Join Groovy Mug
If you’ve got a dishwaher you’ll know how irratating it can be to take the mugs out of the top shelf and splash water on all the clean plates below (or is this just me). Ikea has come up with a really simple solution to the problem, a mug with a notch in the base, the TROFE mug.
The notch gives water an escape route from the bottom of the mug. As ideas go you probably can’t get much simpler, so I wonder why it’s taken so long for somebody to come up with it. Well done Ikea.
The TROFE mug is available from IKEA, found via Gadget Venue and Oh Gizmo.
Fancy a hot cup of joe anytime, anywhere?
Most of the working population start off their day with a nice, hot cup of coffee. Unfortunately, we often find that our coffee gets cold faster than we like. Instead of limiting our hot beverage to the confines of a USB-powered hot plate, why not pick up the Thermos Element 5 Beverage Bottle? This neat thermos is unlike anything you have ever seen before, and it puts the rest of the competition to shame with its high performance features.
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How To Make a Mentos Coke Rocket
Want to make your own carbonated gas rocket? You’ve probably already seen someone make a Mentos Coke Geyser. Just drop a few Mentos into a bottle of Diet Coke and you’ll see a violent 16 foot fountain of Coke explode out of the bottle. Although that may sound somewhat exciting, the geyser is the boring “science teacher” version of this experiment. If you really want to unleash the carbon dioxide power in a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke, try making a Mentos Coke Rocket. Here’s how:
- Buy a 2 litter bottle of Diet Coke and a roll of Mentos. You can use any soda but room temperature Diet Coke for some reason is the best performer.
- Find a big open area to launch your Mentos Coke Rocket. Don’t do it indoors. Trust me.
- Slide the paper cover off the Mentos (leave the foil wrapper on) and slip the roll into the bottle.
- Quickly cap the bottle and shake it.
- Gently unscrew the cap, just a little, until you start to hear fizzing.
- Throw it down and cover your face!
You can see the video here.
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Hand Steady
I really like this idea for a gadget as it could really help out a lot of people in such a cool and unique way. The Handy Steady gadget allows people with hand tremors to enjoy a good cup of coffee, tea or any other drink without fear of spilling it.
I’ve seen elderly people who have shaky hands trying to drink before and it doesn’t look very fun. This gadget provides a simple solution to the problem using gravity to solve the problem and steady the cup no matter how badly it is being shaken.
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The Cork Catcher
We’ve all seen it in movies time after time, however there’s now no need for you to have to break that precious vase or knock out someone’s eye! The Cork Catcher allows you to festively open your bottle of champagne safely while still retaining the full popping effect which we all know is why people buy champagne in the first place 
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It’s very simple to use so you don’t have to waste any of your special occasion fiddling with some gadget. You simply place the Cork Catcher over the top of the bottle then turn the bottle while holding the Cork Catcher in place.
The cork still gives its satisfying pop as it shoots out but won’t fly away as it gets stuck in the Cork Catcher so you don’t have to worry about the safety of your friends and family at the hands of the deadly cork!
The Cork Catcher goes for £20.00 and is available from Wineware.
Beer Clip
When I got back from vacation amongst the junk mail and bills there was also a padded envelope that contained 2 very low tech but exceedingly useful drinking gadgets, the Beer Clip.
The beer clip is like a traditional money clip (which we don’t see many of in the UK) but also incorporates a bottle opener. So when you’ve spent your hard earned green on beer you no longer need to chip your teeth to open the bottles.
You can get your own Beer Clip from Beer Clip (funny that) who I must thank for sending me mine for free, now if somebody would just send me some free beer I’d be a very happy man 
ID Tags for Wine Glasses
If you’re fed up with other guests pinching your wine glass at parties and then pleading ignorance solution is at hand, the Hands Off Wine Id Tags.
The Wine Id Tags come in sheets of 6 and are designed to be clipped around the stem of the glass. Each ID tag has a different pattern so you can be sure to identify which tag is which. So next time you go to a party simply tag your glass and you’ll at least know which fellow reveller is swigging your Chardonnay.
The Hands Off Wine Id Tags are available from Gadget Storm.
Can Crusher
If you like to keep your cans for recycling but find it very space-consuming to store large cans that just have air in them, you may want to consider crushing your cans. I often do this just for fun by stepping on them, but you often hit them slightly on the side which causes them to not be crushed flat.
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