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A balloon with the other end tied to the band on your wrist? What is that used for? It’s intended for ensuring the safety of the swimmers, by helping the lifeguards to quickly and accurately spot those people in danger. The concept features a stylish wristband that releases a balloon when you press the button. Simultaneously the balloons will get inflated by compressed helium gas and rise quickly into the sky, alerting the seashore lifeguards of the emergency situation. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Some of us just don’t like to hold the umbrellas in the hands when no longer using them, and they prefer to drag them around…until the umbrellas are totally broken as a result. The ‘umbROLLa’, featuring a small ball in the top, is rightly intended for those who have that queer hobby, while not damaging the gadget. [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...]

Broken gloves? Nope, actually these gadgets are used to keep your fingers clean while you’re enjoying fried chicken or fried chips. What a strange but great idea! Even better, due to the short design, these trongs won’t make your hands wet as regular disposable gloves do.

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Here’s one of the products that makes me feel excited all day long…It is the Twist Espresso Maker, an innovative device that features both an easy transportation and a convenient usage. Powered by the standard recyclable N2O cartridges built in, the smart design allows the users to easily make coffee anywhere— simply put the coffee grounds and hot water in, switch the device on, and then you can enjoy a cup of tasty coffee. The only drawback that I noticed is the time taken to make enough coffee for more than three people because the device only offers limited quantity every time. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Simone Wittmann comes out with a creative shawl concept—Napper, a shawl that you would want it to accompany you whenever you’re in the public transport. The padding of its hood allows you to lean comfortably against the window or the seat, and the wide-cut scarf would perfectly protect you from the noisy environment. Besides, Napper also consists of Bluetooth headphones in the hood—together with a software for the mobile phone—to play music when you sleep and send alarms if your luggage is moved. So next time you’re on the travel alone, you can still enjoy a comfortable sleep without worrying about your items, as long as you have the Napper! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Though it’s just an innovative concept from Kim Hyun Joong, Movie Polaroid Camera also presents a good prospect of filming equipments in the future. It is an attractive camera that could print movies on a substrate that mimics traditional Polaroid film paper, using the built-in movie printer. The compact size of the movie films also means an easy transportation, enabling the users to take them everywhere in the wallets or pockets. Though having no power buttons, the Movie Polaroid Camera could be easily charged by giving it some shakes, and that’s also used to juice up the films for viewing. [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...]

It could be an ideal razor for those who are on a business trip frequently. The Foldable Razor mainly features a soft body that could be easily rolled up into a capsule-shaped case. Not only ensuring you a convenient shaving anywhere, this design also protects the blades from bacteria by storing it in the pill box. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This is so weird an item that everyone would take it as a robot at the first glance! But actually, it is an innovative soup serving dish by the name of ‘Sphere Tureen’. It is as powerful as other soup dishes, so keeping the soup warm shouldn’t be too much of a problem for ‘Sphere Tureen’. Its cap is integrated with a rail mechanism, and the user could easily slide it open to enjoy the delicious soup. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Compared with the ‘Portable Printer for Laptop‘ we introduced before, the ‘Stick POP’ is much smaller in size and easily fits in your handbags. Measuring 23 cm long and 6 cm wide, the pocket printer also features an OLED screen on the bar to display the printing status. Simply connect it to your computer (or other devices) via USB, and then you can easily have your documents printed! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Who says printers only use paper to print documents? Surprise them with the PrePeat Printer then. Different from conventional printers, PrePeat adopts a thermal head to print on specially-made plastic sheets. These plastic sheets are not merely water-proof, but could be easily erased when you no longer need the temporary documents. Also claimed by the manufacturer, such one sheet could be used up to 1,000 times so that you’ll no doubt reduce your expenses on paper.

The printer measures 37cm ×23cm ×30cm (W× D× H) and weighs about 40 kg. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Designed by Yuan-Hao Hsu and Lin Tzu Hsuan, the portable ‘MU SPACE’ not only allows you to enjoy music everywhere, but also functions as a mat and a pillow for you to take a nap during the break. In combination of a built-in speaker and an MP3 player, the music pillow is also compatible with USB and Memory Card. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Weighing 1.5 pounds and measuring 2.5cm x 5cm x 28cm, PlanOn’s Printstik PS905ME boasts the smallest and lightest printer on the market. Powered by Lithium-ion polymer rechargeable batteries, the mobile printer could be used anywhere, without needing an outlet. But the most exciting point about the device is that, it doesn’t use ink but utilizes thermal technology to print your documents. You could connect the printer to your PC or cellphones via USB wires or Bluetooth. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This very sleek watch allows you to see the time in quite a convenient way. Firstly, the Button Watch (it looks just like a button and the watch takes the very name from that only) could be easily clipped to your jacket, you bag or even your hair to tell you the time. Much smaller and lighter than ordinary wrist watches, the innovative Button Watch adopts solar battery panels as its power supply in order to make full use of the natural energy and therefore to save you much money paid for electricity bills. Also using touch screens to display the time, the watch will show the time and date on the glass face whenever you click its surface. [Read the rest of this entry...]