Hasta La Ideas

Cyber Clean is supposed to sport a combination of viscosity, elasticity and stickiness that lets the goo penetrate small crevices and catch all kinds of uncleanliness. Like between the keys on your keyboard. To boot, the sticky stuff is supposed to be antibacterial. And invented in Switzerland. Just push it down on the surface you wish to clean and pull up. We don’t know if it’s reusable, but one might hope so… GBP 7:95 (about USD 14:-) for a 500g (about 18 oz) tub.brbr

Old discarded tires in an environmental problem in many parts of the world. Not just in the industrialized part, where we live, but also in the Third World where lots of old tires are sent to become landfill or just be put in piles. Some tires are reused or re-cycled. They can come back as re-threads, as rubberized pavement, in road construction etc. But many million old tires are just piled up or used as landfill. Therefore, we’re pleased to present a new (at least to us) way of re-using rubber. As roofing. One might ask why no-one has thought of this before, since the product promises to solve two problems. Firstly, a lot of old tires never end up in landfills or piles. Secondly, you get a virtually maintenance-free roof that can take everything nature can throw at it. The manufacturer, EuroSlate/EuroShake, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, promises a 50 year warranty on the roof.brbr

Today’s news is this smart garlic press that we just found the Sur la Table webshop. It has no less than four different pressing tools on a rotating disc. You make your choice by turning the dial to place the tool you want to use next to the handle. You have a choice of fine press, coarse press, julienne cutter and slicer. USD 30:-.brbr

We’re less than three months away from Christmas. And, as always this time of year, the presents fever starts setting in. We’ll be suggesting some smart Christmas presents on the site from time to time from now on until Christmas, and we’ll start out with grandpa and grandma. They are usually the most difficult to buy for, because they either have everything already, or don’t really want anything. So. Here’s the multi functional walking stick. It’s an adjustable walking stick fitted with a LED light, a sound alarm and a reddish orange flashing warning light. It’s all powered with three AAA batteries and it’s USD 31.brbr

The manufacturers, or at least the re-sellers, of this innovative idea for a paintbrush claims it’s the first real innovation in paint brushes since 200 years. Be that as it may. We haven’t seen anything like it, anyways. But we know one thing, though. One of these sets, with two handles and four interchangeable brushes, used to be USD 29:99. Now the same set is USD 12:97 on sale. Maybe the brush-buying public wasn’t ready for this innovation? But with the new price we’re tempted to give it a try…brbr