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It's not often you see an innovative twist on an already good idea, but 3M's done it with their transparent Post-It notes. Called Sheer Colors, the see-through notes have a host of uses — from highlighting borrowed books to...
POSTED Friday, May 9, 2008
Instructions: Read this in the deepest, slowest voice you can. Italicized words should be pronounced with extra sexy. "Hey baby, you hear 'bout the hot new trend this week? Goin' green. That's right, and nothing's greener than my SOL-oh...
POSTED Friday, April 25, 2008
When you consider that the average lifespan of most electronics devices is about three to five years, it's not surprising to hear that we junk about 2 million tons of e-waste every year. As we constantly upgrade our cellphones,...
POSTED Friday, April 25, 2008
Is this an extra long coffin? No! It's a SofaBOX— unlock the metal crate and open its latches to reveal a full-sized comfortable couch. It's a brand-new invention by Swiss designer John Hofgartner. No word on pricing, but sturdy...
POSTED Friday, April 11, 2008
Does your cat like to hang out on your laptop keyboard while you're typing? Or maybe she prefers to use you as a jungle gym while you're trying to get work done. Whatever your feline's favorite perch, you'd probably...
POSTED Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Anytime I think of sleeping at the office I can't help but remember the episode of Seinfeld where George has a carpenter make the underside of his desk roomier and installs a shelf. If you don't have to be...
POSTED Friday, April 4, 2008
All right folks, we've got this pretty simple frame here: it draws power from your PC to light your photo, and it has a 4-port USB hub on the back of it. That's it. Time to get those thinking caps...
POSTED Friday, March 14, 2008
You remember grade school when it all came down to who had the coolest locker? The same time of mentality obviously applies in adulthood and with cubicles. Everyone seems to think they have the coolest cubicle style, but if...
POSTED Wednesday, March 12, 2008
We’ve seen some kooky tape dispensers before, but this one goes overboard with the assistance of gears and wheels. If you’re the laziest guy in the office, you might not mind this $36 tape-dispensing bot on your desk, even...
POSTED Wednesday, March 12, 2008
We've seen some pretty stupid fitness ideas before, but for me, this one wins the all time moronic inventions award. I'm sorry, but anyone who figures that having a motorized seat shaking your posterior around in circles will somehow...
POSTED Saturday, March 8, 2008
When I first saw the Robo Vacum, I knew I had the next big USB gadget for the world to drool over. I quickly looked over its features: robot-shaped, movable arms, crumb compartment (so stay away from liquids), pop-open top...
POSTED Thursday, March 6, 2008
OK, the Cyberdesk isn't really a desk — that's clear enough. The misleading name aside, it's a pretty wild piece of concept bling from the minds at Krohn Design, who asked, "Why not overlap the real and the virtual?" The...
POSTED Monday, March 3, 2008
City life in Japan must be pretty similar to here in New York City, because they too always seem to be looking for ways to squeeze the maximum use from a minimum amount of space in their homes. The...
POSTED Saturday, March 1, 2008
When Fellowes claimed that its new deskside paper shredder was jam-proof, the editors at Popular Mechanics were rightly skeptical. Shredders jam. That's just what they do. What if you try to shred sheet metal? Wouldn't the machine jam then?...
POSTED Saturday, March 1, 2008
The Paramount Parabolic Multi-Monitor Display by Humanscale gives you an easy way to attach anywhere from two to eight screens onto its unfolding monitor arm, no tools required. Everything snaps into place, including the displays. The screens are curved toward...
POSTED Friday, February 22, 2008
The StitchLock Panda is a device that may put Swingline out of business forever. If you're completely baffled looking at this device, allow me to explain it to you. The StitchLock Panda is an office tool that "stitches" together...
POSTED Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Designer Yuta Watanabe has a thing about pencils— his seem simpler and more complex than the ones we're used to. Above is the Peg Pencil, his take on the mechanical pencil. It's made from a modified spring-loaded clothespin. You...
POSTED Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The Genius Navigator 365 by Evergreen works like your standard cheap mouse, but you can flip it open to reveal a little gamepad on the inside. It's eight buttons and d-pad will most likely satisfy your needs if you're...
POSTED Friday, February 8, 2008
So, on one hand, grass is pretty lame. Yet, on the other, it's a low stress form of vegetation that won't demand too much from you and, when arrayed as artfully as it is with the Sensory Lamp, it...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The design of the Globus Artifort work station helps enforce the view that the worker is insignificant by giving them all they need in a tiny space, and then folding said tiny space into an even more compact ball....
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
I took a short comfort break in this SwingSeat, the second most comfortable computer chair I've ever sat in (I have the first most comfortable at home). SwingSeat maker SmartMotion doesn't claim it's the most comfortable, just the best chair...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Trying to find a meeting room for the daily "brainstorming" can be a giant pain in the ass, I know, I spent my time in the corporate world. The email chains and trying to sign up for a room...
POSTED Sunday, January 13, 2008
Misplaced that stapler? Jackie from accounting borrow your calculator again? Cutie down the hall looking for a 39-inch tape measure for one reason or another? Don't worry, trying to keep track of all of those office supplies will no...
POSTED Saturday, January 12, 2008
The age-old problem of how to mix up a nice cocktail while on a construction site has finally been solved. Introducing the Portable Drill Blender, a blender for the construction guy on the go. It's a bottle and a drill...
POSTED Friday, January 11, 2008
Chalk this one up as another weird invention straight from Asia. If you want to talk about this without laughing or mocking — it is a hand-crank paper shredder and pencil sharpener that happens to look like a panda....
POSTED Thursday, January 10, 2008
While almost any USB hub helps you manage your messy workspace by giving you a central unit to plug all of your USB cables into, they are often so light that they swing all over the place. The 7-port...
POSTED Friday, January 4, 2008
If your boardroom meeting still feature a flip pad, printed charts, and laser pointers as the main attraction, then encourage your boss to upgrade to the D+S Plasma-Lift Conference table. Besides looking impressive with a lacquered oak veneer finish,...
POSTED Thursday, December 27, 2007
Find that your workers are a little dopey? Maybe a power nap would work wonders for team efficiency. The NapShell is pretty much everything anyone needs to get away from the world for a little bit. It has an...
POSTED Friday, December 21, 2007
Sooner or later someone was going to figure out if you want to make people feel good about saving the environment, you need to make something that can be used for everyday activities. The Solar Table seems to fit...
POSTED Wednesday, December 19, 2007
I'm not sure which is more absurd, the fact that this is actually a desktop printing calculator, or the fact that a company thought they would be clever enough to put a spy camera in it. This little piece...
POSTED Friday, December 14, 2007
As the day-to-day march of technology continues, it's nice to see that one of my favorite kinds of tech, paper, isn't getting left behind. The Pock-it operates much like the Post-its we all know and love: it adheres to...
POSTED Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Does Coby's DP-5588 Photo Frame Clock make a good gift? Well, it looks pretty cool, I guess, and supposedly it won some kind of design innovations award from the nice CES people. Still, the 480 x 234-pixel screen isn't...
POSTED Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Got time to sneak in a few rounds of Counter Strike at the office? Why be ashamed? You got your work done early and now it's time to relax. (Yeah right.) This Pyramat Wireless PC Gaming Office Chair 2.1...
POSTED Thursday, November 15, 2007
If you're a fan of movies such as Bladerunner and Alien, the clean, energy efficient lighting that a system of LEDs can provide for buildings and corridors might cause you some dismay. What company would be crazy enough to...
POSTED Thursday, November 8, 2007
While disposable batteries certainly aren't your greenest option these days, if you have a lot of them you may as well keep them organized. A molded plastic Battery Caddy should do just fine. Tools Aviation designed the Caddy for...
POSTED Wednesday, November 7, 2007
The Eclipse Office Partitioning System is pretty much the ultimate cubicle. More than just a desk and chair, the bubble-like shade that encloses the Eclipse is actually packed with all sorts of high tech goodies. The shade itself can...
POSTED Friday, November 2, 2007
Mitsubishi Electric built this impressive looking walk-in panoramic display as a custom order at its factory in Kyoto, Japan. The display consists of an array of 17 pairs of 67 inch, rear-projection displays synced up to one another —...
POSTED Thursday, November 1, 2007
We've all heard about shopping for the friend who has everything. I imagine that person has one of these Wenger Giant Swiss Army Knives because, well... just look at it. What you see is one absurdly stuffed Swiss Army...
POSTED Thursday, November 1, 2007
It's pretty amazing the range of things that fit in your pocket these days — like a full digital sound studio. About the size of a flash drive, the MBox 2 Micro comes loaded with the popular Pro Tools...
POSTED Monday, October 29, 2007
Don't even think that those podunk methods of cubicle protection with suffice. You have to load up your cube with weapons of all types if you want to keep those baddies from snatching your TPS reports and Swingline staplers....
POSTED Saturday, October 27, 2007
Having trouble finding room for all those unwieldy AC adapters that seem to proliferate like amorous bunnies? While you might like the excellent Power Squid ($11.95), a more-conventional yet precise approach is this Tributaries T10 Power Strip. It aims...
POSTED Friday, October 26, 2007
Though conference-room microphones are generally nothing to write home about, this Yamaha mike has such a nimble design that we had to mention it. The gadget has an array that includes a whopping 12 microphones, eight of which reside...
POSTED Monday, October 22, 2007
It's obvious — day in and day out you dream of the day that you could finally be able to use the treadmill and work on those TPS reports at the same time. Even the Technogym can't do that,...
POSTED Saturday, October 20, 2007
I'm not quite sure who the ScooterDesk is designed for. It's basically a desk on wheels: you've got a seat, a flat surface to work on and space to move your legs. If you feel like it, you could...
POSTED Friday, October 19, 2007
Whether you want you relive your olden days of cassette tapes or just want to use some tape, this tape tape dispenser will get it done. I would like to find a more creative way to describe this product...
POSTED Saturday, October 13, 2007
If you rely on a projector but hate the associated clutter that goes with the territory (the bulk of the unit itself on top of having to lug your laptop and hookups around), you might want to check out...
POSTED Friday, September 28, 2007
With IceRage, Virtuu USA isn't out to wow you with the technology inside their gadgets. After all, a mouse with a laser pointer isn't exactly new. But the sleek styling of the IceRage Pocket Mouse and Pocket Presenter, coupled...
POSTED Thursday, September 27, 2007
Is your calculator lacking pizzazz and attitude? It's taken only a few decades, but now that button-filled desktop companion can finally stand up. This robot calculator only has the bare minimum math functions (add, subtract, multiply, divide), but it doesn't...
POSTED Tuesday, September 25, 2007
If I say the glass is half empty, you might say the glass is half full. The engineer, however, says the glass is designed to be twice as large as it needed to be. A good engineer, anyway. The...
POSTED Thursday, September 20, 2007
If your office hasn't wised up to the minimalist chairs inspired by the Aeron, there are other ways you can keep you tushie cool in these steamy days of summer. USB cooling gadgets aside, the Self-Cooling Seat Cushion is...
POSTED Tuesday, August 14, 2007
After you've taken your power nap in a cocoon-like EnergyPod, stay semi-reclined and get some power computing done in this Snowcrash Netsurfer, a hyper-engineered chair from the future that's available now. It's designed to keep your display at eye...
POSTED Tuesday, July 10, 2007
I've got a big pile of business cards on my desk that's built up over the last six months, which I really should to transcribe into the contact list on my computer. But it's time I admitted it: I'll...
POSTED Thursday, June 28, 2007
Attention business owners: Do you find when customers get trapped in the fifth circle of your voicemail hell, they're just not as irate as they used to be? Do you long for a new way to make your company impersonal...
POSTED Friday, June 22, 2007
Working in a big office building forces you to submit to the climate-controlling desires of people who don't have to actually sit in your cubicle right under the AC vent. It can be a frustrating experience, especially on those...
POSTED Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Thanks to "the man" forcing us to work all hours of the day and night to complete projects, our Circadian rhythms have become so out of whack we are literally falling asleep at our desks. Power naps can help...
POSTED Monday, May 7, 2007
We've seen some cool products come out of the idea of using sea creatures as a basis for design, so kudos to Richard Rogers Partnership for looking at dwellers on the bottom of the ocean for inspiration in creating...
POSTED Wednesday, February 28, 2007
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