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May 14th, 2010 | Author: andy | Filed under: Bizarre, Clever, Culture | No Comments »
Let’s face it, clipping your toenails isn’t quite up there at your list of “things that I like to do at my free time”. It’s a chore, just like ironing your shirt and sorting your socks. Trust the Japanese to come up with the quick and easy solution to our toenail woes. Seriously, what would we do without you?
So that’s what the Kai Group just did. They look at the way we cut our toenails and reverse engineer the humble toenail clipper. More info and pictures after the jump.
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May 13th, 2010 | Author: andy | Filed under: Art, Clever, Culture, Technology | No Comments »
Aren’t these some of the coolest toys that you ever come across in life? It’s both educational and fun, it’s form follows function. It’s modern mecha meets cultural roots.
Japanese toy giant Bandai is set to release a series of nifty kanji figures that transform into the shapes of the animals they represent. The shape-shifting critters, called Mojibakeru (moji means “character” and bakeru means “to change”), come in six varieties — 犬 (dog), 虎 (tiger), 魚 (fish), 馬 (horse), 鳥 (bird) and 竜 (dragon) — and are available in black, white, yellow and blue.
Pictures of EVERY awesome transformation and information after the jump.
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May 13th, 2010 | Author: andy | Filed under: Art, Clever | No Comments »
Frustrated that your eraser hampered your latest and greatest creation on paper?
KOKUYO has a clever solution to erase your frustrations away (Bad pun, I am sorry).
The 5-sided start shaped eraser has various widths, so you can choose the width best fit to the object you would like to erase.
They will launch the eraser on 13 may 2010.
More info can be found after the jump and on KOKUYO’s website.
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