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Camera For The Blind

The Touch Sight camera is designed to be held against the forehead -the camera doesn’t have an LCD, but instead displays a three-dimensional representation of the image on a built-in Braille screen and records three seconds of audio to assist users in locating and managing shots.

12 Volt Car Microwave Oven

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This 12V In-Car Microwave Oven plugs into your cigarette lighter socket or directly to your car battery - both leads supplied. It has an LED screen with touchscreen operation. Up to 660W power via direct to battery connection and 175W via cigarette lighter socket. Nice.

Mini Fallout Shelter

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This Mini Blast & Fallout Shelter is designed to protect you in case of some disaster. It can hold around five people and water, and costs around $1500.00 to build.

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GoateeSaver To The Rescue

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The GoateeSaver gets shoved into your mouth and you can shave around it, creating the perfect goatee every time. The three rollers in the front let you adjust its height and width, so that it conforms to your face.

Robotic Arm Clock

Norris Labs’ Stonehenge is a robotic time teller which rearranges placards in order to tell the current time. Could be a bit slow, but fun to watch nevertheless.

Largest Rail Network

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Kuwait is planning on creating a huge rail network that would link the Middle East with China. The railway will connect places such as Kuwait, Damascus, Baghdad and Iran with cities in China and in between, with the hub starting in Subiya. Costing about $132 billion this is going to be HUGE.

Giant Digital Clock/CD Holder

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This Giant Digital Clock/CD holder is 29×14-inches, and of thats too big for you, you can also get a 9-inch-wide mini-version to hold your mini-CDs.

World’s Smallest Solar Racing Car

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The World’s Smallest Solar Racing Car works from the sun’s rays alone. No batteries needed. Just dont lose it!

Tiny Colour Projector


Nippon Signal Co Ltd. have built a SVGA (800 x 600 pixels) compact colour projector roughly the size of a cigarette box. Despite the diminutive size, it is still able to throw some respectable images and does not compromise on quality.

Smallest External Hard Drive

Freecom are claiming to have the smallest and lightest 2.5-inch USB drive on the market . Their Mobile Drive XXS comes in 160GB, 250GB and 320GB sizes, and is bus-powered for one less thing you have to carry around.

Electronic Doggie Door

The Plexidor Electronic Doggie Door allows for your dogs comings and goings with no need for that old fashioned flip flapping of the door.  Your dog gets to wear an RFID chip on his collar, which lets the door know to automatically slide up when he shows up - how Scifi is that.

The Sofa Box

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The SofaBox is a sofa in a box. If you find yourself without seating arrangements wherever you are, its just a snap to arrange your own.

USB Watch

This concept USB watch, dubbed “Timeless” is a simple digital watch, with an internal battery that’s charged when you plug it into a USB socket. And then the same USB socket plugs back into the watch face, secured with PCB mount-style latches, with the ribbon cable as a strap. It’s a concept… but I know I would buy one in a heartbeat.

Tri-Solar LED Flashlight

The Tri-Solar LED Flashlight should handle most minor lighting needs. The unit can operate with one LED on, three LEDs on or all three LEDs flashing. It also has 3 solar panels, to recharge the light faster, and they all fit into the same space. Pretty nifty.

$200 Firefox Tablet Web Browser

Michael Arrington, of Silicon Valley blog TechCrunch, has decided that he wants to create a $200 net tablet with a screen as thin as a MacBook Air. The Mac-like design will have just one button, turning it on and off. Running Firefox over Wi-Fi, he wants it to have half a gig of RAM and a 4GB solid-state hard drive. Bring it on, I know I want one.

Floating Trampoline With Waterslide

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These Aqua Jump Water Trampolines take things to a new level. They are simply quite awesome, but dont expect them to come cheap.

Reaf View Mirror GPS

The SmartMirror is a GPS system that is mounted in place of your conventional rear-view mirror, and has a rear-facing cam input. With Navigon Mobile Navigator 6.5 inside, it’s got “reality view”, a 4-inch touchscreen, integrated speakers and Bluetooth and takes SD cards. Also comes with 2 inputs for rear view cameras.

Paraplegics Can Walk Again

ARGO Medical Technologies’ ReWalk has been out a few months now. Hailed as a “quasi-robotic ambulation system,” the wearable device was specifically created to assist those with lower-limb disabilities and give them back upright mobility. One particular individual relies on the ReWalk to stand up and move about after being stricken to a wheelchair for 20 years.

Mini Sub/Boat

aqua_subs.jpgKorean designers Sungchul Yang and Woonghee Han have put together Aqua. It’s a design concept for a versatile one-person runabout, equally at home skimming along the water’s surface or plunging deep beneath the waves. The dolphin-shaped design was nifty enough to win a 2008 Silver Idea Design Award.

Foldout Caravan

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This collapsing Foldoub caravan concept by Dutch designer Niels Caris gives you a lot more space with a lot less to tow. While the frame of the camper is made of lightweight, flexible materials, it all folds into a hard shell for transport.