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Bizarre gadgets you never dreamed you'd need

Sunday, 15. April 2007, 11:02:48

Gadgets, Strange, Cool, accessories, design, Fun, life

Moustache Spoon(胡须专用勺): Slurp alert. This two-tiered spoon from 1900 will protect whiskers from unsightly dribbles of soup and custard /© REX

现在稀奇古怪的发明真是不少，以前介绍过德国网站发布的发明30 Wackiest Inventions & Photos,它们大都是来源于生活中的角落，经常被人忽略，但有心人总能搞出一些创意来，经英国《每日邮报》FEMAIL专栏综合整理的来自英国gadget company这9个小作品让你感受一下生活中的趣味。或许在特定的环境和人群中它们都能起到一些不小的作用。

From the website:

Middle England, it seems, just can't get enough of banana trees and electric omelette makers. But what about the more unusual, and not always practical, gadgets out there? FEMAIL delved deep into the archives to bring you some of the wackiest and most useless gadgets past and present. ...

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Shuffling Shoes(地板刷鞋): A housewife's dream. Trim those thighs as you clean
with dualpurpose footwear that has scrubbing brushes on the bottom/© REX

The Zaky(手型婴儿枕): A hand-shaped fleece pillow to provide comfort for infants. Mothers can
even perfume it with their chosen scent to aid the bonding process. It was created by a U.S.
doctor, Dr Yamile Jackson, and named after her son Zachary, who was hospitalised as a baby.

Smearless Lip stencil(唇膏模版): Shades of Hannibal Lecter with this mask, which in
theory will help you kiss goodbye to wobbly lippy lines

Tear Free Onion Chopper(洋葱切碎器): Chefs hoping to save on mascara simply place
their onion in this plastic box from Japan, and hey presto, it's top of the chops with no stinging/© REX

Egg Topper(鸡蛋开口器): Burning your fingers first thing is no yolk, so this little
fellow was designed to snip the shell with no mess/© REX

Brightfeet Lighted Slippers(夜间照明拖鞋): These twinkle toes could be quite useful
for those nocturnal trips to the loo. They'd also cause a stir at the cinema/© REX

Q-Top(黄瓜保鲜帽): Invented by housewife Carolyn McMaster, this will keep your cucumbers nic
e and fresh. It also won a bronze medal at the British Invention Show 2005 /© REX