Card Shuffling Machine

If you like playing cards then you'll need to know how to shuffle cards well. This process is a beautiful show if you master shuffling or a boring routine if you don't. In our days, when all the boring and routine work we are trying to give to machines, they can also do this task. This gadget will help you if you are too unskilled to shuffle beautifully or too lazy to shuffle at all or if you want to be sure that the shuffler doesn't cheat.

Card Shuffler will be your ultimate helper during those long poker games. It will shuffle your card deck in seconds, just with a press of a button. You can shuffle up to two decks at a time; there are two slots for them at each side of the device. This method of shuffling is suspicious-free - no one will blame you for wrong or cheated shuffling, because the machine does all for you. When you are inviting friends for a bridge evening, they will be surely amazed by this interesting machine. This small shuffler will not take much space on the table, and will provide a great help for your card sessions. It is also can be used for card fortunetelling, if you practice such things - after a few seconds there will be a perfectly shuffled card deck which can tell you whether you will be successful at that new job interview or not... wait you got to shuffle the cards yourself in those cases.

This gadget is a good gift for a card player or gadget lover, because it simplifies the process of shuffling and makes the play more enjoyable. No need to learn how to shuffle perfectly, now all is done by a small device, which is powered by four AA batteries. This shuffler will cost you nearly 20 dollars.

Attach your phone to the wall

No one likes all these telephone wires that are everywhere. At the same time everyone is in the habit of pacing the floor with a telephone receiver in his/her hand. That's why a lot of different wireless phones where designed. Yet, the fact that they are wireless means that sometimes you have to recharge the receiver.

A new concept that will help to solve this problem appeared. Both telephone receiver and charger have no wires. Moreover the charger is very compact. So, in order to charge it you just have to insert the charger into the wall outlet and attach the receiver, which has a big hole in the center. Thus, the charger that has a lot of light-emitting diodes on it serves as a receiver holder too. LEDs will help you to find it easily in the dark. Design of this gadget can be considered as its significant advantage, because it's really very stylish and looks more like a high-end cell phone.

However, frankly speaking, this concept can not be regarded as something extremely original, because it does not perform any unusual functions. So, most likely it will attract people's attention just because of its interesting and stylish design.

A water tree - water filter

Everybody knows that pure water is extremely important for the health. This contributes a lot to the designing of various devices used to purify the water. Something of this type has been created by Korean designers who never run out of ideas. Their new invention is a kind of filter that differs a lot from its boring counterparts.

This new gadget was given a 'Water tree' name. To understand better the principle idea of the concept imagine a pendent lamp over your dining room table. This lamp represents a tree that has fruits. But the 'fruits' of this lamp are strange enough because they hold water. Moreover it's not usual water but a filtered one. That's the Water tree concept. Thus this gadget will help you not to leave the dining table when thirsty. All you have to do is to reach up and pull one of the 'fruits'. Just remember that blue ones are filled with cold water and red ones with hot. And don't forget to put them back to get a refill. Of course after some time you will need to replace your filter. To do so you have to always pay attention to the color of changing fruit. If they are grey, then obviously it's time.

It would be great if there was information about the volume of these fruits and the size of the tree itself. I hope it's not as big as a real one. In fact it's just a concept now but an outstanding one. I've never seen such a clever attempt to combine something natural with artificial.

The simplest MP3 player?

It's not a secret that some people like things to be simple. Because of this a lot of different simple devices were designed lately. Of course they are not as multifunctional as their counterparts, but are much cheaper and smaller. Bomi Kim following this trend has recently designed the simplest MP3 player.

His gadget doesn't have even a name. It's just referred to as the "Tactile MP3 player". Why tactile? Simply because the 5 basic controls necessary to master your music are something like Braille, i.e. a system of writing for the blind consisting of raised dots that can be interpreted by touch. Thus, the main idea of this concept consists in the fact that you can control your music by simple touches. Given gadget is so small that it looks more like a usual button, so at first sight hardly someone would be able to understand that it's a MP3 player. Device has a pretty slick exterior that resembles a dollop of shiny mercury. It has a single jack plug that is used both for headphones and USB cable as well. As for the price of this concept it's not available yet, but it will be a moderate one, for sure.

To sum up this gadget represents quite a decent combination of simplicity and originality. As regards its disadvantages I wouldn't say that there are some, except the lack of functionality. Moreover, those who decide to purchase this device will probably take this disadvantage for granted.

Collapsible surfboard

There is quite an obvious tendency to make small and portable things. Apartments and cars, everything becomes compact. As a consequence, it seems that your surfboard occupies more and more space. Maybe it's possible to decrease somehow its size? Nicholas Notara who has decided to devote some time to the problem thinks that there is a way to do so.

Created gadget represents a collapsible surfboard. This carbon fiber board has been carefully designed to maintain the balance and weight of its traditional counterpart, but with the help of two pins and a quick release lever can be twice decreased in size. Moreover there is a significant variety of fins that can both help you change board's appearance and improve its manageability. In spite of the fact that this board is a collapsible one, it's notable for its durability.

Thus, I think that given gadget can be considered as a viable concept that may make a surfboard purchase not such a bad idea. Furthermore many surfers will like its stylish design with something aggressive in it.

Chute - natural smartphone

Everybody has already get accustomed to the fact that almost all modern devices are made of metal, plastic and glass. These materials are considered to be synonyms of the "high-tech" word because they help devices to look stylish and up-to-date. In spite of this some people think that such devices are too cold and stark, and as a consequence, want them to be warm and natural. Taking into consideration this fact Michael Laut decided to create a natural smartphone.

His gadget named the Chute smartphone represents an outstanding attempt of combining natural materials and modern technologies. Thus, in addition to the fact that given concept is quite a powerful and functional one, like any other ordinary smartphone, its shell is made of bamboo, a high sustainable resource. It's a well-known fact that bamboo is much lighter and stronger than plastic. Moreover it's totally biodegradable and far more Earth friendly in its production than plastics and metals. So it seems that hardly an environmentalist would have something against this gadget.

On the other hand it should be mentioned that some customers would probably be slightly disappointed with its characteristics as they are quite ordinary ones. However the distinctive feature of this device will make it competitive enough.

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Virtual keyboard idea from Nokia

Nowadays a great amount of people type something. It's not important whether it's a poem, essay, SMS or something else. Some type using their PC keyboard, others use that of their cell phones. Because of this both producers and designers try to make this process simpler by inventing various types of keyboards (for example, wireless small keyboard featuring Bluetooth).

Nokia as many others trying to invent something absolutely new and different has just filled a patent application known as "Mobile device with virtual keyboard". We can guess as much from there that the digital camera located at the back of the cell phone is used to capture the movement and position of the user's fingers, projecting them onto a virtual keyboard which is shown on the phone's display in real time.

It sounds really interesting but it's not the fact that it will be easier to type on such a virtual keyboard than on a usual one. Moreover, I think that such an application will make your cell phone's battery drained in no time, and the camera wouldn't be fast enough to capture the image of a speed typist. Another significant problem consists in the fact that there would probably be some limitations in cell phone designs as the cameras can only be placed at a certain place on the handset in order for it to work nicely.