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Although named as the “Saving Energy Multitap”, the strip actually won’t directly reduce your electricity cost, but helps you to develop a good habit of unplugging the unused gadgets from the strip so as to save the energy. It sucks up the energy wasted by the unplugged devices and uses it in a rational way—to power the touch-sensitive ambient lights on the wall. The main task of the ambient lights is to remind you to switch off those unplugged gadgets if you no longer use them. As for the ambient lights, they could also be turned on or off via simple tapping. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The concept was designed for fast and simple paper dispensing to ensure you a more convenient using. It could be set to dispense 1, 2 or just a half of a sheet, according to your different needs. Once activated, the device will offer one piece of the paper towels whenever you wave your hands in front of the infrared sensor. As a result, you won’t mess up the entire roll next time you trying to grab merely one piece with your wet hands. Coming in red, silver and white colors, the device is available on Hammacher for $79.95. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Just see what the mosquitoes have done to us: they drink human’s blood and spread diseases…No doubt everyone on the earth wants them to disappear forever. The laser beam mosquito killer by Intellectual Ventures Lab is rightly something designed for the users to kill the bugs in a more effective and convenient way. It takes a full advantage of the laser, which is released to kill the mosquito by either destroying its DNA or causing it to overheat, once the device targets a mosquito. It is also said the system could kill 50 to 100 mosquitoes every second. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Obviously the designer has drawn an inspiration from the vision test chart to create this calendar. As days pass by, you’ll find it harder and harder to see the dates clearly. If you’re confident enough with your eyes, try it! [Read the rest of this entry...]

What would you do to keep fruits and vegetables fresh? Put them into the refrigerators? Well, that’s really a clever method, but not clever enough. The innovative plant perf concept, not only keeps the fruits and vegetables fresh, but eliminates the harmful chemicals left on their surfaces. The device employs corn starch plastic as its main material, consisting of three parts: the main body, bottle top and nutritious liquid. What the users need to do is to insert the stems of the harvested vegetables into the bottle and lock the top end by pulling it upward. After that, the nutritious liquid will be delivered to the plants to keep them fresh for quite a long period. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The ‘Drop Light’  is all about changing the light intensity in an interesting and simple way. Each bulb, containing a new advance LED, could be separated from the main body easily. Integrated with a base, these bulbs could also serve as a free standing lamp individually. All the lighting modules are charged via an electric line located within the main body. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Nowadays, demanding schedules often occupy people so that he/she has no time for other things like watering the plants. As a result, the busier you become, the sooner your plants die. But the ‘Breathing Pot’ from Jae-Han Song seems like a clever solution to that problem. It simulates breathing, expanding and contracting all the time…until the water runs out. So when you find the pot stop ‘breathing’, it’s time to water the plant. Easy as that! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Though the Two-way Toothpaste is announced to be designed for those who usually “get angry with their partner for squeezing the toothpaste from the front”, what I see from the design is an easier way to completely squeeze out the toothpaste from the tube. With an extra way for the toothpaste, the users could easily get the last bit of toothpaste by squeezed the tube hard towards the two opposite directions. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Hey, bookworms in front of the screen, there’s something specially prepared for you! It is the Supine Reading Glasses, a unique pair of glasses allowing you to read a book while lying down flat. The magic glasses actually feature two optical-quality glass prisms in them to reflect the light 90°. Simply wear the glasses, place the book on your chest and then you can enjoy an easy reading in bed! [Read the rest of this entry...]

All the kids around the world should thank the h2o Architects a lot, as they’ve come up with the piece of multi-use furniture to create you a multifunctional space for you to play, to rest and to study in.

The entire piece is designed to be shared by two children. To meet your kids’ various requirements, Eva’s Bed consists of stairs, aisles, shelves, tables, beds and other pieces of furniture. But perhaps the most attractive feature is the modular design enabling the users to rearrange the multiple spaces when they grow up. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Clips and hooks are two kinds of gadgets we often used to hold small items like keys, towels, etc. So what about combining them together? The result is the ‘Clip + Hook’ presented here. Although that’s quite a simple design (it even couldn’t be seen as a design at all), the product will bring you more convenience. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Air Scale is an innovative design by Yasuhiro Akama. The concept is all about telling the users the quality of the air they’re breathing in. According to the amount of pollutants, Air Scale rates the air in three colors: red means ‘dirty’, white indicates ‘normal’ and green means ‘clean’. [Read the rest of this entry...]

You’re totally wrong if you thought the thermometer merely features a round shape. More than that, the dubbed ‘Linea Rouge’ thermometer uses red wine rather than the traditional mercury to indicate the temperature. [Read the rest of this entry...]

So you’re dissatisfied with the bath bombs available on the market and you’d like something distinctive? Well, maybe it’s time to DIY a bath bomb with the Bath Bomb Maker. It is easy to use: simply combine some baking soda, citric acid, water, essential oils and other needed aromatics altogether, put them into the device, push down the lever for about ten seconds and then a customized bath bomb is done. Enjoy the bath time! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Are you dissatisfied with your current CD cases? Luckily you’ll have a new choice, the Hershey Kisses CD Rack launched by Hidden Art. Certainly they’re not edible chocolate, but colorful racks made from aluminum. With one or two such racks on the table, you’ll easily find your favorite CD without messing up all the CDs on the shelf. It is priced at £11.5, in black, red, green and blue colors. [Read the rest of this entry...]