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In most households couples fight over misplaced keys. I have a friend whose husband has a habit of leaving keys and then forgetting where he left them, then they fight it out while trying to find the keys. I have found a perfect solution to their…

Recently there was a report in the newspapers that said collecting lighters is a better habit than actually smoking; why not, when you have a lighter that is as cute as this one! This ultra funky lighter actually looks like a match! There is a button…

If you are missing out on your favorite tracks while you do the business in your bathroom then I’ve just the thing that’ll set your heart on fire. KBSound Select is a luxury bathroom radio all replete with discrete white speakers; lucky for you…

Do you detest other people drinking from your cup? Simple; just keep it locked. This seemingly simple coffee mug by Israeli designer Efrat Gommeh has a ‘lock hole’ at the bottom of the cup. Unless a person has the key, which is unique to every…

Take a good look at this debutant MP3 player! This is Samsung’s yet-to-be-released Yepp YP-S2 portable music player. The pretty piece which is really tiny, like a miniature pebble and is ultra light weight too. This portable music machine would…

How on earth could this girl get to park her red Mazda Miata in her neighbor’s swimming pool? She either felt really hot inside the car and needed a quick dip or did the vehicle need some water? Whatever the case was, the next morning the guys had..

Armored vehicles take up most of a country’s allocation of military funds. Some enthusiasts created an armored vehicle, which is quite green. Now you must be wondering how a tank, an armored vehicle can go green. It can, when it is run on human…

Created by robot insect builders TinyMinds, these tiny robotic BugBots are perhaps the most annoying mechanical beings I have ever seen in my life. What’s even worse is that all of them use solar power to charge up and can inflict mayhem on any…

Most people avoid the topic of death, let alone be interested in something about coffins or graveyards. As Freud put it, it is the life energy that makes us not want to think about death. However, some of us also have a predominantly ‘thanatos’…

Jewelry made out of re-cycled stuff seldom looked as good as these stylish cufflinks made from recycled circuit boards. Available in funky colors like red, blue, black, or the more familiar green, each pair is individual and unique in itself. Crafted…