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Jan31

Safety table saw : SawStop

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Each saw is equipped with a safety system that detects when someone accidentally contacts the spinning saw blade, and then stops the blade in milliseconds.The SawStop safety system includes an electronic detection system that detects when a person contacts the blade. [movie]
(sawstop.com: $2,799.00/ via Cool Tools)
Jan30

Circuitboard card case

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Made from recycled circuit boards and sleek aluminum, it shows you're wired for action.
(?/ uncommongoods.com: $25.00-)
Jan29

Malaria Monitor

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In the form of a wristwatch, the monitor is able to accurately perform a malaria parasite count in the bloodstream four times per day. Thereby the infection is caught at its earliest stage, which makes treatment simple.
(gervans.com: $280.00/ via asia.cnet.com)
Jan29

ColorSplash Flash

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This compact dynamo will empower you to splash your world, night or day, in whichever vibrant colors that you desire. A patented colorwheel system puts several colored flash filters at your finger tips for instant selection; with additional filters included to exchange within the wheel.
Jan29

R/C Chimpanzee Head

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He comes with a remote control that bristles with knobs and gives you enormous control over him. Aside from direct control though, he's an extremely responsive, highly intelligent "primate" whose artificial intelligence, emotional awareness system and multi-sensory features allow him to interact with his environment. He has 4 distinctive moods; happy, playful, fearful and aggressive, which change in response to human interaction. [movie]
(?/ iwantoneofthose.com: £149.95)
Jan29

Automatic bookmarker : Swan Touch

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Whenever you turn a page, this bookmark comes to the next page automatically, saving the effort of replacing the bookmark.
(swanmark.hp.infoseek.co.jp: Approx. $5.50 including 3pieces)
Jan29

3-dimensional space Clock : Triachron

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The Clock, leave the 2-dimensional surface and go into 3-dimensional space. [movie]
Jan29

Pill Towel

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This tinny pill is actually a dried and extremely compresses paper towel. Wet one of this pill, you will see an extreme transformation and gives you a 11" x 9" multipurpose towel.
(?/ compactimpact.com: $6 will give you 8 Pill Towels)
Jan29

Soda Pop Top

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Soda Pop Top works like this: a standard screw-on beverage bottle cap has a short plastic hollow stem molded to the top of the cap. The hole goes through it like a straw into the inside center of the bottle cap. A flavor of hard candy is molded around the outer part of the stem-straw. This Soda Pop Top bottle cap with the lollipop attached to it can be screwed onto a plastic soda bottle or water bottle. The consumer then puts the lollipop into their mouth, tipping the end of the bottle upward like drinking a soda. Sucking on the lollipop to drink the soda pop at the same time mixes the two flavors in the mouth.
Jan29

Ultrasonic echoes cane for blindness : UltraCane

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UltraCane uses ultrasonic echoes to find out where obstacles are ahead of you and at head height. It converts this information into vibrating buttons in the handle which tells you where an object may be and how far away the obstacle lies. [movie]
Jan29

Critter Operated Chopper

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"Critter Operated Chopper" is the latest exercise toy for hamsters and gerbils, fueled by real rodent power.This interactive motorcycle features an adjustable Operating Wheel that helps your critter biker maneuver the C.O.C. on any flat surface, or on Super Pet's Hamtrac.
Jan29

Crawling Kitchen Timer : ESCARGOT

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OLIO™ ESCARGOT Crawling Kitchen Timer is a cute-looking, brightly-colored mechanical timer that crawls like a real snail as it counts your cooking time.
Jan29

A mouse which counts the number of clicks : Counter Mouse

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A mouse which counts the number of clicks measures operation frequency of a computer.
(solidalliance.com/ sa-store.com: Approx. $29.80)
Jan29

Harry

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You make your own design! With flexible and sturdy wires, Harry will allow you to form these wires into hooks, rings, claws or whatever shapes best fit your needs.
(?/ via popgadget.net/ plasticashop.com: $20.00-)
Jan29

Hook / Slice Talking Swing Meter

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The Hook / Slice Talking Swing Meter is an electronic golf coach offering instant audible feedback to let you master a winning swing. It's precision engineered to sense your swing direction and speaker equipped to make an immediate announcement inc. "Hook!", "Slice" or hopefully "NICE SHOT!!!".
Jan29

Clip-On Bag-Dispenser

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Clip-On Bag-Dispenser keeps small trash bags handy! Clips to your belt while walking the dog, or to your car visor for quick pick-ups on the go.
Jan29

Underwater surf skate : SURFARI Skate

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The Surfari Skate is a unique underwater surf skate that encourages kids to be physically active in backyard pools, at the lake or the beach. Whether standing on the heavy gripping surfaces, working on balance or mimicking a favorite land trick, the Surfari Skate is just plain fun and it improves the child comfort level in the water.
Jan29

Thunderbirds Foldz Flat Pens

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The Foldz FlatzPen is the most unique pen you'll ever use. Folding down to a remarkable 3" long and less than 1/8" thick, it's so thin and feather-light you'll barely know it's there! 5 3/4" unfolded.
(?/ via Cool Tool/ fabgearusa.com: $1.69)
Jan29

Chair <-> Burner : DoubleSpace Kitchenette

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This roomy easy chair converts easily into a countertop with two electric burners.
Jan29

Wrist-watch with TV Audience Rating : Media Watch

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A wrist-watch with TV audience rating device. Just by wearing the watch, the device records sound and playing time of the program you watched and calculates its audience rating, matching to audio data of all the programs saved in the server.
Jan29

QuakeAlert

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QuakeAlert is an electronic earthquake early warning device that will provide the user with a warning of up to 2 minutes of an impending earthquake.
(?/ via redferret.net/ windupradio.com: $199.95)
Jan29

A Toothbrush that Makes a Clicking Sound : Jordan Click

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When you brush too hard the toothbrush will bend and give way with a noticeable "click". The mechanism sits in a joint in the handle and will be felt as a click under your thumb when you brush too hard. It's designed to reduce damage to teeth enamel and gums resulting from over-zealous brushing.
Jan25

FInd golf ball with glasses : Finding Glasse

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Put these glasses on and find your golf balls more easily, even when they’ve fallen into tall grass or shaded woods, so you can spend more time playing and less time searching. These golf-ball finding lenses, which block out 90% of long wavelength light (dark colors such as greens and browns) let shorter wavelength light (such as whites and yellows) pass through unimpeded, so that golf balls are easy to locate?saving you not only time, but penalty strokes as well.
(?/ hammacher.com: $39.95)
The idea "show up what you want to see" might have an application possibility.
Jan25

Spinning pop up card : Popup Spinner

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Popup Spinner is a fantastic card that spins as you open the card. [how to make]
(?/ via Geometric Toy)
Jan25

Aqua Doodle Thomas

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Amazing technology allows Thomas to follow train tracks that kids can create. Children can doodle on the mat without any mess using the magic water track roller and magic water pen. Area dries and color disappears in minutes so child can doodle over and over again. That's it: no ink, no paint, & no mess!
(?/ via newsweek/ amazon.com: $39.99)
I knew this mat which was introduced as a intellectual education toy allowing children write as muchas they want. And the device which goes along the line called line tracer is often introduced as the electronic handcraft kit. "Aqua Doodle Thomas" is mixed these two items.
Jan02

Portable Light Therapy Visor

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Unlike traditional light therapy devices that are too large to be portable, this detachable unit is integrated into a comfortable visor that easily fits in a suitcase or briefcaseit can also be affixed to any other billed hat. It uses safe, heat-free blue-green light to biochemically increase seratonin, a mood elevator, while simultaneously suppressing melatonin, which increases alertness to prevent symptoms of winter blues such as lethargy, increased appetite, afternoon slumps, increased need for sleep, and seasonal depression.
(?/ hammacher.com: $199.95)
RelInfo: Colunmbia University: Q&A on Bright Light Therapy
Early research studies used "full-spectrum" bulbs producing bright light similar in color composition to outdoor daylight, in contrast to the color of ordinary fluorescent or incandescent light.
Jan01

Polite Umbrella

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"The Polite Umbrella" project is about an interactive umbrella that respects people's personal space in a public area. A user can easily adjust their umbrella anytime by pulling a handle so that one can protect themselves from harsh winds or bumping into others.
RelInfo: Psychological Circle: Personal Space
Everybody has a personal space which is the distance between the other people when we communicate with them. In a simple term, we can say it's a "territoriality".




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