Hasta La Ideas

We do not have enough room in our kitchen cabinets. Or maybe we have too many gadgets. The latter is perchance the more accurate of the two, come to think of it. But there is help. Here is a system of extra shelves and drawers that can help you utilize the unused space in your kitchen. It comes from American Decora, but our kitchen furniture companies should be able to come up with something similar.brbr

One of the winners in the healthcare category of Time Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2007 is a glove that assists in performing CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation). Even trained healthcare or emergency staff often find it difficult to perform CPR perfectly, but they, too, will be helped by the glove. Three undergraduate students at McMaster University in Canada have designed the glove, that is brimming with sensors and chips. The glove will provide instructions on the CPR procedure, and apart from being a help for emergency CPR, it may also prove to be valuable in training. The glove is to undergo market testing in 2008, and hopes are it will prove cheap enough to achieve wide use.brbr

Wow! It’s been quite a while since I’ve blogged! And the perfect first thing to get me blogging again is this video (I stumbled upon it on David Armanios’ blog, Logic + Emotion), where a couple is breaking up over dinner. More specifically, the woman (who represents “consumers”) is breaking up with her boyfriend (who represents “advertisers” and definitely traditional advertising in general).

This video is hilarious! Especially the part where the smarmy advertiser insists “What do you mean I don’t know you? I know you, you’re 28-34…” or “I know what you want….. COUPONS!”

Oh, and I can’t forget to mention that one of the most remarkable things about this video is that the creator is a Trade Marketing Manager for Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions!

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The new (patent pending) micro water power plant has been developed by Norwegian/German company Smartkraft and it consists of an open tube with a turbine on the inside. The construction is called a Hamann-turbine, after its inventor Georg Hamann. The tube with can be placed in a stream and the turbine will generate power from the running water. Contrary from conventional water power, the Smartkraft needs no altitude, thus it does not require a dam to be built. Several tubes can be combined, or installed i parallel, if you want to extract more energy, and have the room. The main target group for the Smartkraft are power companies, counties and towns that produce their own power, but the company thinks the tube also can be an alternative to solar panels, smallish wind power, and ground heating for private homes. The forecast is to have the new power plant commercially ready by the summer of 2008. Via Uppfinnaren Konstruktören.brbr

With this little clip you can keep your work gloves handy without shoving them into already brimming pockets, or putting them on the ground. The glove holder keeps them safe, but has a breakaway function to protect you from getting into trouble with heavy machinery and the likes should the gloves be caught. Of course the clips can be used for other stuff than gloves, and they are available in two versions; one with two clips and one with a belt loop. From Glove Guard at USD 4:50 a piece on Amazon.brbr