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Path Illuminating Umbrella: for Dark and Stormy Nights
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While this isn’t the first design to add lights to an umbrella, the Path Illuminating Umbrella looks like something that a sane person would actually use. Instead of peppering the canopy with LEDs, this practical umbrella has its flashlight attached to the handle, so you can easily focus the light… |
December 28th, 2011
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn Features Hyperlinked Dialogues: the Internet Must be So Proud
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RPGs and other games with rich fictional histories have long had a select few fans that could cite obscure trivia like they were just telling the time, like the famous Red Shirt Guy. You’d think that with such voluminous amounts of fake facts (fakts?) to keep track of, games like… |
November 22nd, 2010
Magnogrip Magnetic Wristband Lets You Keep Your Nuts Close at Hand
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Or bolts, nails, screws, any small metal you want. The MagnoGrip has 3 small but powerful magnets. The outer covering is made of ballistic nylon, which is highly resistant to scratches, while the inner covering is made of felt.… |
March 22nd, 2010
Cable Caps USB Cable Covers: Like Rubber Bands With Ugly Faces
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Are you a neat freak? Then I’m sure you like to keep your unused cables systematically stored. You could use a rubber band, or zip ties, but the quirky community thinks they have a better solution. An uglier one, but overall better. I think. They’ve put their brain tanks together… |
January 13th, 2010
Pqi Cool Drive U360: Data Theft – I Mean Transfer – Made Easy
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I don’t know about you, but I’ve certainly done my fair share of plugging in a flash drive to and fro between computers to copy files, which is why I can’t believe I haven’t heard of PQI’s Cool Drive U360. It’s a flash drive that can also act as a… |
July 8th, 2009
Lightwedge Reading Light Doubles as Gigantic Bookmark
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The LightWedge reading light is a very handy device that lights a whole page of a book – and nothing else, allowing you to read without disturbing the people around you. Unless you start reading aloud. The LightWedge is equipped with “distortion-free, optical grade acrylic lens” and LED lights that… |
May 21st, 2009
Royal & Practical: Princess Toadstool Scarf With Pockets
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Gege Crochet loves scarves. I think “scarves” is a weird word. Fortunately Gege’s scarves are anything but weird, like this nice Princess Toadstool scarf. She said that she made this scarf to complement a Mario scarf that she also made. But then she didn’t like the back of the scarf… |
April 14th, 2009
Practical and Sneaky: Mykeyo Keyboard Organizer
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The concept behind myKeyO‘s Keyboard Organizer is so simple it’s brilliant, turning an otherwise ordinary USB computer keyboard into a personal storage. myKeyO takes advantage of the fact that today’s technology allows for very thin keyboards. The Keyboard Organizer adds functionality while only adding a tenth of an inch to… |
March 22nd, 2009
Soundshelf Design Concept: Not for Libraries
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Polish designers Witek Stefaniak and Anielka Zdanowicz observed that conventional speakers rarely fit in with our living spaces because of their appearance, so they end up being “put away in the corner of the room or hidden in the wall”. I’ve made the same observation. Anyone blessed with eyesight has… |
February 19th, 2009
La Tosta Laptop Cooling Stand: Proof That Cheap Yet Useful Things Still Exist
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Laptop owning cheapskates rejoice! Like all other laptop owners, I know that you’re concerned about the heat that your laptop generates, as well as the stress on your back from countless hours of being hunched down while using your laptop. If you’ve been holding off on purchasing those usb powered,… |
February 16th, 2009
