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The Thousand And One Drinking Straw Lamp

Jesus Diaz — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:40:00 +0000

Scott Jarvie has created this beautiful lamp, made of hundreds of stripped drinking straws. The result is a gently coloured light. Now we only need a thousand Mojitos and a lot of sucking power. [Mocoloco]

Chopsticks Roll Into Rings and Straws and…Well, That’s Actually It

Mark Wilson — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:20:00 +0000

I’ve never looked at a pair of chopsticks and thought to myself, “…if I could only use these as napkin holder rings.” Then again, I am not a designer.

Designer Jacky Wu Tung Chi, on the other hand, had such a vision. That vision fleshed itself out in some sort of 3D imaging program to the picture you can apprecaite today—rings that fold out into chopsticks that double as straws. They’re cleverly called Roll n’ Roll.

Not since the spork has Man been graced with such a inspirational food consumption tool. Indeed, the world may never be the same after today. [Tuvie via Core77]

Straw Lamp Seems Like a Sucky Art Project (In a Good Way)

Mark Wilson — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:00:00 +0000

If you’ve got 1,500 straws lying around the house—and i mean, who doesn’t—then boy do we have the project for you! The straw lamp can be a unique addition to your decor throuh what looks like a few hours of work that requires little to no coordination. (Essentially, you stick the straws into a cylindrical mesh and after repeating several times you get this neato lamp.) Bonus points to anyone who fits a forty in the middle and links all the straws for a good group suckfest. [addicted2decorating via gearfuse]

LifeStraw Mark II Filters Bacteria and Virii Without Iodine Aftertaste

Charlie White — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:21:46 +0000

We like the idea of a straw that can filter water as you drink it, but the first version of the LifeStraw and its similar-looking cousin the iStraw added an unpleasant iodine taste to the water. According to its makers, the Lifestraw Mark II almost completely eliminates that yucky aftertaste while filtering out 99.999% of waterborne bacteria, and 98.7% of waterborne viruses that you might encounter. This could be extremely useful in developing countries, or in areas where the water quality is questionable. If this thing really works, it could save lots of lives, but too bad it costs about $US20, way beyond the means of many who can certainly use it. [Gizmag, via bb Gadgets]