the rest of this entry...]

Wow, if not knowing clearly that Crayon Shin Chan is merely a cartoon character, I’ll surely treat the Asspeaker as his masterpiece. It is the only thing, in my opinion, that could compete with the ass dance by him! The strangest audio device is connected to the controller via Bluetooth, and it works in an interesting way. Once tapped on the right half, the unit is activated. And if you want to turn the sound up or down, just tap the left half.

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In Kawasaki, a city of Japan, an important event is held every year to exhibit assorted wind-bells. Exciting, huh? But how do you like a radio based on the wind? I’ve recently in love with the “Breeze Radio” by Chiu Chi Hung. It features a “sound-only era” concept, aiming to bring us back to a simple time before MP3 players that are designed with complicated features and functions. Whenever the radio is activated by air flow like wind, it then starts to play. But if the wind direction and intensity is changed, the program is accordingly altered. Amusing!

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Could a window fan without blades still be regarded as a fan? I really doubt that because it’s difficult to imagine such a fan work. But if you stick your hand through the loop, you’ll immediately understand how it works. In fact, the air is in-taken by the bottom grills and then transported up, so you could feel the air in front of the ring. Cool and I kind of love it!

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“Turn me on and you’ll find out what actually I am!” Inspired by the On/Off icon of electronic devices, Marco Lana has recently come up with the “Turn On” lamp. It can be switched on and off by turning the icon left or right. Really funny, huh?

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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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Motion-sensing owl has come to guard your garden! Built with four motion sensors, the owl provides a 360-degree protection and gives a loud “hoot” to scare away those nearby animals like birds, mice, squirrels and rabbits. Still, with glow-in-the-dark eyes, the owl also works in dark night. It is powered by three AA batteries.

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Though hot water is an essential factor to perfect coffee, it’s still not scientific to reheat the boiled water. The WMF1 coffee pad machine only heats as much water as enough for a single cup each time, solving the water problem. Despite the inconvenience to renew water, it’s actually good to your health.

Started up in 2009, the eye-writer project is an important research program that aims to benefit numerous people suffering from ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). Tony Quan is one of the first users. In 2003, due to ALS, Tony almost became completely physically paralyzed except for his eyes. Luckily, he met up with the Eye-writer, which allows Tony to draw with his eyes. Eye-writer is composed of kinds of electrical components, such as sunglasses, a micro CCD camera, IR LEDs, custom software, a capture card, a computer, etc.

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Can you imagine that one day your doorbells become as powerful as a computer? Inspired from the plug-in tool that counts the click-through rates on websites, the home visitor recorder is designed to store visitor stats like total number of visitors, unique visitors, average time of visit, average age of visitors, visiting time, etc. Magic creation that allows us to get closer to our friends!

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Yea I could drink pure water without such a water dispensing system, but I really admire the thrift concept it shows to us. Compared to traditional beverage vending machine, the new product can save more resources by dispensing water to the owners’ bottles rather than supplying bottled beverage. Whenever a bottle is connected to the base, the fountain system will then fill it up automatically. Oh, another highlight is the electric payment via RFID technology.

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Disguised as an ordinary coffee table, the simple furniture is also a radiator that is hidden in the mask. Nice coffee, warm table, as well as closest friends, isn’t it a pleasure to spend a cold winter with such an electric heater? Just prepare one for the following winter.

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Considering that calculator is really a great change to the complicated arithmetic, we’re expecting it to be better and better. Then, what about a calculator that can type out procedures and results, say the two-in-one electric calculator? Also, it features the same font style, typing buttons and noise as those of an ancient typewriter.

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You must be joking to go out for a walk in so chilly a winter, if you don’t own the Rechargeable Turtleneck by Sanyo. Built with rechargeable solar panels inside it, the new garment can warm your neck through operating relevant appliances.

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We love sunshine, because we love warmth and we love the sweet smell left in our clothes when they’re dried in the sunshine. But what about rainy days or cloudy days? Bad luck? Not necessarily, for you have a sun-powered clothes dryer! Powered by solar energy, the smart dryer is user-friendly and easily-folded.

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Let an angel guard you. Sounds attracting, right? It’s not a daydream, because you can own an electric guardian angel now. As a security and communication device, the gadget can contact with the emergency operator and transform a real-time video about your condition to them whenever you feel unsafe.

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To save even one square inch in your valuable sapce, the multifunctional applioance has come to support you with a space saving refrigerator, freezer, microwave, a gadget charging station and other common equipment integrated into one.

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Hitachi will launch an electronic blackboard in August to optimize the product mix in education market. As it is built in two infrared cameras that individually has a viewing angle of 170°, any co-ordinates written on the electronic blackboard will be detected and fed back to the PC to update the display in consequence. The 50 inches blackboard with a traversing carriage is expected to be adopted by more than half of the schools in Japan.

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We were taught that sound is invisible as the air since our childhood, but is that absolutely right? Not necessarily. Recently, the designers have broken the stereotypes of contemporary square speakers, and invented a new one that allows you to see the sound. When you play the music, the rings on top of the speaker, shinning blue, will start moving, vibrating to the rhythm of music and thereby let us to see the sound. Magic!

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With the promotion of handheld readers, e-ink technology is increasingly used in more fields, such as the e-ink electronic play board especially for athletics coaches. To make it clearer and easier for the coach to guide their teams, the play board is projected to switch into any standard stadium graphics stored in it beforehand, such as the hockey court, bowling stadium, basketball court, football field, etc.

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The mini electric drill, which is as tiny as a fingernail, may be the smallest utilitarian one around the world. Different from other big guys, this electric drill is driven through a button cell rather than a power supply, and it can work anywhere. Now arouse your imagination to find what it is used to do.

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The e-pipe, which looks elegant and lordly, is somewhat an adornment for those who intend to give up smoking or wish to smoke in non-smoking places. Though it couldn’t take the place of cigarettes, your psychological need of smoking is met.

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The solar CD player consists of two parts, a warmer-like solar panel and a CD player in the shape of an old seated fan. After about five hours in the sunlight, the solar panel can provide a full energy supply to the player, ensuring it to work continually for ten hours. The player, which allows you to enjoy any riveting music in an energy-saving way, can read both Discs and CDs containing MP3 files.

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Can electronic products also be absolutely green? The YO-YO mp3 gives you a definite answer. Different from others, this mp3 could get charged during YO-YO games. So you needn’t to worry about the power supply when you’re outside.

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Wanna go out to fly a kite? Sorry, it’s calm day. However, you no longer need to worry about weather. With the latest indoor e-kite, you can enjoy a happy time with children at anytime. Exquisitely designed, the e-kite is also easy to fit up.

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It looks the same as a common wallet, however, with a built-in software, it allows you to keep a check on your outlay, and check account balance online. It also can tell you whether you are going overboard or not. It helps in saving time spent in real world banking process. You can enjoy online shopping too. [Read the rest of this entry...]

What a wonderful thing to go to the park with your young child in sunny days! But don’t you worry about losing your baby in a crowded place？The Link Child Locator is just designed for you parents to avoid the bad situation.
It is composed by a bracelet and a watch, which can help you locate your children location by telling you the distances and direction with its small LCD display.
It is a concept design now, and lets hope that we can buy it in the shop soon.

If you like salad, you are gonna slice cucumber piece by yourself. With this 114-watt professional-model electric slicer/shredder will mow through a cucumber and slice it into your salad while shooting it into place in seconds, you will have no need to do this kind of thing by your self. It features a large food chamber, and adjustable food guide that adapts to large or small loads.

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In order to save energy, many stocks come with switches which can cut off the current without pulling out the plugs. By using a stock like this one, you can simply push the plug upward and downward to turn on an off the power respectively. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This is a brilliant idea for those like to take pictures while traveling. It comes with a lens hidden in the sunglass. When you want to take a picture, just make a frame with your hand and then shut the left eye to capture images. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This is a perfect MP3 player for lovers. It comes with two parts, each of which can be function as a conventional one. But the unique point is that the two separated MP3 players always share the same play list. If you want to change any document, both MP3 players should be in their docks, so that audio content always remains the same. What to change your play list, first ask your honey. [Read the rest of this entry...]

No, this is not a real tap, just in the shape of a faucet. It is actually a FM radio, so you will get music rather than water from it. After twisting the knob, you will get the radio station, and just press the button it will jump to the next available FM station. This is a perfect solution for those like to listen to the radio in bathroom. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Braille is sure a good way to provide information for the blind by touching. However, not everything will be translated into Braille. So why not just read the words?

The voice stick, which comes with a scanner, can read the word instantly for the blind. Just swipe it over the book, in the same way as using a portable scanner, all the words will be read to the blind. In addition, you can take a earplug to prevent disturb others. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Sure, grass cutting is boring. But you have to do this. Why not make it more funny? This muwi concept is a good idea, which can shape the cut grass into compact balls and disks, so that kids will have more toys, green toys. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Two retired physics of a company designed a new electric generator by using wave energy. It is filled with water and fixed by a stick. Therefore, swing along with the wave it will be squeezed to drive the turbine at the other end to generate power.

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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. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Amazon kindle is a trend of ebook. However, because of lacking flipping pages which is a frequently used movement of reading books, you won’t be comfortable. What about an dual-screen ebook reader?

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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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. [Read the rest of this entry...]

In the era of digital music, CD player seems not as popular as it was. But, a stylish CD player will still attract our attention. The panel of the player won’t show any control button until it is powered on. And there will be an beautiful aura in the position of the CD after the CD is inserted.

Moreover, thanks to the technology of smart material Feonic, the square CD will also transforms the entire wall into a real speaker. [Read the rest of this entry...]