iPod racer

I got this idea from the star-wars "Pod-racing", but just the name. The concept is to produce toy cars that carries iPods, and uses iPod power as power source. The most interesting part is it uses the audio signal streamed from the iPod to control its speed.

So say you and your friend both possess an ipod. plug your ipod into the racer, and select an appropriate song to play. Your choice of song would determine the speed and the rythm the racer runs. While ballads or new age makes your racer cruise, techno will cause your racer to run in short and fast bursts. Now each of you can pick your favorite song, and race your music for a bet.

Fun?

Toilet paper fortune telling

Fortune-telling, for me, is an art of discovering meaning from chaos. People use things that seems to be totally random or controled by the environment in an computationaly intractable manner to predict their future. (e.g. Tea leaves, burn mark, Crystal ball.) We introduce you this toilet paper that adds a bit of amusement to your morning ritual. Each sheet is printed with a circular dimension grid. After wiping your arse, the smudge would give you an indication of the level of luck on each aspect of your life today.

Mushroom cloud lamp

Have your personal nuclear explosion on your desktop! This is basically a molded plastic lamp with the shape of a mushroom cloud.

Light stick basket

A basket of light sticks, each stick is a battery powered lamp/torch. Touch sensitive surface of the light stick cause it to light up when you pick it up by your hands. The basket serve as a cradle/charger. While in charge, the basket of the sticks can also serve as a floor lamp.

Cappuccino Foam Illusion

Stay in your favorite cafe to whatever length you like, and never be threatened by waiter who gives you dirty looks when you cup is already empty. We introduce the Cappuccino Foam Illusion, which is an ingeniously designed disc that looks exactly like the layer of foam on a cup of freshly served cappuccino. It even has the coca powder. Put one piece on your cup, and you can keep working on your spreadsheet, or use the WiFi offered by the cafe.

Heat Transfer Powered Torch

The problem with torches is that when you need them, they are probably out of battery. There are numerous types of battery-less torch out there which require you to constantly flick/shake/twist/wind them when you need long duration of usage, but I will introduce a better idea: a torch that lights up when you stick the tail part in your mouth (or somewhere else warm, go figure). The difference of temperature between tail and head portion causes heat transfer, and this generates power to light up the torch. An additional advantage is that you got both your hands free. Think of a situation when during a winter night your car broke down in the middle of nowhere. You get the idea.

Oh, an obviously more novel idea is SOLAR-POWERED torch. But someone has already invented it.

Water tube clock

A standing glass tube with the inner wall shaped as 12 pockets. Starting from 12 o'clock, water level in the tube will gradually drop, and when reaching 12 o'clock again, internal pump would bring the water level back to top. Well, you won't know what is the precise minute, but as a cool clock it serves well.

Don't ask me how to tune this clock. I am not the manufacturer.

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Ipop bottle opener

You invite you friends over for a beer. You can't find your bottle opener. You wip out your ipod, and what do they know -- it can be used as a bottle opener! It's like, a cool gadget with real cool usage, make it sub-zero cool.

Mr Jobs, you there?

Cross-wired CCTV in elevator/lift

It is boring standing in an elevator. What if we install CCTV cameras and screens inside an elevator? The best part, let one elevator's screen show what is going on in another elevator, and vise versa. You can downsize your security staff already!

Nose drawer handle

There is always this forbidden desire to stick your two fingers into some pair of nostrils and pull! Now what if we make a drawer handle in the shape of a nose with such explicit indication for you to pull it? It would definitely be popular!

Tea Spoon

First lesson I got from western social etiquitte: do not drink from your tea spoon. They are used for stirring, not sipping, no? So here it goes: a tea spoon that has a hole in the middle! And you can hang it to dry!

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