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Mixing Business With Pleasure: A Vibrator and Shaver All-In-One


Shaving the "hair down there" is a very popular, grooming option for many. In fact, you can have a whole bunch of fun with it including coloring it, and stenciling it etc. if you're a busy woman however, you may want to

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A Comb That Conquers Baldness


Thousands of men and women around the world have spent a great deal of time and money in search of a cure for baldness. From painful hair transplant treatments to hyped up miracle drugs the selection of remedies are plenty. Imagine restoring hair that

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Typemonstriters : Jeremy Mayer Makes Frankenstein Proud


Remember typewriters? I barely do. I remember playing with one way back when and even then it was already considered old and useless.

Lovely, as the sounds were that came from pushing buttons and hearing the stop bell ring on an old typewriter, there is no denying that when computers came along typewriters just couldn't compare to computers. Since there was no more need for them typewriters were simply discarded. Fortunately Jeremy Mayer came a long and created a way to rescue some of them from the landfill.

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EcoJohn - The Incinerating Toilet


There's something comforting about the reassuring flush after you use the restroom. We like knowing the water is washing away our waste to a place we never have to think about. But what if there was no flush? What if there was instead no water at all? What if you were actually sitting on a gas-fueled toilet.

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10 Stunning Fan Designs For The Modern Home, Office, or Head


After being wowed by about 40 fan designs created by second year students in the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, it occurred to me why I hide all my room fans when guests come to my home. They're eyesores! They're throwbacks to the 1890's! What are they doing in my post-modern home?

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Indoor Gnome Bowling - A Strike?


Gnomes as we know them to be are those small bearded weirdish looking little men that wear pointed hats. They can often be found nestled in gardens around the world but as of recent, they are now being sighted...

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Creepy Stuffed Animals Feature Your Child's Face


Creepy Stuffed Animals Feature Your Child's Face

Does owning custom stuffed animals with the face of your child or significant other seem somewhat creepy? Well yeah, kind of - but you can have one anyway, courtesy of Sha@lark, the Japanese company who came up with this odd idea.

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El ZULO! An Ergonomic Chair Pod For The Power Nap


Just looking at the design for El ZULO, Spanish for "the hideout," makes me sleepy. Instead of putting my head down right here at my desk and catching a few zzz's before my stiff neck and back cry "Oooh, that hurts!," I imagine myself mustering just enough energy to get up, move a few feet away from my desk, and assume a similar, but ergonomic, position in this peaceful, padded, perfectly positioned chair pod for my power nap.

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Put Out The Fire With Fire Hydrant Art


Bored on a Sunday afternoon and want to spice up your neighborhood? Why not paint a fire hydrant? Artists in Cleveland, Ohio painted fire hydrants as part of a project called ‘Sparx in the City’.

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Man Makes Paris In 15 Years Using Junk


There isn't much too say about this next green innovator, Designer Gerard Brion, except that he is passionate about his artwork. He is very passionate. In fact, with regular household items, some glue and paint Gerard Brion has spent 15 years of his life creating a detailed replica of Paris.

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Creating Illusion With Lighting: Kate Wall Lamps


The "Kate" wall lamps are brilliant combinations of utility, fiction, and fascination... like functional trompe l'oeil murals or wall stickers.

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Doodle Away the Day With Biro Art


NobbyNobody is an artist that creates awesome drawings using just a ball point pen.

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Start Your Morning Right With the Aroma of Coffee Art


We all enjoy a nice, steaming cup of coffee in the morning, right? Artist Ryan Lewis creates art from raw coffee.

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Top Five Freaky Fashion Trends from Japan


Top Five Freaky Fashion Trends from Japan

Japan has a well-earned reputation as a fashion design and style trend-setter, but it's equally well known as the source of all things weird and bizarre. What happens when the two combine?

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Chews Your Underwear with Xylish Chewing Gum


Chews Your Underwear with Xylish Chewing Gum

In what can only be described as a "brief" promotion, the makers of Japan's popular Xylish chewing gum are giving away 10,000 pairs of wild & wacky underwear.

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Update: The N+EW Now Comes With Lights and More


Chilean graphic designer, Rodrigo Alonso Schramm has done it again and again.

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Hiroshima's Hippo Car, Dispensing Sweets and Dispersing Sadness


Hiroshima's Hippo Car, Dispensing Sweets and Dispersing Sadness

Growing up amid the radioactive ashes of war, children in 1940s Hiroshima had little to smile about... until the Kabaya "Hippo Car" cruised through their shattered neighborhoods. Sixty-plus years on, an updated custom sound truck still roams city streets, dispensing sweet caramels to a new generation.

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Now Ear This! The Elephant Earpick Cell Phone Charm


Now Ear This! The Elephant Earpick Cell Phone Charm

Clean ears are just a call away with the Elephant Earpick cell phone charm. Whether traveling, commuting or out on the town, this handy dandy earpick goes along so you never forget to clean your ears.

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Halloween 2008: 14 Best Pet Costumes (including Cutest, Sassiest, Silliest, and What In The Heck Is That? )


2008 is a wonderful year to be judging Halloween pet costumes. My gosh, the dog, cat, ferret and bird costumes are even cuter than they were last Halloween. This year, Lady Bee was barely able to pare the awards down to 14. Some of the award categories are Lady Bee's Best Couple In A Famous Movie, Scariest Cat, Most Devilish Dog, Best Human Impersonator and, of course, the What In The Heck Is That? category.

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Because Your Car Is Your Favorite Child, There's Carloft®


"My car is my favorite child," goes the German saying, so you will understand why the German visionary architectural firm, Langhof, incorporated the first Carloft® in its design of Berlin's new Paul- Lincke-Hofe apartment building. Yes, CarLoft makes Mercedes transport so much easier, right into your living room, in fact.

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