Stamps

Science

Nanoparticle Rubber Stamps Could Help Heal Wounds

8:00AM April 7, 2011 | Kit Eaton - Fast Company

You know the UV-ink rubber stamps that night clubs like to stick on your skin? Well, a novel silver nanotech variant of the idea could actually help heal your skin wounds more quickly. More »

Gadgets

Stampler: The Stapler And The Stamp Had An Adorable Baby

11:20PM April 5, 2011 | Kyle VanHemert

Attaching pieces of paper together is pretty humdrum as far as office activities go, but what if your every staple could be magically transformed into a day-brightening Smiley Face stamp? For £12 ($19), that’s just what the Stampler, an ingenious new stapler and stamp hybrid, will do! More »

Geek Out

Philatelists With Secret Design Fetishes Should Keep An Eye Out For These Stamps

4:00AM January 4, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

I’ll admit it: I’m a secret stamp-collector. Especially limited edition series such as the US postal service’s Pioneers of American Industrial Design, which has 12 important designers from the ’30s to ’50s. On sale in July. [USPS via Core77] More »

If I Had These Stamps, I’d Find Paper To Push

3:40AM November 30, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

From the desk of Kyle VanHemert. Ha! I don’t have any important documents to send to people or even a desk to send them from. But these stamps. These stamps! They might just spark my personal professional renaissance. More »

Gadgets

Postage Stamps Go High-Tech With QR Code-Like Stamp Readable By Apps

7:50PM September 3, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

The UK’s Royal Mail may’ve been kicking around in some shape or form since 1516, but they’ve become the first postal service to create an “intelligent stamp,” readable like a QR code by an Android or iPhone app. More »

Camera Stamps Celebrate Their Own Obsolescence

6:40AM July 3, 2010 | Mark Wilson

The Stampy Digital Camera is just a concept, but the idea is simply too adorable to ignore. Take a photo, then an auto-configured stamp lets you “print” it wherever you’d like. The possibilities are endless: More »

Facebook Like And Dislike Button Rubber Stamps Now Available

11:20PM June 18, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

The Facebook Like rubber stamp was so popular, that its creators are now selling them. Not only that, but they’ve created what everyone wants for the real Facebook: A dislike button stamp. Come on, Zuckerberg, you know you want it. More »

You Will Like The Facebook Like Rubber Stamp

9:00AM June 12, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

I’m tempted to ask for one of this Facebook Like button rubber stamp. Just to print the 10 reasons you should quit Facebook and smash all the pages with it. More »

Gadgets

Emoticon Stamp Handles 99.9% Of Interpersonal Communication Just Fine

10:29PM April 28, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Staring ruefully at the stamp, Joe realised, even the 2000 emoticons couldn’t ask her the simplest question, “Will you marry me?” Instead, she took his ink-stained hand into hers, like coffee into a porcelain cup. She knew. [JapanTrendShop /OhGizmo!]

All-In-One Card Stamp Wishes You Get Well Happy Christmas Thanks Easter

7:00AM April 1, 2009 | Mark Wilson

Fact: 99% of holidays were invented by Hallmark back in 1623, and since then, yearly life has been punctuated by needless festive ceremony. Well here’s the stamp They Don’t Want You To Know About.

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