If you happen to live in colder Asian countries where people sleep in thick, traditional cotton maresses, you will understand the hassle of cleaning them (the bulb) when it comes to summer. First they’re too heavy to bring to the dry cleaners (that will cost a couple of hotel dinners), secondly they’re too big to fit into your washing and or drying machines, thirdly they’re doomed to get mouldy if you shove it in the wardrobe until the next winter (i.e. they simply never get dry… enough). Japanese company Twinbird has developed this dryer that might help save some trouble. Say, after you’ve washed your matresses in the tub, hung them out in the sun for drying undil your patience runs out, you can put them into a bag, and then connect it with this Matress Dryer to blow them dry. The company claimed that 90 minutes is good enough to dry most matresses completely. Also, you can blow dry your smelly shoes after a game as demostrated officially, we suppose you can even point the hose at your hair. The omnipotent dryer is being sold at 85USD.– Sam Chan

Fudon Dryer [Twinbird]

You know how leather shoes cannot be dumped into washing machines together with your trainers (if you do), and when leather stink, they just have to stink forever. You might have tried spraying deodorant at your shoes and leaving them in the sun hoping to kill some germs. Well, a Japanese company Shimadzu Science might just have the answer for you. Now with this fairly compact (331×320x435mm 4kg) and fairly affordable ($187) “shine and clean” (Hikari de Kirei) machine you can do all the above tasks in one go, and each cycle only takes 15 minutes. The company claimed that the ultra-violet light in there can kill up to 99% of Staphylococcus Aureus in your shoes. They even have a different (larger) model that can fit your boots in. — Sam Chan

Hikari de Kirei SSS-100N [Shimadzu Science]

So you got a Target giftcard for Christmas; do you have any plans for it? If you are a college student and don’t have a dish washer, here’s the answer. This is the countertop dish dryer. So maybe it won’t wash your dishes, that just means that you have to wash with soap, but it definitely will save you precious time that you would normally have wasted on drying those dishes with a cloth.

• 34 liter large capacity dish dryer can store up to 4 large size dishes, 8 medium size dishes, 6 small dishes, and 6 sets of chopsticks
• Fast hot air circulation promotes fast drying process with one touch
• Overheat protection installation and auto shut-off if the temperature exceeds 85°C
• Resists heat, prevents breakage and distortion

Why does it have a count for the amount of chopsticks that you can stuff in there? Shouldn’t it count forks or spoons? At least the china in the picture is pretty. — Nik Gomez

Countertop Dish Dryer [via OhGizmo!]