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Monthly Measure Calendar

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Monthly Measure Calendar is a simple but practical hand-operated calendar, which uses a seven-angle star and a ruler with one serrated side to indicate thе day οf thе month аnd thе date. To change the date and week, you’ll need to move the star along thе ruler. As the dates аrе placed еνеrу centimeter, the calendar can be used as a ruler too. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Measure Calendar

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Japanese designer Hiroyuki Miyake has put forward this Measure Calendar that features one centimeter for each day of the year. Moreover, the calendar can serve as a retractable tape measure as well so that you can make a really full use of it. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Smart String Tape Measure

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

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New Rule

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In spite of with careful work, good sight and a delicate ruler, time and time again we read out the wrong figures especially when they’re in centimeters and millimeters. However with the New Rule, this situation wouldn’t arise any more, because it features a wheel to display bigger numbers of the millimeter measurement. Another innovation is that the ruler can work in the same way as a caliper so that it can ensure more accurate measurements. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Water Scale

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About 2000 years ago, the great mathematician Archimedes concluded that anything shaped to displace the same amount of water as that of its weight can float on the water. Inspired by that principle, Muzaffer Kocer and Ayca Guven have collaborated with the Water Scale, a measuring device that can read out the weight of the object placed onto the scale plate. It can weigh anything within 1000grams, and it doesn’t cost any energy or result in any pollution- really a green device for household use. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Retractable Tape Cord

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Highly praised on Red Dot Online, this Retractable Tape Cord is an electrical extension cord set that offers us a more effective way to organize electrical cords. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Reading Ruler

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

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Smart Finger

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

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Linea Rouge Thermometer

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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...]

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Baby Measuring Crib Fitted Sheet

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Little babies are too naughty! They constantly keep dancing, with their hands swinging and feet moving. OMG, it’s almost impossible to measure their heights accurately. But don’t be too depressed, as I’ll show you a better way to measure their progress in height. You need the Baby Measuring Crib Fitted Sheet. Drawn with various graphics on it, this sheet will tell you how tall your baby is when he/she is lying on the bed. Simple but really great idea! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Growth Tree

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It’s a pleasure to see your little baby grow into a great gentleman, so why not record their growth traces on the growth tree? Using squirrels and acorns as markers, it looks like a real tree that grows in the same time with your children.

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New- fashioned Dip Stick

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The new-fashioned dip stick is specially designed for the drilling workers, which is both portable and of multiuse. To improve the accuracy and efficiency of measurement, the dip stick is equipped with a cruciform knob that helps to meter the right angle precisely.

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Multi function Tape measure

In additional to traditional measurement tool, this tape measure also offer two more functions. One is note pad the other is calculator. What’s more, the built-in LED can help you read the tap measure in dark places. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Noodle dispenser

This dispenser is designed for those do not know how many noodles they can eat. The whole shape of the dispenser seems like a normal container, but it comes with three holes with different size. One hole is big enough for a child-size portion, one hole is for adult-size, and the circular finger space is use for turning the cap. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Tap measure with a pencil

Tap measure is one of the most used measurement tool but you have to use a pencil to mark. This strait-line tap measure can help you mark without an extra pencil. It’s own integrated marking tip can free the other hand and you will never need to tuck a pencil behind your ear. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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