Archive for May 2011
Crovel: If You Only Get One Tool to Fend Off a Zombie Invasion
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The Crovel is an awesome looking survival tool and I really want one even though I have no need for a short spade to dig with. This thing may well be the tool best suited for a life on the run from zombie hoards ever invented. It can dig so… |
May 3rd, 2011
Bike-Lock Handlebars Foil Crooks (And Maybe You)
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I have talked about a bunch of different new bike security designs and whatnots that have landed recently, my favorite being the bank vault. Another new bike security concept has landed today, and it is designed so that you have a bike lock with you everywhere you go without having… |
May 3rd, 2011
My What Big Pockets You Have…
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Well, now you can show everyone who thought that the iPad 2 wasn’t pocketable that yes, it can fit in your pants. However it does look quite uncomfortable though. Would you like to carry your iPad 2 around this way?… |
May 3rd, 2011
Revive Smartphone: Upgradeable Phone Concept
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We can only upgrade the software on our smartphones, but what if we could also do the same for its hardware components, just like with its big brother, the PC? That’s the idea behind the Revive Smartphone. Designed by Kinneir Dufort, the Revive is meant to be modular – you… |
May 3rd, 2011
Ctrl+O Bottle Opener Leaves Mac Users Green With Envy
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Here’s a product that could only be designed by the creative minds at Art Lebedev. Like its namesake Windows command, the Ctrl+O will help you pop open bottles in real life. This can easily lead to an entire suite of Windows command products. Ctrl+X scissors, Ctrl+C carbon paper, Ctrl+V glue…… |
May 3rd, 2011
3DS Augmented Reality Tattoo: Forever on His Forearm
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A guy going by the name CBZ decided promptly when he got himself a Nintendo 3DS last week that the first thing he needed to do was to run out and get himself an augmented reality tattoo. I’m kind of amazed that he went through the whole thing, but it’s… |
May 3rd, 2011
District 9 ARC Gun: The LEGO Version
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I am truly humbled by the amazing things that people manage to do with LEGO bricks these days. Sure, there are way more shapes available than the simple squares, rectangles and green baseplates of my childhood, but it’s still impressive what can be done with these playthings. For instance, I’d… |
May 2nd, 2011
Yarn Monster Eats Yarn for Dinner, Could Be Sitting at Your Table Soon
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I love Kickstarter. It’s a great place for new and innovative ideas to get off the ground when they might have never made it in conventional start-ups. I’m not quite sure this is one of those great ideas, but it sure made me chuckle – and for that, it deserves… |
May 2nd, 2011
Japanese Lab Invents GROSS Kiss Transmission Device
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If you look at the source of most of the weird gadgets and inventions that surface, I bet that a ample number of them will hail from Japan. Engineers and designers in Japan come up with some really kooky ideas. The latest is from the Kajimoto Laboratory at the University… |
May 2nd, 2011
Is That a Stylus on Your Nose, or Are You Happy to See Me?
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Nothing says “dork” like a long, white stylus on your nose for your smartphone. I think this must be a spoof concept and not something that the designer seriously thinks is a viable product.… |
May 2nd, 2011
