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A Hoodie That Updates Your Facebook Wirelessly

Have you ever been in a situation where a computer or smartphone is just too far away but you wanted to keep your Facebook friends updated on your goings on? Well then the Ping Social Networking Garment is for you.

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Floppy Disk Post-it Notes

Remember floppy disks? I do. I remember saving one text document on each one ’cause that’s all it would hold. Or, remember being in the middle of a game and having to take out your disk to load the next one in order to continue playing? No matter how inefficient they seem now, they defined an age, and now you can get them as floppy disk post-its so you never forget a thing again.

Oh, and as a bonus, they hold about the same amount of text as the original floppy disk did.

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Creative Google Maps Manipulations by Christoph Niemann

Maps are boring but they get you places… most of the time. Well, that is until now. New York Times illustrator Christoph Niemann has created a series of Google Map Manipulations that are clever, unique, and darn creative. Here’s a bunch of our favorites which are also available as prints. Enjoy!

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Puma Ditches Shoe Boxes in New Green Initiative

In an effort to reduce waste and cut down on pollution, Puma has done away with the traditional shoebox and will move to a new, eco-friendly version that isn’t even a box at all. Puma and industrial designer Yves Béhar, spent 21 months developing their new packaging solution due out in 2011.

Puma says the switch will allow then to be able to cut the amount of paper it uses by 65% annually in addition to the water, fuel and other resources it takes to produce their current packaging.
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Segmentus is the Coolest Clock You’ll See All Day

There are cool clocks and then there’s the Segmentus. This clock designed by Art Lebedev Studios solves the problem of building a digital clock with hands.

Segmentus clock has hands that form numbers like those on a digital display. It’s time for true postmodernism.

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Spice Invaders: Space Invaders Salt and Pepper Shakers

From Brazilian product designer Anderson Horta comes these space invader themed salt and pepper shakers to geekify any dinner table.

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