Curioblog: featuring unusual gifts, gadgets and curiosities |
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These pasta server tongs are very practical: the handle has holes in it that you can use to measure the exact quantity of a serving of spaghetti. |
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Korean designer Eungi Kim created these bike accessories, and they've even won bike accessory design awards. |
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It's made out of recyclable cardboard, holds up to 2 cups, folds up and is portable. And best of all: It's shaped like a dog. |
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Insert a close-up of yourself and you’ll instantly become a famous celebrity, a body-builder, or a very sexy woman. |
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This MP3 looks like a Walkman. It's hot pink and comes with all the buttons found on the legendary portable cassette player. You'll feel like you're back in the 1980's. |
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A few months back, we published an article in our blog about a curious experiment the BBC had carried out on the Walkman. A reminder: A 13-year old boy was asked to trade in his MP3 player and use an old-fashioned Walkman instead for one week. The boy's conclusions were rather enlightening. Among other things, he mentioned that the tape sometimes got stuck, that the device was too heavy, that it had poor sound quality...
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This book is not a book; it's actually a bookshelf. Once you hang it, you can put your books in it. They'll look like they're floating in mid air! |
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Mymimi is an american designer who has created this collection of decorative pillows. They are so 'kawaii': a koala bear, a panda, an old Tv or a cute cassete tape. |
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Fridgeezoo is a new Japanese refrigerator gadget. |
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They look like monsters out of some sort of horror film, but they're actually just teddy bears turned inside out. This is Ken Rogowski's work of art. |
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No creams, massages, or miracle cures. The ultimate anti-wrinkle cream looks like a pair of ski goggles. It's a Japanese invention. |
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