We may view them as crazy necklaces, bracelets and trinkets, but there is a real science to making glow sticks. Here is a video showing the creative process for making red, yellow, blue, green and white glow sticks in a jar.
Kitchen appliances never cease to impress me, especially when you see one of these gems every once in a while. To me, this is like a 3D waffle cone, maybe for a dessert, or for breakfast on-the-go. Perhaps you can batter dip it and fry it for fair food with a fruit dip. This is a great waffle iron design!
I thought this Wheel of Nutrition Plate is pretty funny. So, then I looked to see if ensuring the proper portion size was a big enough problem that someone would need to use an illustrated, color-coded surface to lay out their food. I guess some people do.
There are few means by which people have found to tell time. Then there are the many ways that people have created to display time. This Aspiral Clock is a very unique approach to showing the time of day, and dizzying at that. As time marches forward, this spiral clock slowly turns, appearing to advance a rolling ball until it reaches the 12 o’clock hour and begins all over again. Clever.
I was amazed to see this early invention of the GPS (1932). It used a rolling key map to gauge where you were as you drove. Not so much global positioning, but it was a clever way to track your location around the neighborhood.
As for newspapers, reading in real time hasn’t always been as easy as picking up an iPad. Check out these kids in 1938 reading the children’s page of a Missouri newspaper as it is fed out of an early fax machine.
Even life vests have evolved into a state-of-the-art device, as compared to bicycle inner tubes wrapped around the upper bodies of these young Germans in 1925.
No matter what the controversy may be, you can not deny that the production process for the new Jabulani soccer ball for the 2010 World Cup is incredible.
I had seen a DIY soccer ball online a little back and couldn’t help but think that it really doesn’t matter what you play the game of soccer with, it just matters that you play!
Bodum, known for its innovative product design around the kitchen, has ventured outdoors. Onto the patio to be exact. This new line of FRYKAT picnic grills are as simple as can be, and they come in a variety of vibrant colors.
These double walled ice buckets are an example of timeless product design, with a splash of color and a see-through design.
Tea For One, this all-in-one glass and strainer has just enough color to show off the product while displaying the tea inside.
2 cufflinks, 4 total GB, 8 character engraving upgrade option, 200 dollars. But hey, the shipping is free! It seems a little outrageous, but I think I like them.
The clothes pin has evolved into a smaller product over the years. Using arthritis as a catalyst to redesign the clothes pin, Product Tank has developed a new product that works with ease. Watch the video to better understand the problem, as well as his solution.
This eraser has 5 different widths to accommodate the line width of the paper you are writing on. Designed to be used in what could be called a dying art, handwriting, this eraser is none-the-less a good idea. Maybe the designer of this product can squeeze out a highlighter version of the concept.
