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Driving Colorblind? See This New LED Traffic Signal!
2012-02-08 06:00:00 Red light, green light, what light? That's the question a growing number of colorblind people are asking when confronted by new LED traffic signal lights. Since up to 10 percent of the population suffers from red-green colorblindness, an answer is needed pronto... and Professor Taro Ochiai of Japan's Kyushu Sangyo University thinks he's got one: a redesigned LED traffic light easily visible by everyone.
Panasonic Eneloop Batteries Celebrate Walt Disney's 110th Anniversary
2012-02-06 07:01:00 Panasonic's popular Eneloop rechargeable batteries are showing their ?LoveLove? for the late Walt Disney. Officially approved, limited edition battery designs in red, white and black honor the award-winning animation pioneer by celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Turn Your iPod Nano into a Watch with the Nanox Conversion Kit
2012-02-01 06:01:00 Apple's iPod Nano packs a lot of features into a very small package... so small in fact, that it's amazingly easy to drop or misplace. Enter Nanox, who've created an Apple-approved designer conversion kit that turns any sixth-generation iPod Nano into a secure and stylish wristwatch.
Skate Deck iPhone 4 Cover Makes Making Calls a Snap
2012-01-22 18:13:00 So you snapped your deck riding mongo and doing a slide on a handrail... who ya gonna call? A better question might be HOW you're gonna call, and Strapya Taobao has the answer: the Skate Deck iPhone 4 Cover from Candies!
Whimsical Tony Duquette for Coach Jewelry Collection
2012-01-20 09:18:00 I walked in to the Coach store just as they were setting out an amazing line of jewelry based on the vibrant spirit of the late costume designer and decorator Tony Duquette. On the display was a simple plaque stating: Tony Duquette: An American design icon, his motto was ?more is more.? Coach is honored to collaborate with the estate of Tony Duquette on a collection of limited edition jewelry.
Wearable Eyeglasses Computer Combines Mainframe and Monitor
2012-01-20 06:01:00 A Chinese technology company has designed a wearable computer with no visible mainframe or monitor - they've both been miniaturized and secreted in a pair of highly modified eyeglasses! This is much more than just another concept, as China's powerhouse mass production capacity ensures the mighty mini multimedia machine will be filling store shelves this coming March.
Japan Tobacco Introduces 'The Peace' Luxury Canned Cigarettes
2012-01-18 06:01:00 Smokers seeking a more luxurious and relaxing smoking experience need look no further than ?The Peace?, an all-new, top of the line canned cigarette from Japan Tobacco. Sold by a selected number of Japanese retailers at a premium price and packaged in sleek metal cans, The Peace is the ultimate expression of an iconic brand first introduced in 1946.
Sweet Music: Chocolate Scented Headphones for Valentine's Day
2012-01-16 06:01:00 Ear candy just got real thanks to 'Sound Like Chocolate', the world's first chocolate-scented stereo headphones. Thoughtful, tasteful and calorie-free, these sweet smelling headphones from Japan's Fu-Bi are the perfect practical Valentine's Day gift for your favorite cocoa nut.
Solar Powered & Retro Styled Toyota 2000GT SEV Sounds Crazy, Sparks Interes
2012-01-13 18:46:00 The Toyota 2000GT SEV is a one-off, electric concept car being shown to the public at the 2012 Tokyo Auto Salon. Designed by the Crazy Car Project under the direction of the Toyota Automobile Association, this ?shocking? automotive update takes Toyota's iconic late-sixties sports coupe from flower power to solar power.
Slip Your iPhone 4 or 4S into a SwitchEasy 'Melt' 3D Case
2012-01-06 06:01:00 SwitchEasy's colorful ?Melt? 3D cases for the iPhone 4 or 4S keep your smartphone safe from life's hard knocks while managing to look hot and cool at the same time. The cases feature a slick, shiny, melty-look top portion molded in smooth polycarbonate plastic for easy ingress and egress from the owner's pocket.
Dignity: Now That's Something New For Patient Attire
2012-01-03 10:00:00 Whether you are instructed to put the strings in the front or the back of the faded, wrinkled, rag of a gown, if there's one thing you won't have once you've donned the thing, it's your dignity....
Faceless, Dial-less Wristwatch Leaps From Concept to Counter
2012-01-01 06:01:00 Chinavasion's ?Japanese Style Inspired? LED wristwatches display time digitally without the need for a face, dial, or hands... and they're priced at under $10 per timepiece. The futuristic wristwatch's design apes that of an award-winning, one-off, 2008 concept watch from Japanese designer Hiranao Tsuboi while Chinese engineering shortcuts make it practical for mass consumption.
New Year Time: Blancpain's Caruso 'Chinese Dragon' Limited Edition Wristwat
2011-12-22 06:01:00 The Blancpain Caruso ?Chinese Dragon? Limited Edition wristwatch rings in 2012, the Year of the Dragon, in rare style... and ?rare? is the watchword here. The luxury Swiss watch manufacturer plans on producing just 50 of the 18k rose gold tickers, sticker priced at $219,682 each.
Newest Japanese Rice Field Art Sends Living Messages of Hope
2011-12-21 06:01:00 The 2011 crop of ?Tanbo? rice field art is bolder and more beautiful than ever before. This year, though, Japan's artistic rice farmers are going against the grain by growing messages of hope and perseverance meant to encourage a nation fed up with natural and unnatural disasters.
LovePlus Mobile Battery Collection Redefines Girl Power
2011-12-19 02:01:00 Fans of the Japanese dating simulation game LovePlus should get a charge out of this: three new mobile phone & music player batteries, each one displaying the face of their favorite female LovePlus character.
Roll-Up Remote Control Speaker Keyboard for Well Rounded Types
2011-12-14 08:01:00 Roll-Up keyboards are nothing new but the DN-SKB-MF02 Roll-Up Speaker Keyboard from Shanghai Donya takes the concept to the next level. The USB-powered and remote-control operated device features a keyboard, stereo speakers and MP3 music player compatibility all wrapped up in a sleek silvery cylinder.
Eco-Friendly Oil-Filled Space Heaters Exude Retro Radiator Styling
2011-12-14 06:01:00 Cool heaters! The FZ Series Oil Radiator Heaters from Japan's Eureks may look film-noir retro but look beyond their finned skins and you'll find environmentally friendly, non-polluting, oil-filled space heaters designed to match the needs of today's power-saving, post-nuclear Japanese households.
Rock Star Calling: Candies Guitar Head iPhone 4s Cover
2011-12-08 06:01:00 The ?Candies Super Rock? iPhone 4s cover comes in eight different color combinations and makes your iPhone 4s look like an electric guitar head, including cool contrasting color tuning pegs.
Reactive Lighting Brings Safety, Efficiency, And The WOW Factor To Your Sta
2011-12-06 20:45:00 Traditional staircase lighting fails to impress functionally. Even when lit with a fancy chandelier from an arched ceiling, which basement and attic stairs seldom deserve, the light cast may not be the safest. But the Web's famous gadget hacker from Manitoba, Canada, Alan Parekh, has developed a complete kit for safe, energy-efficient, and versatile LED stair lighting that can express your individual style as well.
Year of the Dragon Ready to Roar with 2012-shaped Solid Gold Statue
2011-12-06 19:41:00 An exquisite, 24-karat gold statue of a Chinese dragon was recently unveiled by Chow Tai Fook Jewellery in Hong Kong. The dragon's sinuous coils form the numerals "2012", the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac.
Japanese Earthquake Seismogram Sculpture Created by Luke Jerram
2011-12-06 06:01:00 Dry statistics and flat printouts do little to convey the awesome destructive power of earthquakes. British multimedia artist Luke Jerram has found a way to bring data to life, as it were, and by doing so express not only the measured progress of the 2011 T?hoku earthquake over 9 minutes terrifying but also display the pure esthetic beauty of nature's fury in action.
Magic Spiker Slip-On Soles Give Black Ice a Black Eye
2011-11-30 02:12:00 I see your snowshoes and I raise you: Ice Shoes! Actually these Magic Spiker winter soles stretch over almost any shoe, turning the most mundane loafers into ice-gripping, non-slipping, cold-weather warriors. Pretty slick, huh?
Esthetic Prosthetic Designed for the Disabled
2011-11-25 06:01:00 With prosthetic devices, function comes first while form too often places a poor second. Not anymore! Perhaps inspired by the footwear flaunted by footless South African runner Oscar Pistorius, a Japanese industrial designer has unveiled a very esthetic prosthetic.
Call it Edgy: The Parental Advisory iPhone 4 Case
2011-11-10 06:01:00 Got a few choice words to tell those bleepin' telemarketers? Making prank calls to Tipper Gore again? The polycarbonate plastic, custom designed Parental Advisory iPhone 4 Case from Strapya Taobao lets the world know you're the ?Bad Apple? of the bunch.
Eco-Friendly Heat Pad Pencil Combo Composts As You Compose
2011-11-09 16:31:00 Care to shave a few cents off your monthly heating bill? Looking to be the next hot writer? Say ?yes!? to both, provided your purple prose is penned with the Heat Pad Pencil!
Polar Bear & Penguin Ice Cube Cups Raise Environmental Awareness While Cool
2011-10-26 06:01:00 Global warming poses grave consequences for polar bears and penguins. Raise awareness of their plight while you raise your glass... cleverly chilled with global warming warning ice cubes from cups conceived by Japan's Atsuhiro Hayashi.
LED Emergency Flashlight Pig Needs No Batteries, Won't Hog Energy
2011-10-25 06:01:00 The cute, practical & eco-friendly 'Dynamo Torch Pig Shape' from Chinese online gadget emporium Shanghai Donya may have an unwieldy name, but this flashlight swine will rise & shine when storms strike and power outages leave you in the dark.
Classy or Crass? China Cranks Out Steve Jobs Memorial iPhone and iPad Cover
2011-10-21 06:01:00 Was it a crass way to commemorate a class act or a stroke of entrepreneurial genius anticipating huge public demand? Within mere hours of Apple founder and tech icon Steve Jobs passing away, memorial iPhone and iPad covers were flooding out of Chinese factories and onto retail store shelves.
Scratch Music From The World's Best Scratchers: Cats
2011-10-20 20:15:00 Leave it to Suck UK to advance the cause of scratch music by creating the ultimate scratcher for the ultimate cool cat. Here's DJ Fellix with the latest in scratch technology - the Cat Scratch deck.
Double-Edged Frozen Food Knife Cuts Cold Turkey and More
2011-10-15 06:01:00 The innovatively designed CHIC Frozen Food Knife from Japan makes short work of ice-cold meats, poultry, seafood, bread and more thanks to its wickedly sharp, double-sided molybdenum-steel blade.
Handmade Guitar Backpack Can Carry More Than a Tune
2011-10-14 06:01:00 This finely detailed, handmade Guitar Backpack from Japan's Ito Manufacturing is based on Gibson's legendary Les Paul electric guitar but gives you more... like a soft, lined interior suitable for storing all your light favorite travel needs.
Let Your iPhone Shine with The Swarovski Ball Earphone Jack Accessory
2011-10-12 22:01:00 Bored with your plain-jane iPhone, smartphone, iPod or MP3 player? Japan's Strapya World has got something for that: the Swarovski Ball Earphone Jack Accessory. Plug in any one of the 15 different crystal colors and you'll be shouting ?iBling, therefore iAm!?
Recolo Time Lapse Digital Recorder Camera Speeds Up Your Life
2011-10-10 06:01:00 Lights, camera, inaction! If you're one of those people who enjoys watching the grass grow, you've got entirely too much time on your hands... or, you've got the Recolo Interval Recorder from Japan's Compact Impact.
Royal Engagement Ring Replicas Are China's Latest Booming Export
2011-01-17 18:14:00 The April 2011 wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton is proving to be a bonanza for Chinese jewelers, manufacturers and exporters. Want a royal wedding engagement ring for as little as 45 cents? Just say ?I do!?
Soap Flakes Eliminate Slippery Bar Soap Problems
2011-01-17 08:52:00 Why did bar soap fall so far out of favor when it was once the king of the shower? It is likely because bars can be slippery and awkward and no one wants to use them once they get worn down to the cracked and crumbly little nubs. Soap Flakes, a design by Nathalie Stampfli, is a bar soap grater that seems to solve the old problems of using hard soap.
Emergency Bowtie: When It's Dire To Go Formal
2011-01-17 03:38:00 On the eve of the Golden Globes, this seems like something that just might have come in handy for those in a wardrobe emergency situation. Men aren't always known for planning ahead, so you just never know when a black tie affair may pop up out of the woodwork.
Brag's Sultry Lingerie Bags Offer Flirty Style And Practicality
2011-01-17 02:18:00 When travelling, it can be a challenge to keep your delicate items protected and your dirty items away from the clean ones. Well, there's a solution now available for you, and you'll solve the problem in sexy style!
An Easy Solution To The Sleep Wars: The CosyCool
2011-01-16 03:30:00 Steeling covers, throwing them off, simmering, shivering... It's all part of how we try to balance our own sleeping comfort with our partner's.. A British couple has managed to preserve their individual comfort while still sleeping in the same room and even the same bed. They developed the CosyCool.
Chopstick Tree Art Sculpture Helps Make a Point
2011-01-15 23:03:00 In another effort to encourage people to use reusable chopsticks the China Environmental Protection Foundation has sculpted a chopstick tree and handed out reusable chopsticks.
Biotic Video Games Bring Life To The Small Screen
2011-01-15 00:00:00 At Standford University, Assistant Professor Ingmar Riedel-Kruse and his team are developing ways to take real micro-organisms and make them part of video games.
Cool Boomer... The Omhu Cane, A Walking Stick With Attitude!
2011-01-10 02:00:00 I'm not rushing anything, but when I need a cane, I want an Omhu cane. Not a plain ash, meld-into-the-background cane, but a bright, spirited, boomer cane that's right in your face.
Anatomical, Artsy Dresses By Rachel Wright
2010-10-28 23:08:00 It much just be that we're feeling a little gorier with Halloween coming up this week, but have you noticed that body parts are in fashion? Last week we saw human anatomy tees, and this week there's something for those who prefer to show off their anatomy in a more feminine way!
8 Philips Products Receive 2010 Industrial Design Awards
2010-10-28 06:00:00 This year, six of Philips' eight Good Industrial Designs just happen to make great holiday gifts, if they can be found for sale. Most of them are so new, that they haven't reached all of Philips many markets. But if you know an infant, a mother, an elderly person, someone who loves to cook, watch TV, or needs motivation to exercise, you'll find a new gift here.
Picturing The iThought Around The Corner? Think Again!
2010-10-28 00:00:00 Researchers at the University of California have made progress in the utilization of brain-controlled interfaces (BCIs) by getting subjects to picture what they wanted.
3D Poster Paint Markers Open A New Dimension In Drawing
2010-10-27 22:02:00 Move over, Crayola, 3D magic markers are here! Posca 3D markers come in 8 vivid colors and include a pair of stereoscopic 3D glasses that make your creations really stand out.
Wallets2Wear: Stash Your Cash Fashionably When You Don't Have a Purse Or Po
2010-10-27 08:06:00 There's nothing more annoying than hoing for a night out on the town and having no place to put your cash or your door key! Over the years, we've seen many of options that provide women with insconpicuous ways to keep their important items on board that also happen to be fashionable. A new competitor has entered the world of cash toting fashions and their alternative is pretty boho-chic!
Snazzy Napper
2010-10-27 07:52:00 You may think that what I'm posting is a gag costume for Halloween, and while I may have planned the timing, believe me, this fashion statement is entirely serious! I know, you don't believe it, but you still won't believe it when you see this thing in public, either!
World's Tallest Manmade Climbing Wall
2010-10-27 04:00:00 The Netherlands has proved that you don't need mountains to have challenging climbing.
2010 Trash To Treasure Competition Winners Are?
2010-10-26 05:00:00 Last year, I wrote about the 2009 Design Squad Trash To Treasure Competition winner Max Wallack and his Home Dome design for homeless people. This year the Design Squad has announced the 2010 winners. The winners are Lilly, MaryAnn and Daniel. The best part is that Continuum is going to build their designs.
I Can See Your Halo ? And It Looks Toasty
2010-10-26 00:00:00 From designers Burcu Bag, Amalia Monica & Vinay Raj Somashekar comes the Halo flexible toaster concept. |
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