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Tauro Flashlight No. 1

as far back as the late 1800s, flashlight’s design has been largely cylindrical in shape and that design hasn’t changed much since, albeit modern day equivalents are more industrial-looking with aluminum or even titanium construction and uses more powerful LED elements. and hence, as sophisticated or how ever expensive they are, these lights-in-tube are pretty much still the…

Babycakes Waffle Stick Maker

who doesn’t love a good slab of waffle in the morning? the problem is, a slab of waffle could be one waffle too big for some with a humble stomach. this is where the Babycakes Waffle Stick Maker can help. with it, you can now consume this golden brown breakfast favorite in bite size without jamming your stomach or if not for breakfast, they could also be delightful snacks…

Floppy Disk Table

remember the good’ol floppy disk – specifically the 3.5″ format? for us, we fondly remember them not so much as a storage for our then puny digital contents (fuzzy jpegs and gifs, along with wav files) but the fun we had in sliding back that metal slip and letting it go with an addictive ‘tack’ sound while we were waiting for our favorite game, Decathlon, to load up. years after it has…

Harvey LED Task Lamp

lighting used to be limited to recessed cans (don’t know what those look like? just look at Pixar’s logo) but thanks to the advancement of LED technology, lamps have never been sleeker and the Harvey LED Task Lamp you see here, is one such sleek example. conceived by Brit designer David Oxley, the Harvey drew its inspiration from surgeons lamps and features super bright…

Wahoo Balance Smartphone Scale

if you haven’t join the all-things-Bluetooth or the ‘iHealth’ fray, then the Wahoo Balance Smartphone Scale could be a good place to start with. like all good, dutiful wireless-enabled bathroom scale, the Balance Smartphone Scale tracks your weight and BMI over time and sends weighting result to your iPhone or iPad instantly (via an App, naturally). instead of being WiFi-connected…

Ti2 Sentinel Titanium Cache

funny that we never actually noticed but we have a quite a bunch of tiny objects that we stashed in our bags that seem almost bottomless when we tried to dig for them. of course, there are better solutions than dumping everything into one huge bag such as having individual pouches or containers to hold them. however, if you want to keep your wee items away from the elements…

Piccolo LED Task Light

there are a growing number of gadgets that are USB-powered, so why not a lamp? well, the Piccolo LED Task Light is just the answer to that question. it is a task light that uses USB bus power to power its linear array LED and can be powered either by your computer’s USB port or if you prefer, use any of your spare USB wall charger to give a little more lumens. according to its…

Christmas Dinner in a Can

want to celebrate this Christmas with a hot meal without getting your lovely kitchen all messed up? first off, we applaud your honesty and for that, please allow us to introduce you to Christmas Dinner in a Can. so what so great about this food-in-a-can thing? first and foremost, there’s definitely no cooking to mess around (and for you to mess up with) and yet, you will still be…

Anna Heater by Stadler Form

like the gadgets that we use, we expect the home appliances that own to embody both form and functionality. even though a tropical country like ours have absolutely no need for a heater, we still drools over this sleek offering from Switzerland firm Stadler Form, dubbed the Anna Heater. so what’s so great about Anna? for starter it is definitely not a lady that will fuel dispute between…

The Cell Survival Kit

we heard about how those doomsday preppers are getting on with loads of gears and supplies to survive through the suppose apocalypse but ask yourself this: what if you do not have the luxury of time or means to grab everything you need? we are no master doomsday prepper so we don’t have an answer for you but The Cell Survival Kit from a father and son outfit, J.L. Lawson…