Between pages, a innovative book scanner

Booksnap could scan a book in the fast speed, but it need to much space for storage. So, you might like a scanner like Between Pages.

In order the scan two pages of a book at once, what you should do is just insert this scanner into your book.

Designer: Kim Hyun-Woo,Jeong Sang-Hyun,Seok June-Ho

Amazing staircase

This is an amazing design of Veronika and Sebastian’s rental apartment. With this innovative stair, you could have enough space for your books.

Ceiling bed

You could save about 4 m² by using a bed like this.

Octopus cable socket

In order to provide enough space for huge AC adaptors, designers have created so many power strip molds. In fact, the fundamental problem is for freedom. If a power strip can offer enough freedom, you can plus as many sockets as you can.

This octopus look like cable socket is a good alternative.

The fan clock

It seems that fan and clock will not have any relationship. However, Stanislav Katz designed this fan clock whose sector between hour and minute is changed into a foldable fan.

It’s really cool.

Designer: Stanislav Katz

Wash clothes with only one cup of water

Another water-saving design, but this time we are saving the water of clothes-washing. It is actually a new washing machine from University of Leeds in UK. It is pretty amazing that the water consumption during the washing process is only a single cup of water. The secret behind this is variety of unique plastic chips. When the dirt is dissolved by the heated water, the chips can absorb the dirt from the water and then your clothes are all clean again.

About 2 kg chips are needed for every load. But don’t worry, they can be reused up to 100 times. It is said that this washing machine only costs 2 percent of water and power of the traditional ones

Hidden light

At the first glance, it seems that your wall has been tear down and the light is shot from the outside of your house. Although it is very beautiful to give an atmosphere like this, I guess you do not want to hurt your house.

However, you will get the secret by checking out the last picture after the jump.

Shift bike for beginner

Balance is the hardest part for a bike beginner. The shift bike comes with a pair of unique rear wheel which is adjustable to fit for different people. For a beginner lacking of enough balancing skill, the wheels can be shift outward to give enough support.

Designer: Matt Grossman

Rotary cabinet

This cabinet is located in the center of the room. It can rotate 360 degrees, so you can get every unit, such as piano, desk, TV and so on, wherever you are in the room.

Designer: FAK3

Non-pneumatic tire

Tire is a great invention. Without the tire, the car will not be the same comfortable as it is nowadays. However, there is a company named Resilient Tech give us a new prototype which replaces the key part of tire with a non-pneumatic honeycomb structure.

I guess it won’t be comfortable for most drivers, however, you don’t need to worry about tire bursting.