By David Ponce

Reminiscent of Salvador Dali’s masterpiece The Persistence of Memory, this clock will keep time like a regular clock, but will do so by hanging off any ledge, looking melty. Like a melty clock.

It’s $15.

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By David Ponce

Continuing our love affair with all things bacon, we bring you news of what could be seen as the most wonderful candle… or the most cruel candle ever created. Yes, it’s bacon scented and will fill your apartment with God’s own cologne for as much as the 70 hours it reportedly burns for, but you will die for a piece of the real thing that whole time. Depending on the clog levels in your arteries, this might not be the best idea.

And sure, you’ve seen these before… although this particular one is made from actual rendered bacon fat and not the cheap synthetic imitations.

It’s brilliant.

$15.

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By David Ponce

Somewhere in your garage you might have an extension cord, perhaps even a cord winder, but if you don’t already own the RoboReel Cord Winder, there’s a good chance you’re missing out on something better. It’s made from tough chemical resistant plastic and is powered by a small electric motor that has two winding speeds, fast at first and slowing down near docking to prevent whipping action. The speed and docking distance can both be adjusted to accommodate different setups, and the RoboReel will not wind at all when the cord is in use. It has redundant thermostats to prevent overheating and fires, with an emergency power shutoff that will cut off electricity if it detects that the cord has been severed. It will also stop winding the available 50 ft. of cord if there’s any resistance, preventing accidents. The end of the cord features a three outlet receptacle ball, plus a winding button; press it and watch the machine spring into action.

Of course this kind of tech doesn’t come cheap, at $329. However there’s a 4 year or 4,000 winds, “bumper-to-bumper” guarantee to protect your investment.

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By David Ponce

It’s smart design that we really dig around these parts, and the Tapi by Dreamfarm actually won a Red Dot Design Award back in 2011. It’s a simple rubber attachment that fits at the end of your faucet. Normally it lets water right through, but if you squeeze it, the flow is redirected upwards, turning it into a fountain. It’s simple, convenient, and most of all, cheap: $6.

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By David Ponce

The annoying thing about concepts is that they’re so easy. You just think of something, draw it up and show it to people. Then, usually, nothing happens and today is no exception. The above design did win Dohyuk Kwon a Red Dot Design Award, so at least there’s that. He called it Bloom Chips and we admit, it’s a pretty neat idea. See, the Pringles can is awesome, but once there are few chips left, you have to actually dip your hand in! Or, worse yet, tilt it and empty the chips out. That’s terrible for reasons we’re unsure of. What we do know is that while being able to transform the can into a bowl from which we’re free to eat all the contents is pretty cool, it also means that we have to eat all the chips in one sitting. Better be hungry or just don’t pull that paper band up and keep the can intact.

Now we go back to the initial point, which is that concepts are usually just a tease, a glimpse into how products could be but most likely will not for a litany of reasons too long to list. There’s evidently no word on Pringles even being aware of this design, let alone planning to use it.

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By David Ponce

It’s a pretty unanimous sentiment that smoke gives your BBQ meats some delicious flavour. Some people believe in this so strongly that they go and buy expensive smokers, but there are other ways of doing things that aren’t quite as elaborate. One of these involves the above Flameless Grill Smoker. You fill it up with up to 8oz. of wood chips and place it over the flame on your BBQ grill. The wood inside will get hot enough that it will start smoking, but the s-shaped vents are too slim to allow enough oxygen to enter and start an actual flame. What you’ll end up with is a steady source of smoke and flavour for very little effort and expense. If your chips are all burned out before you’re done cooking your meats, there’s a removable 13″ handle that allows cooks to remove it from the grill to add additional wood chips.

The Flameless Grill Smoker is $40 and will start shipping on the 20th of this month.

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By David Ponce

The Japanese seem to have a thing for pretty humidifiers. It’s not the first time we’ve covered one, although this time we have a tiny bit more information on the product. The above is called the PlusMinusZero Humidifier Version 3, by Naoto Fukasawa design. It looks like a fancy bedpan, but will keep your nostrils hydrated and your sinuses free of pain instead. Coming in brown, red or green, this particular humidifier will break the bank at a cool $352. Of course when you’re serious about decking out your living space with unique looking things, money can quickly become the least of your worries.

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By David Ponce

Storing wine is of course best done horizontally, and that’s why wine racks exist; something to do with keeping the cork moist and such. But wine racks usually come in set sizes, accommodating a particular number of bottles and that’s it. They’re not infinitely expandable, like the above Winehive. It’s a really clever product that uses only one aluminum part, which slots into the others to form a hexagonal structure into which you can store as many bottles as you’re willing to purchase parts. They’re sold as “packs” of 12 slats (for a lack of a better word), with one pack being able to store 5 bottles. 2 packs (24 slats) can store 9 or 10 bottles, depending on your chosen configuration. And it goes up from there.

Right now on Kickstarter (and fully funded) a pack goes for $45, two for $85 and four for $165. Like most things, the more you buy the cheaper each pack gets, with an investor option of 170 packs going for $5,000 or roughly $35 per pack.

It’s a clever design, one that happens to look quite snazzy as well.

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By David Ponce

We’re big fans of design here at OhGizmo, even when there’s no tech involved. Even when no ground is broken. Cool is cool and quirky lamp is quirky. The Woopsie simply looks like a paint spill frozen in mid-air. It’s $35 and no, the below isn’t an affiliate link.

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