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Bill Gates recently created a bit of a stir by dangling US$10,000 via the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for anyone to make a better condom. And now it appears that someone has finally reinvented something good enough to win his attention. The ORIGAMI condom is collapsible, injection-molded and made of silicone. It comes in [...]
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Check out this neat edible spoon by green developmental partner Triangle Tree. It’s 100% natural made entirely of corn and organic products, replacing the need to use non-biodegradable plastic spoons. Not only can you eat a variety of meals with the spoon, but can eat it once you’re done. It’s also available in plain, spicy [...]
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Don’t you hate those schoolyard bullies who can’t scrub a buck together, or office co-workers who are too lazy to make their own lunch? Instead, they steal yours. Well, these Anti-Theft lunch bags will put an end to your beloved lunchtime burglaries. Each reusable zip-lock bag has green splotch marks adorned all over it; a [...]
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Are household pests good for anything except for annoying and scaring the hell out of us? Probably. I just recently found out about the fascinating work of UK designer James Auger from the Royal College of Art who worked with Jimmy Loizeau to build predatory devices that trap and feed on flies and mice to [...]
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Mark McKeague basically teamed up with Neil Usher for Storm in a Teacup, a device that represents current weather conditions in an actual teacup. Its features include wind speed and direction (a fan on the teaspoon spins as quickly or as slowly), sun intensity and cloud cover (the brightness of lights in the teacup adjust [...]
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Blame it on texting and instant messaging. We’re so used to jabbing emoticons out on our phones — but we can’t be bothered to move a muscle on our face. This is precisely why Etsy seller Tim Saylor’s Look of Disapproval glasses are great. You can show your utmost disapproval with virtually no facial exertion.
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Look beyond the glaringly obvious ‘trasplant’ typo in these photos, and you’ll find yourself marveling at the endless fun you can have with gummy bears instead. As the picture illustrates, you can have it all — brain transplants, heart transplants, questionable tri-head surgical procedures — so long as you have a sharp penknife, a keen [...]
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Will anyone go camping when the future is here? These inflatable tents by Heimplanet are getting quite a bit of attention online these days, and for good reason: these sci-fi designs are dead cool. Both the Cave for 2 or 3 people or Wedge for 2 people promise to be pitched quickly with just one [...]
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What, a bacon subscription? Yes, if you’re a member of The Pig’s Heirloom Bacon Club, you will find a different artisan bacon — cured and smoked in teeny-weeny batches by producers who care about the taste more than quantity — at your doorstep every month. This is proof that you can now subscribe to anything [...]
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If sympathy for Batman could be captured and sold in any one product, the Batman Family Car Decal would be it. It features two gravestones, one for Bat-daddy Dr. Thomas Wayne and the other for Bat-mommy Martha Wayne, as well as one Batman with a sadface. Fine, so this Thinkgeek product was an April Fool’s [...]
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Whoah, a resin vase that floats on water disguised as a water ripple — so you don’t know it’s a vase? Genius idea from the mental lairs of Japanese agency oodesign.
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Now this is exactly what we fantasized about in our childhood: a jet pack we can strap on and jet off to anywhere we want in the world. Australian designer Marc Newson’s spin on this device comes with a carbon fiber shell, padded armrests and retractable landing gear. It also has a patented gyroscopic control [...]
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These days it seems like everyone’s busy swiping thumbs on their iPhones or iPads. And yet there was a time when people actually abandoned Apple products. Don’t believe it? Here’s proof. Unthinkable!
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Need a bit of focus while working at your desk? Try the Eye of Sauron fortress desk lamp, which will loom over you and give you the evil eye all the time. Inspired by Richard Taylor’s fortress design as seen in the Tolkien’s The Lord of the Ring movie trilogy, David Tremont downsized the menacing [...]
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‘Samurai armor designed to be worn. It comfortably goes on in minutes. It’s light for mobility but sturdy to absorb strikes.’ Uh huh, that’s the sales pitch from Joel Toussaint, the California-based guy who has set up a call on Kickstarter to offer samurai armour made from laser-cut aluminum, steel, leather and plastic and is [...]
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