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Apr30

Illuminatioin which flashes in the event of an earthquake : Yurepica

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A ceiling light whose security light detects an intensity 4 or more quake and flushes for 5 minutes. The light with rechargeable battery installed functions without fail even in the event of power failure.
Apr28

Foldable bicycle which turns into a cart : CarryBike

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Traveling where transportation is limited makes you boring with little scope of activity. This foldable bicycle-cart is very convenient since it can be used as a cart while on board a train or a bus and as a bicycle on your journey. You can enjoy your journey with this bicycle-cart to your heart's content.
(LUTZ/ MYA: $380.00)
Apr26

Globe providing infomation on social issues : Green Globe

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A globe showing information on social issues such as global warming, starvation, armed conflicts and others. Various kinds of social issues visualized on one globe may let us realize a fundamental cause of those issues with a microscopic view.
Apr26

Switch-shaped alarm clock

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On-Off LCD alarm clock by Nina Tolstrup for Lexon of France. Once the alarm is set in the "On" position, simply tilt it back to turn it off.
(Nina Tolstrup/ via engadget.com/ greenergrassdesign.com: $36.50)
Apr24

Vehicle that travel in any direction : SideWinder

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An Omni-Directional vehicle is capable of traveling in any direction. The motion of the vehicle is based on the operator's joystick inputs, and is controlled by coordinating the speed and direction of all four wheels, through the use of a specially programmed microprocessor referred to as the Vehicle Master Controller. [movie]
Apr21

Enlarged to be a closeup map : Nobite-Kakudaizu

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This unique map is introduced in web site "My Design" which materializes "I wish there were such things." The map, printed on a stretchable material, is enlarged by drawing out. Scaling up and down which conventional folding maps cannot do can be done seamlessly. This is just like Google Map!
(sf/ via my-d.jp)
Apr21

Robot Chair That Reassembles Itself

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The chair can disassemble itself instantly, and then proceed to slowly put itself back together again. [movie]
Apr20

Turntable

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A table that turns to "store" your desktop's contents and then turns again to restore the desktop.
Apr18

Wedding dress for use in space

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Space Couture Design Contest supported by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is now being held. Prior to the contest, Eri Matsui, chairperson of the contest committee, designed a wedding dress which looks beatiful both under gravity and zero-gravity (picture on the left: under gravity, right: under zero-gravity). Her design stimulates our dream that we may get married in space soon.
Apr17

Rolling clock : About Time

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This clock reveals the time by rolling around your desk, and tells you the time by reading the part of the circle that touches the table top.
Apr17

Banana Splitter

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Simply place the Banana Splitter ring over the the top of the banana, and use the prongs to pierce the skin. Then all you need to do is flip the handle up and peeling is started.
Apr14

Roulette Jet Flame Lighter

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This fun lighter is crafted like a roulette wheel, and when you flip open it's top, alternate blue and red circular lights are activated, giving it the look of a spinning roulette wheel.
(?/ paramountzone.com: £4.95)
Apr13

Petal Swim Cap

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Be on the cutting edge of fashion with these old fashioned, retro swim caps! Featuring a colorful rainbow of flowers.
(?/ headcovers.com: $15.99)
Apr11

Digital scale built-in Luggage : Solutions

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The Solutions Luggage features a digital scale built-in luggage. Solutions was developed in response to a growing problem facing travelers - airline overweight luggage penalties. the built-in digital scale uses state-of-the-arttechnology and is designed, built and tested to withstand the rigors of everyday travel.
Apr10

Burglar Alarm System : Cyber-kun

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Cyber-kun will call 6 designated numbers (phone, mobile, pager) automatically as soon as it detects an intrusion or the early stages of fire. In addition, you can monitor the surrounding area of a Cyber-kun device by activating the microphone by a phone call. If you are certain that there is an intrusion, you can scare the burglar away with your own voice, through the speaker on the device.
(?/ jin.ne.jp: $260.40)
Apr06

Virtual soccer goal : Goal Watcher

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The Goal Watcher is an extra ordinary portable goal designed with inspiration from a measure tape. Along the tape is sensors placed every 20 centimetre that measures distance upwards. When something passes within 2.4 meters above the tape, Goal Watchers shines up and makes a classic goal sound.
Apr05

TrackStick GPS Data Logger

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The Track Stick records its own location, time, date, speed, heading and altitude at preset intervals. The recorded information can then be downloaded to your computer through the USB port and optionally integrated with Google Earth or Mapquest. This feature allows you to "playback" the location points of the TrackStick and see a visual mapped history of its travels.
Apr05

AirZooka Keychain : Mini Airzooka

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The Mini Me version of the mighty Airzooka blows out little pockets of air over distances of, well several centimetres.
(?/ iwantoneofthose.com: £1.95)
Apr03

Instant Labeling Tape

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By "blacking out" elements of a 14-segment display font on the tape, all you need is a black permanent pen to create your own temporary signs, labels and installations.
Apr03

USB Desktop Tanning Center

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The USB Desktop Tanning center is USB powered and two base units attach to either side of your monitor.
(?/ via popgadget.net/ thinkgeek.com: $24.99)
Apr01

Graphics Output Device : Hektor

Hektor is a Graphics Output Device. Hektor is controlled directly from within Adobe Illustrator, the spray-can follows vector graphic paths and sprays them onto the wall.




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