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White Fruit Radio

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The White Fruit Radio by Swann Bourotte could be another option in that you can find great convenience and pleasure brought by the development of technology. Made of sycamore, the radio also integrates an LED substrate hidden under the thin surface to reveal its status. It has no knob or button, but employs the top ridges for the users to control the volume and tunes—all you need to do is to rub finger across. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Innovative Gadgets Powered by Renewable Energy

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Designed by Elium Studio for Lexon, these innovative gadgets are all made from sustainable materials like the corn bio-plastic and bamboo trim. The new range includes a crank-up radio, a calculator, a pocket flashlight, and several clocks. These gadgets are all powered by renewable solar energy. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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‘Radio Active’ by erez bar am

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Erez Bar Am is a recent graduate from the Shenkar College and his latest piece of work is the ‘Radio Active’ that is made through plastic injection molding. But what really makes the radio different and distinctive is the special way to control it. No matter you’d like to turn up the volume or change the station, you’ll have to pull out its strings and fix them on those bases fixed onto the wall. Yes, you’ve guessed right, ‘Radio Active’ is a radio that asks you to do some physical exercises when listening to the music. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Flexio Solar FM Radio

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How long haven’t you seen a radio? One year, two years, or even longer? God, it is so far from the days we were accompanied by radios. So it is time radio returns to our life. A high-tech radio. An ultra-thin radio powered by solar energy. Though the so-called ‘Flexio’ radio receives only one fixed FM channel, it would be a good gift for girls, who loves anything that is cute and mini. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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FM-AM USB Radio Tuner

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Let me ask you a question. Have you ever been on trip with a heavy luggage including your PC, iPhone, iPod, and even a radio? Oh, man, forget that radio, and what you need is only the FM-AM USB Radio Tuner. It allows you to listen to your favorite radio programs on either a PC or an iPhone. Available in a black version and a white version, the former one can work with Windows and the latter one is for the Mac systems. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Lamp and Music System

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Believe me, nothing could be more suitable to a Mac than the ‘Diva’ lamp and music system. Specifically designed for your iPod or iPhone, Diva is not only a speaker system for a connected computer or players, but also a charger for your iPods. Moreover, it also doubles a clock, a radio, and a MP3/phone dock. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Minimalist Q2 Cube Radio

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Cambridge Consultants firm will bring out its new product ‘Minimalist Q2 Cube Radio’ around the Christmas Day. Four different channels can be When you want to change either the station or the volume, you just need to turn the cube radio around, without pushing any buttons. People who have been befuddled by buttons are sure to love it.

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Mint Radio

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What a cute radio! With the horn shaped speakers as its two eyes, the Mint radio seems just like an owl. It is endowed with pendulums to help control the channels and the volume. The left two pendulums are for channel changes and the right ones are used to control the volume. Aside from this, you will also find the radio conditions displayed on the base.

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Wind Based Acoustic Coupler Radio

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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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Carpet Radio

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At the first glance, maybe you’ll regard it as a normal rug. However, it is a new high-tech product. To tell you the truth, this carpet is actually a radio that allows you to enjoy FM programs in quite a unique way. Walks on the carpet will help you to change the radio frequencies. It is possible a bit inconvenient, but it’s really full of gusto, right?

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Nifty Radio

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Have you been fed up with traditional square radios and looking for a personalized one? Then you will fall in love with the Nifty Radio. Seemingly a sculptural decorative piece, the radio is constructed of two round speakers on each side of its X-shaped frame. The cute radio amuses you with its special usage. You can tune into different channels when moving the right speaker up and down while the left speaker is intended for volume control.

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Shake Shake Radio Pen

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Based on Faraday’s Laws of Induction, the musical pen from China can generate power and store it in the built-in battery as you write with it. The shake movements and music has earned for it the nickname “Shake Shake Radio Pen”. For the sake of an effective use, the radio pen is embedded with a volume/channel controller, a speaker and an earphone socket as well. So get one “Shake Shake Radio Pen” and complete your assignments with joy!

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Color-Changing Chameleon Radio

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Due to the unique suction cup, the Chameleon radio can be clinged to the wall and change colors in rhythm with the music. I believe you must wouldn’ mind having one to bring you a music time in shower.

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Used As Read

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I’m just what I am! The electronic devices called “Used as Read” now allow us to figure out each of them, because these devices are made in the same shapes of the English words that they are named. For example, the radio spells out its name “radio”, the remote controllers spell out the word “remote”, “light” stands for lamps, and “music” shows us music players, etc.

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Touch Screen Mirror

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The high-tech mirror is composed of several built-in equipments, including a radio, a clock, a barometer, and a loudspeaker. What you would like most may be the easy way to control all the tools simply through the touch screen on the mirror surface.

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