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Compostable Soda Cups
Compostable Soda Cups
Coca-Cola's Eco-Friendly Fountain Cups Debut at UW
Coca-Cola welcomed 2009 with a step towards being more environmentally friendly by implementing compostable paper cups for soft drinks at the University of Washington. International Paper created the… MORE
Plush Parenting
Plush Parenting
Teddy Bear Proves Helpful In Nurturing Endangered Lemur
With her bright hazel eyes, tiny black face surrounded with feathery gray hair, this baby lemur has already captured the hearts of the staff at the Besancon Zoo in Eastern France. The newly born Madagascar… MORE
Ballistic Mobile Apps
Ballistic Mobile Apps
This ‘Bullet Fight' Military Sniper Rifle Mount is a True iPhone
Imagine that you are a sniper out in the field with your M110 rifle. You’re looking for the ideal position from which to fire the perfect shot, but the weather is terrible. Between the wind, temperature,… MORE
Microscopic Body Submarines
Microscopic Body Submarines
Blood Vessel Swimming 'Proteus' Robots Could Soon Be Reality
Do you believe it? A microscopic submarine like in the movie Fantastic Voyage is now set to become a reality.  Scientists in Australia have designed one of the smallest motors which they say can swim… MORE
USB Powered Lunchboxes
USB Powered Lunchboxes
The Thanko Hot Box Keeps Your Meals Toasty
So, what are you eating for lunch? Surely you want to have your food served warm. It doesn’t matter whether you just have a sandwich or some rice topping. What matters is that you want a warm meal. Well,… MORE
Insanely Dangerous Extreme Sports
Insanely Dangerous Extreme Sports
25-Year-Old Invents Great White Shark Riding (UPDATE)
While inventing perhaps one of the most dangerous extreme sports invented to date, a 25-year-old surfer was pulled along on a surfboard by a fishing line after dragging large pieces of bloodied meat to… MORE
Economy-Inspired Fashion
Economy-Inspired Fashion
The $14 Red Recession Dress Was Designed for the Times
Let’s admit it: frugality and high fashion simply do not mix. Frustrating as it is, it’s true! But, have you heard of the term “recession chic” and “future proof fashion?” If you're into style, of course… MORE
Headphone Headbands
Headphone Headbands
SleepPhones Let You Fall Asleep to Music Comfortably
Falling asleep to music is incredibly soothing, but it’s often difficult to do, especially if you share a bed with someone who doesn’t share your affinity to listen to music at night. Headphones and earbuds… MORE
Anti-Texting and Driving Gadgets
Anti-Texting and Driving Gadgets
Key2SafeDriving Prevents Text Messaging on the Road
Researchers at the University of Utah are developing a device currently named Key2SafeDriving which prevents car owners, especially teenagers, from using their mobile phones while driving. Key2SafeDriving… MORE
Personal Fitness Trackers
Personal Fitness Trackers
FitBit Lists Exercise and Calorie Burn While You Sleep
The FitBit Tracker is a new device that can help you keep track of your fitness every day--even when you are asleep. If you are always anxious to know whether you have done enough exercise and have burned… MORE
Rear-Typing Keyboards
Rear-Typing Keyboards
Learn to Type All Over Again with the Grippity
Grippity is a newly-designed keyboard that intends to change the conventional way of typing altogether. The letters are arranged in the same manner as regular QWERTY keyboards. The big difference is… MORE
Underwater iPod Cases
Underwater iPod Cases
The iDive 300
H2O Audio recently announced the launch of iDive 300, their latest waterproof product for those who like to listen to music while underwater. The iDive 300 is a waterproof housing for your iPod or iPhone… MORE
Fluorescent Pebbles
Fluorescent Pebbles
The Life Pebble Innovation for Firefighters
At the recently held Seoul Design Competition, the safety of brave firefighters served as the inspiration for the grand prize winners Kim Woo-sik and Jun Yoo-ho from Konkuk University in Korea. The two… MORE
Watches with Shutters
Watches with Shutters
The Storm London MK V
It is human nature to make simple things complicated. This MK V watch from Storm London is a perfect example of a simple timepiece made impossibly complicated. A conventional wristwatch has a face which… MORE
Rearview Glasses
Rearview Glasses
Nike Hindsight Extends Peripheral Vision
Nike’s Hindsight glasses are designed to help athletes like joggers and cyclists extend their peripheral vision. The idea is to enable the wearer to see objects behind him without having to look backwards.… MORE
Speakers Designed by Musicians
Speakers Designed by Musicians
AeroSystem Home Audio System
Jean-Michel Jarre, a French composer noted for his contributions to electronic music, presents a new speaker system for music lovers called the AeroSystem iPod Dock and Speaker. The AeroSystem consists… MORE
Computerized Cutlery
Computerized Cutlery
3-in-1 Utensil Features Food Analyzer
One of the innovative concepts presented at the Designparcours Munich 2008 exhibition is the IC3 Concept by designer Alex Schulz. IC3 is a computerized shaft that has interchangeable eating tools, a fork,… MORE
Self-Cleaning Knife Blocks
Self-Cleaning Knife Blocks
Germ-Killing Kitchen Gadgets
The Germ Eliminating Knife Block is a new kitchen device that helps lessen the possibility of food poisoning and spread of food-borne diseases. The Germ Eliminating Knife Block uses ultraviolet light… MORE
DIY Fighting Robots
DIY Fighting Robots
The Robocraft Boxing Kit
The Robocraft Boxing Kit is the newest product of the Japanese toy company Tamiya. The robot toys look like the modern day counterpart of the Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em Robots, as they do nothing but beat the… MORE
Unexpected Aerial Lights
Unexpected Aerial Lights
Mysterious Pink Spot Looms Over London
London residents were left confused last October 20th when an eerie pink light loomed over the night sky of the city. Bewildered onlookers in Mayfair held their heads up high to see the eerie alien-like… MORE
Recycling Outdated Technology
Recycling Outdated Technology
The Cassette Tape Closet
Do you still have cassette tapes kept in a box under your bed? Before you consider them as trash and start throwing them out, think twice. Try to think of how you can reuse them creatively, as Dutch designer… MORE
iPod Jewelry
iPod Jewelry
The iBangle
We’ve already seen iPods designed like rosaries and coins, which leaves us to wonder what other forms an iPod can possibly take.  Gopinath Prasana has invented the iBangle, an aluminum bracelet that… MORE
Robotic Space Ants
Robotic Space Ants
The Mars I-SWARM Project
The global population boom is just one of the driving forces to research Earth-like planets with the potential to support life. Researchers have gathered proof that there once was, or still could be, life… MORE
Making Music With Typewriters
Making Music With Typewriters
TypoSonic
A popular name in the field of sound is Diego Stocco, a composer as well as designer of instruments and sound. Diego Stocco has created a number of musical instruments that didn't fail to amaze people… MORE
$2,000 Watch Inspired Phones
$2,000 Watch Inspired Phones
The Motorola AURA
Great news for style-seeking tech geeks out there: the Motorola AURA has just been launched. This unique and fashionable cell phone acts as a strong entry for Motorola into the newly popular genre of fashion… MORE
Sunlight-Seeking Planters
Sunlight-Seeking Planters
The PlantBot
Most indoor plants need to be placed in specific spots of your home in order for them to receive the sunlight they need to survive. With the design concept from Play Coalition, however, plants can be placed… MORE
Sporting Goods for Geeks
Sporting Goods for Geeks
Star Wars Bowling Balls
Bowling aficionados who would like to be empowered by the iconic characters from ‘Star Wars’ should use these Star Wars Bowling Balls from Brunswick. The bowling balls feature C-3PO, Darth Maul, Leia,… MORE
Humanizing Dogs
Humanizing Dogs
Canines Doing Chores
This calendar was recently published in the United Kingdom, and it’s causing quite a stir. The calendar features zany photographs of humanized canines doing everyday household chores. From January to… MORE
Globes as Bars
Globes as Bars
Geography Served Up with a Twist
This sixteenth-century Italian replica globe bar is designed with the nautical maps that were used back in the 16th century. The globe bar holds a compartment in its center for bottles and glasses.  The… MORE
Strip-Searching Body Scanners
Strip-Searching Body Scanners
Australian Security Gadget Finds Contraband Down Under
Now, even crooks that are hiding weapons and drugs in their privates will not be able to transport such things with this newly developed scanner from the land down under.  Officials have admitted that… MORE
Soccer-Playing Mini Robots
Soccer-Playing Mini Robots
The AI-Equipped Robo-Q
Japanese toy manufacturer Tomy Co. caught the attention of the public at the three-day Robo Japan 2008 convention with Robo-Q, a very small robot that only measures 3.4 cm high. The miniature robot is… MORE
Candidates as Musicians
Candidates as Musicians
John McCain Plays the Drums
Presidents have always tried to connect to the community with music, with mixed success. In 1992, Bill Clinton broke out a saxophone to serenade late-night viewers and a star was born. In 1960, however,… MORE
Self-Cleaning Eyewear
Self-Cleaning Eyewear
ClearVision Glasses
Because prescription glasses are worn on the face on a daily basis, they are highly exposed to dust. Using special cloths and chemicals to clean them can work, but you still run the risk of damaging the… MORE
iPhone Laptops
iPhone Laptops
Olo Computers And Apple Partnership
It looks like Olo Computers has formed a partnership with Apple to create a type of iPhone-based laptop computer.  Olo updated their website with a photo of an iPhone placed in place of the computer… MORE
Text Messages From Elephants
Text Messages From Elephants
High Tech Alerts For Rangers
Technology is being integrated into the animal kingdom in so many unique ways; now elephants are sending text messages to rangers in order to warn them that they are heading toward crops. Park rangers… MORE
Sustainably Harvested Wood Phones
Sustainably Harvested Wood Phones
Nokia Eco Mobile
Nokia has been released a range of environmentally-friendly cell phones, and their latest is truly eye catching. Nokia’s eco team created a revolutionary mobile phone made completely of wood. Yes, you… MORE

Featured Ideas

Real Life Robocop
Real Life Robocop
Students at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) have developed a robot that will assist the Waukesha (Wisconsin) Police Department in dispersing treacherous face-offs. This real life Robocop is… MORE
Hydro-Muscular Massage for Pets
Hydro-Muscular Massage for Pets
Freak Out Your Cat
California's first Pet Spa now offers "hydro-muscular massage and bath," designed by a team of veterinarians, animal behaviorists and engineers the automated cabin securely preserves air and water temperatures… MORE
Cop Detection
Cop Detection
No Speeding fines with Rossini Navigator
The Rossini Navigator uses a new Satellite Navigation device to guarantee users that they will not raise any speeding ticket from any speed camera in the UK. It has been set to notify of mobile speed camera… MORE
Consumer-Designed Robots
Consumer-Designed Robots
The LEGO Mindstorms NXT Allows Buyers to Create
Mindstorms NXT is a lego with a 32 bit microprocessor, some drag-and-drop programming software, touch sensors, and a whole lot more. The core of the NXT kit is the programming software which really makes… MORE
Sci-Fi Inspired Architecture
Sci-Fi Inspired Architecture
'Un Sui' House Inspired by A Space Odyssey
Are you a sci-fi movie fanatic? If yes, you'll get excited about architect Norisada Maeda's stylish and unique home design structure. It resembles the movie set of the 2001 movie, A Space Odyssey. N Meada… MORE
Eco-Friendly Underwear
Eco-Friendly Underwear
The Bra Bag
A bra in a form of shopping bag! Imagine women carrying their groceries in their transformed underwear. This bra is known as “No! Shopping Bag Bra” and is expected to greatly reduced the use of plastic… MORE
DScar
DScar
Awarded "The Most Affordable Dream Car"
The DScar designed by the Students from Cranfield University (one of Western Europe’s largest academic centers) is entitled “The Most Affordable Dream Car” by winning the innovation prize at the… MORE
Human-sized Android
Human-sized Android
Advantage to Nurses and Healthcare
Professor Yasuo Kuniyoshi of Tokyo University developed a 70kg robot that can move in a more human-like behavior. The 1,800 sensors embedded within its skin are responsible for adjusting its arm movements.… MORE
Personalized Secret Encoder Rings
Personalized Secret Encoder Rings
64-Character Binary Code Jewelry
A ring symbolizes tradition, friendship, fashion and marriage. With Jonathan Ben-Tovim’s creation, rings can also be used as means of communication--so long as the message is 64 characters long and the… MORE
Wind Dam
Wind Dam
Cool Russian Eco Initiative
The architects of Chetwood Associates are planning to build a large wind dam in Lake Lagoda in North West Russia. The dam will feature a 75-meter sail that directs incoming wind down into the turbine.… MORE
PSP Phone Concept
PSP Phone Concept
Sony Ericsson's Fun Design
This is yet another great concept by Sony. Compare to Nokia’s Ngage, its unique design is much more superior (no offense to Nokia). Just take a look at their recent patent filing and it will show you… MORE
Robotic Bartenders
Robotic Bartenders
Robomoji, Asahi and RoboBar
Robomoji is the latest robot bartender that is making waves in the net by making drinks. In January, we saw the Asahi robot bartender, which pours Japan's favourite drink. Then in July, we covered the… MORE
Eco-friendly VoIP Phones
Eco-friendly VoIP Phones
The Pappa Phone by Hulger
The Pappa*Phone launched by Hulger is the world’'s first wooden VoIP phone. It was created by Furni, a company based in Montreal. The natural beauty of a single piece of American walnut can be seen from… MORE
Air Pellet Shower
Air Pellet Shower
CSIRO Cuts Water Use by 30%
Stay clean and use less water! Neat. CSIRO is a new showerhead that inserts small air pockets into the water coming down on your body in the shower. As the surface area impacting your body, the feel of… MORE