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 completed and thus the LED indicator is turned on to alert the users to stop cutting.

Designer: Brian Beebe

Tool Tank, just as its name implies, is a portable gadget that offers three different kinds of tools, including large and small Phillips head and flat head. Any of those heads can be magnetically attached into the turret so that people can use them conveniently and effortlessly.

Selling Price: £9.99

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Honestly I don’t know who invented brushes, but I know clearly it is Valencia-based designers CuldeSac that will push brushed onto a new level, one that may feature evolutionary value. In this creative collection, each brush and roller comes with a unique function, allowing the users and artists to do something that used to be difficult or impossible to them, such as painting on the ceiling or stamping out distinctive patterns with a brush.

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We love everything coming with a nice shape. The iSlice Slice Box Cutter features a U – shaped handle, allowing the users to work with fewer efforts but more convenience. Apart from that, it also comes with a ceramic blade, which is 10 times sharper than metal blades and lasts 20 times longer. To meet your different needs, the cutter can be adjusted into three lengths.

Selling Price: $19.99

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Shoveling is tiring, until this Xovel Shovel makes the task easy. It comes with a double-grip handle at the neck, which promises to let your force distributed in a balanced way so that the users can feel more labor-saving. Besides, there’s also an integrated torchlight in the arm that allows you to work in the night.

Designer: Jaeseok Han
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A metal for measuring, leveling, or straightening is something well-developed that no more needs any improvements. But a newly launched gadget takes the whole thing to a new level.

Dubbed “Smart String”, the device comes with 50 feet of 20 pound string that can easily wrap around objects or measure along curve roads. But much cleverer design lies on its screen, which automatically displays the measured distance to 3 decimal places of accuracy. It also gets a built-in calculator for you to recall any 3 measurements stored in its memory. To sum up, this is almost the best fully-functioning measuring tape we can ever get.

Selling Price: $11.99

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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

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Quite confidentially we would say that the “Each Bite Counter” made by Two researchers from Clemson University will soon become overwhelming among people with a weight loss plan. Just as its name implies, the tool can count your bites by tracking your wrist motion and warns the users to stop eating if they set a count-based alarm buzzer.

Selling Price: $799

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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

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Merely pocket-sized, this key-ring tool kit actually includes 9 gadgets- pliers, wire cutter, wire stripper, wire crimper, bottle opener, #1 flat screwdriver, #2 flat screwdriver, #1 Phillips screwdriver and #2 Phillips screwdrivers. Really convenient.

Selling Price: $9.99

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Festool’s CXS Compact Cordless Drill should be in everyone’s toolbox. It is not only ergonomic which allows convenient and comfortable using, but features a right-angle-driving attachment so that we can easily handle the installation work in narrow room such as the shelves.

You must be dreaming of such incredible scissors as shown here. They’re completely smart-looking and their convenience is beyond any words. Used as scissors, they can cut out curve lines easily and when used as knives, they’ll make straight lines. But more importantly, the device can conveniently shift between the scissor mode and the knife mode, as its unique structure allows for an easy change. CLEVER!

For all those aged people who use crutches but feel bad about bending to pick the crutches up, this Balance Stick is definitely their best choice. It comes with a weighted, rounded base so that it can always stand.

Probably you don’t need to buy this Portotrash, however you’re strongly suggested to have a deep touch with this portable clip-on wireframe for plastic bags because it would ensure you a more convenient using of plastic bags and therefore keep your kitchen clean. Is there anything better? Yes! The Portotrash can be used in different situations-in a workshop, a kitchen, a car and anywhere you may need it.

Selling Price: $20

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Just admit it that you have always wanted to own something special and different. Good news is that you can now make your dream come true: the Switch is a modular pocketknife and it has 17 attachments for you to mix and fix together so as to create your exclusive knife.

Selling Price: $79

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We’ve seen many types of portable screwdrivers, but this one from Arthur Xin is a much smarter device that can even be hidden in wallets. Its ten shafts are made of plastic and rubber, and they can roll to form a driver-head when you need a screwdriver.

Designer: Arthur Xin

It is Snowdozer, a smart gadget that performs quite well in removing snow and ice from your cars, because it comes with a collapsible double-blade ice scraper that works effectively. Plus, it also features an extendable telescoping arm that ensures you a better reach. Now, scraping off the icy windshield no longer bothers you.

Selling Price: $16.99

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It is the world’s first magnifying glass with a zoom function. Simply rotate the lens ring, and you can then have clearer images of those small prints on paper. More importantly the magnification results in no distortion so that you wouldn’t feel uncomfortable when use the device.

Selling Price: £86.95

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The multifunctional remote wireless system, or more exactly the Remote Wireless Meat Thermometer with LED Flashlight, is a clever and smart gadget especially designed for BBQ fanciers.

It is easy to use: insert the stainless steel probe into your meat, choose its type and the way you’d like the meat to be cooked, and then you can wait for a delicious dinner. The gadget also comes with a built-in LED flashlight, allowing you to use it even in the dark night.

Selling Price: $29.95

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Wanna to achieve a better performance in swimming? You need to have a look at the Swimming Back Board. It is a plastic gadget worn around your waist to make sure that your back keeps straight all the time. After obtaining a proper position in water, you’ll find it much easier to speed up while swimming.

Designer: Sam James

So your dogs usually run outside when you’re enjoying a short chat with your friends at the door, and you have to painfully look for them afterwards? Good news is that would no longer happen, as long as you have the Dog Escape Preventer. It creates a 31″ high barrier, which will successively keep your dogs from escaping even if the door is opened. Really practical, but still bit of cruel to these lovely dogs…

Selling Price: $69.95

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The Reading Ruler, just as its name implies, is an innovative tape measurer that can read out the results. So it can be an especially helpful fellow when you need to measure something in the dark. Also it would be a good gift for people with a bad sight.

Designer: Ho Sung-woon & Woo Moo-bum

A small change in design usually results in a big change in life. The Twist Wrench will offer the users a better grip when they rotate a bolt simply because it comes with an ergonomic handle. Also, a better grip will save the users much effort in applying torque to turn objects.

Designer: Wang Qiubo & Hu Xinyuan

As more and more designers take care of the living environment of the disabled, Kaylene Kau also shows concern and brings out this new Prosthetic Arm. It is announced to perform as well as men’s hands, bending flexibly to get the users their needed items. In other words the Prosthetic Arm is just as smart as an elephant’s trunk, so that would be quite an important help to the disabled people.

Designer: Kaylene Kau

Portability and simplicity are two design elements in the Portable Door Lock. It can be quickly installed on right or left hand doors at home, dorm and hotel, therefore to ensure you more safety and privacy. It also features emergency quick release.

Selling Price: $24.98

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Belts are always used as an ornament, and we don’t see them function in the other ways if they’re not there to keep up the trousers. But for $55 you can then be a cool guy using a belt in many different ways, such as removing a screw or opening the beer. So to sum up, the Tool Belt is really a smart toolbox you can easily take everywhere.

Selling Price: $55

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Everybody prefers a 3D film experience but they seldom have the chance to create an intimate 3D environment in the palm of their hands. Why? Because they don’t have the V2_! Coming as part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2011, the new gadget is designed by Jitsuro Mase to present a “Palm Top Theater” so that everybody can have a 3D film experience with their iPhone or iPad.

Designer: Jitsuro Mase

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We don’t have any problems with an ordinary nail clipper, but for guys who want everything neatly done, they’re really bothered by the fact that nail clippers usually have their cuttings spray everywhere. So they may appreciate the Klhip Nail Clipper, which allows the users to apply the pressure onto the nail so that the gadget can catch the cuttings as you go. You press and Klhip would catch, so no more cuttings spray. Nice!

See what these Fiskars’ Cuts+More Scissors can do, the results are really amazing: they could cut paper into pieces, cut out wires and ropes, and even open beer bottles… But what’s more important is that all those functions are cleverly combined in one scissor so you can simply have one such scissor to meet your various needs.

Selling Price: $19.99

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Let BudTrap show you a new way to manage your earphone codes: twist the codes around or along your iPhone, hold them together with the tiny colorful rings and then done! Moreover, with such cute rings on, your phones would have a new appearance and they may look like wearing an earring. Very interesting.

Designer: BudTrap

It’s not designed for entertainment, so you’d better give us some different answers…

Have you guessed right? It’s actually a pumpkin carving tool, the long handle of which allows you to control the tool much more conveniently and effectively.

Selling Price: $9.99

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Well, the new needle designed by Jieun Lee and his partners seems nothing special on the pictures, but the difference will then be noticed when you pull the thread to the opposite direction… guess what, the thread is easily cut off! All the secret lies in the sharp blade towards the lower-inner eye, and it performs just as well as your knives and teeth to cut off the thread. Just remember its name, the Cut Needle.

Designer: Jieun Lee, Jihun Kang, Youngho Lee, Byung-Kyu Park & Ji-Yun Seo

Can one single nail open a bottle? Not likely, unless the nail is built onto a walnut wood block… Handmade to fit the contour of your hands, the handy Nail Bottle Opener not only offers an interesting way to open bottles, but comes with a concealed magnet to hold the caps when they tend to fall away. Really a simple but clever design.

Selling Price: $22

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What do you usually do when you cannot find the cellphone? Ask someone around you for another phone to call it? Hey guys, you wouldn’t always find a person, however you can always find the www.icantfindmyphone.com for help.

Designed to help people find their phones, the interesting website will connect you to your phone when you key in your mobile phone number and as a result you can easily find the phone in a certain room. Too bad that your phone cannot say to you by itself, so you still need to call the police for help if you’ve forgotten where you lost the cellphone.

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Except for the cameras and tripods, anyone who is a real fan of photography may even want to take a studio along with them as well so that they can create fantastic photos everywhere. To make your dreams come true, we’d like to show you the Inflatable Photo Studio, which can inflate anywhere for you to use. And the bad things about the portable studio? Well, it may always be in the risk of deflation and we suggest you pay some attention to the studio too when focusing on photography.

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The Large Studio: $499（fan included）/$349（fan not included）

The Small Studio: $399（fan included）/$329（fan not included）

Here on I New Idea we’ve shown you various kinds of scissors that are embedded with an amazing concept. And to add one more scissor to that list, we’d like to introduce the Pen Scissor. It is designed like a pen, which allows the scissor to be easily stored in any boxes or you can just pin it onto your books. And to give you one more reason to choose the Pen Scissor, we would say that it is as kawaii as all other Japanese stationeries so you’ll need one to make yourself look cool, too.

Selling Price: $7.8

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Commonly there’re different sizes of scissors in one’s drawers and we need to change between various scissors if we’d like to cut different materials. But in the near future, you only need to have one Scalable Scissor, which can extend and contract to cut almost all sizes. The concept features a centrally located button and movable blades and the scissor can be easily shifted between the fully extended mode and the minimum size mode to offer needed lengths and strengths.

Designer: Jie Weng

We’ve seen a simple but great change from the Yes! Swatter by Zhao Ke. It features a smart niche that lets you pick up the dead fly without having to waste paper any more. But no matter how well the Yes! Swatter would actually perform, we may still have to face the annoying flies. Yes, they’re everywhere.

Designer: Zhao Ke

Nice idea… From now on, your paint brushes will be as nimble as your fingers. And more importantly, you can work with three or five brushes at the same time! When launched in Japan, the Popcorn Yubi Fude was quite popular and 6,000 units were sold in its first month of release alone! So what are you waiting for? Click the Japan Trend Shop and get one set!

Selling Price: $111

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Nowadays water kettles in every kitchen can sing to alert the users that the water has been boiled. But what about water or soup in your pots, you still have to wait aside? Well, let the Boil Buoy help you then. The smart kitchen accessory, which is used in your pot of water, will start ringing when the water has come to boil so that you can spare much time with other affairs.

Selling Price: $9.99

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You must have noticed that body parts can be used as measurement devices, so there is ‘a foot’ and ‘an arm’s length’ to describe the distance between two items. Inspired by that, Choi Hyong-Suk, Jung Ji-hye and Yoo-Jin Park have collaborated with the “Smart Finger”, an innovative measurement device that caps your two fingers and uses the signals relayed between the two points to bridge the gap. After that, the measured distance will then be displayed through LED.

Designer: Choi Hyong-Suk, Jung Ji-hye & Yoo-Jin Park

Everyone would need a multifunctional scissor like this. Ergonomically designed, the innovative scissor can be used both left and right handed, allowing the users to easily cut paper, open bottles and crack nuts.

Selling Price: $14.99

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How to ensure babies and their mothers safely bath in the same tub? Apparently the large family bathtub is not that suitable, and you may also need the Oniqinal Baby Dam, a smart gadget that can fit into any standard straight sided bathtubs to create the babies a smaller but safer bath. More importantly, this innovative tool will also save you much water, energy and money.

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A good photographer needs at least three things: a nice camera, rich imagination and the Nano DSLR Rigs. Designed to help you create high quality images, the innovative gadgets allow the users to easily keep their cameras stable and they can be sued in various ways like handheld and shouldermount.

Selling Price: $100-$600

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Finally the tap also has a mate. Made from water-safe rubber, the Tapi Tap Squeeze Drink Fountain can be attached onto any tap with a straight spout, so that you can conveniently drink clean water from your tap simply by squeezing Tapi.

Selling Price: $5.95

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When I cook especially when I was frying food, the oil often jumped onto my hands and burned other exposed parts of my body, despite that I tried to be as careful as possible. Fortunately designer Moon Sheen Hyeon has come up with the Hand Guard, something that can be stick onto all cooking utensils to protect your hands and arms from being burnt while cooking.

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Designer: Moon Sheen Hyeon

It’ll be the smartest tool in your pencil boxes. To draw straight lines, locate the “Constrained Ball” at the tip of the pen, move the drawing aid and then done! So with this writing tool, everybody can draw straight lines without the help of a ruler. But that’s not all, as the tool is also equipped with a measuring wheel that allows the users to draw desired line length in three directions—horizontal, vertical and 45-degree angle.

Designer: giha woo

Where should we drill, most people asked that same question whenever they needed to drive in a nail. No matter what methods you’ve ever used, we bet the Wise Hammer will offer you a new choice. To find a suitable spot, you simply need to place the butt of the handle against a wall and keep moving it until you see the red light flash. Easy as that!

Selling Price: $29.98

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You know something is really disgusting, such as  melting ice cream, brown coffee that has spilled from the cups as well as forks coated with cream. But on the other hand, they’re also surprisingly useful to keep your table waiting for you when you return. So for students who usually have to study hard in a crowded classroom, this is really a nice idea.

Selling Price: $4-18

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Not like most tool boxes that are simply used to store the tools, this one created by Tim Oelker also makes the tools part of the box. Look, the hammer is cleverly placed into the smart box and servers as a handle for easy carrying. Really good work!
Designer: Tim Oelker