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Getting the press write about me
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Gosh, I really have to reveal that?? Ok, here it goes. I follow the other trends and bookmark the links of the original blogs. Then when I have time, I go visit all those blogs abd see what is unique or uncovered. God dammit, I just revealed my secret..... grrrr.
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The guy who made the Ferrari by hand
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How do you reset to be creative?
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In 2020 there will be no need anymore to go out to work unless you're a manual laborer
Crowdfunded Limited-Edition Art
Crowdfunded Limited-Edition Art
This Art Project Addresses an Artist's Fame and Finance Problems
Artist Dimitri Likissas created a crowdfunding art concept that is unique in many ways. For the majority of us, collecting art is not within our budgets nor even on our minds. However, people do... MORE
Bug Zapping Shields
Bug Zapping Shields
The Mosquito Laser Creates an Invisible Barrier Around Your House
Tired of zapping mosquitoes with those electric bug rackets? An astrophysicist, Lowell Wood, came up with a ‘mosquito laser’ along with Edward Teller, the “architect of the original plan to use lasers… MORE
Liquor For Libido
Liquor For Libido
Study Shows Men + Booze = Better Performance in Bed
A recent study of 1580 Australian men showed improved sexual abilities for men who drink beer. It’s a popular belief that after alcohol consumption, men risk having “brewer's droop,” more commonly known… MORE
32 Gig Mega Gadgets
32 Gig Mega Gadgets
SwissFlash Presentation Pro Knife Is a Flash Drive RC, Mouse, Laser Pointer
You thought this would be just another knife with a USB stick in it? Wrong. This SwissFlash knife is the ultimate cutting tool, uh, sorry, presentation tool. The SwissFlash Presentation Pro Knife is… MORE
Mouse Cursor Fashion
Mouse Cursor Fashion
Clicking Mitts Keep The Computer Cursor Going in the Real World.
If you’re hooked on your computer all day, you might not realize it, but you’re constantly moving the cursor, it’s just a way of life. Now, to extend the expectation of a reaction when you click on something,… MORE
Silent Ringtones For Clubbing
Silent Ringtones For Clubbing
Mathmos Flashing Badge Lets You Know When Your Phone Rings
The badge flashes as your phone rings. Okay, it almost seems obsolete, but it’s still a cool gadget. But think about it, if you're deaf, this could be a good way to get alerts when you get text messaged.… MORE
Inaugural PC Infections
Inaugural PC Infections
Cyber Criminals Attack With Fake Obama Sites
Everyone is on the Obama inauguration bandwagon, with products that range from tee shirts and Obama dolls to stickers and flags. Now cyber criminals have jumped on the bandwagon by setting up fake Obama… MORE
Shark-Inspired Auto Wraps
Shark-Inspired Auto Wraps
Wrap Your Car With Golfball Technology for Efficiency
The idea is simple: the dimples in a golf ball are there to make it roll faster, have less drag, and stay on target. For the same reason, Skinzwraps Inc. came up with the FastSkinz MPG Plus vehicle wrap.… MORE
Cyborg Contact Lenses
Cyborg Contact Lenses
Control Your Mouse with Your Eye Movements
This contact lens is laced with sensors that track your eyeball movement. It communicates your eyeball's tracking info to a receiver connected to your computer, like a wireless mouse. If you think about… MORE
Concrete Speakers
Concrete Speakers
Finally A Sound System for ‘Hard Rock' Music
Seattle artist Christopher Gronbeck came up with these rock solid speaker enclosures made out of concrete. Usually speaker enclosures or ‘boxes’ are made out of pressed wood panel or MDF. Not sure how… MORE
Projected Hopscotch Courts
Projected Hopscotch Courts
The Dream Beam Eliminates Chalked-Up Sidewalks
Are kids actually still playing traditional games after being spoiled with high-tech toys such as Wii’s and Nintendos? Transforming the old for the new, designer Hey-Lim Jeon came up with the Dream Beam.… MORE
Bazooka Firehoses
Bazooka Firehoses
Nozzle Doesn't Reach? Shoot It With The Jet Spray Firefighter Gun
The Jet Spray Firefighter gun is the newest arm against fire. You’re at a fire, but your water pressure is too low, so the water stream can’t reach the target. This is where the Jet Spray comes to rescue.… MORE
Handheld Hotness Meters
Handheld Hotness Meters
Bandai's MoteQ Tests How Attractive Women Are to Men
Ladies: How are you scoring with men? This little gadget will keep you busy for hours trying to find out your ‘MoteQ’(or sex appeal knowledge). Laughter guaranteed. Japanese Toy Manufacturer Bandai… MORE
Washers with Integrated Hampers
Washers with Integrated Hampers
Baguni Eliminates One Step From Your Laundry Routine
Besides looking cool, this Baguni washing machine eliminates the step of emptying your smelly laundry into the washing machine. Just take your hamper, put it in the machine and as Ron Popeil would have… MORE
Shape-Shifting Keyboards
Shape-Shifting Keyboards
Super-Ergonomic Peripheral Adjusts to Your Typing Style
Talk about a smart keyboard: This one slowly adapts and adjusts to your typing style through what they call a “Dynamic Positioning Controller.” Why would anyone need this? Well, while you’re reading this… MORE
Illuminated Jugs
Illuminated Jugs
Bring Out 'The Pitcher' to Become the Light of Any Party
Here we have The Pitcher. It’s a 60 ouncer and has 5 bright white LEDs incorporated in at the bottom. They light up the table where it’s put down, or they’ll make you look like Conan O Brian yelling “In… MORE
Transformer Restaurants
Transformer Restaurants
3SIX0 Fold-Up Tables Make Way For Dance Floors
What do you do when you run a restaurant, but also want to cater to stand-up cocktail parties? Move all the tables and chairs? No way! Design firm 3SIX0 went to the drawing board to come up with a solution… MORE
Marble Helmets
Marble Helmets
They're Light, Protect You, And Made From Real Stone
Yep, an Italian company has found a way to manipulate and shape a stone that’s coveted by the Romans among us. They call the material stone foil. No, it’s nothing like the foils or wraps we know. It’s… MORE
Letter Padlocks
Letter Padlocks
The Wordlock
Do you have so many pins and passcodes you find you get them confused? These handy padlocks make it much more convenient as they use letters instead of numbers. Numbers are harder to remember, and it’s… MORE
Pet Food Consumption Control
Pet Food Consumption Control
DogPause Dog Bowl
Vomiting, belching, farting & gagging. Heee almost sounds like the Pepto Bismol commercial. Anyways, anyone that has a dog at home knows that once you fill their bowl with pet food that it won't last long.… MORE
Webcam Backpacks
Webcam Backpacks
Porta2030 Streams On The Go
If you've ever recorded video footage of yourself on the go, you probably looked like a goofball with your camcorder or cellphone stretched out in front of you... not so stealth. With this slender backpack,… MORE
Banana Protectors 2
Banana Protectors 2
Nana Banana Saver Prevents Browning
My secretary swears that if she eats a whole banana, she can't eat for the day again. If that sounds like you, then the Nana Banana Saver is for you. Cut your banana in two, clip on the banana saver and… MORE
Soda Float Gizmo
Soda Float Gizmo
Fizz Cup
If you've ever tried making soda floats at home, you know the mess the creation of the pop and ice cream combo can be. It's fun to concoct, but you wouldn't want to do it anywhere you can't clean your… MORE
Anti-Jetlag Glasses
Anti-Jetlag Glasses
Re-Set Your Body's Clock on the Fly
If you travel across different timezones, you know how it feels to be jetlagged. You become sleepy, moody, can't concentrate and you have a hard time staying awake in the day, and can't fall sleep at night.… MORE
Retro Reinvented
Retro Reinvented
Cassette Tape MP3 Player (Actually Works in a Cassette Deck)
Remember that old contraption known as a cassette tape? I'm sure there are youngsters out there who haven't seen one. Well, here we a have a novel gadget being unveiled that combines a cassette tape with… MORE
GPS Tourism For Lost Landmarks
GPS Tourism For Lost Landmarks
Mauerguide For Fallen Berlin Wall
The remainder of the Berlin Wall is a huge tourist landmark, but the problem was finding it, even with maps, as the wall isn't there anymore. Now with the help of a hand-sized touchscreen multimedia device… MORE
Solar Tables 2
Solar Tables 2
Lounge Table by Intelligent Forms Design
This stainless steel lounge table from Intelligent Forms Design combines tech with eco0friendly luxury and is a true conversation piece. It has built-in Bluetooth and allows you to hook up your MP3 player… MORE
Padlocked Pants
Padlocked Pants
Protecting Indonesian Masseuses
To curb prostitution, the Indonesian Government has demanded masseuses padlock their pants in order to make it very clear to customers they wouldn't be offered any type of sexual services. It may sound… MORE
Recycled Camera Bracelets
Recycled Camera Bracelets
Old School Camera re:vision
It's always nice to see someone come up with secondary uses for items the majority of people discard. Craig Arnold, a designer obsessed with cameras came up with the idea to recycle old camera parts and… MORE
Candy Flavored Cocaine
Candy Flavored Cocaine
Is it cocaine or candy? Uh, it's both. Drug dealers eager to invent the newest disguise to smuggle their goods have found yet another inventive way. According to an NBC News report a troubling development… MORE
No-Incision Appendectomies 2
No-Incision Appendectomies 2
Scarless Surgery Through the Mouth
It's hard to believe, but removing the appendix without scarring is not possible, and in more ways than one. Trend Hunter posted an article on no-incision appendectomies through the vagina last week, but… MORE
Intelligent Refrigerators
Intelligent Refrigerators
Touch Screen Fridge With RFID Tag Reader
This fridge knows exactly what it has inside. It's wired so it can send messages to your phone reminding you to get the vinagrette for tonight's mixed salad. This is like a personal food assistant. Designer… MORE
Talking Toilet Paper
Talking Toilet Paper
Program Your Own Message
"Hey Charlie, a little fiber wouldn't kill you." Imagine that this talking voice comes out of nowhere while you're answering nature's call! You would surely be shocked. Besides this talking toilet paper… MORE
Bra Protectors
Bra Protectors
Smart Broad Bra Smart Travel
Don't you hate it when your bras are crushed when you unpack your suitcase while travelling? If yes, then you'll love the Bra Smart Travel from Smart Broad, a must-have for ladies that travel a lot and… MORE
USB Charging
USB Charging
Toshiba 'Sleep and Charge' Works Even When Your Laptop is Off
Toshiba unveiled a new Toshiba Satellite line of laptops with a new feature called the "Sleep and Charge". It is almost so simple that you bang your head: why they didn't come up with this earlier? The… MORE
Guitar Gadgets
Guitar Gadgets
N-Tune for On The Spot Tuning
Your excuse for playing out of tune, besides from not being able to tune your guitar, is that guitars grow and expand from the humidity. Some smart dudes invented the N-Tune gadget that attaches to a guitar… MORE

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Washers with Integrated Hampers
Washers with Integrated Hampers
Baguni Eliminates One Step From Your Laundry Routine
Besides looking cool, this Baguni washing machine eliminates the step of emptying your smelly laundry into the washing machine. Just take your hamper, put it in the machine and as Ron Popeil would have… MORE
Concrete Speakers
Concrete Speakers
Finally A Sound System for ‘Hard Rock' Music
Seattle artist Christopher Gronbeck came up with these rock solid speaker enclosures made out of concrete. Usually speaker enclosures or ‘boxes’ are made out of pressed wood panel or MDF. Not sure how… MORE
Illuminated Jugs
Illuminated Jugs
Bring Out 'The Pitcher' to Become the Light of Any Party
Here we have The Pitcher. It’s a 60 ouncer and has 5 bright white LEDs incorporated in at the bottom. They light up the table where it’s put down, or they’ll make you look like Conan O Brian yelling “In… MORE
Taxi Hailer Device
Taxi Hailer Device
Flashing to Catch Cabs
If you just don't seem to have luck catching the attention of a cab driver, there's still hope for you. A British company invented the Taxi Hailer which resembles an indicator light mounted in a sleek… MORE
Mouse Cursor Fashion
Mouse Cursor Fashion
Clicking Mitts Keep The Computer Cursor Going in the Real World.
If you’re hooked on your computer all day, you might not realize it, but you’re constantly moving the cursor, it’s just a way of life. Now, to extend the expectation of a reaction when you click on something,… MORE
Padlocked Pants
Padlocked Pants
Protecting Indonesian Masseuses
To curb prostitution, the Indonesian Government has demanded masseuses padlock their pants in order to make it very clear to customers they wouldn't be offered any type of sexual services. It may sound… MORE
Garlic-Free Restaurants
Garlic-Free Restaurants
No More Stinking Breath
"Hey, did you just eat garlic?" You've heard it before. There is a chef in Italy trying to eliminate the pungent staple off the ingredient list. Gosh, and I thought that Spaghetti Bolognaise "needed" garlic.… MORE
Bazooka Firehoses
Bazooka Firehoses
Nozzle Doesn't Reach? Shoot It With The Jet Spray Firefighter Gun
The Jet Spray Firefighter gun is the newest arm against fire. You’re at a fire, but your water pressure is too low, so the water stream can’t reach the target. This is where the Jet Spray comes to rescue.… MORE
Silent Ringtones For Clubbing
Silent Ringtones For Clubbing
Mathmos Flashing Badge Lets You Know When Your Phone Rings
The badge flashes as your phone rings. Okay, it almost seems obsolete, but it’s still a cool gadget. But think about it, if you're deaf, this could be a good way to get alerts when you get text messaged.… MORE
Projected Hopscotch Courts
Projected Hopscotch Courts
The Dream Beam Eliminates Chalked-Up Sidewalks
Are kids actually still playing traditional games after being spoiled with high-tech toys such as Wii’s and Nintendos? Transforming the old for the new, designer Hey-Lim Jeon came up with the Dream Beam.… MORE
iPod Competitors
iPod Competitors
SanDisk Sansa Fuze MP3 Player
Why can this dinky MP3 player be a threat to the omnipresent iPod you ask? It has a secret microSD card slot that will enable you to stuff this player with 32Gb of music and the battery lasts 24hrs for… MORE
Virtual Coat Check
Virtual Coat Check
Cloakscan
Imagine how you must feel - you return to the cloakroom in the nightclub, hotel or party venue and they can't find your jacket, purse, umbrella or whatever you left in the cloakroom. Have no fear, cloakscan… MORE
No-Incision Appendectomies 2
No-Incision Appendectomies 2
Scarless Surgery Through the Mouth
It's hard to believe, but removing the appendix without scarring is not possible, and in more ways than one. Trend Hunter posted an article on no-incision appendectomies through the vagina last week, but… MORE
Intelligent Refrigerators
Intelligent Refrigerators
Touch Screen Fridge With RFID Tag Reader
This fridge knows exactly what it has inside. It's wired so it can send messages to your phone reminding you to get the vinagrette for tonight's mixed salad. This is like a personal food assistant. Designer… MORE