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The biggest party cup you'll ever see
A party just isn't a party without disposable plastic cup ( fill with your product of choice). Now Fred Flare is selling a 72 oz "disposable" red cup (normal plastic cups hold 16 oz) to make your party that much better. This gigantic party cup is made from ceramic so it will offer many years of party use (unless you drop it of course).
Store wine bottles beautifully on your walls
A product called Wine Cell from the Danish design house Fiduz, is a beautiful way to store you wine bottles on your walls. Decorate your walls with your best wine bottles using these making any shape you want. Let your creativity flow
Toilet paper wedding dress
Nothing says love like a beautiful new wedding dress [designed with toilet paper]. The 9th annual Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest just completed in which designers used Charmin toilet paper along with glue, paper, tape, needle and thread. Is this "Out of the box" thinking? You can read the info and see more pictures here.
Couche Tard now offers Pizza & Spaghetti slushies
Quebec's most prolific corner store chain (Couche Tart) has decided to release 2 unbelievably weird slushie flavours of pizza and spaghetti. Slushies are a liquidy mix of flavoured iced consumed as a refreshment by many youths during Quebec's hot and humid summer days.
Solar Kettle for hot water on the go
Are there are times when you absolutely need a coffee or some tea but don't have access to reliable electricity? then this product is for you. Whether you want hot water when travelling, camping or during an emergency, the Solar Kettle will let you enjoy hot water without any plugs or hassles. You simply fill the device with hot water, and position it under the sun. It can boil water anywhere there is sun. the company explains the magic as "
What online scams would look like in the real world
I can think of no better way to start of a friday than by watching a short funny clip. This short skit brings online scams into the real world.
Paper cup and stir stick in one
Yanko design has created a simple paper cup, called the +4.5 paper cup, that has a built in stiff stir stick. Simple, cheap and ingenius. Yanko webpage here.
30 person inflatable seating
The Beach 7 AirLounge is an quick to setup 30 person inflatable seat (and table). When your event is over, you can deflate the kit and storage it easily. Inflation takes 10-15 minutes (with the included pump). How much does all this goodness cost? Only $US7,000.
McDonald's french fry holder for your car
French fries are best eaten warm but it is difficult to do this while driving. Instead of being unsafe, a crack engineering team has created the Potato Holder. The device fits in your cup holder and holds your french fry container. It is a available now in Japanese McDonald's restaurants. You can read the Google translated version (to english) here.
Human powered Ferris wheel
This is an older video that shows a human powered Ferris wheel. It is incredibly unbelievably strange. Would you use it?
Is faux skin mini furniture art?
Strange and disturbing was my reaction when I saw pictures of this mini furniture covered in faux (fake) human skin. There is a visceral reaction of fear and disgust when you see something covered in what looks like human skin. To be clean, this is all fake material made to look like skin but still… it is disturbing. Why would anyone consider this art? Source: here.
Homeless man wins $50,000 from lotto
Dennis Mahurin. (CINewsNow) Dennis Mahurin has been homeless since 1978, living in a tent and happy about it. He recently won $50,000 from an instant win scratch off lottery but says he doesn’t want to change his lifestyle. Instead of “hording” all the money for himself, he wants to continue being homeless and share his good fortune with other homeless friends. He wants to spread most of his winnings ($35,000 after taxes) in chunks of $100 with his friends.
Does Daylight Saving Time reduce energy consumption
We switched to Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time in Europe) this past weekend and most of us are still groggy and missing that 1 extra hour of sleep. DST was first proposed by George Vernon Hudson and implemented during WWI. It was thought that by shifting people’s awake time by one hour, there would be more light in the evening this reducing the need for artificial light (aka reduce usage of electricity in the evening). Many have wondered if there is really any benefit to this sleep-reducing tradition and recent information says no.