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Stuck on Music: Sticky MP3 Player Uses Body Heat for Power

Keeping your music with you wherever you go is easier now than ever before, but in case you forget your MP3 player on a trip or at the gym, this design could save you from boredom. The Skinny Player, designed by Chih-Wei Wang and Shou-His Fu, sticks to the skin just like an adhesive bandage [...]

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Shake and Wake: Pillow Alarm Vibrates Your Sleepy Head

It seems like the vast majority of us don’t get enough sleep at night. And a lack of sleep means a very difficult time getting out of bed in the morning. If you find yourself hitting turning the alarm clock off in a sleepy haze and then ending up dismally late for work a little [...]

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Picturing the Music: Nature Sounds Music Player + Projector

Listening to soothing music is made even better when there are soothing nature images to go along with it. The Sound Scape concept from designers Hyunsoo Choi, Hyori Kim and Gisung Han is a music player/projector that uses sounds and images to help the listener feel connected to nature. Of course, you don’t have to [...]

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Five-Button Jellyfish-Like Keyboard Makes Typing One-Handed

The two-handed keyboard we use today isn’t the only possible option. One design that’s been around since 1968 is the chorded keyboard: a one-handed device that lets you use just a few keys in specific combinations to perform regular keyboard functions. The idea was originally conceived by Douglas Engelbart, the inventor of the computer mouse. [...]

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Hands Off! Quirky Contemporary Clock Tells Time With Balls

Don’t look too closely at the Aspiral wall clock in action, because you just might get dizzy. This cool wall clock design is the product of three years of work from designer Will Aspinall; after daydreaming about space stations, he decided to see if a spiral clock were possible. It turns out that it is [...]

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