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Made of energy-efficient LED light and translucent fibers, the Hobo Lantern is a stylish bag that also doubles as a portable luminary. It was inspired by the urban nightlife of Zona Tortona during Design Week, and via the design Todd MacAllen aims to offer people some fashionable and functional accessories. Powered by 8 AA batteries, the Hobo can be safely used even when the LED light is turned on, and you may find it fabulous to go across the streets with a glowing bag.

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The chair is well-known for its unique shape. Just as you can see from the pictures, seemingly that one single chair is producing five exact reproductions! But the five semi-transparent chairs are also designed for use, as they’re actually finished in a welded steel frame fused with a transparent seat and back. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This table is specially designed for a cleaner workplace, as you no longer need to rummage all over to find the item you want. The table could also serve as an art work provided that you put everything in an ordered way. It is particularly well adapted for printing-paper (A5-A2, etc).

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In sunny days, most people prefer to close the curtain to prevent strong sunshine. Sunshine is blocked but we lost energy at the same time. Is there any way to prevent this kind of energy from being lost?

This curtain is a good idea which comes with a lot of solar panels. Since all of the solar panels are soft, these curtains just like normal ones. But thanks to the sunshine, you will get up to 16,000 watt-hours of electricity by transforming household curtains into flexible, semi-transparent, solar collectors. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Actully NEC has shown the Flask concept phone in CeBit 2006 which is powered by liquid fuel. But this time they claims that this unique phone gonna be released into market in 2008. Hey, it means that you could know the juice just by checking out the how much liquid is remained. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Researchers from Microsoft and Mitsubishi are working on a semi-transparent touchscreen which allows you to operate computer by touching the back side of the screen.

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This ring-shaped lamp could be moved anywhere. It’s semi-transparent shell make it a little magic. Two brightness level allow you to use it as mood lighting or a source point. [Read the rest of this entry...]