Invotis offers an odd looking timepiece you can put up on your home’s walls with the Invotis Wall Gear Clock. The wall clock is made from plastic and metal and allows anyone to simply watch the gears move as each second passes.

Wil Van Den bos designe the Wall Gear Clock which requires 2 D batteries to function. It weighs only 2.63 lbs. and is available for purchase over at Kikkerland for only $99. If you want a cheaper price, head on over to Amazon.com which is selling it for just $59.52. See the Wall Gear Clock in action below.

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Invotis Wall Gear Clock

Here is a solution that should get tired legs some reprieve. This is the Sofa Bike, something from Jacek Holubowicz that was on hand at the International Design Festival in Berlin.

The Sofa Bike features two separate 8 gear hubs, hydraulic brakes which are operated by the front handlebar and dynamic chain steering. With the built-in stereo, a convertible roof and 17 mAh batteries, pamper yourself as much as you want and rest anywhere you prefer with this handy and mobile sofa.

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The Multifunctional Sofa Bike

In another neat looking lamp design to shower you with better home illumination, the Teabag Lamp should be perfect for tea parties carrying a realistic and oversized version of a standard teabag.

At the end of the wire “string,” a small solar panel is disguised as the tag, charging the batteries which power the LED bulbs within the 12” teabag fixture. The “shade” of this piece of lighting decor is infused with actual tea leaves.

The Teabag Lamp was designed by car designers Bryan and Anke and was made with some eco-friendly considerations thanks mainly to the use of recycled materials.

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The Teabag Lamp

Here is something with a dual purpose, an aid and something that can tell you the time. The item is a clock and a scale rolled into one, something useful in kitchens or hung on the wall with provisions to measure weights.

The kitchen scale clock is perfect for any kind of home interior setting and comes with batteries included. It costs only $36.

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Kitchen Scale Clock

In some sort of a twist, here is a clock that makes use of odd looking clock hands in the form of batteries. Batteries are normally used as sources of power for gadgets and clocks but this is one instance where some creative minds tweak common designs like clocks a bit.

The only twist here is that the batteries are dual purpose. While they do act as clock hands, they still power the whole thing. A neat clock to have for a unique type of a home don’t you think?

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The Wrong Project Uses Batteries as Clock Hands

The Star Wars fever is not yet over. We have yet another desk clock, the Darth Vader Desk Clock. It is one awesome looking clock made for the Star Wars fans, showing a large statue with an itty bitty clock at the bottom.

The clock stands 13 inches tall, so it’s not so bulky that it’ll take up a lot of room. It requires 2 LR44 watch batteries to run. You can purchase the clock for $14.99

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Darth Vader Desk Clock

Here is a cute light clock that should fit in well in the little girl’s room or perhaps the women who love to collect cute little stuff for their room. The Princess Wall Clock features a lush, strawberry red and pink fairy princess with hearts dancing over her head. It is made of ceramic and runs on batteries. This magical clock and wall décor should fit in nicely to any bedroom or home. It retails for only $54.95 over at Online Discount Mart.

The Princess Wall Clock

For the parents who are looking for a nifty nightlight for their room or for their kids who are afraid of the dark, the Moonlight Energy Saving Nighlight is something that should be a viable solution. It doesn’t make use of any batteries and costs less than ½ p per day if used continuously.

You don’t have to worry about bulb changes from this slim designed nightlight which is cool and safe to touch. Using a high tech light panel that is even cool to the touch, the Moonlight glow light produces a soothing blue/green soft beam which is easy on the eyes at night yet radiates enough strength to light the way if you need to get up for any reason.

Price: £9.95

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Moonlight Energy Saving Nightlight

Once kids start to mature and do the things that they normally see from their parents or brothers and sisters, chances are they would want to imitate them. Activities such as drawing or writing is common and before you know it, you have to train them as well as they start to be trained for school.

Apparently there are activity children’s furniture such as this Art Master Activity Desk set. Giving the kids something to occupy their time while putting their cognitive abilities to the test can certainly be supported by this desk set. The Art Master Activity Desk set is a good storage space as well, something that any parent may want to consider getting for their kids at home.

The Art Master Activity Desk is made of super-sturdy molded plastic and has a white fiberboard drawing surface that measures 20 by 11 inches and hinges up to reveal three separate storage spaces. There are molded-in compartments for crayons, markers, and paintbrushes, and two side compartments to hold books, pads of paper, and other art supplies. There’s even a built-in overhead lamp that can be powered by batteries or plugged directly into the wall.

Price: $89.98

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Art Master Activity Desk Set

If you own a solar powered garden light then you can also utilize it to make a solar powered night-light.

“I mounted two garden lights on the roof with wire extensions of the leds brought into the house. Just the solar cell unit with built-in batteries is on the roof. The led (Light-Emitting-Diode) that makes the light is in the house. The solar lights are mounted on top of a swamp cooler on my roof with the wiring brought through the vent.”

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DIY: Solar Powered Night-Light

Here is what you’ll need:
Battery op 64 LED String (I bought mine from Dayva)
Milk Plex, I used a 16 x 18.5 x 1/8″ lightbox top I had around
Vinyl with fuzzy backing, I used 3.5 yds Gray for the back (to match the straps) and 3.5 yds White for the top.
20 x 24 piece of clear .40 mil pvc sheeting to water resist the top.
2 yd Webbing for the handle and strap
2 plastic buckles
Velcro for the battery compartment.
5 AA NI-MH 1.2V 2300MA batteries.
6 AA cell holder with snap connection.
Cord w/9 V clip to 2.1MM x 5.5MM (+) center.
A push button canopy switch.
Jack to Jack connector 2.1MM x 5.5MM
Zap a Gap
Duck tape
A lighter
8 1″ binding posts
silicone seam sealant
electric crimps
nut and bolt or spring for missing # battery
24 x 36 sheet of green 1/2″ foam
8″ of 2″ white velcro

Then tools wise:
scissors and I like to use my electric cutter
Belt punch
sewing machine
rulers
Drill and bit for plexi holes
wire strippers for to add the switch to the electric rig.
Strong pins
a thimble
Spray mount

DIY: Make a Water Resistant LED Picnic Blanket

It looks like mobile housing is becoming more and more fancy and modern with world class designs and what not. Check out some of the really cool stuff on mobile urban architecture at weburbanist.

The GMC PAD was designed as an alternative to the financial problems of fixed living, particularly in areas with high land prices such as Southern California. Others have proposed it would be useful as an alternative FEMA-type emergency residence. Sustainability is, of course, of great concern in something that is in effect a souped-up kind of advanced mobile home. This portable living unit was therefore designed a diesel-electric hybrid. It also comes equipped with photovalic cells that charge onboard batteries, increasing the necessary time between refuels to weeks or even months.

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Mobile Urban Architecture