Loopwing, I don’t think can even say it without smiling.

Go ahead give it a try!

The Loopwing is a new wind turbine from a Japanese company.

There are, aside from the fact that it’s a great looking home wind turbine to save you and your family lots of money on electricity by using good old free wind power, some great features on the Loopwing.

It’s quiet balanced “globe-rotating” style blades have a number of features not found in typical home turbine systems.

It can operate in winds as low as 3.6 miles per hour (1.6 meters per second). That’s a very light breeze.

Another advantage of the beautiful design is that it reduces vibration greatly over other designs. This is likely due to the length of the wing chord, and that along the length, vibrations can be sent towards the edge of the “globe-rotating” style blades, and thus they likely don’t end up shaking the whole system. (It’s only a theory).

It’s quoted at being 43% efficient, which, if true, isn’t half bad, especially when you consider that the more expensive solar cells don’t approach 20% efficiency, a bundle of these babies could be just what the doctor ordered, (I’m looking at you San Francisco, Chicago, and anywhere in Wyoming!)

The length of the blades really seems to be the real trick for this new wonder.

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So you’re at work, then your phone rings with an ominous warning. “Your home is flooding.”

Well maybe it doesn’t say just that, but it does indicate that water is spilling into your house in a more than unappreciated way. With the new Liquidbreaker, which by the way made Popular Science’s best of what’s new list for this year. You can remotely shut off your water, and save all your stuff from a very soggy ending.

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If your wife, children, and dog won’t even listen to you despite holding the title “King of the House” by proxy, take heart. Smarthome has the InVoca 3.0 Voice-Activate IR Remote Control that enables you to bark commands at the idiot box sitting in the living room without having it throw tableware in your direction or peeing on your newly polished car rims. This unique device utilizes your voice to perform a variety of functions over various household entertainment devices such as the TV, a DVD player, a VCR (there are still some people who use those?), a cable box, a satellite receiver, and even your very own home theater system.

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The world’s getting warmer with all the gas guzzlers that are sitting in our garage, so why not bring some recycling initiative home with the Ecopod e1 Home Recycling Center in order to ease the load on Mother Nature? Designed by BMW Designworks, the Ecopod looks like a high-tech waste bin but it is actually a pretty simple device by itself. This Home Recycling Center enables you to dispose of an aluminum can or plastic bottle through the top opening, where stepping on the step at the bottom will compact the recently disposed trash into a more manageable size.

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The RoboMop is a neat robotic solution to cleaning smooth floors. It does look a bit cheap and plasticy but if it saves a bit of menial labor who cares what it looks like.
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Little kids tend to be scared of the vacuum cleaner. It might be the scary light, loud noise, or the fact that if you put your fingers under it, they’ll get stuck.

The designer .tina. is trying to put a stop to that fear. Her solution is called the Buster, a kid-friendly and cool looking vacuum cleaner.
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Do you find yourself saving up money each month and looking forward to making a purchase of that gadget you’ve always wanted, only to be thwarted by a heartache-inducing power bill? One cannot run away from the fact that lighting up a house properly is a necessity, but then there are better ways to do so. Sunlight Direct’s innovative halogen/solar lighting aims to bring in natural sunlight in a focused manner into the confines of your home without racking up the power bill at the end of the month.

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How many of you would rate the washing machine is one of the sexiest items in your homes? Definitely, almost positively none. Most washing machines are placed behind the house or down in the basement itself, and seldom would you bring your house guests to ogle at it as you prefer them to compliment you on your latest LCD HDTV sitting in the living room that is hooked up to a spanking new Home Theater PC. No siree, the old, greying washing machine will have to remain holed up and far away from the eyes of people. Enter the Dyson CR01 washing machine that will literally blow your thinking out of the water regarding this faithful but often under-appreciated home appliance.

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