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Freeze Dried Blood

Juniper Foo | Aug 14, 2006

Gory as it may sound, you could soon be packing freeze dried blood next to your coffee sachets as early as two years' time. Necessity being the mother of invention, the Israel Defense Forces is said to be working with a company to develop freeze dried plasma, minus the ice crystals, which its soldiers can carry into the field for injuries. And it'll percolate like coffee, too. In case of emergency, simply mix the crystals with purified water, and voila: Insta-blood. To be, ah, injected, not drunk. One smart aleck on CNET gave this a "9 out of 10 Vampires". (Picture not available at press time)

Via haaretz.com

Price: N.A.
Availability: In two years' time
Device: Freeze dry technology for blood
Basic specs: N.A.

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allTunes

Juniper Foo | Aug 11, 2006

Wasn't too long ago that our busy little Russian designer put on his thinking cap and coughed up some fascinating gizmos (see: Remobeads , Flashbag). Now it seems Dima Komissarov has had another quirky idea, this time for an allTunes MP3 knob-view player. Essentially a no-frills MP3 player, this attaches to your bag or monitor or any surface via a velcro strap or magnet. Whether this comes bundled or not isn't clear on the Web site. The knob itself sports just play/pause, repeat/shuffle, and volume buttons. That said, we've yet to see any of Dimi's great ideas go into production.

See views here and here

Price: N.A.
Availability: Patent pending, see Web site
Device: MP3 knob view player
Basic specs: N.A.