Reduce splash and standing water with modern Follo Washbasin

Breaking rules and forms has been the mantra of success in the designing field. But here’s one modern basin that has simply straightened out to create ripples in the world of bathroom décor. Being the first bathroom product by designer Will MacCormac, it certainly scores over the run-of-the-mill bowl shapes for its debut design. Christened as Follo, the designer dedicates his creation to his childhood obsession with water.

Exclusively handcrafted, it features shallow grooves to reduce standing water. Also since the basin extends in to flat sides, one can place their toiletries on the sides which in turn are easy to wipe clean. The free-flow design incorporates a generous bowl area to reduce splash, combining with a unique integrated drainage system within a slimline unit that measures less than 7cm in height.

Crafted out of Cristalplant, the most sought after material for luxurious bathroom décor, this basin is sturdier than it seems. Aptly designed to be fixed as a counter top or wall mounted, the first edition of Follo will make splash in classic white . Available in an array of sizes and configurations, it will be available as a wall hung system before the end of 2008.

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Wake up with the Vibrating Alarm Clock

The trick for alarm clock manufacturers, then: to craft devices that wake you, but just enough — an impossible calibration across the craggy depths of individual slumber. The “Vibrating Alarm Clock” by Karlsson  is meant to slip under your pillow and then vibrates, its keys encased in a plastic sheath to prevent accidental midnight deactivation*. It doubles as an LED flashlight. In the morning, put it in its recharging station, where it reclines the rest of the day as a simple clock.
If you don’t have a phone — or you use a Windows Mobile handset that would snap your neck if you secreted it under your pillow — you can pick up Karlsson model for just £25.

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Dining Room Table that includes all gaming tables

It is a terrible thing, to have to decide between a dining room table and a football table, or a football table or a ping pong table, or a ping pong table and a pool table. This Table solves the problem wonderfully: with Matrioshka-like nesting, each table peels back to reveal another surface lying beneath.

The table includes pool, bolwing, poker, craps, chess, backgammon (twice!), shuffleboard, ping pong and roulette. There’s even a regular surface so it can function as a dining room table. The price isn’t bad either: $1,267.

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A watch that integrates an usb in

This watch integrates a hidden usb drive that also serves as the watch’s clasp. Unlike other watches that hide a separate, detachable flash drive, this one is attached to the watch strap.
The watch was designed by Ondrej Vaclavik. It’s designed to be lightweight and require no batteries, as the watch would charge via the USB.
It’s not available for sale yet, so there’s no word on the capacity of the USB drive.

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Smoon Ombrella Lamp - gives and also protect you from light

Elegant and designed as a real “shining sculpture”, Smoon Ombrella protects you from sunlight during the day, and softly lightens the darkness at night…
Smoon Ombrella is wireless and offers a decorative effect for your indoor living space or outside on a terrace, creating an intimate atmosphere wherever you wish.
Also offers long battery life: 10 hours of charge will be enough for 6 days of light.

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QingBar MP101 mini projector - share movies and photos from your iPhone or iPod

While the iPhone and iPod Touch are pretty good for watching movies by yourself, what about those times when you want to share? Having a group of people huddled around that relatively small screen can be pretty awkward, so this mini projector dock from Honlai Technology seems like a good alternative, at first glance at least.

While it’s quite a bit larger than the official iPhone/iPod Touch USB dock, when compared to other video projectors it’s downright tiny. But that compact size does cost you when it comes to image quality.

While the 640×480 image resolution is understandable, the ANSI brightness rating is a less-than-stellar 10-15 lumens, and you’re looking at a contrast ratio of just 200:1. So while it’s able to project an image that’s roughly 15 to 27 inches in size, don’t expect a similar visual experience as you get from your local digitally-equipped movie theater.

The dock also features a mini AV jack allowing you to connect other devices as well as a set of 2W speakers for stereo sound.

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Ionic Smokeless Ashtray keeps the air healty, clean and fresh

There’s worse ideas for a business than to lift inventions from Gremlins’ Randall Peltzer wholesale. With a futuristic hemispheric design, the Ionic Smokeless Ashtray uses ions and ohms and magic to eliminate cigarette smoke. According to the copy, “smoke is broken down into minute, negatively-charged particles which are then captured by the positively-charged stainless steel lining of the dome” which results only in a pleasant spurt of fresh air and perhaps a wisp or two of residual arsenic gas.

Ionic smokeless ashtray purifies the air, eliminates odors and contains and eliminates secondhand smoke to keep the air healthy, clean and fresh.

Technology! Only $19.99, so pay for one out of your house’s monthly Febreeze budget.

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A modern,sliding clock

A Slide Rule was a gadget used back in the 50’s and was basically an old fashioned calculator which you slide the rulers around to work out complex equations. The Slide Rule clock is basically a modern version of the slide rule that is now used to tell the time.

Greg Blonder was the creator of this device (he holds over 70 patents). The device is powered by LEGO Mindstorms programmable bricks and is constructed of foamcore.

The base of the clock was constructed from standard LEGOs, encasing two mindstorm servo motors. At the corners of the base are four switches, used to support the “slider”. By pressing the corners of the slider its possible to set the hours and minutes.

Each scale measures 2″ X 18″. The clock is DC powered and time can be set by tapping the sides of the rulers to move up and down the hours and minutes.

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Pro Gaming Table - more space to place your collected gadgets

Owning multiple displays is no longer simply a luxury for the most hardcore and wealthy of geeks. Slowly, but surely, multiple display and peripherals set-ups are moving their way into the mainstream. With the lowering prices of hardware comes the lowering prices of hardware space. In this case, the Pro Gaming Table, which features tons of extra shelf space for a fraction of the expected price.

The Pro Gaming Table features a comfortably-placed multi-tiered design, which allows a ton of more space for placing all of your collected gaming and display gadgets. It provides plenty of room for up to three 21-inch LCD monitors, a printer, a keyboard, not to mention tons of extra gaming real-estate with its three levels of shelving.

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Zumo 550 - a GPS for Harley owners

The addition for this device is a detachable Global Positioning System, which incorporates features such as Bluetooth support, left-handed controls, convenient large-sized buttons, turn-by-turn voice directions, and a ride planner that helps the rider connect to the HD website.
The customizable navigation features of the Zumo 550 are what you would call ‘motorcycle-friendly’. It also includes a Glove-friendly touchscreen; a high-brightness, sunlight-readable, UV-resistant display; and a motorcycle console for trip information, including a fuel gauge. It comes with preloaded City Navigator® NT street maps and is built with vibration-tested, waterproof, and fuel-resistant plastics for a rugged Harley ride.
The Road Tech zūmo can be bought at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, and authorized Harley-Davidson dealers for a cool $799. If you’re a free-spirited biker, you now have a logical reason to accept ‘directions’.

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