What are some awesome examples of simple yet innovative designs?

 

• Diamond whiskey glasses

These stylish whiskey glasses really look like diamonds. The shape allows you to rotate the glass and then enjoy the full-bodied flavor of your favorite drink.

• A smart plate

Annet Bruil, a Dutch social designer, has found her way to create a positive impact on people in their struggle to become healthier. She designed a special plate with sections that visually divide your food and show the sufficient amount needed of each kind.

• Shoes with removable heels

You can magically turn your comfortable ballet flats to stylish high-heel shoes. Tanya Heath, a fashion designer from Canada, invented interchangeable heels to reconcile comfort and style. The heels come in variety of colors and styles, so that you could mix and match them your very own way.

• Umbrellas with invisible prints

Prints and patterns on these umbrellas can only be seen when it’s raining.

• A stroller-bike

This smart idea will turn your everyday stroller walks into real adventures.

• Silicone stretch lids

Finally! We can substitute that food-wrapping film and plastic bags with this great silicone stretch lids.

• A nightstand with pull-out tray

If you enjoy having breakfast in bed, this nightstand is just the right invention for you.

• A perfect anti-stress ball

This anti-stress ball is covered with a special mesh bag. When you squeeze the ball, it starts looking like a bunch of grapes, or maybe an infectious disease.

• Bag re-sealer

What a time to be alive! Re-seal the packet of your unfinished chips or any other plastic bag and keep the food fresh for whenever you want to consume it later. This uses the timed impulse of heat to close the bag.

• Magic clean – A Jelly cloth to clean hard places

A jelly cloth helps you cleaning the harder places much easier. Designed by Guangzhou Clean & Simple Cleaning Products (who manufactures cleaning products), this jelly cloth can easily reach small gaps in the keyboard, calculators, computers, laptops, car vent, etc. All you need to do is to press it on the device to be cleaned and take it out. Due to its structure, this reusable material easily removes dust, hairs, and food which rests in the small gaps. This product is also environment-friendly and easy to clean.

• Life Straw

Originally just a plastic cigar-sized portable filter, Life Straw purifiers are now available in sizes perfect for personal, family, group, and community use. Life Straw uses hollow fibre micro filtration technology to purify water by removing potential pathogens like typhoid, cholera, dysentery as well as the parasites. The personal straw size works as soon as you suck up water from a source, rendering up to 1,000 liters of water fit to drink without electricity or additional attachments, while the family and community filters purify larger quantities of water through a larger pitcher.

• Laser Keyboard

Laser keyboard is an innovative product that lets you convert any surface into a keyboard. The keyboard connects to any device with a bluetooth such as your iPad or cellphone.

• Solar-Powered Camping Tent

Solar powered camping tent developed by Eddie Bauer Katatatic is another innovative product that helps you camp with zero carbon footprint. It generates enough electricity to power small electronic devices.

• Menstrual cups

Many women and girls around the world do not have access to basic sanitary protection -- especially in parts of the developing world where periods are seen as taboo, or where the cost of sanitary pads exceed the average person's income.

The menstrual cup is one affordable and reusable solution. The bell-shaped product, made of surgical-grade silicone, is worn inside the vagina and collects menstrual fluid. Once the cup is removed, it simply needs to be washed before reusing, providing a sustainable and safe option for women in developing countries.

• Pedal powered electricity

Another invention which could greatly benefit countries without electricity is the Free Electric person-powered bike. Not only can you get your exercise on this gym-style bicycle, but every hour of cycling produces 24 hours of free energy, which has enough power to run 24 light bulbs, a fan, and a smartphone charger all at the same time.

• Wristband power bank battery charger

Carrying an external battery is not always comfortable given the size and the space it takes in our pockets or purses. However, the Maze Exclusive Wristband power bank Battery Charger curbs this pain point. Now you can charge your phone on the go.The Maze Exclusive Wristband power bank Battery Charger is a wearable and an upscale bracelet for any outfit. This unique design wraps around the user's wrist, with a mini USB (or Apple Lightning) plug on one end slotting into the bracelet.With a capacity of 3000mAh, this works with any phone model, from Apple iPhone's to Samsung Galaxy, to Nokia Lumia and much more. Moreover, it's water-resistant and has an IPX4 water-resistant rating. The user can adjust the wristband to wrap around the wrist conveniently. in addition, the band is geared up with 4 LED indicators which indicate the user when a phone is fully charged. Also, the LED indicates when you should recharge the wristband.

• A Magic Tap to help your kids get drinks on their own without having to do any heavy lifting — saving your mornings from sudden doom and protecting everyone in your home from ever crying over spilled milk.

If you enjoy sleeping in on weekends, this will save you! The kiddos can get up at their norm, six in the morning, and get themselves cereal and milk to hold them over for breakfast. And no loud crash and glug glug glug all over the floor from that full gallon of milk they try to carry and pour.

What are some awesome examples of simple yet innovative designs?

 

1. Couch Armrest Table

2. The Rolling Bench That You Can Use After Rain

3. Ring Thing Bottle Opener

4. CATable Lets Cats Play While You Work

5. Reusable Candle

6. Citrus Sprayer

7. Lock Mug That Prevents Other People From Using It

8.Dresser That Keeps Your Clothes In Their Places

9. Gulping Yolkfish Egg Separator

10. Twister Fork

11. Hour Glass LED Traffic Lights

12. The Inside-Out Umbrella

13.Ironing Board Mirror

14. Rotating 360° Lego Sockets

15.Lego Key Holder

16. Mirror Wiper

17. Onion Holder

18. Pizza Scissors

19. Baby Shower Cap

20. Spaghetti Measuring Tool

21. Baby Stroller and Scooter Hybrid

22. Toothpaste Tube Squeezer

23. Cup Holder Umbrella

24. Universal Wrapping Paper

25.Cat Crib

Source: 25 Truly Useful Inventions That You Never Knew You Needed

Early and rare Apple computer and tablet designs from 1980

1. Apple I (1976)

The very first Apple computer model ever sold did not come with a case, keyboard, or a display. But it was advertised as "fully assembled" since users did not have to solder all the chips to the board. Such was the nature of the Apple I, a computer designed by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak as a way to show off to the Homebrew Computer Club. The Apple I's major innovation was combining a video terminal and a computer onto the same circuit board, which allowed customers to use an ordinary TV set as a display.

With only about 200 made, the Apple I is very rare today and often fetches hundreds of thousands of dollars on the auction block. If you have one you don't want any more, let me know.

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2. Apple II (1977) / Apple II Plus (1979)

Upon the urging of Steve Jobs, Wozniak followed up on the Apple I with the Apple II in 1977. The Apple II was one of the first personal computers to ship "ready to go" out of the box in a complete case (in lightweight plastic, another innovation) with a keyboard and power supply built in. It was also the first PC with integrated color graphics, and like its predecessor, could use an ordinary home TV set as a display, which cut down significantly on the cost of ownership.

In 1979, Apple followed up the II with the II Plus (which looked nearly identical to the II), an under-the-hood upgrade that shipped with AppleSoft BASIC interpreter in ROM so that it would be ready instantly at boot.

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3. Apple III (1980)

In 1980, Apple released its first computer that had not been designed by Steve Wozniak, the business-oriented Apple III. With a sky-high price (between $4,340 to $7,800, or about $12,674 to $22,779 when adjusted for inflation), complex circuit design, a divergence from the Apple II platform, and several design defects including improper ventilation that deformed the motherboard, the III flopped hard. While Apple developed its own advanced command-line operating system (SOS) for the III, few used it. Instead, many simply booted the machine into Apple II compatibility mode.

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4. Apple IIe (1982)

With the failure of the Apple III behind it, Apple continued to extend its popular Apple II platform throughout the 1980s. The first major upgrade of the decade came in the form of the Apple IIe, which shipped with support for an official 80-column text option, lowercase characters (yes, that was considered a feature once), more RAM (64K standard, upgradeable to 128K), and several other more minor enhancements. The IIe proved very popular, and Apple continued selling this model (with several revisions) until 1993.

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5. Apple Lisa (1983)

Unlike Apple's last attempt at a business platform (the III), the Lisa proved to be a technologically groundbreaking machine. Chief among its achievements: It introduced the mouse-driven Graphical User Interface (GUI) to the mainstream, which paved the way for the Macintosh and Microsoft Windows. However, the Lisa's $9,995 base price (about $24,156 today, adjusted) coupled with an underpowered CPU and troublesome disk drives made it a failure in the marketplace. The following year, Apple upgraded the Lisa with a Mac-like 3.5-inch floppy drive and an internal hard drive option, but the platform never took off.

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6. Apple Macintosh (1984)

The Macintosh, launched in January 1984, garnered acclaim for compressing much of the mouse-and-window functionality of the Lisa into a smaller, lighter computer that retailed for $2,495. The Macintosh was a success out of the gate, albeit a shaky one due to the limitations of the first model (especially its 128K RAM). Apple doubled down on the Mac, improving its hardware continuously and dramatically over time with new models while expressing wholesale support for the new platform, which became the star breadwinner for the firm until its iPod and iPhone years in the early to mid-2000s.

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7. Apple IIc (1984)

Aside from perhaps the Macintosh 512K (released in September 1984), the Apple IIc represented the last major hardware release during our Golden Age of Apple, which ended when Steve Jobs left the company in 1985. The IIc took Apple's most successful platform -- the Apple II -- and streamlined it into a slim, appliance-like design that integrated many functions (two serial ports, mouse port, disk controller, 80-column card) that had traditionally required plug-in cards on the IIe. It also included a built-in disk drive, further enhancing its ease of use. The IIc proved very popular, and its launch in mid-1984 served as a notable cap on Wozniak and Jobs's time together at the company they founded eight years prior.

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