Archive for March, 2012
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Facebook Profile Shower Curtain
SpinningHat is known for their fun and quickie products, and the Facebook profile page shower curtain is no exception. The shower curtain fits most standard shower sizes and has a cut out opening for you to pop your face into. While this item wouldn’t be our first choice for bathroom decor, it does rank pretty high on the kitsch scale, and we love kitsch. CHECK OUT ...
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GPS Shoes For Dementia Patients
The Aetrex GPS Shoe by GTX Corp comes with a built-in global positioning system and is becoming a bit hit amongst Dementia and Alzheimers patients. The shoes are intended to track the wearer and send a notification to a friend or family member if the wearer has wandered outside of the predetermined area (set by the user). By logging onto a website, the user can track ...
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Pronto: The Fastest Condom In The West
Willem van Renburg is an inventor who has recently come up with a new design for condoms to make them easier and faster to apply. The faster application process could make the difference between a couple using protection and not. The new condom design has been coined the “Pronto” and can be applied using a special foil applicator in under 4 seconds. van Renburg received financial ...
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The Smartphone Ultrasound Adapter
Mobisante is the world’s first smartphone-based ultrasound imaging system. The MobiUS™ SP1 system can bring ultrasound imaging within reach of healthcare professionals everywhere by combining the power of a smartphone wireless connection with the internet. Say hello to more house calls and easy-access ultrasound imaging for emergency situations, not to mention the reduction in costs associated with less hospital and clinic equipment. This device is definitely ...
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Lucy McRae’s Edible Parfum
We are pretty baffled by the latest innovation in the perfume industry introduced by Australian body architect (and artist) Lucy McRae and synthetic biologist Sheref Mansy. The two have teamed up to develop Swallowable Parfum – a cosmetic capsule that enables human skin to emit a genetically unique scent. After it is ingested and digested, the capsule is absorbed by the skin which becomes an atomizer, ...
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Sculptures Made From Packaging
Japanese artist, Kazuma Takahashi, makes amazing sculptures out of trash, especially packaging like gum wrappers, cigarette boxers and food containers. We love repurposed materials, especially when it results in cool stuff like useless figurines of insects. Kudos, Takahashi! CHECK OUT THESE HUGE SCULPTURES MADE FROM LOTTERY TICKETS
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Jumbo Earbud Speakers
We love when small things are made in super-large size, and these jumbo ear buds are no exception. This 500XL Giant Earbud Speakers set is compatible with computer, CD and MP3 players and perfect for an office or bedroom desk. The speakers come with USB cable and require 3 AAA batteries (sadly, not included). BUY NOW
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The Anti-Snoring Polar Bear Pillow
Sleep apnea affects two million people in Japan, so it’s no surprise that Dr. Kade and a team of researchers from Tokyo’s Waseda University developed the world’s first anti-snoring robot. Thankfully, the robot is designed to resemble a stuffed polar bear and is named Jukusui-Kun (meaning “deep sleep”). The polar bear is meant to be used as a pillow by the snorer and comes with a ...
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Arkay: Non-Alcoholic Whiskey
Ready for St. Patrick’s Day? For those of you who are nuts enough to enjoy the burning sensation that comes with drinking hard liquor, you may want to sample of the ArKay non-alcoholic whiskey-flavoured drink. Within the first month, ArKay sold over 100,000 orders – obviously there is a market for a halal-certified whiskey flavoured drink that contains zero calories and zero percent alcohol.
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Photos Of Young People With Everything They Own
You can tell a lot about a person by looking at his stuff — especially if you’re nosy, like us. So, when you ask a group of people born in the ’80s to arrange their possessions into a giant sculpture and pose for a photo in front of it, the result is bound to be revealing. Swedish photographer Sannah Kvist has done just that in All ...
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Animal Sculptures Made Out Of Broken CDs
Now that music is increasingly stored on iPods and computer hard drives, and those who prefer physical recordings have mostly turned to superior-sounding vinyl, what are we supposed to do with all those CDs taking up space in our closets? You can’t really them anymore. Sure, we could throw them out, but considering how many we’ve acquired over the years, that seems awfully wasteful. Well, if ...
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Popular Gadgets Made From Deli Meat
If the idea to fashion a slice of deli meat into an ipod sculpture has never occurred to you, you are not alone…us neither. Thankfully, Dutch artist Rutger de Vries has beat us to the punch and we can’t think of a more fabulous way to use sliced deli meat. The artist has used cold cuts to fashion a set of car keys, a USB stick, ...
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A Portrait Made From Coffee Ring Stains
Coasters are totally overrated. Inspired by one of Jay Cou’s songs, artist Hong “Red” Yi created a portrait of the Taiwanese musician using nothing but coffee rings, left by an actual mug expertly set down over and over again on a canvas. Yi writes, ”It is inspired by the opening sentence [of the song], about lifting up a coffee cup off the saucer, and the ending ...
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Cartoon Characters Struggling On The Streets
French artist Benjamin Béchet, whose work we spotted over on My Modern Met, creates images intended to provoke a double take. In his subversive photo series, beloved childhood characters like Winnie the Pooh, Spider-Man, Hello Kitty, and Snow White are seen living in the real world and on the margins of society. They wash windows and mop floors; they sleep under overpasses; they pump gas and ...
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Olly: The Smell Releasing Twitter Robot
The brilliant folks at MintDigital – a London and New York-based group of software developers, interaction designers and creative strategists have done it again. Introducing, Olly and Molly – two adorable web-connected robots that help you manage and track your online success with social media websites. Olly is a tiny robot that can be synced with any online account, and once you receive a mention, comment ...
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Alien vs. Predator Chess Set
Leave it to a super geek, like deviantART member, Joker Laugh (Francis Gray), to come up with a custom hand-made chess set using the characters from Alien Vs. Predator. Francis Gray is an artist from the United Kingdom. He made the chess board from wood and stone tiles. The Alien pieces were made using small figurines from a company called Konami, and the Predators are small ...
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Stunning Photography Of Red Bull Cliff Divers
Cliff diving is the purest extreme sport on earth. Take a high cliff, deep water and courage. What you get is all you need. No additional machinery, no protection whatsoever, just absolute concentration and complete body control. The equipment – a swimsuit – fits into your trouser pocket. The principle is simple; the complication is your own experience. Diving from heights of around 27m, the equivalent ...
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Four Seasons Captured In One Photo
What do you get if you snap a photo of the same scene out your window everyday for a year? A lot of photos. Now, if you decide to photoshop those photos of different seasons into one super photo, you end up with a wicked picture of the same scene as it shows throughout the year, just like photographer Eirik Solheim has done in 2010. Solheim ...
