Look out Mickey Mouse, “Batphones” are about to take over where your pathetic plastic ears only look cute and cuddly. Designed to enhance any sound coming from in front of you, these plastic prosthetic ears slip on as easy as a hair band, not that I ever wore a head band. Why didn’t I just say; as easy as a pair of headphones? Anyway, moving on.
Designer: Matthias Ries
Did you know baby walkers don’t help toddlers learn how to walk? Scientific research shows baby walkers distribute all the weight off the legs. For most parents, they could care less since it’s a way for baby to get around and they do seem to enjoy it. For designer Wilson Song, that wasn’t good enough. He created the Jump Baby walker that has an elastic ring to support baby in both seated and upright positions.
Designer: Wonjune Song
In 2006, Johnson and Johnson turned to Harry Allen & Associates to re-design the First Aid Kit. Although it is one of Johnson and Johnson’s most iconic products, after years of cost engineering the First Aid Kit had been reduced to a disposable clear plastic case – gone were the memorable designs of yesteryear. The design was simple, to give the First Aid Kit a dynamic new form.
Designer: Harry Allen Design
The elderly often get things wrong, from parking a car to Murder She Wrote. However, we do love them so and want to keep them around for as long as possible. With that in mind, the creators of the “Health Guard” concept for NOKIA believe that the best way to keep them around is to track their every movement (pun intended.)
Designer: Marcela Kawka & Izabela Cichecka
The Dutch Danes really have a thing about needles. So bad is the problem with bloody or possibly HIV infected needles being found throughout city centers, parks, beaches and stair wells, that there is actually need for this device. It’s called the Urban Needle Box by Hån Pham, and this Zippo Lighter sized storage container is simple in design but tackles a complex and growing drug problem worldwide.
Designer: Han Pham
Contrary to belief, city water nowadays is quite safe and clean to drink. What you smell and taste are trace minerals in pipes. It won’t kill you but the stigma is damning. The BottomsUp concept is a portable water purifier. You fill any PET type bottle with water, screw on the top and like Brita (or Pur), what comes out is a whole lot better tasting.
Designer: Sangmin Bae
You may not put much thought into it but it takes a symphony of small muscles in your hand to operate a pen/pencil. For some people this is beyond their ability so designer Oskar Daniel set out to create a pen the Easy Writer.
Designer: Oskar Daniel
When I’m flat on my back, mouth open, bright lamp shining overheard, I feel vulnerable. So when my Dentist asks me “have you been flossing” in that dark tone all Dentist possess. I want to lie and say “everyday, twice a day!” but sadly I know deep down inside, my Dentist can see right thru me. The Oral Hygiene Monitor makes it that much easier for your Dentist to know what you’ve been doing with your mouth.
Designer: Sarah Tisdale
A company called Woogle Works (I kid you not) wants to make you feel comfortable with wearing an eye patch should you have to. Essentially it’s a butterfly decal you stick on the lens of your glasses. Something beautiful masking some that’s not. I think you’ll attract more attention wearing one of these than just a regular old black patch. Those stares could be “WTF” or they may just be admiring the trendiest pirate they’ve ever seen.
Designer: Wai Lam
There’s a new generation of bandages coming that accelerates healing using electric fields. One of those concepts is called HealFast which is specifically design for diabetic patients. Diabetics often experience chronic ulcers and pressure sores so a new bandage had to be designed to address those issues. HealFast can be applied with just one hand. Place the pad on the wound, press down and peel off the surrounding paper guard.
Designer: Donn Koh
I really like this wheelchair design by Wai Lam. Made from form molded materials, the silhouette looks like a person sitting down. Wai Lam lights to make light of what many people view as detrimental by infusing a bit of humor into his designs. He also wanted to create something more organic and pleasing to the eye, not the usual chaos of metal clinging to the body. I’d say he did a good job.
Designer: Wai Lam
The Color Guard mosquito bed net is the first bed net that has a double-layered sheath preventing mosquitos from biting through the net. Also, each net is dyed a custom color by its owner with a colored insecticide that impregnates the fibers. It’s safe to humans and non toxic to all animals except those pesky insects.
Designer: Eric Burns
MOL is a non-invasive device, which can constantly monitor the glucose level in the patients’ blood by sending radiation that permeates the different layers of the skin in order to feedback with patients´ glucose level.
Designer: Ian Ortega
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