Archive for the ‘Inventions’ Category
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The Amazing All-Edges Brownie Baking Pan
It’s no surprise to anyone that the best part of a gooey chocolatey brownie is the crispy edges, and now with the All Edges Brownie Pan, you can can be sure to get a crispy side with every serving. The brownie pan helps us say goodbye to uncooked centres and dry edges, and for this, we salute ThinkGeek. The twisting wall shape of the All Edges ...
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Pee-Analyzing Urinal Design
Designer Royce Zhang is credited with designing the latest innovation in urinal technology. The e-Urinal measures PH, SG, URO, BLO, WBC, PRO, GLI, BIL and KET (fancy acronyms for PH levels, sugar levels, red/white blood cells, etc.) while you relieve yourself. After your urine has has been collected in the e-Urinal vessel, it is subjected to immediate testing. Results are available on the easy touch screen ...
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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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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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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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Motorized Wheelchair Of The Future
When we first heard about WHILL, our jaws dropped open in disbelief – finally, a wheelchair that not only offers those in need mobility but a super cool aesthetic. Japanese firm WHILL debuted their solution for mobility at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2011 with a device that attaches to a standard wheelchair to convert it into a motorized vehicle. The unit resembles an oversized set ...
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All-In-One Glove And Drink Cooler
A cup of hot chocolate really hits the spot in the winter, but not nearly as much as a bottle of beer would, right? Now, there’s a way to drink your beer in the great, cold, outdoors and keep your hands warm while keeping your beverage cold thanks to the Skuuzi, or rather, the Scandinavian Koozie. The Skuuzi is made from soft merino wool and looks ...
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iWatch: An Apple Wrist Watch Concept
Italian outfit ADR Studios has introduced another wild concept that has people wishing it was really on the market. The iWatch2, a follow up to their previous iWatch Concept. It packs many of the same features as its predecessor, and with FaceTime now beginning to pick up pace, it also includes a front-facing camera. Much like the transition from the original iPad to the iPad 2, ...
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Rapunzel Style Escape Gadget
Designed by SADI student Sin Sun Ho, this safety line can be used in highrise buildings. You more or less have to glide down the side of a wall (Batman style), holding onto its secure wrist capsule design. PARANOID? CHECK OUT THE NOAH DISASTER SHELTER
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A Clock That Will Knit Your Scarfs For You
Siren Elise Wilhelmaen, a young Norway-based designer prides herself on creating concepts and designs for products, furniture and installations that have an eire of sustainability and humour to them. The knitting clock and knitting grandfather clock were created in 2010 out of wood, wool and acrylic glass. The clocks knit a single stitch, and are working 24 hours a day to produce a 6 foot (2m) ...
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An Egg Timer That Cooks Along With Your Eggs
Forget everything that you thought you knew about egg-timers. Introducing … PiepEgg! PiepEgg is an egg-timer which cooks along with your eggs! Breakfast eggs cannot be cooked more easily and more precisely! This (c)ultimate egg-timer actually recognizes the temperature of the egg yolk as it coagulates. Just place PiepEgg in a saucepan along with the eggs and an effective melody will sound when the desired firmness ...
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The Lazy Genius’ Page Turning Device [VIDEO]
A Rube Goldberg machine is a device that aims to complete a simple task in the most complicated way possible. The Rube Goldbergian contraption featured in this post assists with turning the page of a newspaper, and the overly complex machine and its master have become two of our favourite things in the world. Kinetic artist Joseph Herscher, dubbed by the New York Times as “Brooklyn’s ...
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spnKiX: Motorized Shoes To Make Life Easier
spnKiX are battery powered, motorized skates that strap right on to your shoes. They are hand controlled by a wireless remote. All hardware and electronics are integrated into a frame made of fiber reinforced nylon. One motor and battery pack per foot. A wireless remote controls both feet at once. The remote straps to your hand and you can vary the throttle with the continuously variable ...
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Print The News On Your Morning Toast
This Scan Toaster by South Korea designer Sung Bae Chang for the Electrolux Design Lab 2008 competition. You can print the news, weather forecast and photos on the bread. This concept is simple, Plug in the toaster to a free USB port, place the bread, and the software will then start burning whatever it is you want. I have a new idea, Why not let the ...
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An iPad Cover With Built-In Speakers
Yet another awesome Kickstarter project for a product that we personally LOVE over here in WHOA-land. Petur Hannes Olafsson is the brains behind the Sound Cover – a protective case for the iPad that features high quality, built-in speakers. As avid users of the iPad, we can appreciate a built-in speaker system that doubles as a shield and also an iPad stand, making listening to music ...
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Solar Camera Strap Charges Your Camera
Most photographers use a sturdy camera strap while clicking pictures. Here’s a concept from Weng Jie that wants to capitalize on that strap. This is done by making the strap solar-savvy! Meaning, adding thin solar films across the width of the strap, so as to harness solar energy when out on the field. Aptly christened the Solar Camera Strap, it’s a neat idea; when we can ...
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Winbot: The Window Cleaning Robot
Winbot, as its name suggests, cleans windows. The square shaped robotic couple goes on the two sides of the window and they are held together by strong magnetic force. The information available of the robot is scarce, but it seems that both modules have a microfiber cleaning cloth cleaning head, and both units carry a bumper for collision detection. Only one of the two parts contain ...
