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Sweet Music: Chocolate Scented Headphones for Valentine's Day
by Steve Levenstein
Ear candy just got real thanks to 'Sound Like Chocolate', the world's first chocolate-scented stereo headphones. Thoughtful, tasteful and calorie-free, these sweet smelling headphones from Japan's Fu-Bi are the perfect practical Valentine's Day gift for your favorite cocoa nut.
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4 comments Still Searching For Just The Right Pooper Scooper? Here's The Dog Dung Vacuum!
by Lady Bee
Everyone I know with a dog thinks they have the best idea for a pooper scooper. Well, here's a new one: the Dog Dung Vacuum... a pooper scooper with power!
Add new comment Chinese Online Retailers Furiously Flogging 'Three Wolf Moon' T-shirts
by China.new
Remember “Three Wolf Moon”, 2009's meme of the year and, as a result, Amazon.com store retailer The Mountain's biggest selling design EVAR? No? It seems China doesn't either, leaving the field of wolf-wear wide open for one enterprising online seller obliviously ensconced (along with their customers) behind China's Great Firewall.
Instant Perfect Inside Google Maps
by LeFleur
Tired-looking and lost? Sisley Instant Perfect skin enhancing product will help erase the look of exhaustion from running through the airport trying to find your gate, and with the introduction of Google Inside Maps you can get there with ease.
Give Your Dry Eyes Some Relief With Tear-Stimulating Goggles
by Boomer Babe
Eyes don't tear as much as we age. Add to that the dry weather, not enough sleep, a few too many cocktails, or dust and pollen allergies... and you've got dry eyes. Now, there's a pair of ophthalmologist-recommended goggles that stimulate natural tear production again....
Fabulous Phytotherapy with Sisleÿa Global Anti-Age Cream
by LeFleur
Valentine’s day is just around the corner, splurge on yourself or someone you love and buy pampering in a jar with Sisleÿa Global Anti-Age Cream Day and Night Facial Treatment
Faceless, Dial-less Wristwatch Leaps From Concept to Counter
by China.new
Chinavasion's “Japanese Style Inspired” LED wristwatches display time digitally without the need for a face, dial, or hands... and they're priced at under $10 per timepiece. The futuristic wristwatch's design apes that of an award-winning, one-off, 2008 concept watch from Japanese designer Hiranao Tsuboi while Chinese engineering shortcuts make it practical for mass consumption.
Good Lighting Is Key To Staying Active In Your Hobbies
by Boomer Babe
Many persons give up their hobbies or even aspects of their work or chores as they age. While arthritis in their fingers and hands may be one reason they don't build model cars or quilt any more, for most boomers and seniors, it's because of vision changes. As we age, we tend to need more light and more magnification to see clearly and sometimes even our prescription lenses don't quite measure up to what we need for hobby work.
Chinese Internet Retailers Now Stocking Kim Jong-Il T-shirts & Hoodies
by China.new
North Korea's “Dear Leader” may be gone but online retailers at China's Taobao Internet Mall are making sure he's not forgotten by flogging Kim Jong-Il t-shirts and hoodies. Lookin' sharp, comrade!
My Favorite Gadget Gift This Christmas: The Thermos Sipp
by Must Love Gadgets
Knowing how much I love gadgets, my family members always try to find a gadget I've never seen or used before. No offense to the others, whose Christmas gifts were thoughtful and novel, but there was one gift from my sister that I have searched for, for years, I'd like to tell you about... a travel thermos that keeps my coffee hot for a few hours and that doesn't spill all over my car if I make a quick turn.
Nerd Jewelry from Japan Measures Your Level of Geek Chic
by Steve Levenstein
Geek chicks looking to flaunt some geek chic should look no further than Mass Item's “Measuring” line of math set women's jewelry from Japanese designer Kyozo Kawabe. The miniaturized and accessorized rulers, triangles and protractors come in a variety of colors and won't leak ink into your pocket protector.
Giant Godzilla Christmas Tree Spruces Up Tokyo Mall
by Steve Levenstein
Pining for those classic Japanese monster movies that had you sitting on pins and needles? Well fir not, er, fear not! The giant Godzilla Christmas Tree from the Aqua City Odaiba shopping mall in Tokyo is the original nightmare before Christmas!
Year of the Dragon Ready to Roar with 2012-shaped Solid Gold Statue
by China.new
An exquisite, 24-karat gold statue of a Chinese dragon was recently unveiled by Chow Tai Fook Jewellery in Hong Kong. The dragon's sinuous coils form the numerals "2012", the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac.
USB Big Mouse Makes Other Computer Mice Seem Inadequate
by China.new
If you're unsatisfied with your mouse, supersize it! That's what the tech tyros at Brando Workshop have done, and the result is the USB Big Mouse, a glowing blue optical mouse that's bigger, bolder, and better than before... well, bigger at least.
Classy or Crass? China Cranks Out Steve Jobs Memorial iPhone and iPad Covers
by China.new
Was it a crass way to commemorate a class act or a stroke of entrepreneurial genius anticipating huge public demand? Within mere hours of Apple founder and tech icon Steve Jobs passing away, memorial iPhone and iPad covers were flooding out of Chinese factories and onto retail store shelves.
China's Gift-Givers Prefer Prepaid Vouchers Over Gift Cards
by China.new
With gift cards coming under increased governmental scrutiny, prepaid gift vouchers have emerged as a favorite way to give gifts in China. They make perfect sense, too: why buy a heavy box of perishable mooncakes when you can give a gift voucher that's just as valuable?
Handmade Guitar Backpack Can Carry More Than a Tune
by Steve Levenstein
This finely detailed, handmade Guitar Backpack from Japan's Ito Manufacturing is based on Gibson's legendary Les Paul electric guitar but gives you more... like a soft, lined interior suitable for storing all your light favorite travel needs.
Apple 'iFoot' Shoes from China are a Logo No-No
by China.new
Apple makes sneakers? Who knew? Not I, not you, and definitely not Apple Inc., holders of the logo's copyright. Not that this matters to dozens of online shoe sellers in China who've slapped the tech giant's familiar fruit on their footwear.
China Reinvents Chuck Taylor High-Tops with Even Higher Bottoms
by China.new
These faux Chuck Taylor High-Tops have nothing to do with Converse or basketball, though their extraordinarily thick soles might trim a few inches off your layup.
iPhones Go Sleek At The Office And Go Ballistic Outdoors
by Must Love Gadgets
Those iPhone accessories, they never stop to amaze, and the gadget
market never appears to have its fill. But here are two I am drawn to,
both for their functionality and for their style: the iPhone 4 Ballistic Life Style Case and the iClooly iPhone Desktop Handset. No, they're not mutually exclusive.