Strange New Product: The STA-ON diaper harness is used to keep diapers on dogs, whether young puppies, untrained adult dogs, or elderly incontinent dogs. The idea is the invention of Dorrie Krenkel, who grew tired of diapers that kept falling off of her dachshund, Bucky. The harness is intended to work with babies’ diapers (you just poke a hole to […]
Doggy Diapers
Garden Offices
Springwise: For everyone who’d like to escape office politics and the daily commute, iscape manufactures and sells purpose-built garden offices. Both are multi-use outdoor living spaces, but the Miana was specifically designed to be used as an office. Every garden office comes complete with integral electrics and includes sockets and lighting. The buildings are designed to fall within UK permitted […]
Guitar Shirt
we make money not art: Scientists at the CSIRO’s Textile and Fibre Technology division in Australia have woven electronic sensors into a T-shirt (the WIS – the Wearable Instrument Shirt) so that it can be played liked a real guitar. Movements by the wearer’s arms are mapped and beamed by radio to a computer which interprets them and turns them […]
Luxurious Bath
BornRich: In the past, we have told you about stylish waterproof TV sets for your bathroom, to make your bathroom more luxurious and to give all those couch-potatoes, a reason to leave their idiot-boxes for a refreshing shower. But, I do think, we have given you very less options for a bathtub combo that includes a built-in TV, if you […]
Airport Weddings
Springwise: New at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol: weddings to go. Whether a couple met on a flight to Bangkok or just wants to be able to go straight from ceremony to runway for their honeymoon, Schiphol offers travellers the opportunity to get married at the airport. Brides and grooms to be can pick from several packages, from the all-out ‘Ticket to […]
Motorola Vending Machine
Iconoculture: Forget pushy sales clerks or waiting for online orders. Instead, opt for robotic arms. Motorola is rolling out Instantmoto vending machines that will sell cellphones and other celly stuff at malls and airports across the country. Like Staples’ vending machine effort, Motorola’s robot retail stores are to be placed in high-traffic areas. Motorola’s hoping their anytime convenience will draw […]
Pinkberry
Cool Hunting: If you haven’t heard about the wonders of Pinkberry, it’s neither a new fragrance nor a nasty skin condition but rather a frozen yogurt phenomena that’s already taken over LA and recently opened their first NYC location in Koreatown. Available in only two flavors, plain and green tea (although I’ve heard no one ever gets the green tea), […]
Coloured Hair Down There
Strange New Products: Betty Beauty is the name of a hair coloring made especially for pubic hair. Apparently many hair salons have made the practice of providing women with a brown bag of hair coloring to match the coloring they just got put on their heads. A woman named Nancy Jarecki decided why not sell a product like this over-the-counter. […]
Chemoluminescent Hair Gel
Popgadget: Voltage iGlow is a sulf illuminating hair gel. By mixing fluorophors with an appropriate catalyst a chemical reaction occurs that produces the byproduct of light. No bulbs or batteries are necessary to create the glow, and the illumination shampoos right out. Essentially, wearing Voltage gel is the same as cracking open a raver glow stick and pouring the contents […]
Straight Up Hairstyling Machine
Trendhunter: Beautiful Vending, a UK company, has released a hair straightener vending machine. Their site describes, “We all know how frustrating the British weather can be, the rain, wind and even the heat can cause perfectly styled hair to ‘frizz’ and ruin the best night or day out. The saviour of bad hair days has arrived, the Straight Up machine […]