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SitSac - rygga med inbyggd bälteskudde. Eller tvärtom
Kid's backpack with integrated car seat.
This invention by Maria Munther at Minno is a clever combination of school backpack and car seat for kids up to 10 - 12 years old. If one parent takes their child to school, and the other parent (or grandpa) is to pick up after school, you really should need two or more of the kid's car seats to make sure they ride safe in the car. Even though our young no longer need car seats, we can still remember the hassle of moving the seats around between cars. With Maria Munther's SitSac that is no longer necessary. With the SitSac every child has their own personal car seat and school backpack in one tidy combination. The carrying straps of the backpack is fastened to the car seat and the backpack is in turn fastened to the car seat. The backpack has lots of pockets and compartments and the car seat part even has a hard compartment for fragile stuff, like a small laptop (like a Sony Vaio) perhaps. If everything goes according to plan, SitSac will be available in shops during the spring (2007) and it's SRP is SEK 795:- (approx. USD 113:- or EUR 88:-).

24 January 2007



Classic ostrich feather duster

Photo quiz solution. Congratulations to Anders F.!
Yesterday's picture quiz seems to have been harder than we thought, and we have e-mails with everything from frost to micro fibers close up. Of all the contestants, however, Anders F. got in the right answer first but we must give an honorable mention to frequent suggestions contributor Austin L. who was runner-up with in effect the same solution. So what was that in the picture? Well, it was a classic ostrich feather duster close-up. See the thing in it's entirety above. If you want a closer look at yesterday's picture you'll find a larger version here.

The duster comes from Sahlins Struts in Borlänge (struts = ostrich) and we found it at Formex last Sunday. What struck us when we looked closely at the ostrich feathers was how they resembled fractals or the micro fibers in synthetic products like cloths or brushes. Could it be that ostrich feathers are nature's own "micro fibers"? And could it be that the ostrich feather's tendency to take a static electrical charge made them such a good natural duster?

24 January 2007





Handy Dandy pocket sized soft miracle brush

Pocket sized clothes brush.
Small micro fiber miracle brushes are not exactly news, we have seen several versions of those. But we think this take on the subject is actually new. At least we have never seen any other products with this idea. The smart part is that the entire brush is textile, and thus soft and easy to keep in a pocket or purse. We first saw the idea at the Formex show a year ago, when inventor Wanja Bellander at Binnova had brought a first prototype to test reactions. Obviously Formex visitors were (as were we) interested enough for Binnova to start production. The Handy Dandy palm brush has micro fibers on one side and an elastic on the other. Put it over your hand and you have an instant clothes brush you can bring along wherever you go.

23 January 2007





Reader contest! What is this?
The picture above is... well, what is it? Is it plant, mineral or animal? Land living or sea dwelling? If you think you know what this is, you have the chance to win 4 sets of smart Button Clips (2 black and 2 white). More on Button Clips here. We will reward the four first to mail us the correct answer, so mail us your answer right away. Welcome, and good luck!

23 January 2007



Tourist map with a built-in compass

Tourist map with built-in compass.
This is an invention we wish we had come up with ourselves. We bought this map at Borders in San Francisco a couple of years back, but it has been put away and forgotten in our California file since our return. Today, while looking for something else, we found it. The map is printed on heavy glossy paper, and besides the map and the smart compass it also offers a section on sights and interesting to-do's in SFCA. The Imap guides are available for a lot of different cities around the world for USD 6:95, although all may not have the clever compass.

20 January 2007



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