Drive A Car 500 Miles on 5 Minutes of Electricity?

The greatest challenge facing the electric car industry is battery storage. But a small, reclusive start-up company in Austin, Texas shows signs to be designing a car that can plug in for 5 minutes and drive 500 miles.

Bi-Color LED Blow On-Off Candles

Stir a mix of science-fiction into your home with these candles that will amaze the most famous wizards. Yeah, even Harry Potter will scratch his head as he’ll witness your mastery of the Wind element. From now on, you won’t need to spend years studying magic to learn how to lit a candle without matches. These LED Candles will turn on and off with just a puff at the “flame”.

A Phone That Really Hangs Up

This cordless hanger phone enables new ways and new spaces to place your phone when not in use. “Hanging up” your phone takes on a whole new meaning as phone calls are ended by simply the hanging action. Letting it stand on a table also turns it off. Comes with an induction charger and transmitter in the form of a hook.

Stylish Thumb Drive

This silver  made thumb drive dog tag, costs US$ 349 and holds up to 2Gb of data.

Energy Saving Adapters

The Energy Saving Adapters by Gilles Belley not only look good but have some smarts behind them too. Each module corresponds to a device and monitors the power consumption independently. Most electrical devices have a standby mode to save energy but even then, about 10% of today’s electrical costs come from appliances wasting energy in that mode. The Energy Saving Adapters can detect this and display symbolic symbols notifying the owner of wasted energy. If someone doesn’t respond within 3 minutes, it automatically turns off said device.

A nutcracker that really works

I find nutcrackers to be among those utensils that more often than not suffer from a cool, yet not really successful design. Like some of those complicated corkscrews where you actually need to read the instructions to figure out how to operate them, after which you still can’t get the cork out of the bottle (at least in my experience).

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Top 13 Most Expensive Cell Phones

We were supposed to have a tie in first place, both the GoldVish LeMillion and the Diamond Crypto Smartphone costs approximately the same US$ 1.3 million. BUT , as the Guiness World Record gives that to GoldVish, I’ll take their word.

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Floater Vertical Laptop Stand

There are plenty of laptop stands  out there, designed to make your notebook run cooler and hold it at a more comfortable angle. The Floater has a different purpose, for those who hook up their portable to an external keyboard and display.

A True Eco-friendly Ride with the ZEM 4 Cycle

Non-traditional biking will be all fun with the ZEM 4 cycle.  What could be the best alternative fuel source for powering a vehicle other than the muscle power? I know that the 4cycle ZEM (Zero Emissions Machine) will make you sweat but there will be no harmful emissions at all. The 96kg buggy features four independent 7-Speed SRAM S7 hub gears and can accommodate four persons.

USB Hub Opens Letters, Wakes You Up

Never again will you have to suffer the pitiable indignation of owning a USB hub which only has one lowly “hubbing” function. Enter the Shenzhen Sunstars USB hub, letter opener, and alarm clock.