This kind of creative barcode design is completely new to me, but apparently it’s quite common in Asia - or at least Japan. Here’s a full gallery of some unusual product barcodes. Please comment if you have seen similar designs in your country (or if you are missing out on them as well).

Amazingly Creative Japanese Barcodes [weirdasianews.com]

This iPod touch got ran over by a big pickup truck, and it’s not as shiny as when the owner unboxed it - but at least it works! Every single pixel on the screen is functional. Impressive.

[Gizmodo.com]

At least something innovative is released on the, currently quite boring, camera market. This little beast from Fujifilm features two lenses and is capable of capturing stereoscopic images. Neat! Too bad you have to wait until next year to get it though, but at that time Fujifilm promises that the camera will capture high definition video as well.

Fujifilm’s Real 3-D Camera Is Just the Beginning [blog.wired.com]

This product is quite useless since the sound it produces is really annoying, but I love the idea. Designer Yuri Suzuki has spliced a vinyl LP into small tracks and created a small little gadget called the ‘sound chaser‘ that basically runs around the track and (kind of) plays whatever is on the original LP.

Tiny Chaser in my Hand [yankodesign.com]

I’m really into interesting, beautiful and unusual package design, so I really liked this little compilation featuring 50 innovations in package design. The one above is an anti-theft bag for your lunch sandwich. Nice. 49 more to check out over at trendhunter.com:

50 Innovations in Packaging [trendhunter.com]

I just stumbled across this nice compilation of tips & tricks for Firefox 3 users, and as some of the tips was quite useful (like ctrl+clicking and duplicating an already open tab) I thought that I would share it with you guys.

Firefox 3: 8 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do [pcmag.com]

I guess you have seen some of them before (at least I have seen almost all of them before) but the compilation is unique. Simply a bunch of really cool and weird wall clocks. And yay! Welcome back! =)

Collection of Unusual Clock Designs [toxel.com]

This might look like just another iPhone/iPod dock, but what I really like with this one is that it’s wall-mountable. I would definitely consider one of these in either my kitchen or bed room. Nice one, especially since it’s quite cheap - only $100.

CVT i3101 iPhone Dock [100milligrams.com]
via [technabob.com]

If you want nice tools and good looking tools you’re probably really interested in checking out this nice little saw called Revolution XT Tile Saw. It’s a classy saw that can be yours for a measly $1500 ;-).

Revolution XT Tile Saw [uncrate.com]

Out of topic, I know, but I thought this speed painting by Martin Missfeldt was really cool. In just 4 minutes you can see how he managed to draw the picture above - and yes, it actually took him 3-4 hours so it’s not in real time.

F1 CRASH - Speed painting by Martin Missfeldt [5min.com]