Posts Tagged ‘products’

Unique products to inspire and amuse.

Winkers. Buttock-eyes appear to wink at anybody following the wearer. ‘Excuse me, your jeans are staring at me.’

Electronic Bongo Drum T-Shirt. Touch sensitive drum T-shirt with built-in speaker. Babalu!

Bacon Soap. ‘No thanks, Mom, I had breakfast in the shower.’

Node Power Outlet. Power outlet allows you to plug in more devices. Finally!

Photos by metro.co.uk/latestbuy.com/Perpetual Kid/toxel.com.

From Business Opportunities Weblog.

AppScout:

You’ve had your laser printer, external hard drive or keyboard for a few months and all of a sudden, it’s behaving strangely. The issue you’re having might be addressed in the troubleshooting section of the product’s manual, and you want to to take a look before diving into whatever information a Web search may provide. Sadly, you can’t find the manual that came in the box.

With Manuals Online, you can search for the product, find a downloadable PDF of the manual you need, and store it digitally so you never have to look for it again. If you still can’t find the answer, you can engage the community at Manuals Online for help with your device as well.

Manuals Online boasts over 300,000 product manuals for a remarkably wide range of items, including refrigerators, MP3 players, blood-pressure monitors, and chainsaws. All of the products are organized and cross referenced by item type and manufacturer, so even if markings on the device indicating who the manufacturer was have long worn away, if you can read the model number, you may be able to find a match.

Photo by AppScout.

From Business Opportunities Weblog.

Fast Company:

A new breed of eco-designers are reimagining the everyday detritus of our lives and crafting clever solutions that will divert tons of waste from landfills.

Most people bury the greeting cards they receive in drawers, but you can bury Garden Greetings in the backyard and watch them sprout into flowers or herbs. Embedded with seeds, the cards are “tree-free” — instead, Botanical PaperWorks uses 3.5 tons of paper waste a year. The cards retail for $5 apiece at specialty stores such as Paper Source.

“The next wave in eco-awareness is compostability,” says VerTerra chief operating officer Josh Parker. VerTerra steams, heats, and pressurizes fallen palm leaves, processing 10 to 12 tons a month into high-end disposable dinnerware. The plates, bowls, and trays aren’t just compostable but also biodegradable, and they’re the china of choice in tier-one luxury boxes at the new Cowboys Stadium. They’re also being rolled out at Whole Foods for just $6.50 for eight.

Every year, 3.5 billion wire hangers and 8 billion plastic ones rack up landfill space. “It’s hidden,” says CEO Gary Barker, “but they’re just a tremendous burden on the environment.” Barker’s primary goal is to replace the disposable hangers of dry-cleaners, hotels, and retailers, and he has won design awards for the pressed-paperboard hanger he created exclusively for Adidas’s Slvr stores. Growing consumer demand for the hangers, which hold 20 pounds, has led him to sell 10 for $15 via Amazon, and Bed Bath & Beyond commissioned its own 10-pack ($10).

Americans “use a pizza box for 30 minutes and then throw it away,” says ECO chief executive William Walsh. We toss up to 2.2 billion boxes a year. Walsh’s idea: more mileage per box. By adding perforation marks to divide the top into four plates, he eliminates additional waste. And the bottom can be folded into a fridge-friendly leftover case. Walsh is talking to the top pizza chains to make his to-go alternative box populi.

Photo by DittoHangers.

From Business Opportunities Weblog.