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Feed via Feedburner What are feeds? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	SMART STUFF \| ARCHIVE \| OUTDOORS \|..<.....9..10..11.....>.....................USEFUL TIPS AND TRICKS Welcome to the Smart Stuff outdoor and outdoor living section with some of the world's smartest gadgets, inventions and ideas for getting the most from your time in the great outdoors. Also browse the useful tips and tricks page for some clever and useful ideas. ... The Latvian water carrier and folding seat. During the Stockholm Furniture Fair there was a special section with works by students at different art- craft- and design schools and colleges. Among them we found the Art Academy of Latvia in Riga. And among the works displayed these two struck us a both clever and good looking. The first (above) is the Yoke water carrier by Janis Valdmanis. The simplicity is compelling. A piece of rubber with room for one, two or three bottles, and an ordinary nylon strap. The other (below) was the Chiks folding seat by Kaspars Jursons, made from a metal tube with a fabric seat. The seat is small, but OK, and the whole thing small and light enough to bring along to the kids football or little league game, we suppose. 16 February 2007 Ingenious ancient Irish camping kettle. Smart Stuff reader and tipster Austin L. writes to let us know of this smart almost 100 years old design for an outdoor kettle. The Kelly Kettle is manufactured by Patrick & Seamus Kelly in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, the fourth generation of the Kelly family associated with the Kelly Kettle. The kettle, sometimes also called the volcano kettle, uses a double walled metal flask that is heated via the internal chimney. This provides fast boiling, safe and weather protected handling (no open fire) and virtually no fuel costs, since the kettle is promised to burn almost anything from newspapers, tinders and small twigs to dried camel dung. The kettles are available in two sizes; 1 pt. for EUR 55:- (USD 66:50) and 2.5 pt. for EUR 62:50 (or USD 75:50) from the Kelly Kettle webstore. Thanks, Austin, for the tip!/Ed. 27 December 2006 Avalanche airbag. This idea is a bachelor's degree work at the University College of Design in Umeå by Daniel Nadjalin. The thought is that the inflatable collar would protect the head from all sorts of debris floating around inside the avalanche and that the inflated airbag will help lift the wearer up through the avalanche much the same way a life jacket lifts you in water. Via BajoCoste (in Spanish). 19 December 2006 Rubber horse shoe. The rubber horse shoes were invented by Lone Pedersen in the small community of Öllöv in the Swedish province of Halland. Lone thought traditional iron horse shoes must be both uncomfortable and dangerous for horses, even though they have been used for hundreds of years. She started experimenting with horse shoes made from old tractor tyres, and in 1993 she got a patent for steel horse shoes with a rubber coating. The Halmstad Rubber Factory bought her invention, developed the shoes further, and are now selling them under the brand Alive Original. The rubber coated shoe is claimed to improve the horses traction, and be very useful in cities and on paved roads. The Thai Army, the Prague Mounted Police and the Russian President are said to be among the customers. Available from, among other places, Lychee Equestrian Center for SEK 59:- (approx. USD 8:79) a piece. 6 December 2006 A life-buoy for your keys. It is the Davis Key Buoy, and it is probably a dream come true for anyone who has ever lost their keys in the drink. We know this is not an uncommon occurrence, though we have never experienced it ourselves. Mostly because we do not own a boat... Well, the Key Buoy is a key fob that contains a tiny air bottle that is triggered when the keys are submerged in water. Much like a life raft, we suppose. The air in the bottle inflates an 18 and a half inches long orange tube that lifts the keys to the surface, and serves as a handle with which to pick them up. Hey, we know there are other solutions to this problem, but ordinary cork or plastic floats tend to be quite bulky, can be much harder to pick up, and besides, a real hitch solution is always kinda fun... The Davis Key Buoy is available on Landfall Navigation and it is USD 7:-. 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