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The super gel's 'nano ropes,' linked together to form a net-like structure

solid

This gel is liquid when cold and stiffens when heated

Sauna that helps you cool down

experience

Ice Sauna

This rollerball pen can be erased by using friction

components with negative component

Erasable rollerball pen

vending machines that allow consumers to deposit used beverage containers

service

Reverse vending

Material made from the stuff of computer chips has the ability to bend light in the opposite direction

passive

Semiconductor structure bends light 'wrong' way

Bottle with reversable silicon flap that acts as a funnel

completely flexible

Automatic Funnel

window rotates around its axis for easier cleaning

one or more joints

Twoface Window

Upside down garden shower

components with negative component

Viteo garden shower does it in reverse

Toshiba Tech's erasable toner lets you photo-uncopy

coordinated

Toshiba Tech's erasable toner lets you photo-uncopy

A square wheel may be the ultimate flat tire

fully 3D

Riding on Square Wheels

The Atlas Rope Ascender enables "reverse rappelling" up buildings and other vertical surfaces

components with negative component

Atlas Rope Ascender

If you send an email to the wrong person, this software program lets you recall your mail

service

BigString recallable email

Beer bottles can be recycled as beer glasses

fully asymmetric

Beer bottle goblets

Shot glass in a beer glass

components with negative component

Beer shot glass

A glue stick that is designed to create instant, re-positionable sticky notes

components with negative component

Restickable Glue

Auxetic materials get thicker when streched and thinner when compressed, contrary to our expectations.

reactive

Auxetic materials

Lockable knee brace that helps speed rehabilitation

one or more joints

Lockable Knee Brace

plant that recycles droppings

components with negative component

Nepenthes Lowii

Clock with a chalkboard surface for notes

components with negative component

Chalk board clock

Unshred shredded documents

components with negative component

Unshredder

Build a house from the roof to the ground

different components

Build a house from the roof down

alcohol tester mistaken for a bottle

components with negative component

Alcohol test with a difference

Device combines lens cap and lens hood in one

one or more joints

HoodCap Flower

The PlexEraser makes a CD or DVD unreadable by re-recording over the lead-in and data sectors of a write-once disc

components with negative component

PlexEraser

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