Hasta La Ideas

Now that it sits right in front of our eyes, it is embarrassingly simple. We could have come up with this ourselves. How hard can it be? But like always, only hindsight is twenty/twenty. That is why congratulations are in order for Tommy Pettersson in the small Swedish town of Ålem for the idea for the Grenfix, a holder for all the power-strips he, and we, and probably you too have lying around everywhere. The Grenfix is comes in different widths for different power strips. It is really just a piece of bent metal with clever barbs for holding the power strip in place. According to Uppfinnaren Konstruktören magazine #4/2007, it is almost ready for market. We can hardly wait…brbr

Why not? If you settle for the sockets on the sides and legs, and maybe put a few in under the tabletop? Or put a row of them along the sides? Or… There is no mention of production, but don’t you agree it would be both stylish and practical? The electric table is made in MDF board with electrical installations as a concept for custom order by Broberg Ridderstråhle.brbr

Anybody who has done some paining at home has probably learned that putting up and removing the masking tape often takes longer than the actual painting. And even though taping is not particularly fun, it is important for the end result. Now there may be a solution to this. The Zibra Edge-n-Roll kit consists of a tray, insert and a special roller with twin rolls. The idea is that the cover on the outer edge of the rollers should shield the edge where you do not want to paint. The handle can also be turned 180° to facilitate finding a comfortable working position. USD 19:- on Amazon.brbr

Just spotted (A) on one of our favorite blogs, and that set the old memory in motion. It looked like a great ideas, but at the same time strangely familiar. After a bit of research in the dusty corners of Smart stuff HQ, it came back. Our post on wheeled snow shovels of January 2006 vintage. Back then we had found two different shovels, and we first thought the new one (A) was the same as (B). But it is not. (Compare the fastening of the handle.) Although no-one has been as bold as the Wovel (C), design (B) must have inspired someone to make their own and make it a little cheaper, too. B is still USD 60:-, and (A) is USD 45:-.brbr

A while back (on 10 May 2006, to be exact) we posted on how a nightspot in India had persuaded the local taxi company to buy advertising space on the club’s stamp (left). We thought it was a brilliant idea, an idea that could make some money for the club, attract more customers for the local taxis and hopefully reduce the number of drunks driving home. Now it is apparent that someone else also liked the concept, since a California company has applied for a patent and wants to start selling ads on club stamps (right)…brbr