Personally, I have no issue with other people using my coffee mug. It increases the chance of me picking up a wicked case of cooties and girls love cooties. Seems Israeli designer Efrat Gommeh has other plans. His Lock Cup is a basic coffee mug with a hole in it. A plug for the hole with a keyring is included so you can carry around the plug on you. This ensures that the only person drinking liquids out of that damn cup is going to be the owner, period. It’s a novel concept and would most likely sell like wildfire if released commercially. Now if only we could apply the same idea to the toilet…

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Power strips can often be a major pain in the ass do to the fact that if you don’t have them on a stable surface at arms reach (which would really sort of defeat the purpose in our opinion) that you need to contort your body in gymnast poses and use both hands just to plug in a new addition to the strip.

Raise Me Up is a concept which allows for easier one handed connection and disconnection of new plugs to the power strip. A specially designed lever switch system provides a flat plugging surface to most areas. It will still probably be a pain if you’re like me and have the power strip dangling over a piece of furniture. — Andrew Dobrow

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